Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred)

Description

The Nova | Mandrel Battle-Scarred is slightly more budget-friendly, team-ons who are on a really tight budget will find it ideal to set up ambushes. The hydrographic design features an appealing grayscale pattern of interlocking pipes, which makes the skin unique and more industrial-looking. Powerful shots with the Nova are known to shape up and mold the battlefield with each round fired.

History

The battle-scarred Nova | Mandrel first entered the world of CS2 on September 3rd, 2018, as part of the Paris 2023 Nuke Souvenir Package. This kind of shotgun was unusual, released together with the "FACEIT 2018 – Ways to Watch" update on that very day.

Origin

In CS2, the Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred) is one of the most required skins. It can only be opened through container openings of up to seven that carry this particular skin. Among these are Antwerp 2022 Nuke Souvenir Package, Berlin 2019 Nuke Souvenir Package, Katowice 2019 Nuke Souvenir Package, among others. Thus, it forms part of the 2018 Nuke Collection, considered exclusive by collectors and players alike.

Popularity

At 75% popularity, the Nova | Mandrel-Battle-Scarred is one of the trending skins in the CS2 community, ranking within the top 25% of the most desired items. This is in respect to its daily sales volume and current market price-two important measures used to compute desirability by players.

Rarity

Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred) is one of 134 other skins in CS: GO that are available for shotguns. The rarity of the Mandrel is Consumer Grade, which puts it into the rather common category and thus easy to access within the game.

Availability

The price of the Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred) ranges from $0.01-$0.07, making it pretty affordable for anyone. It is also easy to get since there are many marketplaces where this skin exists, which makes it really easy for the player to add this to their collection. Well, a huge 4.3 million units in public CS2 inventories make this skin a popular choice among players.

Versions

The float value for the CS2 Nova | Mandrel Battle-Scarred is from 0.00 to 0.50, which means this skin is available in various states of wear, from minimal up to heavy battle-scarred condition. Furthermore, one will also be able to find the Souvenir version for each of the Mandrel's exterior. It provides a great and more wanted form of the skin.

Community sentiment

The overall feeling of the community towards the skin, Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred), is positive, which can be further proved by the great rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars according to more than 1.9K votes on addskins.gg. Its popularity is further underlined by its owners, famous professional players like flusha and s1mple.

Finish style

This Battle-Scarred Nova | Mandrel has been painted using a revolutionary 'Hydrographic' painting process, whereby the disassembled weapon parts are submerged in a water tank. A floating film sticks to the primed parts, forming a gray, largely monochromatic pattern that will vary depending on the index pattern used.

Price forecast

According to the forecast, the price of the Nova | Mandrel (Battle-Scarred) is expected fall down to $ 0.01 (-1.23%) in a month. After that, in the next quarter it will rise to $ 0.011 (5.0%). Further ahead, it is pojected to increase to $ 0.011 (15.0%) in half a year. Then, in a calendar year, it will likely rise to $ 0.012 (21.0%). Confidence is low — it is advised to avoid.