SCAR-20 | Storm
- Wear range
- 0.06–0.80
- Released
- 2014-07-01
- Paint kit
- 100
- Finish style
- Solid Color
- Sources
- ESL One Cologne 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、DreamHack 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、ESL One Katowice 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、ESL One Cologne 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、MLG Columbus 2016 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、Cologne 2016 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、Atlanta 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、Krakow 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、Boston 2018 Cobblestone Souvenir Package、The Cobblestone Collection
- Drop chance (estimate)
- ESL One Cologne 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；DreamHack 2014 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；ESL One Katowice 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；ESL One Cologne 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；MLG Columbus 2016 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；Cologne 2016 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；Atlanta 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；Krakow 2017 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；Boston 2018 Cobblestone Souvenir Package：0.075%；The Cobblestone Collection：0.075%
Steam market price
CNY
Introduction
Storm Front (so_stormfront, finish catalog 100) is the plain, common-tier skin in the Cobblestone collection, filed under weapons. It landed July 1, 2014 with Operation Breakout and the Cobblestone theme—Valve’s work, from the era when Major souvenir “map sets” doubled as tournament and map nostalgia.
There’s no large graphic: parts are spray-painted in a storm / cold cloud palette. Valve’s line is blunt—It’s waiting for you on the launch pad—and on a solid finish, that means your eyes go to overall tone and how panels meet, not to a centered art piece. In inspect, seams and color blocks read louder than on patterned skins.
Where it comes from
Drop and unbox paths tie to Cobblestone souvenir packages across many Majors (2014 Cologne ESL One, 2014 DreamHack, 2015 Katowice / Cologne, 2015 Cluj-Napoca DreamHack, 2016 Columbus MLG / Cologne, 2017 Atlanta / Kraków, 2018 Boston) plus the Cobblestone collection itself. If you care about provenance, a souvenir tag usually tells a clearer story than “collection only.”
Wear: the whole shopping decision
Float range 0.06–0.8 is wide for a solid color.
- Low wear (around 0.06): The “storm just passed” read—more intact color fields, cleaner panel transitions.
- High wear (toward 0.8): Color breaks up; more metal base shows through. Same listing price can look like two different skins.
Rule: Never buy on thumbnail alone. In-game inspect or a high-res preview is non-negotiable for solids.
Shop verdict
| Goal | Take |
|------|------|
| Cobblestone / Major vibe on a budget | Reasonable filler; common rarity keeps pressure off price unless float is picky |
| Flex piece / main SCAR-20 | Usually no—pattern skins steal the show; Storm Front is about theme and float, not hype |
| Souvenir collector | Match tournament + float; don’t overpay for “Cobblestone” without checking the package story |
Compare wear tiers on C5GAME or Steam Community Market; small float gaps can swing look more than a few cents suggest.
Expert notes
Solid Cobblestone commons are float skins in disguise. I treat finish 100 / so_stormfront as the sanity check on database or guide pages so listings aren’t mis-tagged. If two Storm Fronts sit at the same price, I always pick the one that holds the blue-gray mass in inspect—not the one that looked fine in a 128px icon. For souvenir builds, one clean low-float Storm Front next to louder Cobblestone pieces often looks intentional; a beat-up high-float can still work if you’re going for ruined castle roof energy, but that’s a choice, not an accident.