P250 | Valence (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

This finish relies on thin cyan lines and a blue dot field over a dark grey base, and those fine details are the first to suffer. At Well-Worn the slide and frame edges show clear wear, the lines break up in places and the colours look duller overall. The silhouette and the blue-grey scheme are still recognisable, which keeps it a usable budget option.

Item type: pistol. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Appearance in Well-Worn

The slide is dark grey to near-black, with a thin cyan line running along its side towards the muzzle. The front of the frame under the slide is covered with a field of blue dots, framed by curved cyan and blue stripes that continue around the trigger guard area.

Wear spreads along the whole slide, the muzzle area and the frame edges, and the cyan lines break up in several places. The dot pattern loses contrast and the raised ribs on the grip panel start to lose colour. The grey grip shows scuffing near its edges. In game the design reads as a dull blue-grey pistol with only the larger accents still clear.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The whole float range of P250 | Valence is 0–0.8; Well-Worn takes the 0.38–0.45 segment (9% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Chroma 2 Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from Chroma 2 Case (on sale since Apr 15, 2015).

What it costs in each quality

Taking Well-Worn as the baseline:

• Factory New — 5.9× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 1.8× dearer
• Field-Tested — 4% cheaper
• Battle-Scarred — 8% cheaper

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

By price this skin is 7th of 15 skins Mil-Spec Grade P250 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

StatTrak™ and Souvenir

There is also a the StatTrak™ version: the counter on the weapon tracks kills. Right now it is 2.6× dearer than the regular one. There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Blue, cyan, silver and white stickers fit the cool palette of this finish, and holo or foil stickers in those tones match the bright accents. Placements on the dark slide stand out well, while stickers kept away from the dot pattern leave the main motif visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since the thin cyan lines on the slide react to wear early.
• Look at the muzzle and the front of the frame, which are the first places to lose paint on this finish.
• Inspect the ribbed cyan panel on the grip, as its raised parts fade on more worn copies.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag, since they change the look of the slide and are hard to judge from the preview alone.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Budget players who want this colour scheme on their pistol.
• Buyers who mostly see the gun from the first-person view and do not mind faded lines.
• A cheap entry that still reads as Valence in game.