Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

This is the copper-and-grey griffin M4A4 in its roughest state, where the illustration survives mostly as fragments. In Battle-Scarred large areas of paint are gone, the white head is faded and scraped, and the bare grey body dominates. It suits players who want the rifle's warm tones in a rough, used form at the lowest entry point of the skin.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Restricted sits in the middle of the rarity scale: noticeably rarer than Mil-Spec, yet not truly rare.

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

Other qualities of this skin: Well-Worn. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The rifle has a dark grey gunmetal base, and the main illustration sits on the receiver and magazine well: a griffin with a white eagle head and brown-copper feathered wings spreading down toward the grip. The magazine continues the artwork with copper framing and teal-green panels, while the pistol grip and lower receiver carry the same warm brown tone.

Large areas of the artwork are stripped, with the magazine, grip and handguard showing mostly bare grey. The white head is faded and heavily scraped, and only fragments of the copper wings and teal panels remain. In game the rifle looks mostly grey with scattered warm patches. Only the most protected central parts of the receiver keep recognisable pieces of the griffin.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin is 0–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (44% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir M4A4 | Griffin belongs to The Vanguard Collection, which holds 14 skins.

The source is Operation Vanguard Weapon Case (on sale since Nov 5, 2014).

What it costs in each quality

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

• Factory New — 54× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 24× dearer
• Field-Tested — 1.7× dearer

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

By price this skin is 3rd of 7 skins Restricted M4A4 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

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

Copper, gold, brown and white stickers match the griffin's palette, and teal or green accents echo the magazine panels. Placements on the handguard and the upper receiver keep the central griffin visible.

What to look at before you buy

• Check the float within the chosen grade, since copies near the cleaner boundary keep noticeably more of the griffin.
• Look at the magazine edges and the wing tips first, because they lose paint before the rest of the illustration.
• Make sure the white griffin head is still bright on worn copies, as it carries most of the design.
• Review any applied stickers and name tag to see whether they cover the griffin on the receiver.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget players who want the warm copper accents on a mostly grey rifle.
• Fans of heavily used, rough-looking finishes.
• The most affordable way into this skin, with the artwork largely gone.