While the competitive scene of Counter-Strike 2 is picking up after the New Year holidays, we have a final chance to take a look at the best players of 2023. The HLTV Awards highlighted the best of the best in several categories, and we will see which skins the winners play with. Get comfortable, as CS.MONEY Blog takes you into the world of luxurious and unusual skins: what skins best players from HLTV top use.
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ZywOo’s Skins and Inventory
If ZywOo’s inventory could be characterized in two words, it would be “Multiple Choice.” Let’s start with the Frenchman’s signature weapon, AWP. In ZywOo’s inventory, there are both Dragon Lore and Gungnir skins for the AWP.
M4 also has an interesting story: ZywOo can use both silenced and the other automatic rifles during the game. Among all skins for M4A1-S, Mathieu prefers a Printstream, a classic skin with no stickers. As for M4A4, the French player has a crafted one: Eye of Horus with four gold Legija stickers from the Major in Krakow.
He also has a Gold Arabesque, which is among top-100 in the world float-wise, as well as a StatTrak (12366 frags) Fire Serpent with four different stickers, one of which is a foil Crown, and the other three relate to North American esports: Cloud9 (Holo) | Cologne 2014, Stewie2K (Gold) | Berlin 2019, Shroud (Foil) | Cologne 2015.
As for HLTV’s best player’s gloves+knife combo, ZywOo is well-equipped. Here, the Frenchman has very rare samples with the highest floats.
- A blue combo with Butterfly Knife Doppler Sapphire (with the fourth float in the world!) and Sports Gloves Amphibious.
- A green combo with Karambit Gamma Doppler Emerald (#228 float in the world) and Sport Gloves Hedge Maze (#94 float in the world).
Finally, we can’t help but note the music kit: The Verkkars, EZ4ENCE, with almost 3500 round MVPs tracked.
apEX’s Skins and Inventory
Team Vitality’s legendary captain may be in the shadow of his superstar compatriot but also plays a crucial role in the team’s success. The Frenchman really loves his AK-47 Fuel Injector: even though it’s only Field-Tested, the kill counter on the StatTrak has surpassed 480,000!
Talking about his main defensive gun, it’s much more modest: only 62,293 on his M4A1-S Cyrex. In the glove+knife combo, apEX prefers Fade designs: a Specialist Gloves as well as Survival and Nomad Knives. Just like in-game, the IGL lets his teammates shine!
Magisk’s Skins and Inventory
The Dane’s inventory is quite modest. Like his captain, Magisk has skins with StatTrak counters and great numbers on them. AK-47 Empress has over 117,000 frags, and M4A4 Desolate Space has over 22,500.
An unusual choice of knife is the Bayonet Gamma Doppler Phase 4, which has a float, nevertheless, of the twenty-second best value in the world.
It also comes with Sports Gloves Amphibious, which complements this knife nicely.
NiKo’s Skins and Inventory
NiKo became the second-best player of the year and the best opener (a role responsible for the first kill in the round). The Bosnian’s inventory is quite star-studded, befitting his status. But before moving on to luxury skins, let’s take a look at the StatTrak AK-47 Redline with 585,710 kills! This skin has four foil FaZe Clan stickers from RMR:
NiKo’s USP-S Printstream has 134,506 frags and that’s one hell of a number. Speaking of knives, we can see several interesting items. Firstly, a Nomad Knife Fade, with a fade percentage of 99.22638%.
Second, an Ursus Knife Ultraviolet which has a float that ranks 24th in the world. We will also mention AWP Gungnir with an individual craft for the player:
Stickers on the sniper rifle: G2 Esports (Gold) | Antwerp 2022, NiKo (Gold) | Antwerp 2022, G2 Esports (Gold) | Antwerp 2022, Crown (Foil). Otherwise, NiKo has a solid inventory for a star professional player.
Ropz’s Skins and Inventory
The Estonian player has unusual preferences in-game settings, and his main inventory may also seem non-trivial. Much of it is hidden in seven separate storage units at once, but the small number of skins reflects the player’s preferences well. Robin prefers red: in his collection, there is a pair of different Hot Rod skins, and on his USP-S Kill Confirmed, the kill counter is at 28,780.
His gloves (Sports Gloves Crimson Kimono) and a knife (Karambit Doppler Ruby) are also red. The only expensive skin that stands out is M4A4 Eye Of Horus with stickers from Rio.
NertZ’s Skins and Inventory
The Israeli player, currently playing for Heroic, has an interesting inventory. Immediately, three different low-float knives: Karambit Doppler Sapphire, Butterfly Knife Marble Fade, and Karambit Slaughter. Oh boy, he has various set-ups for any occasion or mood.
Regarding luxurious skins, he has a StatTrak M4A4 Howl with the name “Signed by s1mple” and four holographic Katowice 14 stickers: two Titan and two HellRaisers. That’s a very expensive item.
And NertZ’s other skins are pretty cool as well: AK-47 Wild Lotus, M4A1-S Printstream, and Glock-18 Fade with four holographic Team Dignitas Kato’14 stickers.
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