M4A4 | Asiimov (Well-Worn)

The M4A4 | Asiimov in Well-Worn (WW) is the middle of the three wears this finish has. It costs 1.52 times more than Battle-Scarred and is 1.45 times cheaper than Field-Tested. The float scale of the skin starts at 0.18, so Factory New and Minimal Wear do not exist. It is a Covert skin.

What the M4A4 | Asiimov looks like in Well-Worn

This is a white rifle that rests on two colors: white planes and orange bands. The bands wrap the handguard, cross the receiver, run around the edge of the stock and catch the magazine at its base. The grip, the rail and the barrel stay dark. The graphics are black triangles, rhombi and an orange mark on the magazine; there are no letters or numerals.

Here the float runs from 0.38 to 0.45. The wear shows, and the first to suffer are the edges of the orange bands on the handguard rings.

Where the M4A4 | Asiimov came from

The Winter Offensive Collection was added to the game on December 18, 2013, and the M4A4 | Asiimov appeared in the same update. In its note Valve pointed out that the Winter Offensive Weapon Case was the first case made from community work. Valve's catalog lists the finish as number 255.

What to check before buying

Before paying for the M4A4 | Asiimov, look at these:

• a float inside 0.38 to 0.45;


• a name tag and stickers, if they are already on this M4A4 | Asiimov.

The pattern on the M4A4 | Asiimov is not a lottery: all copies are the same. In this wear it is a tight 0.38 to 0.45 band, where the difference between listings is hard to catch.

What the M4A4 | Asiimov costs in Well-Worn

Against the neighboring wears:

• Field-Tested costs 1.45 times more;


• Battle-Scarred costs 1.52 times less.

Among Covert M4A4s, Well-Worn sits high: only three skins are costlier, nine are cheaper. M4A4 | The Coalition is a fifth higher. M4A4 | Royal Paladin is lower by more than a quarter and M4A4 | Bullet Rain by a third. M4A4 | The Emperor and M4A4 | Desert-Strike are cheaper by more than a factor of two. The top of the row is M4A4 | The Coalition, M4A4 | Eye of Horus and M4A4 | Buzz Kill.

Getting the M4A4 | Asiimov

Besides the case, the M4A4 | Asiimov comes out of a trade-up of ten skins one rank below, drawn from any collection. Build the ten from this set to land here. The collection has two Covert skins, giving odds of one in two.

The case is the Winter Offensive Weapon Case, and no other case carries this finish.

StatTrak and Souvenir

A StatTrak version of the M4A4 | Asiimov is available. Souvenir copies exist, yet no packages were ever issued for it: only tournament map collections got those. Copies like this are made through the Souvenir-O-Matic, which puts gold tournament stickers and a player autograph onto an ordinary skin from your inventory.

Stickers and craft on the M4A4 | Asiimov

A dark sticker holds up on the white handguard, while an orange one argues with the bands. Next to the bands on the handguard rings a small sticker merges with the edges. The stock and the gray panel on the receiver are freer.

Who this wear suits

This wear of the M4A4 | Asiimov is worth buying for three reasons:

• the price sits between Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred: 1.45 times below the first, 1.52 times above the second;


• you want a white M4A4 for CS2 with less wear than Battle-Scarred;


• the 0.38 to 0.45 float band suits you, where copies barely differ.