Bro blue gaia was definitely popularized by Demon1 and although I'm a bit unsure about recon and bang but at that time he was the one who was using it the most which doesn't correlate to popularizing it but I think he influenced people
just because it was goated before karon played doesn't mean he didn't popularise it. mako is a good shout but he uses the phantom more than he uses the vandal. karon exclusively runs vandal like 99% of the time
barely anyone used the champs vandal prior to geng 24
no way bros saying he popularised the gun buddy the glaze is crazy
it was definitely heretics namely pati who popularised primordium AND the blue one too
Red Glitchpop - Sacy
Red Recon - Xand
Blue Gaia, White Forsaken and that fucking christmas bat with a snow globe on top - Aspas
Blue Prelude - Less
Blue Elderflame, Blue Glitchpop, White Oni - Mwzera
Blastx in general - Saadhak
less, suygetsu - prelude vandal. maybe they didnt popularize it but they're the players i think of when i see that skin. i always imagine a calm aim viper player
helix
bang - recon phantom
sinatraa - oni phantom, singularity ares
Shahzam - ion op
Tenz - Reaver op
Natz - prism phantom (outdated tbh)
Shroud - wasteland vandal (not that popular but before shroud no one bought it)