Best Phantom Skins in VALORANT 2022: Ranked from Worst to Best

Many VALORANT players, casuals, and professionals alike consider the Phantom Skins their favorite skins of them all. In this article, we’ll rank them from worst to best.

The Phantom is an Assault Rifle in VALORANT priced at 2900 in-game credits and is one of the most popular buy-round choices. The Phantom can one-shot headshot enemies at close range but at medium to long-range, it only hits for 140 with a shot to the head. But that aside, the Phantom is still versatile and is excellent for spraying with its 30-round magazine especially through smokes as it does not have any bullet tracers.

Skins in VALORANT are merely decorative and do not offer any real in-game advantages vs the default skin. Although compared to other games like CS:GO which only offer recolors of the same exact weapon, the devs at Riot went a bit overboard with the skins in VALORANT as they completely alter the look of the weapon, add special VFX, GFX, and one skin turns your weapon into a literal dragon!

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While choosing a good Phantom skin for yourself you should determine if you like the theme of the skins, the looks, the inspect/equip animations, the finisher, and the firing sounds. Unlike other games like CS:GO which have individual pricing for skins, the skins in VALORANT come at a fixed price depending on their collection. Select Edition skins cost 875vp while Premium and Exclusive Edition skins cost 1775vp and 2175vp respectively.

Best Phantom Skins in VALORANT 2022: A Complete Tierlist

Since the game’s release, Riot has released 31 different types of Phantom skins in VALORANT as a part of weapon bundles and battle pass. Since battle pass skins are obtainable only during their respective act and cannot be obtained later in the store, we excluded those from our top 15 but included them in the tier list. Battle pass skins are occasionally good but they aren’t usually better than skins from featured bundles so our top 15 will remain unaffected with their exclusion.

Tier	Phantom Skins
S-Tier	Ion Phantom, Oni Phantom, Protocol 781-A Phantom, Spectrum Phantom
A-Tier	BlastX Phantom, Glitchpop Phantom, Prime 2.0 Phantom, Ruination Phantom
B-Tier	Radiant Crisis 001 Phantom, Recon Phantom, Rush Phantom, Singularity Phantom
C-Tier	Kingdom Phantom, Aero Phantom, Celestial Phantom, Galleria Phantom, Nebula Phantom, Prism Phantom, Silvanus Phantom, Smite Phantom, Spline Phantom, Winter Wunderland Phantom, Valorant Go! Vol. 1 Phantom
F-Tier	Serenity Phantom, Infinity Phantom, Lightwave Phantom, Artisan Phantom, Velocity Phantom, Avalanche Phantom, Minima Phantom, Snowfall Phantom

Top 15 Phantom Skins in VALORANT 2022

Among all the Phantom skins released in VALORANT so far, here are the top 15 ranked according to the basis of looks, animations, and VFX:

15. Nebula Phantom

As the name suggests, the Nebula Phantom comes in a unique finish that offers a 3D Artificial Reality-like view at a Nebula.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: No

14. Valorant Go! Vol. 1 Phantom

The first Valorant Go! bundle featured weapon skins themed after cute chibi version of the agents. The Valorant Go! Vol. 1 Phantom is a Reyna-themed skin, perfect for all the Reyna mains out there.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: No

13. Celestial Phantom

The Celestial Phantom features an animated design of shooting starts which looks very beautiful.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: No

12. Radiant Crisis 001 Phantom

Sporting a Borderlands vibe, the Radiant Crisis 001 Phantom comes with a cartoonish graphic along with captions of its sounds like a comic book.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

11. Rush Phantom

The Rush Phantom is an aggressive recolor of the default Phantom which looks pretty amazing considering it’s only a Select Edition skin.

Rarity: Select Edition
Price: 875 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: No

10. Recon Phantom

If you’re a fan of the Call of Duty series or Modern weapons in general, the Recon Phantom is the perfect choice for you. It has a unique feature where you get randomized barrel attachments when buying the skin during a match.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Kill Banner, Finisher: Yes (No VFX, Finisher)

9. Singularity Phantom

The Singularity Phantom is a weapon infused with the power of Radianite and is constantly deforming and reforming around it. It features a cool equip animation and finisher but there have been reports of some players finding the spraying animation distracting.

Rarity: Exclusive Edition
Price: 2175 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

8. Ruination Phantom

The Ruination series of skins are a part of a collaboration with Riot’s other hit game, League of Legends. The Ruination Phantom comes in an ancient theme of the Ruined King and has a smokey aura coming out of it. It also offers beautiful color variants.

Rarity: Exclusive Edition
Price: 2175 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

7. Glitchpop Phantom

After the release of the first Glitchpop bundle and how well it was received, Riot released the 2nd Glitchpop bundle which included a Phantom skin. If you love futuristic neon/Cyberpunk aesthetics then the Glitchpop Phantom would be a perfect match for you.

Rarity: Exclusive Edition
Price: 2175 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

6. BlastX Phantom

The BlastX Phantom is a Nerf-inspired skin for the Phantom. It has a plastic appearance and shoots out bullets in the form of nerf darts. The firing sounds are similar to the real toy and the equip animation looks like unwrapping a present. The BlastX Phantom is overall a really fun skin to use especially with that finisher.

Rarity: Exclusive Edition
Price: 2175 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

5. Prime//2.0 Phantom

After the release of the first Prime bundle and how well it was received, Riot released the Prime 2.0 bundle which included a Phantom skin. It has a futuristic appearance similar to the old prime skins with that signature reload animation.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

4. Ion Phantom

The Ion Phantom is a futuristic version of the Phantom which has a very sleek and minimalistic appearance. Although it has no color variants, it has unique GFX aspects that can be unlocked as well as having a satisfying firing sound.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

3. Oni Phantom

At top 3 we have the Oni Phantom which has been a signature Phantom skin ever since its release. Everything about this skin from the beautiful color variants, firing sound, and finisher are all amazing.

Rarity: Premium Edition
Price: 1775 VP
How to Buy: Store, Night Market
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

2. Spectrum Phantom

“A collection of weaponized color and sound that elevates the way you experience the game, taking you from a player to a performer” -Zedd

The Spectrum line of skins was Valorant’s first collaboration with the artist Zedd and the Spectrum Phantom is the most popular out of that bundle. The Spectrum Phantom offers satisfying firing animations, RGB lights, and an insane finisher. Also, did we mention that you can listen to sick tracks by Zedd during the inspect animation?

Rarity: Exclusive Edition
Price: 2675 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

1. Protocol 781-A Phantom

The Protocol 781-A bundle has been the latest bundle to be added in VALORANT and it is the second Ultra Edition skin bundle right after Elderflame. The Protocol 781-A Phantom features a futuristic military vibe.
Its unique feature is that the gun has an AI that actually has voice lines. It’s as though the gun has a mind of its own and is self-aware. The finisher is also really cool where it spawns a mech that shoots at the enemy.

Rarity: Ultra Edition
Price: 2475 VP
How to Buy: Store only
VFX, GFX, Finisher: Yes

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So this wraps up our top 15 Phantom skins in VALORANT. Note that, like all lists, this is subjective, and your personal rankings might differ from the ones we have here.