USP-S | Monster Mashup (Field-Tested)

USP-S | Monster Mashup in Field-Tested (FT) sits mid-scale: the row of white teeth along the slide has already been nibbled by wear, while the acid-green base is intact. Field-Tested covers floats from 0.15 to 0.38. It is Classified rank and drops from the Operation Broken Fang Case.

What the USP-S | Monster Mashup looks like in Field-Tested

The main feature is a "mouth" along the whole length of the pistol: a row of white triangular teeth on the lower edge of the slide. The slide itself is lime-green with a yellow-green stripe along the top and dark teal patches, while the frame and grip are dark teal with green. The grip carries a colorful scene in yellow, orange, blue and green. The suppressor is dark blue-green with light teal diagonal stripes, its end is bare steel, and the trigger is an iridescent orange-pink.

There are two inscriptions. Along the slide runs a word in green letters that looks like "MONSTER," with a black cross beside it. On the suppressor sits a green badge with cross-shaped eyes, and the graffiti word under it is unreadable.

In FT the teeth on the lower edge of the slide are the first to go, together with the front cut and the serrations. The stripes on the suppressor rings lighten next. The lime planes and the grip scene last longer, so near the bottom of the band the pistol looks almost whole, while near the top the "mouth" is already ragged.

Where the USP-S | Monster Mashup came from

The artist behind this finish goes by Nextgenz. He posted the submission to the Steam Workshop on March 6, 2020. Its working title was "USP-S | Krokos," and he described it as a flip-mod with a pearlescent effect, inspired by the artist Kaws. The Operation Broken Fang collection was released on December 3, 2020. In its announcement Valve promised Retakes mode and weekly missions. In the Valve catalog the finish is number 991.

What to check before buying

Before buying a USP-S | Monster Mashup, check the following:

• the float within 0.15 to 0.38, which decides how many teeth on the edge are still whole;


• the condition of the suppressor rings, since the light stripes wear away second;


• stickers on the body, and any rename.

Every copy carries the same artwork. On this skin the float number matters more than the wear label, because the 0.15 to 0.38 stretch holds visibly different looks. The finish's scale stops at 0.70, not at 1.

What the USP-S | Monster Mashup costs in Field-Tested

Against FT, the other wears price out like this:

• Factory New: about three and a half times the price;


• Minimal Wear: about two fifths above;


• Well-Worn: about a tenth above;


• Battle-Scarred: about a tenth below.

The three lower wears sit tightly together, within a tenth of the price of one another, and Well-Worn actually costs more than FT. The whole jump comes at Factory New, where the row of white teeth is intact along the full slide.

Among Classified USP-S skins in FT, this finish is third from the bottom of nine. Only USP-S | Jawbreaker and USP-S | Cortex are below it, both several times cheaper. Directly above are USP-S | Spiral Glitch and USP-S | Caiman, and USP-S | Whiteout costs twice as much.

Getting the USP-S | Monster Mashup

The source is the Operation Broken Fang Case, and the finish appears in no other.

You can also craft the USP-S | Monster Mashup instead of buying it: a trade-up takes ten skins of the rank below from this collection. There are three Classified skins in the collection, so the chance of landing the USP-S is one in three. The collection's Covert rank is held by Glock-18 | Neo-Noir and M4A1-S | Printstream.

StatTrak and Souvenir

The USP-S | Monster Mashup has a StatTrak version. No Souvenir packages were ever released for this finish: they were made only for the map tournament collections. But you can build a Souvenir copy yourself: the Souvenir-O-Matic puts gold tournament stickers and a player autograph on an ordinary skin from your inventory. That is why a few Souvenir copies turn up now and then even where no packages ever existed.

Stickers and craft on the USP-S | Monster Mashup

The body is almost entirely taken up by graphics: the slide has the teeth and the lettering, the grip a colored scene. A craft sits best on the suppressor, where the dark plane works as a background. Black and white stickers with dense fill do well; green ones vanish into the base.

Who this wear suits

Buying the USP-S | Monster Mashup in Field-Tested makes sense when:

• you want an acid-green USP-S for CS2 without paying roughly triple for intact teeth;


• you like choosing by float, since within 0.15 to 0.38 the look differs noticeably;


• Well-Worn does not appeal, because it costs more for a worse look.

Dropping to Battle-Scarred to save a tenth is pointless: the teeth are almost completely gone there. In CS2 the pistol reads the same at a distance, and the "mouth" shows when you inspect it.