Souvenir MP5-SD | Desert Strike (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Desert-Strike turns the clean high-tech look into a rough field weapon. The tan areas are heavily chipped and the fine yellow markings are broken up, yet the dark suppressor and light grip still mark it as this skin.

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

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

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 integrated suppressor is dark olive-black with a fine ribbed texture, thin yellow dashed lines along its length and small markings near the muzzle, ending in a tan band where it meets the receiver. The receiver is black with a tan rear section, small yellow stripes and tan sights on top.

The tan paint on the grip, receiver and magazine is heavily chipped, and large parts of the suppressor lose their markings. The yellow bars on the magazine are broken up and some edges show bare metal. In game the skin looks rough and weathered, with the dark suppressor and stock holding up best.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–1

The whole float range of Souvenir MP5-SD | Desert Strike is 0–1; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–1 segment (55% 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 Prisma 2 Collection with 17 skins in total.

The source is Prisma 2 Case.

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 tan, gold, yellow or black blend with the scheme, while a single bright accent can stand out against the dark suppressor. Placements on the receiver above the magazine work well, as the area is plain dark and frames the sticker cleanly.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since copies near the cleaner end keep the yellow markings noticeably sharper.
• Look at the suppressor tip, magazine edges and tan grip, as these show damage first.
• Review any applied stickers and name tag, and decide whether you want a StatTrak™ or Souvenir version.
• The design has no pattern variation that matters, so focus on wear rather than seed.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Players who want the most affordable way to use this design.
• Fans of heavily weathered, rough-looking finishes.
• The pick for a cheap, gritty desert-style SMG.