Five-SeveN Guide for Counter-Strike 2
Damage, armour penetration, the helmet one-tap, and when $500 is worth it.
The Five-SeveN is the CT side's $500 pistol and the one that ignores armour: 91.15% armour penetration, so a bullet loses almost nothing against kevlar. Four chest hits kill an armoured opponent, and inside about 9 metres a single headshot kills through a helmet - something no cheaper pistol can do.
The trade-off is everything past that. It does 32 damage, less than any pistol except the CZ75-Auto, loses 19% of its damage every 500 units, and its running inaccuracy is 51.1 - among the worst of the pistols. It is accurate to 13.7 metres standing and holds 20 rounds. This page goes through the numbers, the accuracy, when to buy it, and the skins and cases.
September 2026
Weapon stats checked against CS2 build 1.41.7.6.
Five-SeveN at a Glance
The full stat sheet, straight from the game.
Every number below comes from the game build of 18 March 2026. Two of them define the Five-SeveN: 91.15% armour penetration and a 366-unit helmet one-tap. Kevlar takes almost nothing off its damage, and inside about 9 metres one bullet to a helmeted head is enough. What it gives up is accuracy on the move and damage at range.
Damage and money
| Price | $500 |
| Kill reward | $300 |
| Side | CT only |
| Base damage | 32 |
| Armour penetration | 91.15% |
| Headshot multiplier | 4x |
| Damage lost at 500 units | 19% |
| Wall penetration | 100% |
| One-tap range, helmet | 366 u (about 9 m) |
| One-tap range, no helmet | 586 u (about 15 m) |
Handling and ammo
| Rate of fire | 400 RPM (one shot every 0.15 s) |
| Magazine | 20 |
| Reserve | 40 (60 total) |
| Reload | 2.27 s (mag in at 0.93 s) |
| Deploy | 1.00 s |
| Mobility | 240 (knife is 250) |
| Tagging power | 50% |
| Accurate range, standing | 13.7 m |
| Running inaccuracy | 51.1 |
| Recoil | No set pattern |
| Console command | give weapon_fiveseven |
The helmet one-tap runs out before the unhelmeted one: 9 metres against 15, because armour eats the last 8.85% of the damage. Both are shorter than the P250's 50-metre headshot, which is the price of the armour penetration. On the move the Five-SeveN is one of the least accurate guns in the game, 51.1 against the P250's 31.1.
Five-SeveN Damage & Armour
What one bullet does, and how many it takes.
Everything here assumes a full-health player at close range. Armour means kevlar on the body and a helmet on the head. The general rules behind these numbers are on the weapons hub.
Damage per bullet
| Hitbox | No armour | Armour | Bullets to kill, no armour | Bullets to kill, armour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 128 | 116.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Chest and arms | 32 | 29.2 | 4 | 4 |
| Stomach | 40 | 36.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Legs | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 |
The two armour columns are almost identical - that is what 91.15% penetration buys. A kevlar vest turns 32 damage into 29.2 and a helmet turns a 128-damage headshot into 116.7, and neither changes how many bullets it takes.
Where the Five-SeveN drops off
The catch is distance. The Five-SeveN loses 19% of its damage for every 500 units, almost twice what the P250 loses:
| Shot | Works up to |
|---|---|
| Stomach, armour or not - 3 bullets | 886 u (about 22 m) |
| Head, no helmet - 1 bullet | 586 u (about 15 m) |
| Chest, no armour - 4 bullets | 586 u (about 15 m) |
| Head, helmet - 1 bullet | 366 u (about 9 m) |
| Chest through armour - 4 bullets | 366 u (about 9 m) |
| Legs - 5 bullets | 253 u (about 6 m) |
Past each of those distances the count goes up by one. Damage is multiplied by 0.81 for every 500 units of distance, and it drops smoothly in between. Five chest hits through armour kill out to 895 units, about 23 metres, and six out to 1,328 units, about 34 metres.
What this means in a fight
Inside 9 metres the Five-SeveN treats a full-buy opponent like an unarmoured one: one headshot, or four chest hits in 0.45 seconds at 400 rounds a minute. That is the whole reason to spend $500. Past 9 metres the one-tap goes away and the chest takes five hits, and past 23 metres six - so the gun wants the fight close.
Five-SeveN Recoil & Accuracy
Twenty rounds, no pattern, and a gun that wants you standing still.
The Five-SeveN has no set recoil pattern. Every shot after the first lands somewhere in a widening cone rather than along a path you can learn, which is why there is no spray viewer on this page. With 20 rounds a magazine there is room to miss, but the cone punishes long strings.
Standing still
Accurate range is 13.7 metres, the same as the P250's. That covers the distances where the gun does its work anyway: the helmet one-tap ends at 9 metres and the four-hit kill through armour at the same point.
On the move
Running inaccuracy is 51.1 - worse than every pistol except the Desert Eagle's 54.3, and five times the Tec-9's 10.7. The Five-SeveN moves at 240, as fast as any gun except the knife, but shooting while moving is close to guessing.
Pace
At 400 rounds a minute four chest hits take 0.45 seconds. Slower tapping keeps the cone tighter than rapid tapping, and against armour four taps are all the gun asks for inside 9 metres.
Stopping before you shoot
With 51.1 running inaccuracy, stopping matters more here than on any pistol except the Deagle. Tapping the opposite movement key - counter-strafing - brings you to a stop faster than just letting go of the key.
When to Buy the Five-SeveN
Force buys, anti-eco, and what $200 more than a P250 buys.
The Five-SeveN is a force-buy pistol. At $500 it is the most a CT can spend on a sidearm short of a Deagle, and what the money buys is armour penetration.
What it changes
Against a full-buy opponent inside 9 metres, the Five-SeveN kills with one headshot or four chest hits - the same counts as against someone with no armour at all. A P250 needs five chest hits and never one-taps a helmet; a USP-S needs six. That is the whole case for the extra $200.
On a force buy
With armour ($1,000) a Five-SeveN round costs $1,500, where an MP9 with armour costs $2,250. The pistol leaves $750 more for the round after, and inside 9 metres it deals more damage per chest hit through armour than any SMG.
Against an eco
Against players with no armour, the armour penetration is wasted: a $300 P250 kills in three chest hits where the Five-SeveN needs four, and its headshot reaches 50 metres against 15. If the other team is saving, the cheaper pistol does the job.
Five-SeveN or an SMG
An MP9 costs $1,250 and pays $600 a kill against the pistol's $300, and it is accurate to 15.9 metres against 13.7. The Five-SeveN wins on price and on close-range damage against armour; the SMG wins on money and on anything that lasts more than one fight.
Five-SeveN vs Other Pistols
What the Five-SeveN does better, and what it gives up.
The Five-SeveN stands out for armour penetration and the close-range helmet one-tap, and loses on range, damage and accuracy while moving. The table below has all ten pistols side by side.
vs P250
$200 cheaper and available to both sides. How the two compare against armour is in When to Buy above. Past that, the P250 does 38 damage against 32, loses only 10% every 500 units against 19%, and one-taps an unhelmeted head out to 50 metres against 15. The Five-SeveN holds 20 rounds against 13 and is far worse on the move, 51.1 against 31.1. Details in the P250 guide.
vs Tec-9
The T side's $500 pistol and the closest thing to a mirror: 33 damage with 90.6% armour penetration against 32 and 91.15%, four chest hits through kevlar for both. The Tec-9 fires faster, 500 rounds a minute against 400, is accurate to 22.1 metres against 13.7, and has the lowest running inaccuracy in the game, 10.7 against 51.1. Both one-tap a helmeted head up close, the Tec-9 out to 380 units and the Five-SeveN to 366. Details in the Tec-9 guide.
vs CZ75-Auto
The same $500, available to both sides, and fully automatic at 600 rounds a minute. 31 damage with 77.65% armour penetration: five chest hits through kevlar against the Five-SeveN's four. It carries 12 rounds a magazine and 36 in total against 20 and 60, and is accurate to 11.4 metres against 13.7. Details in the CZ75-Auto guide.
vs Desert Eagle
$200 more and available to both sides. 53 damage with 93.2% armour penetration, and a helmeted headshot that kills out to about 51 metres where the Five-SeveN's runs out at 9. It holds 7 rounds against 20, fires once every 0.22 seconds against 0.15, and is the least accurate pistol on the move, 54.3. Details in the Desert Eagle guide.
Pistol Stats Table
All ten pistols side by side, with the Five-SeveN already open.
This is the same table as on the weapons hub, but filtered down to pistols. The Five-SeveN row is open with its damage per hitbox and full stats, and it is already ticked for comparison with the P250, Tec-9 and CZ75-Auto. Untick any of them, or tick the Glock-18, USP-S, P2000, Dual Berettas, Desert Eagle or R8 Revolver instead - up to four at a time.
Click a column header to sort. The full table with all 36 weapons is on the weapons hub.
Click any weapon for damage per hitbox, full stats and variants.
| Weapon | Type | Price | Kill $ | Damage | Armour pen | RPM | Mag | Total ammo | HS kill vs helmet |
|---|
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Stats from the CS2 Weapon Spreadsheet, game build of 18 March 2026. Shotgun damage is per pellet. Headshot ranges are converted from game units at 39.4 units per metre. Zeus and knife values come from the game files rather than the sheet.
Five-SeveN Skins & Cases
Five-SeveN skins by market listings and price, and where they come from.
Three ways to look at Five-SeveN skins. Most listed are the ones with the most offers across the markets I track, in other words the ones currently offered most often. Most expensive are the skins that stay expensive even in their cheapest wear. Cheapest are the ones that stay cheap even in their best wear. Prices update every 15 minutes, and the range on each card runs from the cheapest variant to the most expensive one, wear and StatTrak included.
Coolant
$0.02 - $0.32
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Scrawl
$0.03 - $0.88
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Forest Night
$0.02 - $12.00
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Hybrid
$0.23 - $3.88
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Autumn Thicket
$0.01 - $1.10
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Midnight Paintover
$0.02 - $0.25
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Orange Peel
$0.02 - $11.60
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Sky Blue
$0.02 - $24.59
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Neon Kimono
$365.30 - $484.38
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Hyper Beast
$129.74 - $914.81
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Fall Hazard
$82.23 - $661.80
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Berries And Cherries
$67.00 - $90.46
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Crimson Blossom
$56.20 - $75.18
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Candy Apple
from $53.33
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Angry Mob
$43.58 - $69.15
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Nitro
$22.90 - $51.21
View prices →Midnight Paintover
$0.02 - $0.25
View prices →Coolant
$0.02 - $0.32
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Desert Seal
$0.02 - $0.64
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Flame Test
$0.12 - $0.83
View prices →Scrawl
$0.03 - $0.88
View prices →Autumn Thicket
$0.01 - $1.10
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Capillary
$0.23 - $1.39
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Dark Polymer
$0.05 - $1.50
View prices →All of them, with a price for every wear, are on the Five-SeveN skins page.
Cases with Five-SeveN skins
Every case that can drop a Five-SeveN skin, newest first. The number under each case is how many Five-SeveN skins it holds.
Kilowatt Case2024 · 1 skin
Dreams & Nightmares Case2022 · 1 skin
Operation Riptide Case2021 · 1 skin
Operation Broken Fang Case2020 · 1 skin
CS20 Case2019 · 1 skin
Prisma Case2019 · 1 skin
Clutch Case2018 · 1 skin
Operation Hydra Case2017 · 1 skin
Spectrum Case2017 · 1 skin
Gamma 2 Case2016 · 1 skin
Gamma Case2016 · 1 skin
Operation Wildfire Case2016 · 1 skin
Revolver Case2015 · 1 skin
Chroma 2 Case2015 · 1 skin
Operation Vanguard Weapon Case2014 · 1 skin
Operation Breakout Weapon Case2014 · 1 skin
CS:GO Weapon Case 32014 · 1 skin
eSports 2013 Winter Case2013 · 1 skin
Winter Offensive Weapon Case2013 · 1 skin
CS:GO Weapon Case 22013 · 1 skinFive-SeveN skins that never came from a case
Some Five-SeveN skins come from map collections, operations, or the Armory instead of cases. Collections marked "souvenir" also come in souvenir packages from Majors.
The 2018 Nuke Collection1 skin · souvenir
The 2021 Dust 2 Collection1 skin · souvenir
The 2021 Vertigo Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Alpha Collection1 skin
The Arabesque Collection1 skin
The Ascent Collection1 skin
The Assault Collection1 skin
The Aztec Collection1 skin
The Cache Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Chop Shop Collection1 skin
The Control Collection1 skin
The Dead Hand Collection1 skin
The Dust 2 Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Harlequin Collection1 skin
The Mirage Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Overpass 2024 Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Radiant Collection1 skin
The Rising Sun Collection1 skin
The Safehouse Collection1 skin · souvenir
The Sport & Field Collection1 skin
The St. Marc Collection1 skin
The Train Collection1 skin · souvenirBrowse all CS2 cases and all collections, or check what your own skins are worth with the Inventory Value Calculator.
Common Five-SeveN Mistakes
Small habits that cost rounds, and what the numbers say instead.
Counting on the helmet one-tap too far out
It works inside 366 units, about 9 metres. Past that the same headshot leaves the opponent alive, and the chest goes from four hits to five. The numbers are in Damage & Armour.
Buying it against an eco
Armour penetration is worth nothing against players who have no armour. A $300 P250 kills them in three chest hits and one headshot out to 50 metres, where the Five-SeveN needs four and 15. More in When to Buy.
Shooting on the move
Running inaccuracy is 51.1, the worst of any pistol except the Desert Eagle. Moving and shooting is guessing. Stop first: tapping the opposite movement key - counter-strafing - brings you to a stop faster than just letting go of the key.
Taking long fights
Accurate range is 13.7 metres and the gun loses 19% of its damage every 500 units - almost twice what a P250 loses. Past 23 metres an armoured opponent takes six chest hits. Hold close angles with it.
Spraying because there are 20 rounds
The magazine is generous, but there is no pattern to control - the cone opens with every shot. Four taps kill an armoured opponent up close; a stream of eight usually does not.
Reloading after every fight
Since the 18 March 2026 update, a reload throws away whatever is left in the magazine and takes a full one from your reserve. The Five-SeveN has two spare magazines of 20, so a reload with ten rounds in the gun throws away a sixth of your ammo for the round.
More Pistols
The other nine pistols in CS2, starting with the T side's $500 pistol.
Tec-9
An ideal pistol for the Terrorist on the move, the Tec-9 is lethal in close quarters and features a high magazine capacity.
Read the guide →
P250
A low-recoil firearm with a high rate of fire, the P250 is a relatively inexpensive choice against armored opponents.
CZ75-Auto
A fully automatic variant of the CZ75, the CZ75-Auto is another inexpensive choice against armored opponents. But with very little ammo provided, strong trigger discipline is required.
USP-S
A fan favorite from Counter-Strike: Source, the Silenced USP Pistol has a detachable silencer that gives shots less recoil while suppressing attention-getting noise.
P2000
Accurate and controllable, the German-made P2000 is a serviceable first-round pistol that works best against unarmored opponents.
Desert Eagle
As expensive as it is powerful, the Desert Eagle is an iconic pistol that is difficult to master but surprisingly accurate at long range.
