AUG | Chameleon (Battle-Scarred)

For the AUG | Chameleon, Battle-Scarred (BS) holds the narrowest band on the scale: 0.45 to 0.50. This is a Covert skin of The Phoenix Collection, and the usual BS ceiling of 1.00 is never reached here, because the float of the finish stops at 0.50. Of the whole skin's scale it takes 10%, the most worn of the five wears.

What the AUG | Chameleon looks like in Battle-Scarred

The body is dark gray, almost graphite, with a thin red line along the receiver. The artwork is gathered on the stock: a green chameleon with orange and yellow spots coils around it from the side and stretches forward along the rear of the receiver. The barrel, scope, grip and magazine stay unpainted.

In the worn state the dark base merges with the metal, and the bright patch of the chameleon on the stock remains the thing that catches the eye. The float is recorded when the skin drops and does not change afterward: closer to 0.50 a copy carries more scuffing than at the 0.45 border.

Where the AUG | Chameleon came from

The skin appeared with Operation Phoenix on February 20, 2014. Valve's note says the operation pass gives access to a new case with 13 community finishes. The Chameleon has been in that case from day one.

What to check before buying

These are the parameters to check in an AUG | Chameleon listing:

• float: the band is only 0.05 wide, so the difference between the outermost listings is small;


• a name tag and stickers: on the AUG | Chameleon they stay with the listing;


• item type: regular and StatTrak are sold as separate listings.

There are no two different artworks on the AUG | Chameleon. The stretch of 0.45 to 0.50 is short, and the difference between listings falls within the margin of error.

What the AUG | Chameleon costs in Battle-Scarred

This is the cheapest wear of the skin, though not by much. The others stand against it like this:

• Factory New costs 20% more;


• Minimal Wear costs 10% more;


• Field-Tested costs 8% more;


• Well-Worn is level: the gap is under three percent.

Among Covert AUGs in this wear there is one more skin, AUG | Akihabara Accept, and it costs about three and a half times as much as the Chameleon. There is no Covert AUG cheaper than the Chameleon.

Getting the AUG | Chameleon

Its case is the Operation Phoenix Weapon Case. A contract of ten skins from the rank below, built out of The Phoenix Collection, returns one of the collection's two Covert skins. It is this one or AWP | Asiimov, at one chance in two. Five Covert skins, in turn, turn into a rare special item with the ★ mark.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The AUG | Chameleon has a StatTrak version. No souvenir packages were released with this skin.

Stickers and craft on the AUG | Chameleon

The dark body takes almost any sticker, but the stock with the green lizard is better left uncovered. Silver and white stickers read on the dark base, while green and orange ones fight with the chameleon. For a craft, the handguard and the receiver are the places, where the body is a solid gray.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred on the AUG | Chameleon is a reasonable choice when:

• you want an AUG for CS2 with the chameleon on the stock at the lowest price of the five wears;


• paying more for Factory New (20% above) makes no sense, because the artwork is shared;


• a Covert skin of The Phoenix Collection matters to you, and scuffed metal does not.