Sawed-Off CS2 Skins
The Sawed-Off is T-side's point-blank specialist: the highest close-range damage of any shotgun compressed into the shortest effective range of any gun in CS2. Inside touching distance it deletes armored CTs in one blast; three steps further back it might as well be a flashlight.
Sawed-Off
The Sawed-Off is T-side's point-blank specialist: the highest close-range damage of any shotgun compressed into the shortest effective range of any gun in CS2. Inside touching distance it deletes armored CTs in one blast; three steps further back it might as well be a flashlight.
Sawed-Off in CS2: How It Plays
The numbers are all extremes. Its 32-damage pellets with 75% armor penetration out-punch even the MAG-7 up close, and its tall, narrow spread pattern rewards centre-mass aim. But the 0.70 range modifier bites earlier and harder than on any other shotgun — the practical kill zone is measured in a few metres, and its 210 u/s movement is oddly sluggish for an ambush weapon. Seven shells with per-shell reloading keep it topped up between victims.
Playing it means engineering touching-distance fights on the attacking side, which is why it is the rarest of the shotguns: lurking one step off a door frame CTs must clear, holding the flank corner of a rush, or defending a planted bomb from inside a site's closest cover. On force-buys where your whole plan is a fast, tight-site overwhelm — B rushes into close quarters — a Sawed-Off or two at $1,100 converts chaos into $900-per-kill profit better than any pistol.
Study the Sawed-Off's spray on the recoil patterns page, model exact shots-to-kill in the damage calculator, or browse all heavy.
Main rival: MAG-7 — see the full Sawed-Off vs MAG-7 comparison.
Combat Statistics
Economy Context
Verdict: The Sawed-Off is a mid-buy and force rounds weapon at $1,100 — 2 kills at $900 each cover its cost. The Nova costs $50 less if you're weighing the closest heavy alternative.
Pro Tips for the Sawed-Off
Play inside the enemy's personal space — one step off a corner or door frame CTs must physically pass.
One blast at contact range kills through full armor; two metres further, plan on needing a second.
Use it on fast tight-site rushes where the fight is guaranteed to happen at arm's length.
Post-plant, crouch in the site's closest cover — defusers must come to exactly where you win.
Reload shells after every kill; seven rounds sounds like plenty until a retake arrives.
Accept the trade: this is the highest-variance buy in CS2 — devastating rounds and useless rounds, few in between.
34 Available Skins
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Mil-SpecCopper
CovertThe Kraken
Mil-SpecFirst Class
ClassifiedWasteland Princess
RestrictedOrange DDPAT
IndustrialMosaico
ConsumerIrradiated Alert
ClassifiedDevourer
ConsumerSage Spray
ClassifiedKiss♥Love
IndustrialRust Coat
RestrictedLimelight
ConsumerBamboo Shadow
ConsumerClay Ambush
RestrictedHighwayman
RestrictedSerenity
ConsumerJungle Thicket
RestrictedApocalypto
Mil-SpecZander
RestrictedAnalog Input
Mil-SpecYorick
Mil-SpecFubar
Mil-SpecMorris
IndustrialSnake Camo
Mil-SpecBlack Sand
Mil-SpecSpirit Board
Mil-SpecBrake Light
ConsumerParched
Mil-SpecAmber Fade
Mil-SpecFull Stop
Mil-SpecOrigami
ConsumerForest DDPAT
ConsumerCrimson Batik
ConsumerRunoff
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is the Sawed-Off the strongest shotgun up close?
- Per blast, yes — 32 damage per pellet is the highest in the class, and at contact range it one-shots armored opponents more reliably than anything except a point-blank MAG-7. Its effective range is also the shortest in the game, which is the entire trade-off.
- Why is the Sawed-Off so rarely bought?
- Because T-side must usually cross open space to attack, and the Sawed-Off is helpless during the crossing. Its niche — guaranteed point-blank fights on the attacking side — appears less often than the defensive chokepoint holds that make CT shotguns like the MAG-7 shine.
- What is the Sawed-Off's effective range?
- Meaningful damage lives inside roughly 5 metres, with the one-shot zone tighter still. Its 0.70 range modifier applies per pellet and stacks with spread, so damage collapses faster with distance than any other weapon in CS2.
- How much damage does the Sawed-Off do in CS2?
- The Sawed-Off deals 32 base damage per hit with 75% armor penetration. Headshot multiplier is 4x, meaning a headshot deals 128 damage before armor reduction.
- How much does the Sawed-Off cost in CS2?
- The Sawed-Off costs $1,100 to buy and gives a $900 kill reward. It's available to terrorist players.
- What is the Sawed-Off fire rate?
- The Sawed-Off fires at 68 rounds per minute (RPM) with a 7-round magazine. Reload time is 0.5 seconds.
- How many skins does the Sawed-Off have in CS2?
- The Sawed-Off currently has 34 skins available in Counter-Strike 2, ranging across multiple rarity tiers from Consumer Grade to Covert.
- Is the Sawed-Off good in CS2?
- The Sawed-Off is T-side's point-blank specialist: the highest close-range damage of any shotgun compressed into the shortest effective range of any gun in CS2. Inside touching distance it deletes armored CTs in one blast; three steps further back it might as well be a flashlight.