Our Valorant Weapon Guide series started with the Vandal, but now it’s time to talk about its main competitor – the Phantom.
A lot has changed since the launch of Valorant’s closed beta a year ago, but one thing has remained the same – the number of weapons. We’ve already talked in detail about the Vandal, a weapon that is mostly preferred by players who rely on one-taps. But for whom is the Phantom suitable? This is exactly the question we want to answer today.
Phantom Weapon Guide
The Phantom is a fully automatic weapon, similar to the Vandal, but it has a larger magazine and a higher rate of fire. Two things the weapons have in common are the reload time of 2.5 seconds and the average penetrating power.
- Rate of fire: 11 rounds/sec (9.75 – Vandal)
- Magazine: 30 rounds (25 rounds – Vandal)
- Penetrating power: Medium
- Reloading speed: 2.5 seconds
Another big difference from the Vandal is that the Phantom is equipped with a silencer. This is a big advantage, as you can shoot through Smoke without giving away your position.
Phantom Damage
The Phantom’s damage drops a bit over distance and is one of the lowest in the game. Here are the exact numbers:
- 0m-15m: body 39/head 156/legs 33
- 15m-30m: body 35/head 140/legs 29
- 30m-50m: body 31/head 124/legs 26
Two shots to the head are always a guaranteed kill. If an opponent is standing directly in front of you, even a single shot is enough. Thanks to the high rate of fire, quick kills are also possible at longer distances.
Phantom Alt-Fire
The Phantom’s alt-fire is almost identical to the Vandal’s. Here are the advantages you get when zooming in:
- 1.25x zoom
- Slight reduction in dispersion
- Rate of fire: 9.9 rounds/sec
Overall, this means slightly more zoom, a slower rate of fire, and more accuracy when shooting over a longer period of time. Since you can’t kill enemies at longer ranges with a single shot, we recommend short bursts of fire with the Phantom.
Phantom Price
The Phantom costs 2900 credits, the same price as the Vandal. Both weapons are comparatively expensive, but also offer some of the best stats in the game at almost any range. As long as you don’t buy either of them in an Eco-Round, you can’t go far wrong here.
Phantom recoil
Another big advantage of the Phantom over the Vandal is the recoil. As a rule, the Phantom is always more accurate and the best part is that the spray pattern is very similar to the Vandal, but a little easier to control. So when it comes to recoil and spray pattern, the Phantom is clearly ahead.
If you’ve ever played CS:GO, you’ll notice that the Vandal resembles the AK-47, while the Phantom is very similar to the M4. The two clones of the best weapons in Valve’s shooter are available to both sides at all times in Valorant (no distinction is made between attackers and defenders in weapons).
Phantom or Vandal?
This debate has been going on since Valorant was released. Even Riot Games is having trouble deciding.
The Vandal’s only major, but sometimes decisive, advantage is its one-tap kills. However, the Phantom wins in almost every other category:
- larger magazine
- higher rate of fire
- silencer
- less recoil and lighter spray pattern
Conclusion
So which of the two guns should you choose? The answer is simple: the one you’re more comfortable with. If you value killing enemies at any range with a single shot, then grab the Vandal, in any other case the Phantom is probably the better choice.
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Valorant initially appears to be a cross between CS:Go and Overwatch . A competitive shooter where two small teams compete against each other.
Your team is either ready to attack or defend, with the attackers placing a “stinger” (essentially a bomb) that the other team must then defuse or preferably prevent you from placing at all.
The attacking team can win by either eliminating the defenders or placing the stinger and then protecting it from defusing until the timer runs out. The defenders can similarly win by destroying the attackers before they have a chance to plant their stinger, or disarming the stinger after it has been planted.
Each team of five can play as both attackers and defenders during a game. Each game has a total of 25 rounds, with the first team to win 13 rounds declared the winner
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