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CSGO : Rifle Guide – AWP

Rifles are the most popular type of guns CS:GO and should be your number one choice above any over type of gun, so here is now our Rifle guide so you know which gun is most powerful gun to choose over how much money you have

Weapon stats Information Rifle Name AWP Price $4750 Origin United Kingdom Magazine 10/30 Rate of fire 48 RPM Kill Award $300 (competitive) $150 (casual)

Information: 

“High risk and high reward, the infamous AWP is recognizable by its signature report and one-shot, one-kill policy. The AWP is a powerful bolt-action sniper rifle available to both teams. It is infamously renowned for being able to instantly kill a player with one hit on any part of the body except for the legs. For this reason, the AWP is one of the most popular and widely used weapons in the Counter-Strike series.

Hitbox Unarmoured Armorer Head 460 448 Chest and arm 115 112 Stomach 143 140 Leg 86 86

Advantage:

  • Fatal Damage
  • High Penetration
  • Very accurate at long range

Disadvantages:

  • Low rate of fire
  • Very loud
  • Very heavy
  • Very expensive
  • Low kill reward
  • Very inaccurate when moving
  • Long reload time

Tips:

  • Aim for the chest as it is a larger target than the head
  • Wait a second to regain aim after moving and firing
  • Stand or crouch when shooting do not move
  • Fire in front of the target
  • Take cover after every shot
  • Take a CZ75 or Tec 9 so just in case of close quarters combat

Achievements:

SSG 08 Expert

Kill 100 enemies with the SSG 08

Combat Skills

Snipe Hunter

Kill 100 Zoomed-in enemy snipers

Eye to Eye

Kill a zoomed-in enemy with a sniper rifle of your own

Hip Shot

Kill an enemy with an un-zoomed Sniper Rifle


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