The Sheriff is the deadliest pistol in VALORANT, and in the right hands, one can get sick plays with it. Here, we’ll be ranking the skins from worst to best.
The Sheriff is the most expensive pistol in the game, coming in at 800 in-game credits. This makes it so that you cannot buy any abilities or armor if you buy the Sheriff in the pistol round. But with its high cost comes high rewards as well. The gun is capable of delivering 55 dmg to the body and 145-159 dmg to the head, depending on the range. This makes it so that you can 2 shot unarmored enemies to the body while armored enemies go down in 3 shots.
It can also 1 shot headshot at close to medium ranges to full armored opponents. This makes it so that it can be a highly effective eco-round weapon in the hands of players like Scream and Tenz with a godly aim.
Skins in VALORANT are merely decorative and do not offer any real in-game advantages vs. the default skin. Although compared to other games like CS:GO, which only offer recolors of the same exact weapon, the devs at Riot went a bit overboard with the skins in VALORANT as they completely altered the look of the weapon, added special VFX, GFX, and one skin turns your weapon into a literal dragon!
While choosing a good Sheriff skin for yourself, you should determine if you like the theme of the skins, the looks, the inspect/equip animations, the finisher, and the firing sounds. Unlike other games like CS:GO, which has individual pricing for skins, the skins in VALORANT come at a fixed price, depending on their collection. Select Edition skins cost 875vp, while Premium and Exclusive Edition skins cost 1775vp and 2175vp, respectively.
Best Sheriff Skins in VALORANT 2023: A Complete Tier list
Since the game’s release, Riot has released more than 33 different Sheriff skins in VALORANT as a part of weapon bundles, agent contracts, and battle passes. Since battle pass skins are obtainable only during their respective act and cannot be obtained later in the store, we excluded those from our top 10 but included them in the tier list. Battle pass skins are occasionally good, but they aren’t usually better than skins from featured bundles and some agent contracts, so our top 10 will remain unaffected by their exclusion.
| Tier | Sheriff Skins |
| S-Tier (Best) | Arcane, Ion, Singularity, Sentinels of Light, Reaver, Abyssal |
| A-Tier (Good) | ChronoVoid, Crimsonbeast, Magepunk, Protocol 781-A |
| B-Tier (Average) | Wayfarer, Sakura, K/Tac, Immortalized, Iridian Thorn, Prism II |
| C-Tier (Underwhelming) | Aristocrat, Nebula, Prism, Protektor, Silvanus, Game Over, Death Wish |
| F-Tier (Not Recommended) | Convex, Lightwave, Minima, Peacekeeper, Polyfox, Polyfrog, Schema, Silvanus, Surge, Varnish, Wasteland |
Top 10 Best Sheriff Skins in VALORANT
Among all the Sheriff skins released in VALORANT so far, here are the top 10 ranked according to the basis of looks, animations, and VFX:
10. Protocol 781-A Sheriff
The Protocol 781-A bundle is the second Ultra Edition skin bundle right after Elderflame. The Protocol 781-A Sheriff features a futuristic military vibe. Its unique feature is that the gun has an AI that actually has voice lines. It’s as though the gun has a mind of its own and is self-aware. The finisher is also really cool where it spawns a mech that shoots at the enemy.
- Rarity: Ultra Edition
- Price: 2475 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night Market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: No
9. Magepunk Sheriff
The Magepunk Sheriff skin came with the 2nd Magepunk bundle to be added to the game. It features a steampunk version of the Sheriff along with cool lightning GFX. Firing the Magepunk Sheriff feels like shooting out lightning bolts.
- Rarity: Premium Edition
- Price: 1775 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night Market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
8 Crimsonbeast Sheriff
The Crimsonbeast Collection’s skins are very similar to the Elderflame skins. Yet, it isn’t the only factor that puts this skin in the first place. Crimsonbeast Sheriff skin features a vivid glowing animation even in the standard variation. You may upgrade the weapon to Level 2 for a crazy kill effect that causes your Shefiff to burst into flames.
- Rarity: Premium Edition
- Price: 1775 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night Market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
7. ChronoVoid Sheriff
ChronoVoid Sheriff is one of the best skins till now. The skin has three different color variants and 3 upgrades, making it preferred by even the pros. Also, the sound from ChronoVoid weapons is very satisfying.
- Rarity: Premium Edition
- Price: 1775 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night Market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
6. Abyssal Sheriff
Despite being a Deluxe Edition skin, the Abyssal Sheriff looks astonishing. As the name suggests, the Abyssal skin bundle features a deep or seemingly bottomless look that will create chaos in enemies’ minds.
- Rarity: Deluxe Edition
- Price: 1275 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: No
- Color Variants: No
5. Reaver Sheriff
The Reaver series of skins is one of the most popular skin bundles in VALORANT, with the Reaver Vandal and Reaver Operator gaining much popularity along with the Reaver Sheriff. The skin has one of the most unique reload animations, with the player reloading the magazine without touching it as though using some sort of dark magic. The firing sounds, skin color variants, and finisher put this Sheriff’s skin in our top 2.
- Rarity: Premium Edition
- Price: 1775 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
4. Sentinels of Light Sheriff
The Sentinels of Light Sheriff was added as a part of the Sentinels of Light skin bundle in collaboration with Riot’s popular League of Legends franchise. It features the Sheriff with intricate patterns and crystals that form into a barrel in the weapon’s equip animation.
- Rarity: Exclusive Edition
- Price: 2175 VP
- How to Buy: Store only
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
3. Singularity Sheriff
At #1, we have the Singularity Sheriff. The Singularity Sheriff is a weapon infused with the power of Radianite and is constantly deforming and reforming around it. This skin has a very satisfying firing sound which is fun and does not distract you. It can be upgraded with Radianite points to unleash more of the skin’s radianite energy exposing its core. The best feature of this skin is its reload animation, where the ammo is sucked into place with radianite energy. And did we mention the finisher is a literal black hole that sucks in enemies?
- Rarity: Exclusive Edition
- Price: 2175 VP
- How to Buy: Store only
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: Yes
2. Ion Sheriff
The Ion Sheriff is a futuristic version of the Sheriff, which has a very sleek and minimalistic appearance. Although it has no color variants, it has unique GFX aspects that can be unlocked as well as having a satisfying firing sound.
- Rarity: Premium Edition
- Price: 1775 VP
- How to Buy: Store, Night market
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes
- Color Variants: No
1. Arcane Sheriff
The Arcane Sheriff was introduced in the game in collaboration with Riot’s web series: Arcane. In the series, one of the main characters, Powder, makes some crazy armaments, including a Hand cannon, in a surprising turn of events that will not be mentioned because of spoilers. The Arcane Sheriff skin in VALORANT is meant to resemble that. The skin has the coolest equip animation in the game, similar to Counter Strike’s Deagle equip animation. The firing animation is also unique as the player fans the hammer with every shot. Unfortunately, it was a limited-time event, so the skin is not available anymore to purchase. However, Riot might do a rerun of the event sometime in the future.
- Rarity: Arcane
- Price: 2377 VP (Bundle)
- How to Buy: Limited time Store
- VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes (No finisher)
- Color Variants: No
So this wraps up our top 10 Sheriff skins in VALORANT. Note that, like all lists, this is subjective, and your personal rankings might differ from the ones we have here. You can also take a look at the best skins for other weapons in the game:
Best Phantom Skins | Best Vandal Skins | Best Operator Skins | Best Ghost Skins | Best Spectre Skins
