SG 553 | Waves Perforated (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

SG 553 | Waves Perforated keeps its cool grey-blue palette even in the most worn grade, though the dot pattern breaks up heavily. In Battle-Scarred large areas of bare dark metal appear on the handguard, magazine and stock, and the waves survive mostly in flatter areas. It is the most weathered take on the design and the easiest entry into it.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, the long railed handguard and the scope housing are covered in a grid of small perforation dots laid over wavy bands of pale blue-grey and darker steel grey. The same pattern continues onto the curved magazine, the pistol grip and the skeletal stock, so the rifle reads as one continuous texture.

Large sections of the handguard, magazine and stock are worn down to dark metal, and the rail ribs are almost bare. The scope keeps only fragments of the pattern. Pieces of the dot grid and the wave bands survive in scattered islands on the receiver. In game the rifle looks mostly dark with a broken grey-blue texture on top.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of SG 553 | Waves Perforated is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% 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

SG 553 | Waves Perforated belongs to The Lake Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

By price this skin is 5th of 7 skins Consumer Grade SG 553 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Muted stickers in grey, white, navy or steel blue blend with the cool palette, while a single orange or red accent stands out cleanly against it. The flat sides of the receiver and the magazine area suit placements best, since the dense dot texture leaves little room for busy designs.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear range, since copies near the top of a grade look noticeably cleaner on the rails and magazine.
• Inspect the rail ribs, magazine edges and scope top, as these lose paint first.
• Souvenir copies exist, so check whether the item carries stickers and whether you want them.
• Look for a name tag if you prefer the item without one.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget players who want any skin on their SG 553.
• Fans of heavily weathered, dark-looking finishes.
• Conclusion: the cheapest entry into this design, with the pattern largely worn away.