M4A4 | Cyber Security (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Cyber Security turns the clean poster design into a heavily chipped one, with much of the black base showing through the coloured bands. The diagonal layout and the main colours still give the rifle away, but the glyphs and fine stripes are largely lost. This is the most affordable way to carry the skin's palette, with a rough, damaged look.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

Custom Paint Job: hand-painted across the whole body; this is the type where wear shows most, the artwork rubs down to metal.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The receiver carries the busiest part of the design: gold and orange fields cut by red diagonal stripes, a cyan block and white character-style lettering on the side. The magazine continues the diagonals in gold, red and cyan, with a vertical column of white glyphs down its face.

Heavy chipping covers the magazine, receiver, grip and handguard, with large areas of dark base breaking up the colour bands. Most of the white lettering and fine stripes are gone or reduced to fragments. In game the rifle looks rough, though the bright palette is still visible at a glance. Only parts of the colour fields hold together, and no area of the finish looks clean.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.98

The float of M4A4 | Cyber Security ranges from 0 to 0.98; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.98 — 54% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

M4A4 | Cyber Security belongs to The Operation Broken Fang Collection, which holds 17 skins.

The source is Operation Broken Fang Case.

Price by quality

Compared with the Battle-Scarred quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 5.6× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 47% dearer
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — 1% dearer

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 2nd of 6 skins Classified M4A4 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

This skin has a the StatTrak™ version with a kill counter. Right now it is 34% dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in red, gold, cyan or white blend well with the colour bands, especially on the receiver above the magazine. Holo or foil stickers with a tech or neon theme match the cyber-poster look of the finish. Dark or muted stickers work better on the black handguard area, where they do not compete with the bright panels.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear grade, because a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn can look noticeably cleaner than a high one.
• Inspect the magazine edges, receiver edges and pistol grip, since these are the first parts where chips show on this finish.
• Check the gold areas in close-up, as scratches stand out there more than on red or blue.
• Note any stickers or name tag already applied and whether they fit the bright colour-block design.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry for players who want this M4A4 in the inventory.
• Fans of a rough, heavily used look on a bright design.
• The cheapest way to own the skin, at the cost of most of its detail.