Guess the effectiveness of that depends on if you’re playing against someone who doesn’t realize they also have a kek10.
Having wall hacks is quite useful outside of the large servers where you can correctly assume where 5 enemies will be. Of course, Vassili is another character that just makes the game more **** for everyone on the server.
I agree with the running away part. Phantom is the strongest when picking off individuals/small groups of squishies (aura, sparks, proxy etc.). A good advice is to run in the opposite direction it’s coming from and preferably towards your team. It’s then too risky for the phantom to attack. A lot of phantoms still jump into the group in an attempt to get some kills and do often fail if the team solely focus him for a period and/or when the team is not composed of squishies. You might also just try to kill him if it’s like in a corridor or something (and have heavy weaponary (shotgun for example)).
If you notice that an ‘annoying’ Phantom (like easily wiping the team etc.) is on the team, switch to mercs like Vassilli or Proxy and maybe even get some of your teammates to change to said as well. The main reason for this is that you can easily create chokepoints on public servers with those mercs which makes it harder for the Phantom(s) (although it might make it easier for the others, most of the time Phantoms are the ones that are pubstomping). Vassilli can use his heartbeat sensor to negate the Phantom cloak and Proxy is able to create chokepoints with properly placed mines.
The main reason why Phantom thrives is due to Dirty Bomb’s frantic and fastpased nature. Due to this the Phantom is allowed to easily dispatch individuals or even groups if they don’t pay attention to the Phantom and get caught off-guard. People just tend to run and gun and rush objectives whilst this might not be the smartest thing you could do at the moment.
I have to agree that Phantom is currently very strong. Personally I think there should be more things which counter his ability to cloak. For example introduce another recon merc with the ability to create laser tripwires or something like that. Just something extra make it harder and more rewarding for the Phantom when he is able to kill something. Another option would be to make him somewhat less invisible, like 1-5%, that doesn’t sound much, but it’s quite a lot and would make him more visible. Or you could add more of those white distortion effect things you see on a cloaked phantom. A nice addition would be to give him 5-10 less health. It all doesn’t sound much, but I’m sure such small tweaks can either ‘fix’ him or totally make him unviable and if the nerf isn’t enough, tweak it more till you hit the sweet spot. But personally I rather have more counterplay than nerfs.
I really love to play Phantom, not because he is so powerful at the moment, but because of playing the game in a different way so to speak. Sneaking up to lone wolves and punish them for not sticking in a group, waiting in corners to strike etc. . It’s a really fun way to play the game in such a hectic enviroment. Whether I do good or bad with playing him, it’s always really fun to do so. It really reminds me of the spy from Team Fortress 2 which also got hated by a huge amount of the community.
tl;dr : Phantom is currently strong, I would love to see more counterplay instead of nerfs, although I’m not against him getting nerfed. I love to play him due to his different approach of the game and not because he is so powerful at the moment.
Also pretty effective against phantom is staying in groups of 2-3 people. He can kill 1 maybe 2 but the 3rd is too much.
Nah.
It’s because you participated in the initial phantowhine combined with the fact that your avatar suspiciously reminds me this!
[QUOTE=Ashog;535046]Nah.
It’s because you participated in the initial phantowhine combined with the fact that your avatar suspiciously reminds me this![/QUOTE]
Holy darn, now that’s just broken stuff right there. I also laughed a lot.
Yeah because I thought that Phantom is op because I played vs some good phantoms and never won a single fight. So I raged and farmed credits to unlock him. And then I noticed, he is not that easy to play. But now I really like him and enjoy the whining when I backstab someone 
Apology accepted.
But your avatar is still notoriously phantomic!
P.S. keep t-bagging >3
[QUOTE=Ashog;535055]Apology accepted.
But your avatar is still notoriously phantomic!
P.S. keep t-bagging >3[/QUOTE]
I tbagged the **** out of Khamul 
You didnt mention that i tbagged you 50 times !! What a bastard! I’m waiting for you on DB . NO ****IN MERCY