As an iron 2 vandal player, it wasn't that bad once I tried phantom. It's just which one you start with because that's the one you're going to push through the most. But I am iron 2 so I can't really be making impact.
Depends on how you're doin but there are agents like viper which phantom is beneficial is more beneficial since it has no tracers so its better for lurking in ur ult
Vandal if you plan on playing on semilong dst.(20 m is where vandal begins to be more effective) Phantom if you are gonna spray some smokes Vandal if ur aim is good Phantom if you never hit a hs in your life
phantom is better in more things but i say vandal if you gonna play long distance and phantom for shorter distances the only reason vandal is "better" is because of the headshot does 160 dmg from any range
Vandal is good however, phantom has no bullet tracers and playing in weird areas with Cypher or Killjoy can set an enemy off guard due to them not knowing where the bullets are heading. The Vandal is a little more used throughout NA but ye