M4A1-S | Decimator (Battle-Scarred)

In Battle-Scarred (BS) the M4A1-S | Decimator is cut off at the top, because the finish has a float cap of 0.85. The wear takes 47 percent of the scale. It is a Classified skin from The Spectrum Collection, and the rifle drops from the Spectrum Case. This wear is assigned floats 0.45 to 0.85, which in CS2 is nearly half of the finish's scale.

What the M4A1-S | Decimator looks like in Battle-Scarred

Dark blue shading into black forms the body, and fine turquoise lines are drawn along its ribs and edges. Raspberry-pink covers the front face of the suppressor and the front half of its body, the grip, the magazine, and the stock with its butt plate. The shift between blue and raspberry is blurred, with no sharp border, and the barrel is dark. Turquoise outlines the front sight, the arch of the carry handle, the handguard ribs and the trigger guard. There is no artwork and no lettering, only a gradient and contour lines, which Valve calls quiet retrofuturism.

Lightening begins with the raspberry areas at their edges, namely the butt plate, the base of the magazine and the front face of the suppressor. The turquoise outlines on the handguard ribs break up after them. Wear is fixed at the drop, so Battle-Scarred stays what it is.

Where the M4A1-S | Decimator came from

Coridium put the finish forward in the Workshop under the title "M4A1-S - DECIMATOR 2000", and the submission came out on March 10, 2016. The author wrote that the theme gathers much of what he loved about the eighties. The Spectrum Collection was added to the game in March 2017, and the M4A1-S | Decimator arrived in the same update. In Valve's catalog the finish is number 644.

What to check before buying

These points matter when buying an M4A1-S | Decimator:

• float: the 0.45 to 0.85 stretch is long, and the extreme copies differ noticeably;


• whatever stickers or name tag the previous owner added;


• pattern: it is identical on every copy.

What the M4A1-S | Decimator costs in Battle-Scarred

Of all the finish's wears, Battle-Scarred is among the two cheapest. Field-Tested costs a few percent less, Well-Worn 1.11 times as much, Minimal Wear 1.44 times, Factory New almost three times. The two lowest wears sit close together, and the main jump in price comes at Minimal Wear and Factory New.

Among Classified M4A1-S finishes with a price in this wear, the skin sits in the middle of the list of twelve: seven cheaper, four dearer. Leaded Glass is slightly cheaper, and Party Animal and Nightmare about two fifths lower. Black Lotus costs three times as much. Atomic Alloy and Guardian are twice as dear, Master Piece almost eight times.

Getting the M4A1-S | Decimator

The skin is part of the Spectrum Case. For a trade-up contract toward the M4A1-S | Decimator, you put in ten Restricted skins taken from anywhere, and the result comes from the collection of one of the inputs. Ten from The Spectrum Collection is the player's choice and steers the result toward that set.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The M4A1-S | Decimator has a StatTrak version, while no Souvenir packages carry the finish.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Decimator

The dark blue body gives a deep background, and turquoise and pink stickers continue the palette of the finish. That makes an expressive base for a sticker setup in CS2. The gradient on the suppressor and the magazine is raspberry, so cool-toned stickers on the grip and the handguard stand out, while pink ones blend in.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred is sensible for the M4A1-S | Decimator when:

• you want an M4 with a blue body and raspberry details at the lowest price among the finish's wears;


• the long 0.45 to 0.85 stretch matters, since there is something to choose from inside it;


• the neon palette matters more than neat turquoise outlines, which wear away before the fill does.