AWP | Lightning Strike is a Covert-tier finish from The Arms Deal Collection (2013), dropping from the CS:GO Weapon Case. Available with StatTrak™. Live prices across Buff, Skinport, CSFloat, DMarket and other markets, plus 30-day price history and per-wear listings.
High risk and high reward, the infamous AWP is recognizable by its signature report and one-shot, one-kill policy. It has been painted with a lightning strike motif using anodizing effect paints over a metallic base coat.
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High risk and high reward, the infamous AWP is recognizable by its signature report and one-shot, one-kill policy. It has been painted with a lightning strike motif using anodizing effect paints over a metallic base coat. <i>Sometimes you don't need to strike the same place twice</i>
AWP | Lightning Strike was introduced as part of The Arms Deal Collection in 2013. It entered as one of the CS:GO Weapon Case's Covert-tier outcomes — among the earliest Covert skins in the game.
Drops from CS:GO Weapon Case openings.
One of the earliest Covert AWP skins and among the first Covert skins introduced to the game via the original community case. The anodized lightning strike concept and the 0.08 float ceiling ensure near-exclusive Factory New distribution.
Covert is the highest standard container rarity, with weighted drop odds of roughly 1 in 384 per CS:GO Weapon Case opening before exterior selection.
Supply now comes from existing inventory and remaining keys, as the CS:GO Weapon Case is no longer part of the active weekly drop pool.
Float values span 0.00–0.08. Only Factory New (0.00–0.07) and the very beginning of Minimal Wear (0.07–0.08) are obtainable. Field-Tested, Well-Worn, and Battle-Scarred are not obtainable. A StatTrak™ version exists; no Souvenir variant is offered.
Painted with a lightning strike motif using anodizing-effect paints over a metallic base coat. The electric bolt design is applied across the length of the AWP in high-contrast tones consistent with anodized aluminum color effects.
Recognized as a historically significant Covert AWP from the first CS:GO community case. The anodized lightning motif is one of the earliest Covert designs in the game and remains a collector reference point for the Arms Deal era.