StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin (Field-Tested)

The StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin in Field-Tested (FT) is an M4 with a kill counter and a float from 0.15 to 0.38. The rank is Restricted, the collection is The Vanguard Collection, and the side is the Counter-Terrorists. Buying the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin for CS2 in this wear means taking a light rifle with a large bird.

What the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin looks like in Field-Tested

The base is a cold gray-beige. The artwork is a copper-orange bird with cream-white details. Valve describes it as a hand-drawn illustration of a griffin. You can make out a white head, a spread wing and feathers in copper tones, with a thin ornamental border along the bottom of the figure.

The figure fills the magazine window and part of the frame, and a turquoise inset lies at the bottom of the window. Small dark bird silhouettes are scattered over the handguard and the stock. The stock and barrel are dark gray with orange patches, and the scope carries no artwork.

Listings within 0.15 to 0.38 differ noticeably in look. The artwork is rubbed away in places, and pale streaks run along the edges of the receiver. The higher the float, the more of these marks there are.

Where the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin came from

The skin was released on November 12, 2014, the day Operation Vanguard launched. In the update note Valve wrote about six community maps with free access and about campaigns: series of missions that earned extra operation cases or a weapon.

What to check before buying

With listings of the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin, compare the following:

• the counter value: the buyer receives it as it stands, and it cannot be reset;


• the float: the 0.15 to 0.38 band is wide, so the number is the first thing to look at;


• whether the rifle carries stickers or a name tag.

The copper griffin is the same on every copy, and only wear tells them apart.

What the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin costs in Field-Tested

The counter version costs about 2.5 times the regular one in this wear. Two of the neighboring wears give a comparison:

• Factory New costs almost four times as much;


• Minimal Wear costs about 1.7 times as much.

Among Restricted M4A4 skins with a counter, this one is fourth of six in ascending price in this wear. The StatTrak™ M4A4 | Turbine and Etch Lord are cheaper; Evil Daimyo, Spider Lily and Zirka cost more. Zirka costs about five times as much.

Getting the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin

The skin drops from the Operation Vanguard Weapon Case, and so does the counter version. By contract, the counter version is built only from StatTrak skins.

StatTrak and Souvenir

If you do not need a counter, take the regular M4A4 | Griffin: a separate item with its own page and a lower price. The skin has no Souvenir version.

Stickers and craft on the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin

The light gray-beige base shows dark stickers well. The copper bird in the magazine window takes the main place, and stickers beside it fight with the artwork. Clean areas remain on the barrel and the scope. The counter stays with the item through any craft.

Who this wear suits

Field-Tested on the StatTrak™ M4A4 | Griffin is a sound choice in these cases:

• you want a counter on a light M4 with a bird in copper tones;


• a 2.5-times premium over the regular version is acceptable;


• you want to choose a copy by float inside the wide 0.15 to 0.38 band.