Rifles · Assault Rifles
Vandal
The Vandal is an assault rifle that costs 2,900 credits. It holds 25 rounds, fires 9.75 rounds per second and deals 160 damage to the head and 40 to the body at 0–50 m.
- Cost
- 2,900
- Magazine
- 25
- Fire rate
- 9.75/s
- Reload
- 2.5s
- Equip
- 1s
- Wall penetration
- Medium
- Run speed
- 80%
- ADS zoom
- 1.25×
- First-shot spread
- 0.25°
How much damage does the Vandal do?
Compare all weapons →| Range | Head | Body | Legs | Body shots · 100 HP | Body shots · 125 HP | Body shots · 150 HP | Headshots · 150 HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–50 m | 160 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
How has the Vandal changed in every patch?
The Vandal has been changed in 4 patches since the closed beta, most recently in patch 11.08. Each entry links to the full notes for that patch.
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- Buff Horizontal (Yaw) switch time increased from 0.37s → 0.6s
- Nerf Chance for horizontal (Yaw) to switch increased from 6% → 10%
- Buff Protected bullet count increased from 4 → 6 bullets
- Buff Horizontal (Yaw) switch time increased from 0.50s → 0.60s
- Buff Protected bullet count from yaw (horizontal) switching while spraying, increased from 5 → 6 bullets
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- Vandal Reserve ammo adjusted from 75 → 50
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- Vandal buff
- Increased firing rate from 9.25 → 9.75
- Increased damage from 39 → 40
- Goal is to bring the Vandal in closer competition with the Phantom. We believe these weapons aren't that far off in competition and hope these changes will do that.
- Vandal buff
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- Vandal:
- Horizontal (Yaw) Recoil reduced by 15% while crouched and stationary
- This was intended to be the case and now properly matches the crouch benefits of other rifles
- Gun Recovery Time:.4s >>.375s
- Tap Efficiency: 4 >> 6
- Horizontal (Yaw) Recoil reduced by 15% while crouched and stationary
- Vandal:
Patch change data adapted from Patch Notes on the VALORANT Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
