★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 (Minimal Wear)

The ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 in Minimal Wear (MW) has a float band of just 0.07 to 0.08. Covert rank, with the ★ mark.

What the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 looks like in Minimal Wear

Gamma Doppler names its phase right in the item name, and on Phase 4 the blade is dominated by turquoise and green. They lie on a pale field, while the dark gray ridged handle and the turquoise ring echo the palette.

In Minimal Wear the blade is almost clean, with light marks visible on the edge and the ring. Wear does not grow after the drop. Float values on the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 here run from 0.07 to 0.08, a tight band where differences between listings are hard to catch.

Where the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 came from

The Steam Workshop has nothing to do with this finish: the artwork is Valve's. It is listed in the Valve catalog under number 572 and was released on June 15, 2016, and the drop sources are the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case.

What to check before buying

Before taking the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4, run through these points:

• float: the wear takes up only one hundredth of the skin's scale, from 0.07 to 0.08;


• pattern: the placement of black, green and turquoise on the blade differs from listing to listing;


• name tag: the knife takes one in this finish, and the applied name stays.

Phase and pattern

The phase is already in the name, yet there is still spread inside it: the pattern index moves the share of black, green and turquoise on the blade. Two listings with equal float therefore have their color distributed differently.

What the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 costs in Minimal Wear

Factory New is cheaper by a factor of 1.41. The ratio is explained by the narrow band: there are fewer copies with a float of 0.07 to 0.08 than in Factory New.

Of thirty karambit finishes in this wear, Gamma Doppler Phase 4 costs more than twenty-four and less than five. Among the nearest neighbors, Gamma Doppler Phase 3 is a sixth higher. Fade and Gamma Doppler Phase 1 are almost level, Doppler Phase 2 is slightly lower, and Doppler Phase 3 is noticeably cheaper. The bottom of the ladder is Safari Mesh, Forest DDPAT and Boreal Forest; the top is Gamma Doppler Phase 3, Doppler Sapphire and Gamma Doppler Emerald.

Getting the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4

The finish has two cases, the Gamma Case and the Gamma 2 Case, and in CS2 wear is determined at the drop. The second route is a craft: five Covert skins of one category, with normal and StatTrak never mixed, trade up into a random rare special item. Neither finish nor model is set in that trade, so the copy you want is found among ready listings.

Is there a StatTrak version

A StatTrak variant of the Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 exists.

Who this wear suits

Minimal Wear on the ★ Karambit | Gamma Doppler Phase 4 is worth it in these cases:

• you want a Phase 4 karambit from the narrowest float band, 0.07 to 0.08;


• you are comparing against Factory New, which is cheaper by a factor of 1.41, and the band itself is what counts;


• you are putting together a CS2 loadout in turquoise-green.