M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy (Battle-Scarred)

Battle-Scarred (BS) is the longest of the five wears of the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy. Floats here run from 0.45 to 0.90, half the scale, which for this skin ends at 0.90. Classified in rank, it belongs to The Huntsman Collection and drops from the Huntsman Weapon Case. In CS2 it is the Atomic Alloy M4.

What the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy looks like in Battle-Scarred

The rifle is split into colored blocks. The receiver, magazine, stock and the middle of the suppressor carry orange-copper with a bronze cast, and the front of the suppressor, the carry handle and the handguard are black. There is no artwork: a metallic sheen and the contrast of copper against black do the work. The copper parts show a mirror shine and thin dark lines along the ribs, and there is no lettering. Valve's description is anodized black with orange.

The sheen is the first thing to react to wear. On the edges of the receiver and suppressor the copper lightens to gray, and the mirror finish is gone. Battle-Scarred shows the most of this: the metal at the corners looks scuffed, while the black blocks are darker and more even. Wear is fixed at drop, and the copy stays as it is.

Where the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy came from

The reference credits FACEIT as the author of the finish. The skin came out with the Huntsman Weapon Case: Valve's note of May 2 says "Added the Huntsman Case". The game's Huntsman Collection opened on May 1, 2014, with this skin among its contents from day one. Its number in Valve's catalog is 301.

What to check before buying

The float limits here are 0.45 and 0.90. The stretch is long, and the copies at its extremes look noticeably different. What to look at when you pick a listing:

• float: the lower it is, the more sheen on the copper;


• the name tag and stickers: on this rifle they stay with the lot.

The artwork is one and the same on every copy, and there are no rare ones.

What the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy costs in Battle-Scarred

Seen from Battle-Scarred, Factory New is close to seven times the price, Minimal Wear is up by more than half, and Field-Tested by roughly a fifteenth. Well-Worn costs the same.

Of the twelve Classified M4A1-S skins with a price in this wear, it is third from the top: only M4A1-S | Guardian (almost level) and Master Piece cost more. Fatal Glitch is a seventh cheaper, Decimator and Leaded Glass half as much or less, and Nightmare nearly four times less.

Getting the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy

The skin sits in the Huntsman Weapon Case. There is a contract route too: ten Restricted skins go in from anywhere, and the resulting skin comes from the collection of one of them. Ten items from the Huntsman Collection are the player's personal choice, and they push the result toward that set.

StatTrak and Souvenir

In CS2 the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy has a StatTrak version. No Souvenir packages were issued for it, but the Souvenir-O-Matic lets you turn a copy into a Souvenir one yourself.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy

The large blocks of copper and black give stickers a flat ground with no artwork under it. On the black areas light stickers read better, and on the copper dark, contrasting ones do. Gold and yellow stickers merge into the orange.

Who this wear suits

Buying the M4A1-S | Atomic Alloy in Battle-Scarred is reasonable in these cases:

• you want a copper-and-black Classified skin at the lowest price, level with Well-Worn;


• scuffed copper on the corners does not bother you, and the contrast of the blocks matters more than shine;


• you want a StatTrak version without paying extra for condition.