Counter-Strike 2 M4A1-S skins Tier List: All CS2 M4A1-S skins, ranked

In Counter-Strike 2, the M4A1-S is by far the most popular rifle on the CT side. It’s cheaper than the M4A4, more powerful than the FAMAS, and significantly, it’s silenced, making it a vital asset for winning games of CS2.

Like any weapon in the game, the M4A1-S has a bunch of skins. You can use these skins to give your M4A1-S a fresh coat of paint by opening CS2 cases or purchasing them from the Steam Marketplace. With skins ranging anywhere from a few cents to thousands of dollars, you’ve got a wide range of options here. You choose how much you want to invest in a shiny new M4A1-S skin in Counter-Strike 2.

Counter-Strike 2 M4A1-S Skins Tier List

Since the M4A1-S is the CT side equivalent of the CS2 AK-47, it features many of the most popular skins in the entire game. Your opponents won’t know what hit them when you’re dunking on them with a shiny new M4 skin.

We’re ranking purely on appearance to put these M4A1-S skins into Tiers. If you’re buying Counter-Strike 2 skins, this will almost certainly be your main factor above everything else. After all, why bother buying a skin if you don’t like the look of it in-game?

Alongside each entry into our CS2 M4A1-S skins Tier List, we’ve also included an approximate price, as per the recent transactions for the Factory New version of each skin on the Steam Marketplace. While you can technically purchase Counter-Strike 2 skins on third-party marketplaces, most players will be buying from the Steam Marketplace, so this seems like the fairest way to compare the prices. These prices are frequently changing, so we’re not considering it as a factor when ranking each M4A1-S skin. Still, knowing how much each could potentially set you back is good.

S Tier

• Blue Phosphor ($800)
• Decimator ($40)
• Hot Rod ($1200)
• Nightmare ($45)
• Printstream ($550)

A Tier

• Black Lotus ($28)
• Chantico’s Fire ($130)
• Emphorosaur-S ($3)
• Golden Coil ($190)
• Hyper Beast ($145)
• Icarus Fell ($650)
• Imminent Danger ($1800)
• Knight ($1800)

B Tier

• Atomic Alloy ($100)
• Basilisk ($12)
• Cyrex ($45)
• Dark Water ($90)
• Leaded Glass ($12)
• Master Piece ($480)
• Mecha Industries ($105)
• Nitro ($5)
• Player Two ($120)
• Welcome to the Jungle ($1800)

C Tier

• Blood Tiger ($7)
• Boreal Forest ($1.80)
• Briefing ($11)
• Bright Water ($28)
• Control Panel ($50)
• Default ($0)
• Flashback ($3)
• Fizzy POP ($2.50)
• Guardian ($30)
• Moss Quartz ($70)
• Mud-Spec ($1)
• Night Terror ($1.40)
• VariCamo ($1.10)

While some of these Counter-Strike 2 M4A1-S skins may be out of your price range, remember that you can also purchase them at a lower wear rating. The above prices reflect Factory New versions of each skin, although you can also grab them in Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, and Battle-Scarred. They’ll look worse but won’t burn as big a hole in your pocket.