Steam-fællesskab :: Guide :: AWP "Silk Tiger" Pattern Guide & Tierlist

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Intro

This was the most requested guide on my Twitter poll and is actually a very popular (and pricey) AWP skin among collectors. There is not a lot of info on the different patterns available so I did the work of going through all the patterns and categorizing them so you don't have to!

Obviously there is a large level of objectivity that must be acknowledged in regards to "tierlists" and I am not claiming that my opinion is the be-all-end-all in regards to the tier ranking - as everyone will have their own opinions and preferences. However, I have spent at least 30 or so hours making this guide over the past few weeks and have manually inspected thousands of patterns to break them into categories and tiers - so I have seen my fair share of "Silk Tiger" patterns.

It should be noted that this list is for Factory New (FN) , Minimal Wear (MW) conditions only - as it would be a substantial amount of work to go through an additional 300-1500 patterns that have been unboxed only for Field Tested (FT), Well Worn (WW) or Battle Scarred (BS) and would probably not be worth it (because of the condition).

Pattern Categories Explained

To begin, I sorted through every single "Silk Tiger" pattern available for (FN) and (MW), to manually to pick out the top BTA (Better Than Average) patterns.

For this guide, I decided that using "in-game" screenshots like I usually do - would not be the best option because the AWP "inspect" animation does not show a clear enough image of the pattern. Instead - I decided to use CSMoney's "Wiki" page to generated png images that give a much clearer view of the pattern.

I then entered the top patterns into a spreadsheet and sorted them and grouped them into categories based on the pattern categories I found. These are the patterns that I came up with:

TIGER FACING OUT

These are generally considered to be "the best" and most desired patterns and feature a tiger facing out (away from the player.) The higher tier patterns in this group usually feature the tiger closer to the trigger (because it is more visible while holding the gun.)

Example "Tiger Facing Out" Pattern (#81)

TIGER FACING PLAYER

These are easily the most common of the "good" patterns and feature one of a couple different tigers facing the player. Much like the "Facing Out" patterns - the higher tier patterns in this group usually feature the tiger closer to the trigger (because it is more visible while holding the gun.)

Example "Tiger Facing Player" Pattern (#17)

TIGER FACING DOWN

These patterns are also farely common and generally less desireable. These patterns simply feature one tiger vertically descending onto the gun facing down. Much like the other patterns - the higher tier patterns in this group usually feature the tiger closer to the trigger (because it is more visible while holding the gun.)

Example "Tiger Facing Down" Pattern (#854)

YIN YANG

These patterns feature two tigers in a circling pattern that loosley resembles a "yin yang." Thes patterns are also fairly common and, the higher tier patterns are the onces where the "yin yang" is centered on the main body of the gun (below the scope mounts.)

Example "Yin Yang" Pattern (#300)

WHITE TIGER

These patterns are definately more rare and feature the "white tiger" (possibly a Bengal Tiger?) from the yin yang patterns more dominantly. Unfortunately, the white tiger is only ever featured upside-down.

Example "White Tiger" Pattern (#180)

STICKER CRAFT

These are the best patterns to chose if you are looking to do a sticker craft. Unfortunately, most of these patterns do not have many tigers on them. These are great "budget" choices if you care more about the color pallette of the skin than the actual tigers, as they are generally less desired.

Example "Sticker Craft" Pattern (#908)

EATING SCREW

These are just some patterns that were amusing to me - because it looks like the tiger is eating the screw that is holding the gun together. I would not expect any of these patterns to incur overpay, but they are amusing.

Example "Eating Screw" Pattern (#72)

EYE OF THE TIGER

Get it? Its a Rocky reference . . anyway, these are just some more patterns that were amusing to me (similar to the other screw patterns) - because the screw falls in line with the eye of the tiger. Again, I would not expect any of these patterns to incur overpay, but they are amusing to me.

Example "Eye of the Tiger" Pattern (#228)

JAWBREAKER

These are some cool patterns I found that have the tiger's jaw in-line with the trigger - which makes it look like you are breaking the tiger's jaw when you pull the trigger. So . . . show some restraint ok?

Example "Jawbreaker" Pattern (#743)

FANG

These patterns simply make it look like the trigger is the tiger's tooth. Not as cool as the "Jawbreaker" patterns in my opinion - but they are still pretty cool.

Example "Fang" Pattern (#135)

Note: There are a few patterns that fit into multiple categories, however I will generally put them into the category that they fit best into (with a few exceptions.)

"Tiger Facing Out" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #81

2. Pattern #724

3. Pattern #102

4. Pattern #464

5. Pattern #974

6. Pattern #403

TIER 2

7. Pattern #551

8. Pattern #931

9. Pattern #247

10. Pattern #958

11. Pattern #3

12. Pattern #648

TIER 3

13. Pattern #888

14. Pattern #489

15. Pattern #347

16. Pattern #237

17. Pattern #656

18. Pattern #329

19. Pattern #560

20. Pattern #954

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

206
210 577 591 702 446 165 278 483 614 740 794 940 979 165 278 483 614 740 794 940 979

"Tiger Facing Player" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #17

2. Pattern #202

3. Pattern #204

4. Pattern #113

5. Pattern #749

6. Pattern #244

TIER 2

7. Pattern #270

8. Pattern #63

9. Pattern #917

10. Pattern #460

11. Pattern #383

12. Pattern #100

TIER 3

13. Pattern #407

14. Pattern #934

15. Pattern #325

16. Pattern #340

17. Pattern #763

18. Pattern #897

19. Pattern #391

20. Pattern #511

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

39
77 86 123 125 144 160 166 178 191 195 198 227 234 243 245 264 265 271 327 334 338 351 352 378 378 384 425 456 484 490 500 502 507 521 546 555 563 583 586 595 610 622 640 668 673 730 755 758 761 776 780 784 795 833 840 873 891 894 907 957

"Tiger Facing Down" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #854

2. Pattern #443

3. Pattern #492

4. Pattern #176

5. Pattern #348

6. Pattern #499

TIER 2

7. Pattern #592

8. Pattern #992

9. Pattern #32

10. Pattern #566

11. Pattern #754 Found on12/30/22 by koiranperse

12. Pattern #647

TIER 3

12. Pattern #29

13. Pattern #900

14. Pattern #685

15. Pattern #576

16. Pattern #364

17. Pattern #303

18. Pattern #155

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

996

"Yin Yang" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #300

2. Pattern #901

3. Pattern #173

4. Pattern #437

5. Pattern #884

TIER 2

6. Pattern #380

7. Pattern #717

8. Pattern #249

9. Pattern #921

10. Pattern #821

11. Pattern #746

12. Pattern #455

TIER 3

13. Pattern #567

14. Pattern #861

15. Pattern #773

16. Pattern #401

17. Pattern #282

18. Pattern #3

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

262
240 307 575 646 156 253 278 387 479 648 798 819 853 865 908 926 871

"White Tiger" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #180

2. Pattern #412

3. Pattern #293

4. Pattern #314

TIER 2

5. Pattern #418

6. Pattern #949

7. Pattern #606

8. Pattern #812

9. Pattern #960

10. Pattern #157

TIER 3

11. Pattern #388

12. Pattern #514

13. Pattern #944

14. Pattern #988

15. Pattern #683

16. Pattern #228

OTHER BTA PATTERNS

433 760 824 862 964

Sticker Craft Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

TIER 1

1. Pattern #908

2. Pattern #530

3. Pattern #376

4. Pattern #767

TIER 2

5. Pattern #686

6. Pattern #600

7. Pattern #728

"Eating Screw" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

PATTERNS

1. Pattern #72

2. Pattern #152

3. Pattern #441

4. Pattern #270

5. Pattern #269

6. Pattern #17

"Eye of the Tiger" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

PATTERNS

1. Pattern #228

2. Pattern #663

3. Pattern #548

4. Pattern #31

5. Pattern #630

6. Pattern #246

"Jawbreaker" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

PATTERNS

1. Pattern #743

2. Pattern #228

3. Pattern #882

"Fang" Patterns

These patterns are ordered from BEST (at the top) to WORST (at the bottom)

Please note that I have only added the best patterns for each category to the tierlist. Any other patterns that did NOT make it into the top tiers but are BTA (Better Than Average) will be lisited numerically at the bottom of each category.

PATTERNS

1. Pattern #135

2. Pattern #652

3. Pattern #108

Conclusion

If you appreciate the excruciating amount of long and boring work that went into this guide I would really appreciate a follow on Twitter or just leave a like, review or "Steam Award" on this guide so more people can find it! <3

CptnKraken out!

Special thanks to CS.Money for use of their pattern Wiki!

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