Souvenir SG 553 | Pulse (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

This is the most worn version of the pink-shard SG 553, with the fragment pattern broken up by heavy scratches. The float range ends early, so Battle-Scarred copies keep more colour than on skins that wear down to the end of the scale. It suits players who like a rough, used look on a bright finish.

Item type: rifle. The weapon is available only on the 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.

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

How the skin looks in Battle-Scarred

The handguard and rails are painted fuchsia with dark grey shard-like fragments running along their length. The upper receiver and scope stay dark grey, while the lower receiver, trigger guard and pistol grip carry solid hot pink.

Heavy scratches cover the handguard, rails and magazine, and large areas of the fragment pattern are broken up. The grip and lower receiver show visible wear, and the stock edges are mostly bare grey. Because the range ends early, the pink is still present across the body. In game the rifle looks rough but keeps its colour identity.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–0.6

The float of Souvenir SG 553 | Pulse ranges from 0.1 to 0.6; the Battle-Scarred quality covers 0.45–0.6 — 30% of this skin’s scale. Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

Souvenir SG 553 | Pulse belongs to The Phoenix Collection, which holds 13 skins.

The source is Operation Phoenix Weapon Case (on sale since Feb 19, 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.

Stickers and crafts

Pink, magenta and holo stickers blend with the fuchsia fragments, while black, grey or white stickers echo the dark base. Placing them on the grey upper receiver keeps the pink handguard pattern uncovered.

What to look at before you buy

• Minimal Wear is the cleanest grade available, so compare floats within it if you want the brightest pink.
• Look at the rail ridges and magazine edges, since they show wear first.
• Check the stock corners and muzzle area on Field-Tested and worse copies.
• Review applied stickers and any name tag, as they affect how the pink-and-grey scheme reads.

Who should buy Battle-Scarred

• Budget entry for players who want the skin at the lowest cost.
• Fans of a rough, scratched look on a bright finish.
• Conclusion: the cheapest way in that still keeps visible pink.