Every League of Legends Worlds Championship Skin until 2025

2013: SK Telecom T1 and the Faker Era Begins

Lineup: Jax (Impact), Lee Sin (Bengi), Zed (Faker), Vayne (Piglet), Zyra (PoohManDu)

This is T1's first world championship skin and is notable for a couple of other reasons. This is the first skin of their League of Legends legacy. It's also the first one for Faker, and there's an additional story to be told there. He originally wanted an Ahri skin, but was turned down, so Riot chose Zed for him instead.

2014: Samsung White's Untouchable Run

Lineup: Singed (Looper), Rengar (Dandy), Talon (PawN), Twitch (Imp), Thresh (Mata)

This team's dominant run is unmatched in League of Legends World Championship history, with just two dropped games across the entire tournament run. Mata got his MVP skin here, with dark, regal lines and a cold, untouchable finish. It's a shame that the core of this team dispersed after the season ended, but these skins stay as a real piece of history.

2015: SK Telecom T1's Six-Skin Statement

Lineup: Renekton (MaRin), Elise (Bengi), Ryze (Faker), Azir (Easyhoon), Kalista (Bang), Alistar (Wolf)

This skin set produced the first Worlds lineup with multiple skins for a single team, with Easyhoon qualifying despite being a substitute midlaner. While MaRin's Renekton won MVP, MVP skins haven't been implemented yet, and it's Faker's Ryze skin with a unique recall animation that's more notable.

2016: SK Telecom T1 Goes Back-to-Back

Lineup: Ekko (Duke), Olaf (Bengi), Syndra (Faker), Zac (Blank), Jhin (Bang), Nami (Wolf)

This skin set is notable not just for being a six-set, but also for Coach kkOma getting a ward skin. There are also notable skin picks here, such as Jhin's, which breaks out into K-pop dance. Wolf's Nami skin is also good, but the player also expressed regret about the skin's design.

Another notable point here is that Riot Games appears to have begun increasing the overall quality of skins at this point.

2017: Samsung Galaxy Gets Its Revenge

Lineup: Gnar (CuVee), Jarvan IV (Ambition), Ezreal (Haru), Taliyah (Crown), Xayah (Ruler), Rakan (CoreJJ)

The 2017 World's Skin set spans seven skins with deep Korean cultural references; Gnar sports a white tiger design, while Xayah and Rakan were modeled after Korean magpies. This was also a six-set with substitute jungler Haru also netting a skin. The design is also centrally thematic, with the entire team's skins adhering primarily to the Korean motif.

It's also notable for its place in history, with a repeat Worlds final between 2016's finalists, but the Summoner's Cup going the other way, 3-0.

2018: Invictus Gaming and the LPL's First Worlds

Lineup: Fiora (TheShy), Irelia (Duke), Camille (Ning), LeBlanc (Rookie), Kai'Sa (JackeyLove), Rakan (Baolan)

This Worlds was another 3-0 affair with IG leveling Fnatic, and the champion skins were themed with a fallen angel motif that is dark, mechanical, and edgy. The skins greatly contrasted 2017's bright colored set, and Ning's Camille skin was both Finals MVP and centerpiece of the collection. Its recall is Prestige status worthy, predating the MVP-exclusive status in later worlds skin sets.

2019: FunPlus Phoenix Burn It All Down

Lineup: Gangplank (GimGoon), Lee Sin (Tian), Malphite (Doinb), Vayne (Lwx), Thresh (Crisp)

This Worlds skin set features a phoenix theme to match the victorious team, with black, red, and gold, along with feathers and a fire trail. But even with the central motif, each skin was unique, which made the skin line highly coveted among pro players and collectors alike.

2020: DAMWON Gaming Bring the Cup Back to Korea

Lineup: Kennen (Nuguri), Nidalee (Canyon), Twisted Fate (ShowMaker), Jhin (Ghost), Leona (BeryL)

DAMWON broke two years of Chinese dominance with a 3-1 victory against Suning in the pandemic-bubble worlds tournament. The design for this set is minimal and restrained, almost to the point of being classy and tasteful in its chromas. The icy blue and silver color scheme lends a lot to the impression.

Canyon took Finals MVP, but ShowMaker's Twisted Fate skin with its card flip animation steals the spotlight, at least as far as the skins go.

2021: EDward Gaming and the Dragon Set

Lineup: Graves (Flandre), Viego (Jiejie), Zoe (Scout), Aphelios (Viper), Yuumi (Meiko)

EDG locked in their third LPL championship victory in four years, taking down DWG in the finals. The resulting skins revolved around a dragon-scale and starry-skies theme, with an ethereal black, white, and blue palette that just works. Meiko's cat-loving personality is even highlighted in Yuumi's special animation, with a hand that appears and strokes Yuumi's head.

2022: DRX, the Greatest Underdog Run in League History

Lineup: Aatrox (Kingen), Kindred (Pyosik), Maokai (Juhan), Akali (ZEKA), Caitlyn (Deft), Ashe (BeryL)

DRX is most well-known for their underdog 2022 worlds title, where they started out as the LCK's fourth seed but went on to win it all. This world skin set has come to symbolize achieving the impossible, along with the very first Prestige Worlds edition for Aatrox after Kingen secured Finals MVP recognition.

Deft's Caitlyn skin is another notable pick after he won his first Worlds title after being in competition for nearly a decade, at 26 years old.

2023: T1's Long-Awaited Return

Lineup: Jayce (Zeus), Lee Sin (Oner), Orianna (Faker), Jinx (Gumayusi), Bard (Keria)

T1 swept Weibo Gaming to lift the trophy in 2023, adding to their championship victories after a seven-year gap since 2016. Zeus's Jayce got Finals MVP along with a Prestige edition skin, which was also the most notable pick of the set, with its gold variant matching the Summoner's Cup perfectly.

2024: T1's Unkillable Knights of the Crown

Lineup: Gnar (Zeus), Vi (Oner), Yone (Faker), Sylas (Faker - Prestige), Varus (Gumayusi), Pyke (Keria)

T1 secured a second back-to-back championship title, but only after coming back from a 1-2 deficit against Bilibili Gaming. Faker also won his second career Finals MVP, and Riot Games bent the rules to accommodate him, awarding him two skins in a single win, a historic first among Faker Worlds skins and a fitting capstone to his run atop competitive League of Legends.

The skin set highlights a deep red, high fantasy armor, as if to highlight T1's legendary status for the game.

2025: T1's Three-Peat and the Skins Coming in 2026

Lineup: Ambessa (Doran), Xin Zhao (Oner), Galio (Faker), Yunara (Gumayusi), Miss Fortune (Gumayusi - Prestige), Seraphine (Keria)

T1 earned their first consecutive three Worlds titles, and the first three-peat in World Championship history. Gumayusi took home Finals MVP, and the T1 Worlds 2025 skins are expected to release sometime between June and October 2026. But with the historical significance of this skin set, it'll be a real piece of history once it does.