![]() In case you’re wondering, non-penetration means the shot did not travel through an object. In this graph, we see the percentage of nonlethal, non-penetration headshots, AKA “dinks,” by range. So for all you overachievers out there, headshots are clearly one of the Vandal’s strong suits. But more often than not, a headshot will likely make the difference between a kill and an assist. So why is the Vandal such a fan favorite? Clicking HeadsĮveryone knows there are plenty of ways to get a kill. While the Vandal still tops the charts in pro play, pro players do tend to adopt the Phantom at a higher rate than players in competitive queue. We found that players in competitive queue choose the Vandal more than any other weapon in the game as their primary loadout.Īnd when looking at data from all the VCT matches so far in 2023, we see that pro players also tend to favor the Vandal. We define primary loadout as the weapon that players purchased in all rounds excluding pistol, eco, bonus, and OT rounds. And sure enough it did.įor the purposes of this study, we measured players’ primary loadouts. We had a small hunch that the Vandal would come out on top for this one. We wanted to see which rifle players favored and by how much. The Phantom’s close-range supremacy holds true across all ranks, even though this advantage slightly decreases as your rank gets higher. This graph shows that the Phantom beats the Vandal in close-range, heads-up gunfights. But what about in heads-up duels with a Vandal user? Who takes the title of short-king (or queen)? Ok, so we know that the Phantom thrives in short-range combat. So whether you’re hardstuck Iron, or trying out for VCT, the Phantom seems like your best choice in close-range spray scenarios. We also see that the Phantom performs better in 5-second multi-kill scenarios across all ranks. ![]() This further proves Phantom’s spray control dominance, as spraying tends to only be effective at short range. ![]() (Note: Percentages do not add up to 100% since we’ve omitted single kill scenarios from these graphs.)Īnd once again, the Phantom reigned supreme in multi-kill situations within 15 meters. In the graphs above, we see how many multi-kills the Phantom and Vandal were each able to rack up within a 5-second time window. Multi-kills within 5 seconds act as a good, real-world proxy for spray control-especially in 3K and 4K situations where aiming, firing, pausing, and resetting your crosshair for each kill would be tough in that time window. To simplify this, the Insights team was able to calculate for a weapon’s spray control using time as a factor. all play a part in tracking how efficiently a weapon can get kills while spraying down the enemy team. First shot accuracy, second shot accuracy, bullet spread, recoil recovery, number of rounds fired, number of hits, etc. Spray and PrayĪ weapon’s spray pattern in a tactical shooter is a complex discussion. While the Vandal still has plenty of stopping power at close range, the Phantom seems to be the short-range specialist for a few reasons we’ll discuss. Nearly half of all Phantom kills took place within 15m. ![]() This is where the Phantom’s close-range advantage starts to become apparent. To show this kill distribution a little more simply, we can also put these kills into the three range buckets we’ll be using throughout this article, 0-15 meters, 15-30 meters, 30+ meters. Phantom numbers are shown in red and Vandal numbers are shown in blue, contrary to the legend. 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.įor reference, 15 meters is about the distance when peeking the corner from the end of the attacker-side hallway on Ascent’s B main to the defender’s main entrance.ĭisclaimer: The weapons in the graph above are labeled incorrectly. Each point on each line represents a discrete distance bucket and its correlating percentage of kills. In this line graph, we see the total number of each weapon’s kills broken out by distance in 5 meter increments. If you find yourself taking a lot of close-to-medium-range gunfights, the Phantom might be your friend…or gun buddy? And lots of data to back it up.įor this article, our team of numbers wizards, better known as the VALORANT Insights Team, pulled detailed queries from a mix of more than 4 million unrated and competitive matches across all ranks. Well, as you might have guessed, we’ve got some ‘splaining to do. Which rifle reigns supreme-Phantom or Vandal? The VALORANT Data Drop (A.K.A., the article formerly known as Data Breach) is back! And this time we’re taking aim at an always hot topic of debate within the community.
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