M4A4 | Spider Lily (Battle-Scarred)

Battle-Scarred (BS) is the cheapest of the five wears of the M4A4 | Spider Lily and the widest on the scale. By float it takes 0.45 to 1.00, which is 55% of the range. Restricted rank; an M4A4 for the Counter-Terrorist side that drops from the Operation Riptide Case.

What the M4A4 | Spider Lily looks like in Battle-Scarred

The ground is dark blue with turquoise swirls. Scarlet spider lilies gather on the side of the receiver by the magazine window, with thin red threads trailing from them. Blue covers the handguard, the stock is paler than the rest, the magazine is steel-gray, and a gold plate sits at the muzzle.

Across the float range the paint is lost in a fixed order. The edges of the receiver and handguard turn pale first, then the red threads on the raised parts break. The blooms themselves suffer last, and the petals on the flat of the receiver stay distinguishable longest. A spread of 0.45 to 1.00 is huge, and two Battle-Scarred listings can look quite different.

Where the M4A4 | Spider Lily came from

Strenson made the finish, and Valve lists it under catalog number 1097. It was released on September 21, 2021, when the Operation Riptide Collection opened.

What to check before buying

When choosing an M4A4 | Spider Lily, compare these:

• float: across 0.45 to 1.00 the state of the artwork varies more than in any other wear of the skin;


• name tag and stickers: on the M4A4 | Spider Lily they stay on the skin;


• what is left of the red threads and petals on the receiver.

You cannot buy an M4A4 | Spider Lily with a "rare" pattern, because the artwork is identical on every copy. Search by the number rather than the wear label: the band of 0.45 to 1.00 is wide.

What the M4A4 | Spider Lily costs in Battle-Scarred

This is the price floor. Factory New costs 9.09 times as much, Minimal Wear 2.55 times, Field-Tested 1.60 times and Well-Worn 1.13 times. Most of the gap sits in the top two wears.

Among Restricted M4A4 skins this one is nearer the top: of nine finishes, five are cheaper and three are dearer. M4A4 | Polysoup is a little higher; M4A4 | Evil Daimyo and M4A4 | Griffin are about 40% cheaper. M4A4 | Turbine is five times cheaper and M4A4 | Sheet Lightning almost an order of magnitude. M4A4 | Modern Hunter and M4A4 | Daybreak cost the most.

Getting the M4A4 | Spider Lily

The Operation Riptide Case is its source. The second route is a trade-up contract of ten skins one rank down, from any collection. Build the ten from this set and the chance of this M4A4 is one in five.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The skin has a StatTrak version. There are no Souvenir packages, but a Souvenir copy can be built through the Souvenir-O-Matic.

Stickers and craft on the M4A4 | Spider Lily

On a heavily worn M4A4 a sticker often ends up brighter than the paint itself. Stickers in red and turquoise work best, repeating the colors of the lilies and the swirls.

Who this wear suits

Battle-Scarred on the M4A4 | Spider Lily is justified in these cases:

• you want the lowest entry price to the finish: Factory New costs nine times as much;


• you want the scarlet-flower artwork in CS2 on the cheapest copy;


• you have time to sift listings by float, because in CS2 the difference between 0.45 and 1.00 is visible to the eye.