SSG 08 | Death Strike (Field-Tested)

The SSG 08 | Death Strike in Field-Tested (FT) is an amber-orange scout with black streaks that look like running sand. The rank is Classified, and the skin belongs to The 2021 Dust 2 Collection. The finish has no regular case, and copies come from Dust II tournament Souvenir packages. A Field-Tested scout for CS2 costs less than Well-Worn or Battle-Scarred.

What the SSG 08 | Death Strike looks like in Field-Tested

The base is amber, shading in places into yellow and dark orange. Black spots and streaks run across the receiver, handguard and stock. The barrel is lighter than the body, in cream-gold tones, while the muzzle brake, scope and grip stay black with orange rings.

The black streaks on the amber field make a strong contrast.

Where the SSG 08 | Death Strike came from

The SSG 08 | Death Strike appeared in September 2021, together with The 2021 Dust 2 Collection. Valve describes the scene this way: sand pours down an emperor scorpion, and the caption promises that it will hurt.

What to check before buying

Before paying for an SSG 08 | Death Strike, check:

• the float: the band from 0.15 to 0.38 holds visibly different wear;


• whether the copy is a Souvenir one, which has golden tournament stickers on the body and a listing name that starts with the word Souvenir;


• the stickers and name tag already on this copy of the SSG 08 | Death Strike.

There is no point hunting the SSG 08 | Death Strike by pattern index, since the artwork never changes. For this skin the float number counts for more than the wear label, because the stretch from 0.15 to 0.38 holds different looks.

What the SSG 08 | Death Strike costs in Field-Tested

The other wears, set against this one:

• Factory New costs almost twice as much;


• Minimal Wear costs about a fifth more;


• Well-Worn costs about a seventh more;


• Battle-Scarred costs about a tenth more.

The lower wears are priced above Field-Tested here, even though they look worse. The boundaries are as follows: the finish's float ceiling is 0.80, Well-Worn takes 0.38 to 0.45, and Battle-Scarred stretches from 0.45 to 0.80.

Among Classified SSG 08s in this wear, the skin is the dearest of the four. SSG 08 | Bloodshot is about nine times cheaper, and SSG 08 | Turbo Peek and SSG 08 | Big Iron are cheaper still.

Getting the SSG 08 | Death Strike

No case holds the SSG 08 | Death Strike. The finish is in the Stockholm 2021 Dust II Souvenir Package, for example, and several packages from other tournaments contain it.

Trade-ups also produce the SSG 08 | Death Strike: a contract takes ten skins from the rank below, all from one collection. The skin itself goes into the input of a contract for the AK-47 | Gold Arabesque.

StatTrak and Souvenir

There is no StatTrak version of the SSG 08 | Death Strike. Souvenir packages for this finish were issued, though: golden tournament stickers and a player autograph sit on such copies from the start.

Stickers and craft on the SSG 08 | Death Strike

A warm amber background with black streaks suits cool colors best: white, light blue and silver stand apart from the base. Yellow and orange stickers merge into the body.

Who this wear suits

The SSG 08 | Death Strike in Field-Tested is the right buy if at least one of these fits:

• you want an amber scout with sandy streaks and no surcharge for Factory New;


• Well-Worn and Battle-Scarred cost more and look worse, so there is no reason to go below FT;


• you choose the float by the number, not by the wear label.