Since it’s debut, Fortnite has amassed a bunch of amazing and awesome skins.
But not all of them have a glorious legacy in the game, or the best reputation among
players.
Some are practically impossible to get your hands on now that certain seasons have passed.
Some were removed from the Fortnite shop and the game much sooner than players had anticipated.
And some have been brought back, causing major controversy between developer Epic Games and
the millions of players who love the battle royale game.
So today, we’re counting down the top 10 fortnite skins that should be illegal.
Most of the skins on our list are controversial in some way or another.
So not saying that these skins should be literally illegal, but you can see why they’ve gotten
the heat that they’ve received.
With that in mind, let’s jump into our list!
10 The Skull Trooper The Skull Trooper was a fan favourite; the
skin was a male avatar dressed in black, with a full painted skeleton on his body and face.
To celebrate Halloween, Epic Games brought the skin back for a short time, except it
didn’t have the reception they expected.
And it wasn’t anything wrong with the skin, but rather, players were getting cheesed over
whether re-releasing it was cool or not.
Actually.
So, for context, Fortnite cycles in new cosmetics every season.
Once a season is over, you can’t unlock any of the skins again, although occasionally
they may appear in the shop for a certain amount of V-Bucks.
Skull Trooper, who was released initially in season 2, was one you had to pay V Bucks
for.
Afterwards, it never re-appeared in the shop, making it quite rare, and players who had
this skin felt that it carried prestige because of it’s rarity and the time in which it
was originally released.
Because of the re-release, it’s lost that value, and some players saw this as a way
to mock OG Fortnite players.
9 Red Knight Red Knight is a similar case as our last number.
For a long time, many considered the Red Knight as one of the most sought after skins in the
game.
And of course, Fornite announced in July of 2018 that the skin was returning to the Item
Shop, which had players peeved.
The Red Knight was also a Season 2 exclusive, and was the female counterpart to the Black
Knight.
Fun fact, the skin was never actually meant to have been an exclusive though, since it
initially wasn’t a part of the Season 2 Battle Pass, and many feel that this re-release
was justified based off of that fact.
8 Brite Gunner Fans were a little peeved over the Brite Gunner
when it came out in the Fortnite shop, costing the equivalent of 15 bucks.
Why?
Because Brite Gunner, an epic skin who was part of the sunshine and rainbows set, was
basically just a lame rip off of Brite Bomber.
Many players saw them as kind of the same.
So to get him was a waste of money.
7 Galaxy Skin The Galaxy skin was an exclusive for those
who were playing Fortnite Beta for Android, a cross promotion for the release of the Samsung
Galaxy Note 9 phone.
The offer was that between August 10th 2018 and August 23rd 2018, anyone who pre ordered
the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 could get the skin plus 15,000 v bucks.
Or, they could get a pair of AKG noise cancelling headphones; the choice was theirs.
Thing was, it was pretty ugly, which annoyed a lot of people.
In addition to that, there were a lot of people trying to hack their way into getting this
skin without having an android phone; something that Epic Games managed to crack down on.
6 Rex Rex is a skin that some players love, and
others hate.
Why?
Well, for a legendary skin, many people feel it falls short in comparison to other skins
of that class, even when it has it’s Back Bling attached to it.
It’s just not worth the 2000 v bucks that it goes for in the store, and some players
feel that that money is better spent elsewhere.
It’s just a regular skin inside of a dinosaur suit, not even an actual dinosaur, making
many consider it to be way too over hyped, and over priced.
5 Fishstick Here’s another case of player backlash over
a skin that was just unfortunate to look at.
Oh, the vanity, friends.
This is Fishstick.
As you can imagine, some players took one look at poor Fishstick and were like LOL NOPE
IM GOOD THANKS.
Others were like UGHHH GROSS GET FISHSTICK OUT OF HERE.
So the reason poor Fishstick makes our list of skins that should be illegal is because,
well, that was surely a comment that someone made about this aquatic themed skin.
Yeah, he’s pretty ugly, and his coral cruiser is, well, non sensical and pretty lame, but
hey, I’m sure someone out there actually liked Fishstick.
Or am I wrong?
Let us know in those comments below friends.
4 Flytrap Flytrap was a legendary skin that cost you
a good chunk of change in the Fortnite shop.
It kind of had a devilish look to it, and felt as if it were trying to be a male poison
ivy, but didn’t really quite get there conceptually.
Many people felt that Flytrap wasn’t all that great of a skin, and that it was an idea
that wasn’t properly executed.
Others felt that his aesthetic was ugly right from the get go, with one user on reddit literally
saying that its colours looked like the combination of vomit and blood mixed together.
Accurate, to an extent.
3 Moisty Merman DEAD LORD WHAT IS THAT?
Sorry, I was just a little thrown off with how down right HIDEOUS this skin is.
And so were many other players.
Moisty Merman, which, for starters, is a terrible name, regardless of the area in the map that
it’s named after, is definitely not a looker.
That being said, considering this is a game where you’re trying to kill pretty much
every other player out there, maybe Moisty Merman makes for one hell of a good scare
tactic.
Regardless, not the prettiest looking skin on the block, now is it?
Nightmare fuel, really.
2 Calamity Last year, when the Calamity skin was released,
fans couldn’t help but notice one of the specific details about the skin.
Her boobs jiggled.
A lot.
Considering that many of Fortnite’s players are 12 year old boys, or around that age,
kinda see why it’s a detail that didn’t slip under the radar.
Anywho, players noticed this when the cow girl themed avatar would do the Jubilation
dance.
This caused Epic Games to release a statement saying that this detail was, I quote, “unintended,
embarrassing, and it was careless for us to let it ship.
We are working now to fix this as soon as possible.”
Naturally, there was opposition to this, but not in the way you’d think.
Some players commented on the statement asking why people were getting upset over boobs when
the game itself is a battle royale, a genre that inherently is about murdering hundreds
of people.
So yeah, priorities, I guess?
1 NFL Skins Back in November, Fortnite teamed up with
the NFL to release a bunch of American football themed jersey skins, which instantly became
a hit.
But fairly soon after their release, they were removed from the game, four days after
they were released.
While employees at Epic Games claimed this was “consistent with how we cycle every
other skin into the game.
No items stay in our store long term”, others believe it’s because some players took some
creative liberties that were, well, a bit triggering to some.
The skin allowed players to choose a number to put on the back of the jerseys they purchased.
This led to some creating avatars to represent real life players, like former San Francisco
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Others made more bold choices, like creating Aaron Hernandez, a former New England Patriots
tight end who was found guilty of murder, and later committed suicide in prison.
Another player created OJ Simpson and tweeted out, OJ Simpson skin so I can murder these
opponents and try to get away with the W!
So yeah, you can see why Epic and the NHL probably felt a little awkward about it all.
There we have it friends!
Which of these fortnite skins do you think is the most controversial?
And which ones should make a return?
Give us a shout in those comments below and let us know your thoughts!
If you dug this video, spread the love, hit that like button, and be sure to subscribe
to top ten gaming for more lists just like these!
In the meantime though, thanks for watching!
I’ll catch you all in our next video!