Souvenir Five-SeveN | Nightshade (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Five-SeveN | Nightshade has a limited float ceiling, so even Battle-Scarred copies keep the dark slide, the blue-grey frame and traces of the flowers. In this grade the floral print is broken up most heavily on the slide, while the large blooms remain readable as pale patches. It is the cheapest way to get the skin's colour scheme.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Hydrographic: the pattern is applied as a film over the metal; wear rubs it down to the base, starting with raised parts.

The remaining qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The slide is dark charcoal grey with a hydrographic floral print: a large pale bloom with a red outline near the muzzle and smaller cream flowers and leaves running back toward the rear sight. The accessory rail under the barrel carries the same dark patterned finish.

The slide carries the heaviest wear: much of the floral print is rubbed away and bare metal runs along the edges, top and muzzle. Because the float range ends early, the damage is less severe than on skins that go all the way, and the large flowers remain visible as faded shapes. In game the gun reads as a dark slide over a blue frame. The frame and grip show worn edges but keep their colour.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.5

The whole float range of Souvenir Five-SeveN | Nightshade is 0–0.5; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.5 segment (10% 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 eSports 2013 Winter Collection with 12 skins in total.

It drops from eSports 2013 Winter Case (on sale since Jul 9, 2014).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Stickers in cream, dusty pink, muted red or dark blue match the floral print and the slate frame. Placing them on the plain blue frame keeps the slide pattern uncluttered, while small pale stickers on the slide can blend in with the flowers.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float position within the wear, since the slide top and edges show the difference first.
• Look at the large flower near the muzzle, as it is the main focal point and wears early on more used copies.
• Note that the float range stops early, so Battle-Scarred copies look milder than the name suggests.
• Check applied stickers and name tags, since they change the look of the plain blue frame.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Budget entry for players who mainly want the dark slide and blue frame.
• Fans of heavy wear, since the limited float keeps the pattern partly visible.
• The most affordable way to use this skin.