We all know that Phantom is the merc surrounded with the most controversy. One side believes that the nerf that followed his OP level was perfect and the other side believes that said nerf was an affront to the honor of stealthy assassins everywhere. Then there are those that have no idea of what is going on.
I’m here to tell you that there is hope for both sides. You see, Phantoms armor was a very powerful asset, plus his health and the damaged output done by his signature item, the Katana.
Post nerf, his Katana is not so strong, his armor is not so invisible and his health is lowered. It was at that point that the community split into the three factions before mentioned.
So, how is Phantom supposed to be a valuable asset to his team, provide high-value-target-assassinations (here after referred as HVTA) eliminations, destroy the vital secondary objectives to the enemy team and do this all, alone?
The vast majority of players say that is is impossible, unless you do what my friends and yours truly have discovered.
- Invisibility: The pre-nerf Phantom could sprint everywhere while remaining decently invisible. Post-nerf Phantom… not so much. But here is the trick. Never do something with post-nerf Phantom if to succeed, you have to sprint. Phantom becomes blurry and easy to spot while SPRINTING. If you have to go somewhere out of sight, sprint. If enemies are nearby, become invisible, stop sprinting and walk. You are just as invisible standing still as walking. To get a HVTA, make sure that it’s actually vital to the success of the mission. If, in example, the HVT is surrounded by health stations and a turret, it’s not worth it. Get one of your teammates to switch to an explosives expert merc, take out the healing stations and turret and using the confusions, take down the HVT.
Thanks for reading this first installment on the “Tips on How to Phantom Successfully” series. For more information, I’ll post videos with actual raw footage of my tips in action soon.