The Most Problematic Operator in Rainbow Six Siege

[@KudosR6]

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[@Chriftopher19]

I think kapkan is a great operator. Too many people want to lazily rush into the map and kapkan is perfectly designed to counter those people while also being the easiest operator to counter in the entire game. Yes, good players do still die to kapkans, but any good player who dies to kapkan will likely be more frustrated at themselves than with the operator/game

[@x_money_official]

Well said, I also think Kapkan is essential for the game especially coz of the TDM meta

[@Jeremy-Pereiro]

Exactly

[@Tiki100]

i really think the high win rate of kapkan is linked to the high pick rate of Ash

[@KudosR6]

Well said!

[@AnttiTolamo]

@@Tiki100 I agree. And also map knowledge. On some maps you got these choke points where you can guess Ash or anyone rushing will come. And when you put two kapcan charges on them it can give nice reward! Thats propably reason for the Console high ban rate. PC side people are more experienced I think and change their tactics more. They are less likely to sufffer from Kapcan as much I think.

[@Rcurtis777]

Genuinely think the biggest issue is the meta. It doesn’t encourage you to play meticulously, people are flying around the map mindlessly and relying on gun skill. Personally where Kapkan feels annoyingly strong is in the last minute of the round when things get frantic

[@Wimble_Wamble]

Exactly. Kapkan isnt op on his own, he just counters a popular playing style, and people just ban him so they can't get punished as hard for playing the game incorrectly.

[@KudosR6]

Yep, there are many factors involved

[@Just_a_ghost713]

I say extend the round by 30 secs to give attackers just a bit of breathing room.

[@SilverDwarven]

If I die to Kapkan and I knew they had a Kapkan beforehand, I can only blame myself. Easy to counter but also easy to forget

[@KudosR6]

Very true!

[@SilverDwarven]

​@@KudosR6I also find his SMG really inconsistent but it's probably user error. Sometimes it feels great while sometimes it feels like I'm shooting cooked grains of rice at the enemy team

[@alibobdagreat2834]

I think Kapkan is good for the health of the game because he keeps a lot of operators in check, you can easily see this if you look at the pick rates for ash, the only reason kapkans win rate is high is because so many people pick rushing ops like ash, I think kapkan helps discourage one of the most controversial playstyles- rushing. If kapkan was nerfed then ash pick rates would shoot through the roof.

[@BigDadiShagi]

I love how dude is playing Blackbeard and says “I think we can all admit there’s one problematic operator… and it’s kapkan” like bro literally just drone. He’s a great op because 80% of people just sit on TikTok during drone phase and can’t stop their ash rush for a second to check a door Edit: also I don’t think Kudos remembers the original Kapkan… he did insta kill with one trap and he had three of them but there was a visible laser so hardly anyone hit them.

[@taszi1174]

So real..

[@echotheotter9541]

sure that could work if you still got 2 minutes on the clock, but time isn't always on your side, if you're within that last minute, you gotta make a play and droning 9 times out of 10 will eat away at your precious time

[@BigDadiShagi]

@@echotheotter9541I mean time management is a skill in rainbow. I play alm exclusively with a Duo in champ/Diam lobbies and we drone each other and alm never get killed by Kapkan. If yk he’s on the board and yk where people generally like to place them they are very ez to avoid

[@its_sun7906]

Kapkan is not problematic the people who die to them are since if you dont have 3 seconds to look down your clearly not paying that much attention to the game it punishes the Ash's and Amaru's who just sprint into site its a good operator and he does his job well

[@KudosR6]

Best trapper by far!

[@audi-o1823]

3 seconds is a crazy amount of time in a game like rainbow

[@Rorywizz]

Kapkan is a really balanced operator but a lot of people hate him because they play too aggressively. He gets countered by every single operator (drones) and yet he still manages to make people angry.

[@Rin13-13]

Leave my Kapkan alone :(

[@inalaboyy]

100% bro he’s legit one of if not THE BEST balances operator.. it’s a skill issue

[@StrawberryCat1x]

@@inalaboyy Zzz

[@taszi1174]

When I die due to a Kapkan trap I always say: "OMG, what an amateur am I..". His trap are just easy to counter, pick Twitch or Brava, or simply just drone out their traps. Yes, there are many door frames on a map, but you only have to drone the necessary ones, where you go through. Only exceptions are the site doors but only a few of them hard to shoot and not many Kapkan players put traps to site doors. The reasons why he's banned 50% of the matches are the brain dead tdm meta players who can't drone out a door or pay attention to their feet, only just out aim their opps.

[@techguy4566]

Kapkan is the skill check operator Against good players he’s ok, but if you miss his EDDs he can easily clean out two of the opposing team Not to mention he forces your crosshair away from the direction you wanna face so if you play around them you can swing the attackers while they’re clearing out

[@davidefinzi8145]

Booh hoo, an operator that forces me to be aware of my surroundings! The audacity!

[@Dont_tk_pls]

Thank you for saying this. Once more for the people in the back (people who like the frost rework). YOU HAVE A DRONE! USE IT! ALL FOUR OF YOUR TEAMMATES HAVE A DRONE! THEY SHOULD USE IT!

[@jishwagent]

I really don’t think he’s problematic at all, just drone, that’s the whole point of this game is to take your time and he forces you to do that

[@ThatTallKid716]

Kudos: people will say just drone, but it’s not always this simple Jish: jUsT dRoNe

[@beastlykill98]

If you are emerald or higher and die to Kapkan ,it's because of laziness. Use your drone. You don't need to drone every door way in the entire map. Just the door ways you are going to be pushing from. 5 drones are more than enough to make kapkan traps obsolete.

[@cybersentient4758]

this guy has the shittiest take on siege, in this tdm meta we need him to slow the attackers down all while being one of the most if not the easiest op to counter. and also kapkan needs skill if you are going against anyone above silver like only dumping 3 of your traps and saving 2 for cutting flank. besides this guy is a ubisoft sellout

[@DogMakingSausage]

The channel was pretty good but it's slowly getting worse and worse. Terrible takes and d riding ubi like crazy to get a charm.

[@inalaboyy]

@@cybersentient4758 LOUDER 🗣️

[@lanky3987]

If you truly believe this then don’t watch the video. People put time and effort into expressing their beliefs so if your gonna be rude and comment something like this just don’t watch the video in the first place

[@chrisp7326]

I literally see no problem with Kapkan. Just having an IQ completely ruins any traps Kapkan may have set up. Similar to Frost, if the attackers see Kapkan in the defense line up, they'll start checking common doorways more often. And this applies to pretty much every trap operator, really. Kapkan is the text book definition of a trap operator; he slows the enemy down one way or another, has a good gun that isn't too crazy, and relies on the player taking the information the traps give and play around said information. Like any operators, difference between noob Kapkan and good Kapkan is also very clear. Noob Kapkan will mistakenly put traps in areas where either no one really goes or in areas that are easy to spot while pro Kapkans do a much better job at hiding their traps while keeping them in a high traffic areas to slow down rushes. Someone like Girtania has shown some 300 IQ Kapkan traps in his videos. There definitely is a skill gap and a learning curve to the operator, it's not just an operator who will get you free kills if you're lucky

[@KudosR6]

Wish people played more IQ

[@Just_a_ghost713]

​@@KudosR6the main problem with IQ is the pistol. She needs a rework.

[@codyryan1027]

​@Just_a_ghost713 Exactly. She is super dependent on her pistol, but doesn't even have a red dot on it?

[@Gas_MetalHead]

Bruh just use drones.

[@Malaka_013]

With all due respect kudos, i`ve been a fan of yours for a while now, but i think you completely missed on that one. First of all siege players consantly complain about the TDM Meta and wish to go back to a 2021 esque Utility Meta, yet somehow when a utility based defender is picked they aren`t happy. Besides having some of the most counters in the game, he is also one of the riskiest defenders to pick, not only because his traps can be hacked and potentially kill or injure a teammate, but mainly because if the attackers properly clear them out they have spent 5 bullets and completely rendered one defenders utility useless. At least castle barricades or Mira windows for example require SOME utility to clear. I think the only problem with Kapkan is the fact that on certain spots you can hide his traps in doorframes, trashbags and other parts of the map, and that is a problem that needs to be fixed. Keep up the good work, im looking forward to your next video mate.

[@davidd1066]

Kapkan is perfect. High risk to have super easy to counter utility. High reward in using someone's laziness/forgetfulness/aggression against them. Then Brava enters the chat.

[@seyyednaser7674]

in my opinion his is completely balanced in prep faze we should check enemy ops and counter them something i think lots of people forget about and simply save their drones without knowing enemies . and then for kapkan counter as said we have IQ Brava and Twitch and putting more than 1 trap is high risk high reward they would be more obvious and can be destroyed easier and also with Brava like in this video they can one shot defenders . purpose of traps are slowing and killing and make droning more important for sure we cant drone every door but we should drone the path we want to play and I really think kapkan is fair about it . I think they need to make a lot of other ops like thorn better and raise their pick rate instead of destroying others.

[@Jem-800]

Tachanka is obviously the most problematic

[@KudosR6]

Duh

[@dixonmyaz111]

No nerfs. Buff ops instead.

[@marvinminaya]

Problematic is a strong word tbh the operator really hasn’t changed much but the players have players are playing rainbow have gotten really lazy not checking doors and so they die or loose health that could’ve been avoided so they ban him 🤷🏽‍♂️ players in high ranks literally ban him cause it makes them think a little harder about which way to rush to OBJ

[@KudosR6]

Best way to word it since he is the most played and most banned, shows a huge struggle between both sides who play him vs who ban him, but I agree with you

[@inalaboyy]

@@KudosR6brah you have the worst take on this.. it’s a skill issue 1000%, the fact you wanna use certain language & drop a vid like this cos you’re having a sook after they nerfed shields purely because of YOU & other YT “creators” abusing the mechanics.. if you don’t like Kapkan BAN HIM, don’t try sway the community into believing your bullshit & filling your comments with cope. It says something when YOUR WHOLE COMMENT SECTION is telling you that you’re wrong & it’s an L take. Sincerely, your viewers.

[@508Cole508]

Oh boo hoo... I can't take a moment to check door ways even though I'm playing a "tactical" shooter. Also most Kapkan placements are highly predictable. Did the playerbase forget this is not COD, but if they must get their R6 fix there's a playlist called arcade where operator gadgets (like Kapkan) don't exist, it's just impacts, stuns, smokes, and nades and just purely just gun on gun encounters. The game is ment to be taken slow like chess and not a run-n-gun/rush every round. The majority of Ash type players (not all) have issues with him simply because they want to just rush without needing to be cautious. When he's not banned oh boy, these Ash crutching people get mad because they got exploded since they weren't cautious. If we still had a Intel/utility meta (or at least a hybrid of the 2), then the Kapkan hate won't be as high but since people are still treating rounds like COD, Kapkan or anyone who makes it harder to rush (like Melusi, Lesion, Fenrir, etc.) get targeted for their hate.

[@inalaboyy]

@kudosR6 you’ll like these comments flaming your whole argument yet can’t accept you’re wrong 💀

[@seansummers1066]

Bro, leave Kapkan alone

[@FloppyOri]

I would buff kapkan personally and give him like 30 traps and another c4 This could be beneficial because it punishes idiots for not droning (My aim recoil control and crosshair placement sucks and I use him as a crutch to get kills)

[@swashbuckler139]

JUST USE YOUR EYES, he says it himself. A good hunter always watches their step. It’s not op to have an instant kill with a double Kaplan trap bc if the attacker just looks for .02 seconds Kapkan just lost 2/5 of his traps and got no damage or kill from it.

[@rishabhverma2631]

The skill ceiling with kapkan is knowing where to place the traps especially which side of the entryway based on where attackers are likely to come from. It's a deceptively high skill ceiling cause it's different for every map/site and especially if you factor in surprise traps that are not anywhere near the site. He's perfectly fine as is.

[@jessestoehr9756]

i always chuckle when i don't get spotted as kapkan in the prep phase

[@KudosR6]

You know you're in for a treat

[@RanseAlmenteros]

Yeah the Kapkans who hide are the real smart kapkans 😂

[@Dabbingduck420]

Bro, we don’t need to nerf Kapkan. The best counter to Kapkan is to use your brain. There are common Kapkan traps on every map if you run into one that’s not common oh well suck it up, you just got unlucky. Kapkan is a siege OG and you will not touch him. He’s been through a lot. He was completely useless at one point when his traps were obvious and didn’t do any good. Let the man have his peace at your expense of being a dumbass 😂.

[@KudosR6]

I think you got a bit confused at the video, Im not asking for a nerf, I don't think he is OP, its rather just a look into why he is in the position he currently is based on the community , and how they would likely change him if it were to happen

[@Dabbingduck420]

@ nope, just don’t touch him.

[@echotheotter9541]

what you said on Kapkan was actually not true. Kapkan initially was an instant kill up until Operation Blood Orchid where they lowered the damage his traps did. the laser for the tripwire was also visible though up until the same time.

[@KudosR6]

That's what I said, I said ignoring the state he was in from launch and focusing on his state pre this buff

[@echotheotter9541]

@KudosR6 oh I misheard then... I tend to do that being an old part XD

[@alibobdagreat2834]

My hot take is that there needs to be more ops like kapkan lol (trap ops that discourage blind rushing, and encourage droning yourself through)(twitch and brava do need buffed tho)

[@Just_a_ghost713]

Brava, twitch and Flores drones need a speed buff if they are going to keep pace with a rush Strat.

[@jordandeshazier240]

I've been playing since year one on PS and Xbox and honestly I think kapkan is in a good spot right now. The "problem" with kapkan is that it interferes with the swing or be swung meta. People just wanna be lazy and not check doors... Like how many doors do you have to go through to attack kids and dorms on oragan. Players now just wanna run and gun and kapkan punishes not looking. people will say cav is op because they don't wanna check corners...😂

[@brianparker7167]

As a Kapkan main, I don’t think it’s problematic. It’s the easiest op to counter. Droning is all it takes. I punish players who don’t drone and/or don’t communicate what they drone or see to their teammates

[@seansummers1066]

Why can't we just have operators that are better than others. You're just a baby. Wahhhhh everyone has to be equal

[@KudosR6]

I never said we can't, first thing I say in the video is you are bound to have ops being better than others, this video was looking into the situation he in currently in

[@inalaboyy]

@@KudosR6cope.. you’re getting flamed for one of the worst takes you’ve ever had coincidentally after your shields got nerfed lol.. get good lad it’s a skill issue.

[@KudosR6]

@inalaboyy I didn't make a take in this video though I'm only talking about stats?

[@inalaboyy]

@@KudosR6 cuz the title of the vid & the vid itself is a synopsis of how IYO you think he’s ‘the most problematic op’ then complained about everything under the sun rather than having some self awareness or accountability of what you did with shields ops & how the game is actually meant to be played. It’s not a coincidence that shields got nerfed then the self proclaimed “Best shield/Monty player in the world” has a problem with Kapkan, arguably the easiest trap op to counter with minimal effort & common sense. Respectfully brother go outside, 80% of the player base enjoys the tactical nature & often playing the game for entertainment not for a job, have some perspective on the fact you wanna change a major part of the core of this game cos you & ya mates sit inside a bedroom all day complaining about A GAME rather than enjoy it. You can say it’s ‘jus stats’ or your opinion e.t.c but we know you know that you can use your platform to make changes to shit like this brother. Don’t give into the TDM & lazy meta. Get good.

[@KudosR6]

@inalaboyy if you truly believe that then I would be making the video about Lesion, that's the operator I truly personally hate. I don't give a shit about kapkan, it's somehow struck a nerve with you tho by me simply looking at facts

[@Jeremy-Pereiro]

You just have to look at doors and dronw, thats it, I rarely die to a kapkan trap. Edit: Not being a smartass btw, just genuinelly almost never die by a kapkan. I usually follow kapkan with my drone on prep phase and ping most of the kapkan, thats it.

[@Imsad1O1]

Kapkan does take skill, you gotta smart with the placement and strategic with the timing, if you dump them in prep you’re asking them to be spotted but if your roam and place them in low action high traffic it’s cheeky.

[@toddmannloses]

Kapkans ban rate just shows siege players cant look down

[@aRorschachTest]

I think about it this way. If the Kapkans are placed properly, the attacker has to swing out of cover to shoot the traps, if you add a defender wasting time… either you kill them, they kill you, or die to the traps. It’s not like you didn’t know they were there, it’s just you forgot about it because you were bogged down in frustrating scenario and lacked the line of sight to immediately deal with the trap. Now you’ve wasted another 45s, maybe took damage, and lost your drone.

[@Tiki100]

wich is suposed to be the gameplay of r6 , if its too hard to pass trough here go around ok make a strat with your team to find a way you shouldn't be able to pass alone if the defense put a lot of their ressources into this doorway

[@aRorschachTest]

@Tiki100 not entirely true. One smoke player with a shotgun can slow things down something fierce. The problem with Kapkan is how optimized we’re playing the game on top of map design.

[@a1re4PS3]

Just drone and check doors! Too many people crying and trying to get things nerfed instead of bringing counters. Just like the shield operators. Bring twitch or brava or slow down. Kapkan punishes brain dead rushers like Ash mains who end up crying. Pro league players cried about shields instead of bringing Melusi, Leison, clash.

[@JonBarton19]

Kapkan is only succeeding because the current meta is hyper-aggro rushing. I'm a little concerned seeing videos like this because of the way Ubisoft has been with balancing. He's likely to be nerfed into the ground even though the current reason that he's doing so well isn't even because he's strong, it's because he counters the current (unfun) meta.

[@Underqualified_Gunman]

kapkan is the example of what i like to call a stress snowball operator his gadget profits the most from the enemy team trying to rush site making the game more stressful for both atk and def. this doesn't matter if it's a rush into site at 10 seconds into the match or the last 10 seconds of the match. his best counter is by putting your self in low stress situations either by droning or another intel op like IQ.

[@tapmcshoe6534]

I haven't played siege in like four years, its genuinely insane to see huge discussions about KAPKAN of all operators. when I was playing, people barely even acknowledged his existence

[@FPSgamer94]

Kapkan's counter is literally looking at a door or window frame, drones, Brava, IQ, thatcher and emp nades, kapkan literally depends on people just being lazy and not droning

[@scottyius]

The one thing I hate is when I go Kapkan, I 90% of the time will have a castle follow me around and put castles on every doorway I put kapkans on.

[@Nozzah]

I think a better nerf for Kapkan would be to decrease the EDD damage to 45-49 so that to fully kill an enemy you'd need 3 on a door. That would kinda bring the traps back down to dealing damage not killing and would make it so that Kapkan can only have 1 door that would insta kill per game but doing so is more risky as it wastes over half of his traps if it gets droned and shot. To go an extra step further there could be the same effect as Frost's mats so Kapkan can hunt people caught by his traps to more emphasise the damage element over outright kills. I like having multiple traps per door but also hate the insta kill. Love these vids, keep up the good work Kudos :)

[@davidpirrie3108]

I think Kapkans gadget is fine due to the amount of counters. Like literally every operator can counter a kapkan. I do think he could get his nitro cell taken away. In my opinion, he shouldn’t have 5 traps and a nitro cell. I could also be cool with dropping it to 4 Kapkan traps.

[@inalaboyy]

Nope he can’t have the NC taken away cos that limits angles & distance he already has at a disadvantage

[@Ywyes]

i feel like every game on console kapkan is banned so 55% actually seems low

[@nicks8060]

Fine as is, but if i were to change anything about him, it would just be the damage on traps. I love his flexibility on placement now, and 5 traps feels like a good amount. I would rather lower the damage to maybe even 25 per trap so it feels like chip damage to help you with gun fights. Maybe slightly more damage (30-40) if you're right on top of it, aka didn't even walk through the door.

[@reeceloucks]

The definition of “watch where you’re going” it’s crazy to me how people are so tactical and careful when it comes to other abilities in the game but for kapkans traps people are lazy. I’m not a very good player, but I look for kapkans every time I see him on the other team. And I still die to them every so often when I’m not paying attention. Look where you’re going.

[@zellotfd]

so… basically a skill issue

He originally only had 3 traps, but they all killed the enemy instantly, one by one. It was changed to have 5 traps, but only 60HP per trap, and then they allowed multiple traps per door. So in the beginning it could kill 3 unharmed opponents, and it was reduced to two and a half.

[@Araya_Akiyama]

Kapkan (and trap operators overall) got this glow up mainly because of the meta for attackers. Playing fast and aggressive is generally the most effective way to win on attack which means less time is spent droning and checking for traps and utility. It's not that trap counters like Twitch or Brava aren't effective at countering Kapkan, they just don't have the luxury of doing it properly. The amount of times I've hopped on drone to clear traps only to have to stop 5 seconds later because two of my teammates died and suddenly we're in a 3v5. It's also worth pointing out that stacking Kapkan traps is a risk vs reward aspect. You can bank on getting a free kill with stacked Kapkans but it also means less doorways you can trap and you cross your fingers that the attackers go where you put the traps in the first place and not notice them. But that's part of the risk you take when you decide to stack them and you should be rewarded for that risk imo.

[@kylegregerson2544]

1:43 People are too lazy to look for traps with him

[@andrewmcnally5013]

Kapkan's best counter has been in the game since day 1, same as his release. Everyone's just too busy using IQ's guns to remember that she's Kapkan's natural hard-counter.

[@heibytime1803]

The only time I get pissed is when I don't realize Brava took all the traps and I end up seeing a Kapkan nuke the other defenders

[@LeifTheRogue]

Kapkan enjoyer here! Yeah. I literally use him solely for Ash players. And yes, it is usually the ash/rush player consistently running into them, or others from a severe lack of droning. I stand by it as an attacker too - play slow, make sure you know your enemy operators and STOP JUST SITTING THE DRONE IN SPAWN PLEASE INTEL IS IMPORTANT Only thing I would change at all with Kapkan isn’t even him, I’d just improve the current trap characters and add more. I think the main reason we see him more is that Thorn just…is thorn, and Frost’s lethality is kind of middling now with the “recent” reworks (not that it was a bad rework)

[@shyla7722]

"why is kapkan promblematic" because he's fun and esports crowd hates fun.

[@KudosR6]

Funnily enough Kapkan isn't a major player in Esports

[@TamásFekete-j7p]

Sorry, off topic question: When did they "fixed" the laser sight on weapons? I just noticed that it does not pointing to the center of the screen anymore. So in which patch did they change because I could not find in any. ("secret" change?)

[@bulldogmicro4279]

The most problematic operator is Vigil. Simply because he's picked for his two cheesy guns even tho he has a AR on defense. Make him actually invisible to drones for a peeiod and remove his smg-12

[@lmntsgames3848]

I also don't know why they buffed Kapkan that way.. many high level players didn't think Kapkan was weak when his first rework happened.. someone pointed out that Kapkan is now working like Lesion where the traps act more like an information gadget over a trap gadget.. if someone shoots it or explodes it, you know someone is in that area.. so even if it is not fatal it is still really effective.. but then they gave that multiple traps on doors and now he's back to where he used to be back in the good old days.. which is exactly why he was reworked and nerfed in the first place.. that one hit trap was very frustrating to deal with so he got nerfed and now he can't one hit with one trap.. but then they added the multiple trap on one door and he's back to his old glory days..

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

As someone who mains Frost, Kapkan and Thorn even before the 1.5 (treat her like Ela and youll be fine) there is a simple fact you ignore while also somehow bringing it up. Ash and to an extent Amaru. The moment a Single Kapkan goes off on them, they change their approach. Take Villa for example. If you are defending Bar and Games, you need to cover the backside to account for an Amaru/Ash rush. You now waste all your util on the backside, have 0 up front. Being able to stack, you leave them vulnerable while being able to be more meticulous with the placements. The only way I'd argue to have Kapkan being able to do 1 on a door, is a 25% increase in damage + Doubling from 5 to 10 EDDs and that is WAY to much power. Kapkan if played right Punishes the TDM Rush meta People still think seige is. Nerfing Trap ops will promote braindead rushes and bring back the TDM Meta. Plus only Frost and Leision have this "trap" mentality. Melussi, Thorn, Ela. They are trap ops and yet their gadgets do not have that same debuff effect that Frost and Lession have. Its literally a slow down visual/audio effect, just massive AoE damage if hit that you can survive if you are on the outskirts and a concussion effect literally akin to a Flaash grenade. If anything Frost and Lession are exemptions to the general rule Because they were quite powerful comparatively

[@charlessaint7926]

My main defender is Kapkan, because I like explosives. Even if I die, the devices will still be there, and my team has won many a battle where an enemy blindly charges into a room, forgetting the little toy I installed there.

[@veron4150]

Kapkan is kinda "Problematic" in a way, he is the only Operator that is allowed to be Lethal with his Traps while also having a Great Gun and a Nitro While other Trap OP's like Frost get the shit nerfed out of her Mat's which are arguably just as easy to counter. And no, i don't think Kapkan needs to get hit with the same Treatment. But the fact Frost got hit with a Rework that just down right nerfed her, makes it quite obvious to see why Kapkan is as High on the List as he is right now.

[@recoraccoon]

Kapkan is fine 😊

[@ascount]

the issue with kapkan is he makes the game annoying and less fun. having to check doorways is terrible, anyone that says otherwise is coping. you shouldn’t instantly die because you didn’t check both sides of a doorway.

[@danielphelps4540]

I think kapkan is the most frustrating to players who rush or have not a lot of patients. This game used to be a slow and teamplay forcused game, but over the years, it has become faster and more aggressive in the gameplay. Teamwork is still a key importance. A lot of the operators and their gagets are now designed for flexibility and tend to etheir be use as many times as you want ( or limited amount which gets spent real quickly), or place and forget the gagaet and let it do it's thing. This includes tacticals and explosives. Like when was the last game, you played methotical or slow paced. It not just he can one shot, he has like 5 kapkans (basically 2 one shoting 2 operators.) But also he can literally literally one doorway with 4 traps. 2 on each side. And because we rush and are being aggressive or speeding threw an area. No one tends to slow down or check for traps. Even operators that play that role get chewed out for being on their drone or taking a few seconds to check for traps. My point is rhis, it is not just the buff he got, it is the way the community has been playing this game has fastly changed. From taking our time to basically rushing in and getting into gun fights as fast as possible. Not all battles are won threw gun fights. That's why there is a timer. Honestly i don't consider him over powered or annoying because i take my time and check for traps when i can. Not to mention we are given the tools to counter him or be able to handle kapkan and his kapkan traps.

[@throwaway46785]

The only story it tells on console is there are so many people using Xim and the like and kapkan is one of the best counters to them because they rarely drone. He's strong because they are lazy and usually get kills without droning so they just don't do it. His ban rate is also a testament to that because he's the main operator the cheaters die to the most. At least in gold and below this is definitely the case

[@hitman5423]

Kapkan is balanced. Stacking traps doesn’t always get you kills with 3 armors operators. Plus his traps used to one shot before they were nerfed. And let’s say you stack traps, to get a chance at a kill you will have to put two or three traps on two doors. Reducing the doors from 5 to 2. Stacking traps also increases their visibility. I’m a solid copper and only died to Kapkan once in like a six month span.

[@jacobwalton1720]

I don’t feel like Kapkan needs a nerf, because on console he gets banned literally every time, KZbinrs should just leave games alone, things get nerfed for their sake and it just ruins games most times

[@TawJev]

Also I'm surprised that console players ban him. I mean, PC players play in a hurry and that would make Kapkan a hard opponent to face, because of his gadgets.

[@ComradeInspector]

If I were to nerf Kapkan, I’d take away one of his traps so he has a max count of 4, and his traps should emit a louder sound queue so you don’t have to focus on listening for the sound it emits as much. I don’t mind doing it, but I do think that for a gadget that can do nearly half or over half your health bar, it should make a louder noise to detect.

[@zacherylanners]

i think kapkan is a great operator and there need to be a punishment besides death, but i think we keep the staking on the door frames but instead of 2 killing someone right away they should do. (1 kapkans: 50% health to a 1 health, 25% to a 2 health, and 15% to a 3 health ) (2 kapkans: downs a 1 health, 50% to a 2 health, and 25% to a 3 health ) (3 kapkans: kills a 1 health, downs% a 2 health, and 50% to a 3 health) (4 kapkans: kills a 1 health, kills a 2 health, and downs a 3 health) (5 kapkans: kills all op right away) i think this is the best way they could keep kapkan sill good but also have the high-risk high-reward, while still keeping the staking doors fetcher and as you said like with frost and lesion if you hit it you don't die right away but there's a punishment but in this case you need a lot more kapkans on a door do get a insta kill. thank you for taking the time to read this

[@huntermulford7977]

What are your thoughts on his traps possibly making an occasional audio cue?

[@KudosR6]

They do already make noise

[@huntermulford7977]

@ I know on placement they have a very distinct sound and a low constant beep, but I feel like the beep gets drowned out by combat and movement. I guess I should have more accurately stated a more distinct noise.

[@paulsievert6115]

Side note....what kapkan skin is that at the end of the video?

[@MontyBeWafflin]

Howdy Kudos. Can you make a channel in your discord for siege mailbox suggestions? Just as an easier way for you to see our questions?

[@MrPorterSxE]

Kapkan is easy to counter, until you forget there's a kapkan

[@YumanoidPontifex]

yeah, trappers are part of the game, deal with it. with kapkan, the trade-off is that you can either put a single trap on many doors, or multiple traps on less doors. if you can't be arsed to check the doorways before you step through, that's not kapkan's fault :)

[@inalaboyy]

Kapkan has been & always will be the best defence op & will always be my main.. all y’all troppin

[@sirlagsalot1050]

If you're playing kapkan by just throwing his traps down and hoping no one notices, you're missing out on so much potential. He works far better when you play around his traps to force attackers to either create a sound queue, or you're making them too busy fighting you to pay attention to the EDD's If it were up to me, I'd rework thorn's gadget to go off far quicker and do minor damage, but apply the frost debuff for maybe ten seconds. I wouldn't mind if they took away kapkan's multiple EDDs and did something similar for him I'd also quite like them to change brava so her hacking time depends on the gadget. The longest for evil eyes and laser gates and the shortest for EDD's and razerblooms

[@agent00puffball]

If you scout a Kapkan beforehand and die to a trap, that's on you 90% of the time. I never die to a Kapkan trap and think he's OP, I just think I'm an idiot.

[@jacklustig6219]

I also think he is played a lot more and higher win% due to shields. On console I think shields are more terrifying to play against and more overwhelming, so Kapkan is an easy way to slow them down and buy space and time as a defender.

[@guutn7973]

Oh for gods sake Kapkan has been my main and favorite defender ever since I started playing, Instead of getting rid of good operators and/or taking their scopes&impacts they should stop adding new crappy ones that are either downgrades like thorn or annoying nuisances like brava or fenrir. Side note I almost never die to kapkans, I even check my own traps if theres a brava on the enemy team. I hate how this game slowly turned into an average shooter instead of a gadget-centered tactical shooter.

[@LowPolyHorse]

As a kapkan main. He needs the revolver shotgun or impacts again so you can better set up traps. Plus every defender should have means of making wall holes imo. His shotgun is too dogshit to use effectively over his smg. That is my ONLY issue with him. Other than that he is a perfect operator

[@gen8901]

Even if everyone in the lobby had cinder blocks on their feet, they’d still any% speedrun the round.

[@neochappell1158]

I don’t think Kapkan needs changed he’s not op. Just annoying when there’s a lack of tacticalness

[@SmokinInsight]

Even when i’m in a rush to get to site, I find Thorn to be more problematic than Kapkan

[@TawJev]

I'm always checking for his gadgets. As Zero I always make sure to destroy them in the bomb site. He's only problematic for lazy players. I played as him and could hardly hit an operator. People is very careful when facing him.

[@ChiefEngineerSTO]

Kapkan is the best anti rush operator. If they nerf kapkan that will only encouage more rush plays.

[@Star-kp8oc]

Kapkan is meant to slow down the rushers.. you rush you get punished. If they nerf kapkan they will nerf fuze

[@N-VisibleGamer]

Personally i don't really find kapkan to ever be much of an issue. People in todays meta will act before they think and kapkan is a Direct counter to this way of thinking. I don't play kapkan a lot because i find my self needing other operators more often than not. But kapkan kills are just "lazy Kills" so i purpose that rather than having to remove the stacking ability, either cap how many can stack (2 per Door frame at most) or we just force them to be placed higher on the door frame(Waist or eye level.)

[@Pumble27]

I disagree, Kapkam is designed to counter an specific strategy that is rush into the building, I can concede you that stack traps is maybe too much, removing that will be enough to avoid most of the kills, after an explosion in the doors every player will double check before get in, if you fall into another trap again is your fault. So, to me the operator is completely fine, I don't think he needs a nerf more that that and also I would like to have an UI like Fenrir where you can see the location of your traps. Good video.

[@WhenUgottaViBeUgottaViBe]

Idk whats with the issue with the current siege community but i dont get how these ops we've had for years thats barely change suddenly problematic or op (sledge, mira, lesion before his rework, doc, iana, thatcher, etc

[@Tyler-vu8yr]

Attackers complain about dying to Kaplan traps Defenders complain about dying to claymores Y’all need to get over it. It’s been 10 years of Siege and you still die to those predictable traps

[@somerandomdoge12]

No one is complaining about claymores bro🙏😭

[@FatBoyDrip]

If you die to Kapkan, its your own fault 80% of the time. Also him being to "easy" isn't a bad thing. I think every OP does not needs to have a gadget you need to have a skill gap to make them good/useful. Not every op needs to be balanced. some should be slightly better or slightly worse. I do think he should lose the nitro or give his gun some recoil. I think he should go back to being limited to one per door way. Also this is off topic, but I full heartedly believe that DMRs and slug shotguns on def should not have acog.

[@Lexxifyy]

I’m returning to the game after many years and kapkan is the most annoying thing I’ve faced yet lol.

[@christopherterzakos6118]

Kapkan does not need to be changed , hes a low tier intel op and a very good trap op. The people who complain about kapkan are the same people who begged ubisoft to nerf shield ops into the dirt because they cant do anyyhing but zip around the map at mach 5 head taping people.

[@buildomatic]

Kapkan is the defending version of a claymore, maybe if you really want to nerf him for some reason, make 2 traps down attackers or add a red dot flash every couple of seconds but as he is I think he's just a solid op, not broken just slightly above average

[@user-yg5rg2uk1q]

I mean he is fine, like if U already scan kapkan or his gedget, everyone will just look at the door frame and basically make him useless (unless they are real blind) as a operated that slow down the match and counter phone phrase and bad drone work he had did a pretty good job

[@yaboi21321]

Me personally. Find kapkan to be a necessity to be in the game. Console players are lazy and dont drone 90% of the time AND just rush. Kapkan counters this essentially for free. The only times i get mad at dying to a kapkan is when i know he existed and then he dies and i forget about his traps cuz hes dead then die to them.