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

Counter-Strike 2‘s AWP is the weapon of choice for the best players in the game. At $4750, it’s among the most expensive CS2 guns to bring onto the server, but as a one-hit kill, it’s also one of the deadliest.

Even if you’re someone who rarely picks up the AWP in Counter-Strike 2, it’s worth having a fresh skin in your loadout. You never know when you’ll need to drop one over to your teammate when they’re desperate to play with the gun affectionately nicknamed “the Big Green.”

Counter-Strike 2 AWP Skins Tier List

There are a total of 41 AWP skins in Counter-Strike 2. Because it’s one of the most powerful and popular guns in the game, its skins are among the most in-demand you can find on the market. Sadly, this means many of them don’t come cheap.

However, price isn’t a factor in our Counter-Strike 2 AWP skins Tier List. Instead, we’re just considering how cool each skin looks in-game. After all, whether you can afford every AWP skin in the game or not, you’re always going to buy a skin you like the look of. No one (we hope) is spending thousands on skins that they don’t actually like the look of, so we think it’s the only thing that should matter when it comes to creating an AWP skins Tier List. The S and A Tier skins are the must-haves, while the B and C Tiers are the ones you should think twice about unless you really like them.

While the cost doesn’t come into the equation for rankings, we have included an approximate price based on the recent Steam Marketplace transactions of these skins. There are a couple of highlighted exceptions, as their prices are so high that no one trades them on Steam. Yes, all of the S Tier AWP skins look amazing, but only you know which ones you’re willing to pay the big bucks for.

S Tier

• Asiimov ($165)
• Atheris ($15)
• Chromatic Aberration ($19)
• Dragon Lore ($11,000 on third-party sites, rarely sold on Steam)
• Gungnir ($12,000 on third-party sites, rarely sold on Steam)
• Fade ($1450)
• Man-o’-war ($40)
• Redline ($85)
• Wildfire ($160)

A Tier

• Black Nile ($5.50)
• Chrome Cannon ($160)
• Containment Breach ($480)
• Desert Hydra ($2500 on third-party sites, rarely sold on Steam)
• Duality ($12.50)
• Fever Dream ($15)
• Hyper Beast ($110)
• Medusa ($2000)
• Neo-Noir ($38)
• Oni Taiji ($550)
• The Prince ($3500 on third-party sites, rarely sold on Steam)

B Tier

• Acheron ($1.80)
• Capillary ($2.30)
• Elite Build ($35)
• Exoskeleton ($10)
• Lightning Strike ($700)
• Mortis ($8)
• Phobos ($2.10)
• POP AWP ($9)
• Silk Tiger ($300)
• Sun in Leo ($40)
• Worm God ($3)

C Tier

• BOOM ($400)
• Corticera ($41)
• Default ($0)
• Electric Hive ($65)
• Graphite ($165)
• PAW ($4.50)
• Pink DDPAT ($110)
• Pit Viper ($0.60)
• Safari Mesh ($1)
• Snake Camo ($275)

As with any Counter-Strike 2 skin, you can bring down the price of these options by picking up a lower wear rating. With any Factory New skin, you’re getting the best appearance, but you’re paying a premium as a result. Instead, make sure you also look at the prices of the Minimal Wear, Field-Tested, Well-Worn, and Battle-Scarred versions of each skin. If you’re not too fussed about having a perfect CS2 skin, this could prove a more cost-effective option for you.