Souvenir SG 553 | Aerial (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

In Battle-Scarred, Aerial turns into a heavily scuffed silver rifle where the yellow trim and the white wing survive only in part. The skin's float range does not reach the very top of the scale, so even the worst copies keep a readable outline of the design. It is the cheapest way to get this finish.

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

Gunsmith: several techniques combined on one item; some parts rub off, others only dull.

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 receiver and the long handguard are finished in light silver, with a row of yellow and orange ribs running along the handguard rails. The upper part of the receiver and the scope are darker grey and black, which frames the lighter panels.

Heavy scuffing covers the silver panels, and large parts of the yellow trim are worn away. The wing decal survives only in fragments on the stock. In game the rifle reads as a worn, dull silver weapon with traces of yellow. Because the range stops short of the most extreme values, the overall design is still traceable.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The whole float range of Souvenir SG 553 | Aerial is 0–0.6; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.6 segment (25% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Souvenir SG 553 | Aerial belongs to The Gamma Collection, which holds 17 skins.

It drops from Gamma 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.

Stickers and crafts

Yellow, orange, white and silver stickers follow the skin's palette and sit well on the light handguard. Aviation or wing themes match the decal on the stock, while dark stickers work best on the grey upper receiver for contrast.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since lower values keep the silver panels cleaner.
• Look at the white wing decal on the stock, as its condition defines how the skin reads on worn copies.
• Inspect the handguard edges and magazine corners, which are the first places to lose paint.
• Note any applied stickers or name tag, as they change the look and do not always match the light colour scheme.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry for players who want this SG 553 skin in their inventory.
• Fans of heavily scuffed looks on light metallic finishes.
• The most affordable way to own Aerial.