USP-S | Black Lotus (Battle-Scarred)

This is the USP-S | Black Lotus in Battle-Scarred (BS), the lowest wear on this skin's scale. It is a Mil-Spec skin from The Operation Riptide Collection, and in CS2 it drops from the Operation Riptide Case.

What the USP-S | Black Lotus looks like in Battle-Scarred

There is no black on the skin: the slide is dark purple with a blue cast. Pink-lilac blossoms and thin twigs lie over it. The frame, the guard and the grip are steel gray, and the suppressor is dark gray.

The artwork is built on the slide and reaches slightly onto the grip, while the rest is plain. The blossoms sit in clusters, with buds and bare twigs between them. Nearer the muzzle there are more flowers, and toward the rear only branches remain. In Battle-Scarred the wear is heavier than in the upper wears, and the paint on the slide visibly leaves the edges.

Where the USP-S | Black Lotus came from

The skin joined The Operation Riptide Collection. Operation Riptide began on September 22, 2021, with the skin in its collection from day one.

What to check before buying

Before paying for a copy of the USP-S | Black Lotus, look at these parameters:

• float: the wear band is capped at 0.90 and runs from 0.45 to 0.90, and the look differs at the two ends of the span;


• the name tag and stickers this USP-S | Black Lotus already carries.

On the USP-S | Black Lotus, the artwork offers nothing to choose between.

What the USP-S | Black Lotus costs in Battle-Scarred

This is the cheapest wear of the skin. Factory New costs 28.54 times more, Minimal Wear 3.81 times more, Field-Tested 1.53 times more and Well-Worn 1.11 times more.

Among Mil-Spec USP-S skins in this wear, the skin sits in the middle: seven cost less, six cost more. Lead Conduit is level with it, and Night Ops and Check Engine are slightly lower. The top of the row belongs to Business Class, about forty times dearer than Black Lotus.

Getting the USP-S | Black Lotus

Its source is the Operation Riptide Case. A contract does not lead here: this collection has no skins of a lower rank.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The USP-S | Black Lotus has a StatTrak version. The skin has no Souvenir version.

Stickers and craft on the USP-S | Black Lotus

The artwork occupies the slide and the rest of the weapon is plain, so in CS2 the base for stickers is easy to read. On the frame and the magazine, stickers lie on flat steel. Wear in Battle-Scarred is deep, and stickers on heavily scuffed spots of the slide read worse than on the intact gray parts.

Who this wear suits

Buying the USP-S | Black Lotus in this wear makes sense if one of these fits:

• you want the cheapest USP-S with a floral pattern: Field-Tested costs 1.53 times more;


• you want a base for stickers and craft where scuffing does not get in the way;


• you want a float nearest 0.45: the look changes visibly within the band of 0.45 to 0.90.