★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Factory New)

The ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 (Factory New) is the blue-violet phase of Gamma Doppler on the CS2 M9 Bayonet. A green blotch crosses the middle of the blade. It is Covert rank, with the ★ mark, and it drops from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case. The float scale stops at 0.08, so the phase has two wears. Those are Factory New (FN) and Minimal Wear (MW), and the second shares only that short scale with the first.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 looks like in Factory New

The blade is blue-violet with dark, smoky swirls, and a green blotch crosses it halfway along. A hole is visible near the tip, and a saw runs along the spine. The guard with its barrel ring is light blue, and the handle is dark gray and textured. Valve describes the finish as black and silver metallic paint with a marble medium under a colored lacquer.

This wear of the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 covers floats from 0.00 to 0.07. The tip, the edges of the hole and the saw teeth lighten first, and on a dark blade that shows from across the room. In Factory New they are untouched, and the wear of each copy is recorded at the drop.

Where the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 came from

Valve created the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1, and there is no Steam Workshop submission for this finish. It came out on June 15, 2016, with the Gamma Case, in an update called Gamma Exposure. Valve's finish catalog gives it the number 569.

Phase and pattern

The phase is built into the item name: you pick "Phase 1" in the listing. Gamma Doppler has five variants, Phases 1 to 4 and one gem, Emerald; Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl do not exist for this finish. Emerald is the rarest and the most expensive in the series.

Within a phase, copies differ: the pattern index shifts the balance of black, green and turquoise and where they sit on the blade. No pattern guide carries a separate list of patterns for this knife, so there is nothing to say about a premium for a particular layout inside Phase 1.

What to check before buying

Before paying for the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1, it is worth checking:

• the phase in the listing name: Phases 1 to 4 and Emerald are separate items;


• the listing image: the share of green, blue and black differs between copies, so compare against it;


• an applied name: a name tag on a bayonet is possible, and there are no stickers;


• the edition: a StatTrak knife is sold as a separate item;


• float: in this wear the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 is a short stretch of 0.00 to 0.07, so there is no point chasing the number.

What the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 costs in Factory New

Minimal Wear is priced a third above Factory New. Among Gamma Doppler phases, Phase 1 sits level with Phases 3 and 4, and Phase 2 is only a few percent higher.

In the lineup of M9 Bayonet finishes, Phase 1 ranks high: only eight finishes cost more, and twenty-two cost less. Case Hardened and Boreal Forest are a few percent lower, and Bright Water is three times cheaper. Emerald costs almost six times as much.

Getting the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1

This M9 Bayonet drops from the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case, and the phase is random when the case is opened. The contract does not let you choose a phase either: five Covert skins from one collection turn into a rare special item, and chance decides which knife it is. The phase you want comes as a ready-made listing.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak version of the ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 exists in the game.

Who this wear suits

The ★ M9 Bayonet | Gamma Doppler Phase 1 in Factory New is worth buying for these reasons:

• you want a blue-violet M9 Bayonet with a green accent, and Emerald is out of the budget;


• your CS2 loadout is built on a cool palette, and the light blue guard with its ring echoes the color of the blade;


• an untouched tip and saw matter to you, and Factory New covers the 0.00 to 0.07 band.