AWP | Elite Build (Minimal Wear)

This is the AWP | Elite Build in Minimal Wear (MW), the second step from the top. Its rank is Classified, and the Operation Wildfire Case is where it comes from. The wear range for the skin is 0.07 to 0.15, 8% of the finish's whole scale.

What the AWP | Elite Build looks like in Minimal Wear

The rifle is in graphite and black tones, with a black barrel and scope. Orange picks out the muzzle ring, the screws on the scope, the bolt handle and small inserts. It is not artwork but a set of spot marks, and up close they resemble factory stamping.

There is a light badge with wings on the receiver. On this skin the orange details on the raised parts are the first to rub off, but the dark base hides scuffs. That is why MW differs little from Factory New while the price is noticeably lower.

Where the AWP | Elite Build came from

The AWP | Elite Build appeared on February 17, 2016, when the Wildfire Collection was added to the game. The finish's author is M1nD, and its Valve catalog number is 525. In a separate note later that February, Valve described the new lighting and shader capabilities that arrived with the operation.

What to check before buying

Before buying the AWP | Elite Build, check several points:

• float: between 0.07 and 0.15 the orange marks on the raised parts wear off gradually;


• the muzzle ring and the scope screws;


• stickers on the body of the AWP | Elite Build, and a name tag if there is one.

Searching the AWP | Elite Build by pattern index is pointless, since the artwork does not change. Across the narrow 0.07 to 0.15 band, the extreme listings differ only in the number.

What the AWP | Elite Build costs in Minimal Wear

Factory New is priced at almost triple. Going down, the gap is softer: Field-Tested is almost two times cheaper, and Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred are two times cheaper and a little more.

Among Classified AWPs the finish sits seventh from the bottom of fourteen. The AWP | Corticera is above it, by about a sixth. Below come the AWP | The End, AWP | Ice Coaled, AWP | Green Energy and AWP | Fever Dream. The priciest in the rank are the AWP | BOOM, AWP | Graphite and AWP | Silk Tiger.

Getting the AWP | Elite Build

The finish has a single case, the Operation Wildfire Case. In a contract, ten skins one rank down are required. With ten from this set, the chance of getting the AWP | Elite Build is one in three.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The AWP | Elite Build has a StatTrak version, but there are no Souvenir packages.

Stickers and craft on the AWP | Elite Build

Graphite takes stickers of any color except black. Orange stickers pick up the marks on the muzzle ring, and cool colors give contrast. The stock is the handiest place for a craft.

Who this wear suits

Minimal Wear is a reasonable pick when:

• you want an AWP for CS2 whose orange marks are almost whole, at a price two to three times below Factory New;


• the difference between MW and Field-Tested matters to the eye;


• the rifle is for a sticker craft.