M4A1-S | Guardian (Well-Worn)

Well-Worn (WW) on the M4A1-S | Guardian is the float band 0.38 to 0.45, which is 14% of the finish's wear scale. The skin is Classified and belongs to The Winter Offensive Collection. In price WW sits close to the neighboring lower wears, so you can buy this M4A1-S for CS2 in WW at nearly the Field-Tested price.

What the M4A1-S | Guardian looks like in Well-Worn

This is a smooth steel-blue finish with no artwork; Valve calls the shade cobalt. The gray suppressor carries fine white lettering, and a CT emblem sits on the magazine.

In WW the paint has come off the edges of the receiver and handguard and the corners of the stock, and bare metal shows there. The flat sides still hold their color. The condition of an M4A1-S | Guardian is determined at the moment of the drop, not by how long it has been stored.

Where the M4A1-S | Guardian came from

Valve's note of December 19, 2013 names the Winter Offensive Weapon Case the first case in history made from community work. The M4A1-S | Guardian appeared in the game on December 19, 2013.

What to check before buying

Across M4A1-S | Guardian listings, people compare this:

• float: the wear range for the M4A1-S | Guardian here is 0.38 to 0.45;


• a name tag and stickers, if they are already on this M4A1-S | Guardian;


• how much paint is left on the edges of the handguard and stock.

One pattern serves every listing. The 0.38 to 0.45 stretch is short, and the difference between listings is negligible.

What the M4A1-S | Guardian costs in Well-Worn

The other wears of the M4A1-S | Guardian relate to Well-Worn like this:

• Factory New is pricier by about 2.1 times;


• Minimal Wear is pricier by about 1.2 times;


• Field-Tested is cheaper by about 4%;


• Battle-Scarred is pricier by about six percent.

The three lowest wears barely differ in price. Among Classified M4A1-S skins in WW, this one costs almost the same as Atomic Alloy and more than Decimator and Leaded Glass.

Getting the M4A1-S | Guardian

The M4A1-S | Guardian is part of the Winter Offensive Weapon Case.

A trade-up into the M4A1-S | Guardian works like this. Ten skins of the rank below go in, from any collections, and the result comes from the collection of one of the inputs. If all ten are taken from Winter Offensive, the outcome is one of the set's three Classified skins, so the chance of getting this M4A1-S is one in three. From there the skin leads on to a contract for the Covert M4A4 | Asiimov and Sawed-Off | The Kraken.

StatTrak and Souvenir

This M4A1-S | Guardian is available with StatTrak. There is no Souvenir package for it.

Stickers and craft on the M4A1-S | Guardian

On the edges where the paint has gone, light metal shows and gives a sticker a neutral background. White and gold ones read best, while blue ones repeat the color and get lost.

Who this wear suits

Well-Worn is justified for the M4A1-S | Guardian when:

• you want an M4A1-S in steel-blue and scuffed edges do not bother you;


• the short 0.38 to 0.45 band is enough and there is no need to pick by float;


• you want a Classified skin from the first case built from community work.