BitSkins Staff's Favorite Skins
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After putting out countless quality articles, we thought it was about time to introduce you to the people behind the posts and share their favorite skins with you.
Lara/Larinka
Job role: Social Media Manager
Favorite Knife: Butterfly Knife - Case Hardened (Blue Gem)
Blue Gem Butterfly Knife pattern #838 (652, 398, 838, 29, 494, 330). I think it's a very underrated skin, everyone loves the Case Hardened AK-47, but no one gives enough love for the Case Hardened Butterfly Knife. I like the #838 because of the splatter at the bottom of the knife. Or doppler Phase 2 Butterfly, I can never choose, they are both insane.
Favorite Gloves: Pandora's Box
Sport Gloves Pandora's Box, i love purple skins. Or Sport Gloves Vice,
Favorite USP-S: Printstream
Just the classic Printstream, the cleanliness while not being boring always gets me.
Favorite AWP: Medusa
AWP | Medusa, even though you can't really see every detail well while playing with it, I still love her.
Favorite AK-47: Nightwish
I really enjoy the difference in the color of shadow and light.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Temukau
As for the M4A4, I love the Temukau. I think it's such cute skin, but I only play with M4A1-S so I will choose Black Lotus. Some people might think these options might be Valorant-ish but I still love both.
Esk1mo
Job role: Writer
Favorite Knife: Vanillas
I love the M9 and Butterfly Knife | Vanilla. Outside of that probably Flip Knife | Doppler (Sapphire).
Favorite Gloves: Amphibious
I own Sport Gloves | Slingshot, but my favorite is probably the Amphibious. I love the Sport Gloves design and the lighter blue of the Amphibious.
Favorite USP-S: Printstream
My current one, the USP-S Printstream , has a super clean design.
Favorite AWP:
Asiimov, Graphite or Lightning Strike out of nostalgia, they all remind me of the good old days playing CS:GO.
Favorite AK-47: Wild Lotus
I love how the floral design works with the green base.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Chantico’s Fire
I love the Stained Glass, but I’m a massive fan of the new one, the Black Lotus, loving the artwork on that one.
Gragon
Job role: Writer
Favorite Knife: M9 Ruby
Definitely the M9 Ruby, a timeless classic. Great blade, perfect knife line. It has everything you need to look great.
Favorite Gloves: Snow Leopard
With the M9 Ruby, only Snow Leopard. Juicy red with white, a beautiful combination.
Favorite USP-S: Caiman
I love the older skins that used to be popular. Through the overwhelming dominance of the colorful and bright designs, they are slightly forgotten.
Favorite AWP: Dragon Lore
It has to be Dragon Lore, as I mentioned earlier there is nothing better than a classic. Even people outside CS know what Dragon Lore is, and that speaks for itself.
Favorite AK-47: Redline
My AK-47 Redline with iBUYPOWER Katowice 2014. I used to have one just like it from DreamHack 2014. Only a Holo version of the same could top it. I can't find anything better.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Master Piece
Easily top 10 best skins in all of CS. I don't know if it's due to nostalgia or if this skin is actually that great, but for me, there is no better A1-S than this one. A long time ago I had one of these with 4x EnVyUs (Holo) Katowice 2015 - a unique item.
Adi
Job role: Writer
Favorite Knife: Butterfly Doppler Phase 2.
I love the “galaxy” space theme it can have; it makes it feel abstract.
Favorite Gloves: Pandora’s Box
Purple is my favorite color, and it goes well with my favorite knife as well.
Favorite USP-S: Target Acquired
The color is really cool, and the design reminds me of one of my favorite games, “Ghostrunner”, giving it somewhat of a cyberpunk-ish vibe.
Favorite AWP: Lightning Strike
I think we’re noticing a pattern here, purple. It also reminds me of when I first started watching professional Counter-Strike; many great highlights were using the Lightning Strike.
Favorite AK-47: Hydroponic
It’s definitely my favorite. A close second would be the Neon Rider, but Hydroponic has a special place in my heart. I remember as a kid; I’d watch CS on YouTube because my internet wasn’t good enough to play it myself, and some of my favorite YouTubers were using that skin at the time.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Decimator/Desolate Space
It’s a reasonable “budget” option. The design looks futuristic, and the color scheme works really well together.For the M4A4, I’d go for the Desolate Space.
It suits my “dream” loadout quite nicely, and the design doesn’t get as much love as it should. The color scheme is great, but the metaphoric message of the design makes it really special, in my opinion.
Sapporo (NiKo fanboy)
Job role: Writer
While the other writers chose their favorite skins based on their personal preferences, Sapporo, who’s heavily inspired by G2’s star Nikola “NiKo” Kovač, prefers the skins in which Nikola shined as a rifler throughout his long years in the industry.
“Let’s go full Niko loadout” – Sapporo
Tj
Job role: Writer
Favorite Knife: Karambit Fade
Old school but beautiful knife combo and fell in love with it as a kid watching youtubers use it back in 2014-2016 years before I had a pc to play with. It was an absolute dream to get it for many years until I finally got it. Once I got it I kept it for over a year until I sold it to buy a motorcycle. I’ll buy one again very soon as I'm currently selling my skins to buy one.
Favorite Gloves: Vice/Snow Leopard
Vice gloves are a classic combo with the bright contrasting colors that grab your attention, and I love the look of driver gloves. The Snow Leopards are a nice flashy but neutral glove that matches anything.
Favorite USP-S: Kill Confirmed
I love the design and bright red color.
Favorite AWP: Dragon lore
An absolute classic and grail, do I need to say more? Also going to buy my first one once I sell my current skins.
Favorite AK-47: Wild Lotus
An absolute grail since it's an operation skin and the flower design is beautiful, the Vulcan is also a favorite of mine as it is a lot more affordable and the design is still beautiful and perfect for sticker combos.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Printstream
I am a M4A1-S player. It has great looking skin and is not too expensive. My dream would be the Howl though but that's super expensive.
As you can see my taste is mainly the older classic skins as that's when I fell in love with CS and watching youtubers using these skins made me fall in love with them.
rizegeeko
Job role: Writer
Favorite Knife: Autotronics
See, I like the Autotronics finish so much it doesn’t matter on which particular knife. When I’m balling on a big budget and don’t have much to spend, an M9 Bayonet or a Karambit would be optimal. However, if my cats decided to consume so much food that month, a Gut Knife would do the job.
Favorite Gloves: Snow Leopard/Queen Jaguar
Driver Gloves | Queen Jaguar offers a similar vibe to the Snow Leopard and as a big fan of the design, these are enough to make me appreciate the beauty of skins.
Favorite USP-S: Check Engine
While I do own a USP-S | Printstream, the Check Engine has a sweet spot in my heart as it was one of the first skins I ever purchased for CS:GO.
Favorite AWP: Dragon Lore
It’s like saying Ferrari or Kawasaki, simply legendary. But, while I’m waiting for my 2020 RMR Stickers investment to work out “eventually”, any Cover sniper rifle would do.
Favorite AK-47: Safari Mesh
There are two types of skin enthusiasts in the community: the Safari Mesh enjoyers and the rest.
Favorite M4A4/1-S: Spider Lily
Toxic, just like me!
