How to Get Your Hands on Overwatch League Team Skins for Free

By Matt Buchholtz ·

How you can get your hands on the shiniest Overwatch League team skins without having to empty your wallet. Plus, we reveal which teams are currently in the lead for the "Skins in the Game" Event!

How to Get Your Hands on Overwatch League Team Skins for Free

This week marked the launch of the new Overwatch League event, "Skins in the Game." To celebrate, many Overwatch League Teams are hosting skin giveaways across social media to help promote the event.

The event itself is an interesting way to promote the League within Overwatch itself, prompting players to wear the team-based Overwatch League skins when playing Competitive or Quick Play modes in the game, or by tweeting #MyOWLTeam on Twitter along with their favorite team’s Twitter account. Whichever team has the most points by the end of the competition June 3rd will get to take over the Overwatch League’s Instagram account and bragging rights.

Want to see what the team does behind the scenes on game day? Help #SeoulDynasty win @overwatchleague's Instagram takeover! From May 27-31 we'll earn 1 point if you:

1) Jump into Quick Play or Competitive games in our home or away skins
2) Tweet #MyOWLTeam and tag us#RoarOn pic.twitter.com/DONgQQbrYH

— Seoul Dynasty ? (@SeoulDynasty) May 26, 2019

The catch that many players are facing is that the Overwatch League skins can’t be bought with Overwatch's typical in-game currency, coins. Instead, they are purchased with OWL Tokens, which can only be bought with actual money or earned by watching Overwatch League Broadcasts on Twitch. If you were to purchase an Overwatch League team skin with real money, you would be spending approximately $5 USD per character per team skin (which, thankfully comes with both home and away variations). That’s a lot of dough to throw to make sure you’re able to represent your favorite team.

However, most teams in the Overwatch League are currently running contests to give away skins to players. We’ve compiled an easy list for you along with the contest end dates, so you can enter them as quickly as possible.

Some players are also getting in on the action, so make sure to check out your favorite's social accounts.

Wondering how your team is performing? Overwatch League released the Top 10 teams following Day One of the contest on Twitter. Those in the know will not be surprised to see Seoul taking the top spot, thanks to their sleek black and gold color palette, along with fan-favorite players like Jehong "Ryujehong" Ryu.

Here's the top 10 teams from our Skins in the Game Competition after one day! #OWL2019

Don't see your team listed? Then get out making tweets & wearing #MyOWLTeam's in-game skin! pic.twitter.com/8SR7KLKu5C

— Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) May 28, 2019

Your team not making the list? What are you waiting for!? Enter away!