Vandal

Vandal
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General
Type	Rifle
Credits	2,900
Wall Penetration	Medium
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Length	127.99 cm
Creator	Teknika Firearms
Primary Fire
Fire Mode	Auto
Fire Rate	9.75 rds/sec 585 rds/min
Run Speed	5.4 m/sec
Equip Speed	1 sec
Reload Speed	2.5 sec
Magazine	25
Reserve	50 (2 magazines)
See here for more stats about multipliers, TTK, spread, and accuracy penalties
Damage
0 - 50m	Head - 160 Body - 40 Leg - 34
0 - 50m	Head - 160 Body - 40 Leg - 34
Alt Fire
Function	Aim down sights
Zoom	1.25x
Fire Rate	90% (8.775 rds/sec)
Move Speed	76% (4.104 m/sec)
Note(s)	Slight spread and recoil reduction Crosshair follows recoil

“

This accurate powerhouse is ferocious in small bursts.

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The Vandal is a Rifle that is a primary weapon in VALORANT.

Summary

“

Extended fire results in less stability, however. The Vandal retains high damage over distance and rewards those who focus single shots at a target’s head.

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The Vandal is a high-cost automatic rifle. One of VALORANT's best general-purpose weapons, it is most effective at picking off individual targets at longer ranges due to having no falloff, allowing it to kill any enemy with a single headshot at all ranges.

Compared to VALORANT's other general-purpose rifle, the Phantom, the Vandal is guaranteed to instantly kill an enemy with one bullet to the head whereas the Phantom's damage falloff results in it requiring multiple bullets at medium to long range to get headshot kills. However, the Phantom's higher fire rate and accuracy make it better at taking on multiple enemies at short to medium ranges over the Vandal.

Stats

• Headshot multiplier: x4
• Leg shot multiplier: x0.85

Primary Fire TTK

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–50 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	3	0.205	4	0.308	4	0.308
	Legs	3	0.205	4	0.308	5	0.410

Alternate Fire TTK

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–50 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	3	0.228	4	0.342	4	0.342
	Legs	3	0.228	4	0.342	5	0.456

Spread values

Firing Mode	1st Shot Spread (°)		Max Spread (°)		Movement penalties (+°)
	Standing	Crouched	Standing	Crouched	Crouched	Walking	Running	Airborne
Primary Fire	0.25	0.21	1	0.85	0.8	2	5	10
Alternate Fire	0.157	0.13	1.02	0.87

Update History

v6.11

• Min spread on ropes increased from .8 >>> 1.3
• Vertical Recoil Multiplier while running increased from 1.5 >>> 1.8
• Reserve ammo decreased from 75 >>> 50

v3.0

• Walking inaccuracy increased from 1.3 >>> 2.0

v2.02

• Running Error increased 3.75 >>> 5.0
• Walking Error increased .8 >>> 1.1
• Crouch-moving Error increased .3 >>> .8

v1.07

• Firing rate increased 9.25 >>> 9.75
• Damage increased 39 >>> 40

v0.50

• Tap Efficiency increased 4 >> 6
  • Tap Efficiency determines the rate that inaccuracy is accrued when re-firing prior to waiting for the complete duration of a weapon’s respective Gun Recovery Time. The higher the Tap Efficiency, the lower the rate of inaccuracy accrual
• Base walk spread increased 0.6° >> 0.8°
• Gun Recovery Time decreased .4s >> .375s
  • "Fixed an issue where the Gun Recovery Time was higher than intended"
• 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"

Skins

Store

Image	Edition	Skin	Cost	Upgrade Levels	Variants
		Altitude	1,275	—
		Araxys	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Purple Variant 2: Black Variant 3: Silver
		Aristocrat	1,275	—
		Avalanche	1,275	—
		Black.Market	1,775	Level 2: Attacker/Defender	—
		Champions 2021*	2,675	Level 2: Inspect & Kill Effects Level 3: Finisher Level 4: Champion's Aura	—
		Champions 2023*	2,675	Level 2: Inspect & Kill Effects Level 3: Finisher Level 4: Champion's Aura	—
		ChronoVoid	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Purple Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Black
		Crimsonbeast	1,775	Level 2: Kill Effects	—
		Cryostasis	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Finisher	—
		Ego	1,775	—	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Tan Variant 3: Pink
		Elderflame	2,475	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Dark
		Endeavour	875	—
		Forsaken	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Gold
		Gaia's Vengeance	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Orange
		Glitchpop	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Gold
		Horizon	1,275	—
		Imperium	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Ruby Variant 2: Pearl Variant 3: Obsidian
		Ion	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Yellow Variant 3: Blue
		Kuronami	2,375	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Purple Variant 2: White Variant 3: Black
		Luna	1,275	—
		Luxe	875	—
		Magepunk	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Black/Red Variant 3: Yellow
		MK.VII Liberty	1,275	—	Variant 1: Desert Variant 2: Sea Variant 3: Tundra
		Neptune	1,775	Level 2: Fish Animation Level 3: Kill Banner	Variant 1: Black
		NO LIMITS	1,275	—
		Nunca Olvidados	1,275	—	Variant 1: Living Variant 2: Eternal
		Oni	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Kumo Variant 2: Hana Variant 3: Tsubame
		Origin	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Red Variant 3: White
		Orion	1,275	—
		Overdrive	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Cobalt Variant 2: Bubblegum Variant 3: Onyx
		Prelude to Chaos	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: White Variant 3: Blue
		Prime	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Gold Variant 2: Green Variant 3: Orange
		Primordium	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Venom Variant 2: Cobalt Variant 3: Gold
		Prism II	875	—
		Reaver	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Black Variant 3: White
		RGX 11z Pro	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher Level 5: Kill Counter	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Yellow
		Sakura	1,275	—
		Sarmad	1,275	—
		Sensation	875	—
		Sentinels of Light	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Pink Variant 2: Red/Green Variant 3: Blue/Purple
		Silvanus	1,275	—
		Team Ace	1,275	—
		Tethered Realms	1,775	—
		Titanmail	1,275	—
		Valiant Hero	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Sunset Variant 2: Dusk Variant 3: Night
		VALORANT GO! Vol. 2	1,775	—
		Wasteland	1,275	—
		Winterwunderland	1,275	—
		XERØFANG	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Black Variant 2: Pink Variant 3: Silver
For each weapon with upgrade levels and/or variants,  10 per upgrade level,  15 per variant after a weapon is fully upgraded. Variants must be used with the fully upgraded weapon skin set. Collections labelled * were limited-time weapon skins and cannot appear in Store's daily offers.

Battle Pass

Like every other primary weapon, all Vandal skins from Act Battle Pass are in Premium track.

Image	Edition	Skin	Act Pass	Tier	Variants
		.EXE	EP 01 Act 1	45	—
		.SYS	EP 04 Act 3	45	—
		Cavalier	EP 02 Act 2	25	—
		Depths	EP 02 Act 3	45	—
		Guardrail	EP 08 Act 1	45	—
		Hivemind	EP 01 Act 2	25	—
		Immortalized	EP 05 Act 2	45	Variant 1: Orange Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Green
		K/TAC	EP 03 Act 1	25	—
		Lycan's Bane	EP 04 Act 2	25	—
		Monstrocity	EP 06 Act 3	45	Variant 1: Brown Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Yellow
		Nitro	EP 03 Act 2	35	—
		Ruin	EP 01 Act 3	45	—
		Sandswept	EP 07 Act 3	45	Variant 1: Sunset Variant 2: Dusk Variant 3: Night
		Schema	EP 04 Act 1	45	—
		Starlit Odyssey	EP 05 Act 3	25	Variant 1: Twilight Variant 2: Sunset Variant 3: Midnight
		Transition	EP 07 Act 2	25	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Orange Variant 3: Green
		Venturi	EP 06 Act 1	45	—
For each weapon with variants,  15 per variant.

Trivia

• During the Beta, the weapon's full name was the AR-762 Vandal (Assault Rifle).
• The "762" designation suggests it is chambered in .30 caliber ammunition, such as 7.62x39mm or the larger 7.62x51mm NATO , but most likely a derivative of 7.62x39. Note the significant curvature of the Vandal's magazine, which matches the proven design in the wide majority of 7.62x39 magazines .
• The Vandal's design take references from several rifles based on the Kalashnikov platform. The general design is influenced by the Kalashnikov USA AK Alpha, considering the shape of the slanted edges of the magazine well and magazine release, the trigger guard, the charging handle, the handguard, the gas block and the flash hider. The pistol grip, dust cover and stock adapter were inspired by the IWI Galil ACE chambered in 7.62x39, the Stock inspired by the Magpul UBR stock, and the rear sight and front sight merged with the gas block are based on the AKS-74U. The muzzle brake is also highly reminiscent of that seen on a standard AK-74.