DC: Dark Legion has been adding base skins since April, starting with the Fortress of Solitude. They change how your base looks on the world map, but they also come with stat bonuses for your whole roster, which makes them more than cosmetics. This guide covers every base skin in the game so far, ranks them, and tells you which skin to equip for each faction.
How Base Skin Bonuses Work
Every base skin has two bonuses, and both apply to all of your champions:
- Permanent bonus: active as soon as you own the skin, whether or not it's equipped. These stack, so every skin you own adds its bonus on top of the others.
- Equipped bonus: active only while that skin is your current base skin. You can only wear one at a time.
So there are really two questions: which skins are worth owning, and which one should you equip. Own every one you can, because the permanent bonuses never stop working. The ranking below is about which skin to equip.
A note on cost: base skins have been top-tier event rewards so far, and the Fortress cost roughly $175 to $300 depending on how efficiently you played the event. Several have also shown up as 24-hour trial versions. Only the permanent version keeps its permanent bonus.
Every Base Skin at a Glance
- Fortress of Solitude: +5% HP owned, +10% ATK equipped
- Kara's Ship: +5% ATK owned, +12% Physical DMG equipped
- Central Power Battery of Oa: +5% HP owned, +10% Spiritual AMP equipped
- Wayne Tower: +5% ATK owned, +7.5% Crit Rate equipped
- Titans Tower: +10% Physical DEF owned, +10% HP equipped
- Atlantis: +10% Spiritual DEF owned, -10% Spiritual DMG taken equipped
If you own all six, the permanent bonuses alone add up to +10% HP, +10% ATK, +10% Physical DEF and +10% Spiritual DEF for every champion, before you've equipped anything.
Base Skins Ranked (Best to Equip)
1. Fortress of Solitude
ATK is the one stat almost every champion in the game scales with, which is why the Fortress takes the top spot. It doesn't just raise damage: shields and heals that scale off ATK get bigger too, so The Riddler's team shield, Krypto's emergency shield, Starfire's field heal and Green Lantern's healing all improve when you wear it. If you're not sure what to equip, equip this.
Where it came from: the Lost Treasures of Krypton event (April 2026), the game's first base skin.
2. Kara's Ship
+12% physical damage is the largest raw damage bonus of any skin, and about three quarters of the roster deals physical damage, including carries like Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, Nightwing, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman Death Metal. If your main team is physical, this edges out the Fortress for pure damage. The trade-off is that it does nothing for spiritual champions, and nothing for shields or heals. Its owned bonus (+5% ATK) is one of the best owned bonuses too.
Where it came from: the Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow event (June 2026).
3. Central Power Battery of Oa
This is the skin for spiritual teams. Constantine, Sinestro, Zatanna, Swamp Thing, Death Metal Batman and The Joker all deal spiritual damage, so Justice League Dark, Legion of Doom (with Sinestro as the carry) and Joker-led Arkham teams should all wear Oa. Zatanna and Swamp Thing already hand out Spiritual AMP, so this stacks right on top of what those teams are built around.
Where it came from: Coast City Celebration: the Green Lantern event (August 2026).
4. Wayne Tower
Crit Rate is worth a lot more to some champions than to others. Nightwing's whole kit runs on crits (Double Trouble only triggers on a crit), Red Hood Knightfight throws a grenade on every crit, and Robin gets bonus Crit DMG after landing one. Bat Family already gets Crit Rate from its tag bonus and from Batgirl, so Wayne Tower pushes those teams even further. For anyone else, the Fortress or Kara's Ship is the stronger equip.
Where it came from: Shadows and Secrets: a Batman Day limited-time event (September 2026).
5. Titans Tower
Titans Tower is a defensive skin. Its equipped bonus (+10% HP) is the weakest of the six for most teams, but its owned bonus is one of the best: +10% Physical DEF, permanently, for every champion. That's especially good for Amazons, because Queen Hippolyta's shields and Wonder Woman Death Metal's damage both scale with Physical DEF. Owning it is the win here; equip it only if your team keeps getting burst down.
Where it came from: the Teen Titans' Summer Smash event (May 2026).
6. Atlantis
Atlantis is the most situational skin. Its equipped bonus only helps when you're taking spiritual damage, so it's a counter-pick for when the teams you keep losing to are Justice League Dark, Sinestro-led Legion of Doom or The Joker. Like Titans Tower, its owned bonus (+10% Spiritual DEF for every champion) is the main reason to get it.
Where it came from: the summer beach event (July 2026).
Which Skin for Which Faction
Base skins don't check tags, so every bonus applies to every champion. What decides the best skin for a team is what kind of damage it deals and what its key champions scale with. Here's my pick for each faction:
Superman Family / Justice League: Kara's Ship. Supergirl, Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow, Superman and Hawkgirl are all physical. The Fortress if you lean on Krypto's shields and heals.
Bat Family / Birds of Prey: Wayne Tower if Nightwing is your carry, otherwise Kara's Ship. Almost the whole faction is physical.
Teen Titans: Kara's Ship. The Titans tag already scales their physical damage with buffs, and Nightwing, Beast Boy and Superboy are all physical. Titans Tower fits the theme, but it's the weaker equip.
Justice League Dark: Central Power Battery of Oa. Constantine, Zatanna and Swamp Thing are all spiritual.
Legion of Doom: Oa if Sinestro is your carry, Kara's Ship if it's Deathstroke.
Arkham's Most Wanted: Fortress of Solitude. The team mixes physical and spiritual damage, and The Riddler's shields scale off ATK. Swap to Oa if The Joker is doing most of your damage.
Amazons: Kara's Ship for Wonder Woman Death Metal's damage, and make sure you own Titans Tower for its permanent Physical DEF.
Green Lantern Corps: Oa, both for the theme and because Green Lantern is spiritual. The Fortress also works, since his healing scales off ATK.
Final Thoughts
If you can only get one, get the Fortress of Solitude: +10% ATK helps every team you'll ever build. After that, add the skin that matches your main team's damage type (Kara's Ship for physical, Oa for spiritual). And grab the permanent version of any skin you can, even one you'll never wear, because its permanent bonus works for your whole roster forever.