AWP | Graphite (Minimal Wear)

This is the AWP | Graphite in Minimal Wear (MW), the lower of its two wears. The float scale ends at 0.12, so the finish has no wears besides Factory New, and Minimal Wear covers the band from 0.07 to 0.12. It is Classified, from the Bravo Collection (The Bravo Collection), and the source is the Operation Bravo Case. In CS2 this AWP in MW costs almost the same as in FN.

What the AWP | Graphite looks like in Minimal Wear

The rifle is entirely black-graphite, with no colored elements at all. The pattern reads as slightly lighter dark-gray facets on the side of the receiver, by the magazine window and on the stock; the barrel, scope and bipod are dark steel, almost the same tone as the paint. According to Valve's description, the polygonal pattern is applied in metallic paints of differing reflectivity over a chrome base.

The facets run as a continuous field, with no central figure, inscriptions or logos. In Minimal Wear the wear shows up as light scratches along the raised ribs: the corners of the stock, the edge of the cheek rest, the ridges of the facets. On such a dark surface the contrast is low, so scuffs are less noticeable than on colorful skins.

Where the AWP | Graphite came from

The AWP | Graphite finish came from Valve, not from the Steam Workshop, so there is no submission and no author's text for it. Its number in Valve's catalog is 212, one of the earliest. In the game the Bravo Collection opened on September 19, 2013, and the AWP | Graphite was there from the first day. Valve's description calls it a souvenir from Agency.

What to check before buying

When choosing a listing, these things matter:

• the float: the 0.07 to 0.12 spread is so small that choosing by it is pointless;


• the stickers and name tag this rifle inherited from a previous owner.

What the AWP | Graphite costs in Minimal Wear

The finish has two wears, and Factory New costs the same as this one: the difference is under three percent. MW takes up 42% of the scale, 0.05 out of 0.12, but nothing for this skin is worse than Minimal Wear.

Among Classified AWP skins, this one ranks second from the top of fourteen in this wear. Only the AWP | Silk Tiger is above it. The nearest below is the AWP | BOOM, cheaper by a fifth, and the AWP | Redline is cheaper by 2.3 times. The AWP | Crakow!, the AWP | Electric Hive and the AWP | Corticera are cheaper by three times and more.

Getting the AWP | Graphite

The skin drops from the Operation Bravo Case. Besides the case, a trade-up of ten skins one tier below yields it. The collection has three Classified skins, so with all ten from it the chance in a trade-up is one in three. The skin itself goes further, into a trade-up for the AK-47 | Fire Serpent or the Desert Eagle | Golden Koi.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The AWP | Graphite also comes in a StatTrak version. No Souvenir packages were issued for it, but a Souvenir copy can be built through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the AWP | Graphite

The black surface with barely visible facets hardly competes with stickers: a colored sticker becomes the only bright spot on the body. Dark and gray ones blend into the paint, while white and bright ones read at once. The even areas are the stock and the side of the receiver. On Minimal Wear some of the light scratches will end up under a sticker, and nobody will see them.

Who this wear suits

Minimal Wear makes sense when:

• you want a dark AWP for CS2 with no colored elements, one that fits any loadout;


• price matters and a price close to FN is acceptable: Factory New costs almost as much, and the MW float is slightly wider;


• you are preparing a craft on an even dark background, where scratches on the ribs do not interfere.