The ONLY phantom guide you'll EVER need in XDEFIANT 

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That self nade was so relatable hahaha

Don’t know if you said this but if you time your firebomb right against a phantom ult then it kills them instantly. Just gotta rush them w a pistol and drop it as soon as you get to the bubble and you should get them. I’ve done this to so many people after I found out. I’m toxic I know 😂

Dropped a like for that beautiful grenade self hit

Overall pretty great info but let me elaborate more on the blitz shield since you skimmed passed it and it's what i've been running. The blitz shield is an incredibly oppressive tool for forcing space. the typical setup i run here is Blitz + shotgun (my fav is A-12) or SMG (Vector is the best for this due to fire rate). How this works is one of two things will happen: you traverse the map making heavy use of the environment to approach the enemy and engage naturally. then use the shield to disengage or continue to hard push a team Alternatively you can use the shield to close distance quickly and play this game where you approach them they die to melee or they run and you drop shield to pop them. Some glaring drawback counters i'll briefly mention: enemy collision sucks balls emp is almost never and issue because if you're close enough to get emp'd you should already be close enough to engage firebomb absolutely fucks you in shield mode. when of of it they should be gun down before they reach your space. ded sec ult fucks you hard libertad ult is the same as dedsec. its stops all your momentum. cleaner ult will clip you when your shield is up causing you to instantly die. It's a very rewarding playstyle and i'm absolutely addicted to the moment to moment situations you need to mind game.

Great video, I really liked it! I'll be trying some of those tactics myself, thanks!

Deadsec Hijack main here. Yes, you can hack a previously hacked mag barrier. I've had that happen to me only once, where I hacked a barrier and a Hijack on their team hacked it back. Very situational but very good nonetheless. Of course in my case I also run EMP's so I just destroyed it with an EMP instead. If I can't hack your abilities, I'm glad I always bring my plan B. Especially since 30 seconds is way too long of a cooldown.

video was dope, I think if you use emp instead of grenades you become that counter for hijack if they take your shield. I think the best counter for phantoms is definitely the EMP, played a full stack of Phantoms and the EMP grenade kept us in the game, using cleaners also helps balance the field as well.

Great analysis, man. Loved the video

Yo , I play a lot fifa but as a new to the shooter games I felt in love with this game other than the rest and needed some info about how to play so your video comes on handy ,, thanks a lot,,, I hope u do more videos for beginners.

That shield placement applies situationally for me - i'll place shield further if i'm holding a line to cover an obj AND there are no highjack dedsecs. But i play obj and shield is much better at my feet. Strafe in and out of the shield to be covered from all angles. If a highjack is used, strafe through the shield and clip that dude who just rushed in mindlessly after triggering skill.

Great Guide! Honestly I would like to see a guide on Cleaners or maybe Libertad in the future if possible. :)

Pls make a vid like this for other factions, this was by far the best phantom video out there!

Really good video 👏

Good videos 🤘

I love using this class but it’s also fun to counter them. Depending on how, I’ll either run cleaners to counter health or deadsec so I can either hack and constantly refill on emp grenades to disable their shields.

Great guide!

I'll keep these tips in mind the next time i play. Keep Grinding, you earned a sub

did you tried to place the shild verticaly? Thats give you a cover form all sites if you move in the right timing.

Are you gonna make more of these?

These are all pretty surface levels tips, maybe good for a beginner or someone new to the game, but not for more advanced players

You are right honestly the only way to counter phantoms who are good is to team shoot or to be a phantom...how many times have you died and see they have 20 health left lol They are the most evenly balanced class imo too dedsec spider bot is brainless annoying, cleaners firebomb is a free kill regardless of skill, radar is godly in the right hands same as el remedio...the vision pulse pistol ult is BY FAR the most game changing one where you can turn the whole tide of the match if you hit your shots...phantoms are really strong but fair imo you dont get as much benefit the moment youre not in a 1v1 fight

Dedsec will be so good when GSK comes out I wish hacking reset the utility timer and health

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All you see way to over powered

It's funny how many people run Spiderbot over Hijack on Dedsec. Spiderbot isn't really that powerful. It's just annoying for sure, dont get me wrong, but all it does is get you 1 free kill IF you can capitalize on it. Hijack, on the other hand, is the one-stop shop for countering deployable abilities. Mag barrier? Mine now. El Remedio? Mine now. The new trophy system ability coming with Season 1? Mine now. Enemy spiderbot if you're quick enough? Mine now. Alongside your Ult, which allows you to shut down other people's Ults, and infinite throwables, a Dedsec with Hijack is a much more useful player than one with Spiderbot because you go from a nuisance to someone who can counter more things in the game than any other faction, and you yourself have no counters.

I use LMG with phantoms, it's a kill-fest.

No circumstance in this game in any game mode, where is your be taking it into the spot as the tank you should always be with one of the objectives all week that’s your job. That’s the problem with this and almost every arena shooter that has objective bass gameplay everyone is worried about the goddamn KD they’re always trying to get kills. They think I get 67 kills. I won the game, those guys are the reason you lose the game because they could be using their outrageous skill secure objectives but instead their ego has been worrying about their KD. I see all the time when I look at the stats. It’s the guy that got 10 kills that’s free but if you look at my objective time or my support points or anything, I’m doing more for the team and that guy with 60 kills that has no support points because all he doing is running around killing people, feeding his ego as the tank which is the tank class that has the ability literally moved the objective on the push type mode by popping is special over top of it and find anyone to step into that shit because they will die instantly to his weapon, likewise running around with the Gilly suit, George Because it is your job to get killed in town to your team is your main job now in certain circumstances again when you’re trying to move the cargo shooting up popping and running into the cargo might be tactic that you could use a support team running around using your invisibility to get your KD up does not Reason players there’s multiple reasons but one of the biggest reasons good players have walked away from games, Harold shooter games like overwatch because because you get a game full of people that have no clue they’re so casual. It’s not that they’re bad at gameplay. it said they don’t even know what the objective is, there’s a reason a game like overwatch doesn’t even have a stand. It’s because you’re OK doesn’t matter at all what matters is securing objective these team base games with objective game modes the only important thing to be done is securing the objective unless you’re doing that, you’re just being selfish and egotistical

Game play audio, please.

Dude, but your video is nonsense. The only thing that makes it possible for someone to carry in this game is if they’re a really good player and it doesn’t matter which class they’re on to do so just having 20 extra hip points doesn’t hurt but it doesn’t really make the difference it’s not significant this game boils down to good shooting or cheating, whoever gets the headshot first wins. Almost every weapon with the headshot is one or two shots with every weapon most weapons one shot and one body shot will kill whoever fastest on that draw and most.

Needs nerfed