The tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege has a highly competitive ranked mode, in which the choice of the right operator often determines victory and defeat. In the current – Season , the character that has almost fallen into oblivion enjoys Kapkan is now very popular again – but why is that?

That’s why Kapkan is popular again

The Russian defender has been part of the cadre of playable characters since the launch of the multiplayer game – accordingly, his gadget is also simple. He secures doors and windows with a laser booby trap, enemies passing through trigger an explosion and lose 60 health points – not too spectacular and usually easy to counter by enemies.

Nevertheless, the well-known Rainbow Six YouTuber “Get_Flanked” has found a whole handful of reasons for it in his new video, Why you currently meet Kapkan more and more often in his ranked matchesalthough he has not received any major adjustments for ages.

1. high win rate

After the end of each – Season , Ubisoft publishes an overview called “Win Delta”, which lists how successful the different operators have performed in the last – Season . The latest Win Delta shows that Kapkan overall. the best win rate of all defenders has the best win rate of all defenders, but is still hardly played. The situation was similar in previous – Season s.

Get_Flanked suspects that Rainbow Six players would now simply realize that Kapkan is currently quite effective – which could also be due to his low pick rate. When an attacker only encounters a Kapkan about once every 20 turns, they don’t necessarily expect it and don’t pay attention to its traps.

Perhaps his increased pick rate will cause his win rate to drop now for the first time in a long time: not only do more players pay attention to the traps, but players who now choose Kapkan only because of his high win rate and don’t actually control him are likely to drag it down.

The Win Delta shows that Kapkan is extremely effective when you want to win.

2nd counter to the Amaru buff

The attacker Amaru has been significantly strengthened with Operation Steel Wave and is also played more frequently than before. Her gadget, the Garra Hook, allows her to swing through barricaded windows at lightning speed.

Kapkan, of course, is the perfect counterThis is the perfect counter to prevent Amaru players from entering too quickly – if they are unlucky, they will trigger the booby trap, lose half their health and alert the enemy team to their position with a loud bang.

Also against Rush tactics with the operators Ash or IQ Kapkan is an effective tool: either they rush straight into the trap or they are slowed down significantly as they have to check any door frames before passing through.

3rd Lesion Nerf

Another reason for Kapkan’s newfound popularity may be the fat nerf which Lesion got with the Y5S1 update. Until then, the defender that spreads camouflaged Gu mines on the map was considered extremely powerful and also extremely annoying.