USP-S | Spiral Glitch (Battle-Scarred)

Skin overview

Battle-Scarred Spiral Glitch looks like a heavily used tool: the silencer, slide and grip carry wide scratched areas where the linework breaks apart. The grey palette hides some of the damage, so the pistol still reads as patterned in game. It is the most rugged version of this design.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Counter-Terrorist side. Classified is the second-rarest weapon tier, only Covert sits above it.

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

Appearance in Battle-Scarred

The silencer is wrapped in grey geometric and spiral patterns, with a pearlescent band near the muzzle that shifts between blue and warm tones. The slide carries a light grey maze-like pattern, a glitch-style white marking and thin blue accent lines near the rear.

Heavy wear covers the silencer, the slide edges, the trigger guard and the grip. The pearlescent sheen is largely gone and the linework is broken over wide areas. In game the pistol looks rough but still patterned rather than bare. Only the inner flat parts of the slide keep a clearer section of the artwork.

Battle-Scarred quality — float range 0.45–1

The whole float range of USP-S | Spiral Glitch is 0–1; Battle-Scarred takes the 0.45–1 segment (55% of the scale). The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Spy Tech Collection with 17 skins in total. It does not drop from a case: the collection has none — such skins come from operation drops, souvenir packages or the market.

What it costs in each quality

Taking Battle-Scarred as the baseline:

• Factory New — 4.1× dearer
• Minimal Wear — 2.4× dearer
• Field-Tested — 31% dearer
• Well-Worn — 9% dearer

Based on the cheapest SkinOut.gg listing of each quality, otherwise on the market reference.

Among 7 skins of the USP-S in the Classified grade and this quality, this skin ranks 5th by price, counting from the dearest.

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Monochrome, holographic or blue-toned stickers match the grey linework and the pearlescent sheen. Placing them on the flat side of the slide keeps the silencer pattern and the grip stripes visible.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the grade, since a low float keeps the silencer tip cleaner.
• Look at the silencer tip and the slide edges first, as these parts lose paint before the rest.
• Inspect the pearlescent band on the silencer, because its sheen fades on more worn copies.
• Check applied stickers and any name tag, since they change how the busy pattern reads.

Who the Battle-Scarred quality suits

• Players who prefer a rugged, heavily used look.
• Buyers looking for the most affordable way to own the pattern.
• The choice for those who value the design over condition.