Tec-9 | Groundwater (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Groundwater turns the clean two-tone Tec-9 into a heavily weathered sidearm. The green and tan remain as the base, while bare metal shows through on many edges, giving the most rugged version of this finish.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Solid Color: a single colour without a pattern; wear dulls it evenly and rubs it off along the edges.

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The receiver, the perforated barrel shroud and the grip are painted a solid olive green with a matte surface. The long magazine is a separate block of pale sand colour, which gives the pistol its main contrast.

The shroud and receiver are heavily chipped, with large areas of exposed metal. The magazine is scuffed along its length and at the base. In game the pistol looks patchy, with the green and tan broken into fragments. Only the more sheltered surfaces of the grip and receiver sides keep solid paint.

Battle-Scarred wear: float 0.45–0.8

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Groundwater is 0.06–0.8; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–0.8 segment (47% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

Tec-9 | Groundwater belongs to The Italy Collection, which holds 15 skins.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 48× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2× dearer
• Field-Tested — about the same
• Well-Worn — about the same

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

Among 8 skins of the Tec-9 in the Consumer Grade grade and this quality, this skin ranks 4th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Earthy tones, olive, brown, tan and matte black stickers fit the military colour scheme without breaking it. The flat sides of the receiver above the grip are the clearest spot for placement. A single bright sticker can work as an accent against the muted green.

What to look at before you buy

• Look at the float position within the wear range, since a solid finish shows every chip on the shroud and receiver top.
• Check the edges of the shroud perforations and the cocking knob, as they lose paint first.
• Inspect the magazine edges, because wear on the light tan block stands out more than on the green body.
• Check any applied stickers and name tag, as they change the look of such a plain finish noticeably.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Fans of heavily weathered finishes with exposed metal.
• The cheapest way to get this skin into your loadout.
• The choice for a rugged, battle-used look.