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Phantom - it's just better in 99% of the scenarios. In the scenarios where Vandal would be better there's usually an AWP camping and you are fucked either way. I'm mostly using the phantom just cus its wayyy easier to control its spray, but if i know i want to peek a long hall or something, i'll go with the vandal.
- Wins For The Phantom
- Wins For The Vandal
- The Verdict
Near-Sighted
If you find yourself taking a lot of close-to-medium-range gunfights, the Phantom might be your friend…or gun buddy? In this line graph, we see the total number of each weapon’s kills broken out by distance in 5 meter increments. Each point on each line represents a discrete distance bucket and its correlating percentage of kills. From this, we saw that a majority of the Phantom's kills occurred within a range of 15 meters while the Vandal’s kills have a more consistent arch across all ranges...
Spray and Pray
A weapon’s spray pattern in a tactical shooter is a complex discussion. First shot accuracy, second shot accuracy, bullet spread, recoil recovery, number of rounds fired, number of hits, etc. all play a part in tracking how efficiently a weapon can get kills while spraying down the enemy team. To simplify this, the Insights team was able to calculate for a weapon’s spray control using time as a factor. Multi-kills within 5 seconds act as a good, real-world proxy for spray control—especially i...
Don’t Get Close
Ok, so we know that the Phantom thrives in short-range combat. But what about in heads-up duels with a Vandal user? Who takes the title of short-king (or queen)? This graph shows that the Phantom beats the Vandal in close-range, heads-up gunfights. The Phantom’s close-range supremacy holds true across all ranks, even though this advantage slightly decreases as your rank gets higher.
Pick Your Poison
We wanted to see which rifle players favored and by how much. We had a small hunch that the Vandal would come out on top for this one. And sure enough it did. For the purposes of this study, we measured players’ primary loadouts. We define primary loadout as the weapon that players purchased in all rounds excluding pistol, eco, bonus, and OT rounds. We found that players in competitive queue choose the Vandal more than any other weapon in the game as their primary loadout. And when looking at...
Clicking Heads
Everyone knows there are plenty of ways to get a kill. But more often than not, a headshot will likely make the difference between a kill and an assist. So for all you overachievers out there, headshots are clearly one of the Vandal’s strong suits. In this graph, we see the percentage of nonlethal, non-penetration headshots, AKA “dinks,” by range. In case you’re wondering, non-penetration means the shot did not travel through an object. Occasionally, we see nonlethal headshots occur when some...
Deadeye
So if the Vandal is getting more headshot kills, is it a more accurate weapon? Or does it just do more damage? These graphs show the overall damage breakdown of each weapon by region, ADS, and armor pen. We see that the Phantom actually lands more shots to the body and legs than its rival rifle, but the Vandal takes a little more off the top with a higher percentage of headshots. This could be because of the Phantom’s higher rate of fire and the potential of a non-lethal first headshot. So pl...
It’s all subjective. If you’re consistently clickin’ heads, the Vandal might be for you. If you’re a little more spray and pray, try the Phantom. Also, what kind of gunfights do you like to take? Are you a nearby angle-holder and/or smoke-spammer? Go Phantom. Or do you like to pinpoint your shots from longer distances? If so, go Vandal. We asked Ca...
Oct 13, 2023 · The Vandal has a fire rate of 8.775 rounds a second, which is considerably less than the 9.9 of the Phantom. This massively increases the risk of a Vandal user against a Phantom user, as if the Vandal user misses their headshot, the Phantom user can get off nearly twice the amount of shots in the time between the Vandal’s bullets being fired.
May 15, 2023 · Phantom vs. Vandal: Stats, pros, and cons. According to Riot, the Vandal is the more commonly used rifle between the two, used in over 70 percent of full buy rounds across players in both ...
Jul 27, 2020 · Comparable to the AK-47 in CSGO, the Vandal boasts large magazine size, one-tap potential at any range, and more effective time to kill versus the Phantom between 30-50 meters. The Vandal’s rate of fire is much lower than the Phantom, causing more difficult encounters when faced in CQC. Pros: One-tap potential at any range.
Jul 17, 2024 · Magazine: 25 Rounds. Right off the back, we can see some differences. Phantom has variable damage rates at different ranges, while Vandal delivers the same damage in all ranges. Although difficult, hitting a headshot should mean instant elimination, but this is where Vandal provides a slight upper hand.
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Jun 30, 2021 · The Phantom suffers from a significant damage drop-off (Headshots specifically, dealing 156 at 0-15m but 124 damage at 30-50m). Regional preferences EMEA vs NA for Phantom vs Vandal. The shift in favoritism is very real. In the first EMEA Masters, players overwhelming favored the Vandal (46.1%) over the Phantom (15.6%).
