★ StatTrak™ Karambit | Doppler (Minimal Wear) Phase 2

Skin overview

This karambit pairs a dark grey ribbed handle with a pink Phase 2 Doppler blade, and that contrast is what makes it recognisable at a glance. Minimal Wear keeps the same vivid marbling, with at most faint marks on the edge or the tip that are hard to spot in normal play. It suits buyers who want the Phase 2 look while paying for a grade just below the cleanest one.

Item type: knife. Covert is the top weapon rarity: usually the most prominent items of a collection or case.

Anodized Multicolored: several colours in the metal coating; it wears little, the colours only dull with use.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New.

How the skin looks in Minimal Wear

The finish covers the curved blade and the finger ring, while the handle stays a plain dark grey with a fine texture, deep finger grooves and ridges along the back. Phase 2 is dominated by bright pink and magenta, broken up by cloudy silver-white marbling that runs across the flat of the blade.

Wear is still very light and stays on the parts that fade first, the very tip and small spots along the cutting edge. Closer inspection may show slightly paler pink there or a hint of bare metal. At normal distance and in first person the blade looks almost the same as a Factory New copy. The flat of the blade, the spine and most of the finger ring remain clean.

Minimal Wear quality — float range 0.07–0.08

The whole float range of ★ StatTrak™ Karambit | Doppler Phase 2 is 0–0.08; Minimal Wear takes the 0.07–0.08 segment (12% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

It drops as a rare special item from:

• Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015)
• Chroma 2 Case (on sale since Apr 15, 2015)
• Chroma 3 Case

StatTrak™ version

This is the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon shows confirmed kills. There is also the regular version without the counter.

What to check before buying

• Make sure the listing is Phase 2, since Doppler phases differ in colour and the phase is part of the item name.
• Inspect the tip and the cutting edge, where the candy coat fades first.
• Compare how much bright pink against silver-white marbling the blade shows, because the pattern varies between copies.
• Check whether a name tag has been applied and whether it suits you.

Who should buy Minimal Wear

• Players who want the pink Phase 2 blade in hand and do not mind barely visible marks on the tip.
• Buyers looking for a slightly more affordable entry into this phase.
• Nearly the same look in game, with a grade that is easier to justify for everyday use.