Which player popularised phantom?

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Spinach

Which player first popularised the use of Phantom over Vandal, according to you?

For me, it was clearly naTs during his Gambit days and also a bit of Buzz using phantom

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number1_cNed_fan

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phannussy so tight >-<

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number1_cned_hater

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Yo what bro

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number1_cNed_fan

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WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU

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froggy_lol

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Bro spawned in out of nowhere

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number1_cned_hater

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I hate cned

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Spinach

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Phannussy 🗿

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FoechiGG

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Nah there is no way

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number1_cNed_fan

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aint no way ur that dummy dum

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why

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number1_cNed_fan

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freaky hours in turkey rn 😈

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https://imgur.com/a/lGWmtyK

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Spinach

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I'm afraid to see that image now considering this little thread lol

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it’s safe 😊😊

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unknown_trash

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Terrifying and scream inducing image. I am scarred for life.

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do NOT let him get near the suppressor 😭

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widepeepofrosty

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What the sigma… 😨

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espeon

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dude come on

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Mortadelo

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Bro there's 2 rifles no one popularizes it

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Spinach

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Surely you understood what I was trying to ask, even in current vct matches 95% or more still use vandal, I wanted to know from people who use phantom like me, which player made them go for phantom

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Mortadelo

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You're either not explaining very well or I'm just dumb cause 95% of pros do not use vandal wtf. And that original post does not ask who which pro made you use the gun you use. Or I don't know English which could be Ig

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keznit

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Spinach

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I love keznit, but I don't remember seeing him use phantom, is this recent.

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Ddoggy

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cause of bang i fell in love with the recon phantom he makes it look so smooth, sacy also cracked with phantom on lan

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grenji

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if I'm playing cypher I go phantom any other agent vandal. No one made me use it just common sense.

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Yogi020

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nAts, asuna, sinatraa

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nutab1e

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probably tenz actually because he had some clips go viral showing how to abuse moving and shooting with phantom before riot nerfed it several times

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Yistyy

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no one popularized it, the phantom was actually used more than vandal back in the beginning.

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eLBy

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egirls popularized phantoms

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Spinach

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How real is this statement, who are "egirls" in valorant who use phantom?

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heistheoneandonly

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the ones that bottom frag in my games every time

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Nats

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jkjkjk

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The Phantom was popular from Beta, nobody needed to "popularize it", it appears you have an inaccurate image in your head where the Vandal was more popular in the beginning or something...

But, if you want to be pedantic, you could say brax "popularized Phantom", since he was one of the first big names to play Valorant Beta and had by far the biggest viewership during the early key drop period.

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Spinach

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I didn't play during beta, joined a bit later right before yoru rework was a discussion I think, most streamers or just ranked players were all using vandal by then, I barely saw phantom, which was my point, that's when watching Nats made me wanna go for phantom

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From early 2020 to late 2021 Phantom was actually more popular at pro level and in ranked (even though the numbers were always something like 54% vs 46% or around there). Starting with 2022 it balanced even more, with each of them, Phantom or Vandal, taking small leads in different periods of time but always averaging yearly around 50-50 share.

This is why I'm saying that your question doesn't really make sense, unless you're looking from a very specific point of view and timeline (eg: "I started playing during exactly this time, so I felt Phantom was less popular"). And if you're asking for the entirety of the game (which is my point of view), then the answer is: It was always popular, nobody needed to do anything about it.

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oussamaismyname

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dapr used to only play phantom back in 2021

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Gutssz

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nAts only true answer

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KyLZi

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Smoke agents

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bonkashi

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any answer other than nats is completely wrong
for a while him and the gun were literally the same person

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KyLZi

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Sideshow made a video about the phantom after the first int lan. I think it was him

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Prolly nAts