CS2 weapon · Rifles · T-side only
SG 553
T scoped rifle. Best armor pen in the rifle class. Low movement speed.
$3,000$300 kill rewardT-side onlyHeadshot 1-tap to ~13m
Base damage
30
Body shot, no armor, point-blank
Fire rate
545
545 RPM · 9.1 shots/sec
Magazine
30
90 in reserve
Armor pen
100%
Through-armor damage retention
Headshot dmg
120
One-shot kill
Chest vs vest
30
4 body shots to kill
Movement
210
84% of knife baseline (250 u/s)
TTK (head, armor)
0ms
Headshot kill at point-blank
Damage falloff · Chest
Per-bullet damage vs range. The dashed line is the 100 HP kill threshold — anything above is a one-shot.
No armorArmored
Hits to kill · vest & helmet
Body region × range, against a 100 HP target with full armor.
135+
| Region | Close0m | Mid12m | Long24m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 1 120 dmg | 1 101 dmg | 2 82 dmg |
| Chest | 4 30 dmg | 4 25 dmg | 5 20 dmg |
| Stomach | 3 38 dmg | 4 32 dmg | 4 25 dmg |
| Leg | 5 23 dmg | 6 19 dmg | 7 15 dmg |
Each cell shows hits-to-kill, with damage-per-shot underneath. Computed against vest + helmet. For unarmored and stomach numbers, open the damage calculator.
Movement speed
How fast you move with this weapon held, vs other common references. Knife is the baseline (250 u/s).
Knife (baseline)250 u/s100%
M4A4 (rifle)225 u/s90%
SG 553210 u/s84%
AWP (slowest sniper)200 u/s80%
Recoil pattern
T-side scoped rifle. Mostly vertical with a mild right then left. Best armor pen.
30-shot spray
Each dot is one bullet, plotted relative to your crosshair.
Skins for the SG 553
A taste of the SG 553’s finish catalog. Every drop, supply estimate, and market price lives on /skins/.
Other rifles
Same slot — alternatives and buy-tier peers.