[Vol. 6] Agent Intro | Kanami

[wraith pelican]

Take a look at Kanami's skills!

Kanami puts on a dazzling performance, captivating her enemies and leaving them vulnerable to attack.

[mild quarry]

Its eithet qs or aim head

[covert lantern]

Kanami is one of the most fun characters to play. Sniping in this game is really satisfying, and when used correctly can win games. Make sure to aim her scan ability (Q) up high so that it can have as much room to scan the terrain as possible while also being difficult to shoot/find! Her ult is good for initiating fights and team play, but could make your shots harder to hit so be cautios when using it and choose carefully where to place it so it has the most impact. Lastly her passive allows her to more easily check tight corners due to it being a tiny aoe scan for herself and allies. You can use this ability to more easily line up your shots before doing a quick jump peak to win a duel.

[fallen agate]

Press Q: Profit

[lavish zephyr]

Does her ult stop defense from defusing bomb?

I feel like her ult seems very underwhelming since you can just run away from the hologram

[grave timber]

im not sure if it pulls you but if it does a teamate can stand in the way and push you so you keep defusing

[lavish zephyr]

It definitely pulls you if you aren't fighting it, but I'm wondering if it has any actual use

I would assume it's most effective as post-plant util but idk

I also don't have Kanami so I can't test anything

[lavish zephyr]

Her note ability also does not look useful on any map that isn't port euler

[mild quarry]

Port euler is rectangle

[covert lantern]

That is entirely wrong Area 88 has some crazy spots and so does Windy Town.

[lavish zephyr]

Does Kanami's note work through smokes?

I just read on Reddit that Galataea's reveal works through smokes

[covert lantern]

Yes, all los reveals do

[lavish zephyr]

Oh shoot, that's really good to know, what about Reiichi wall?

[covert lantern]

Yep

[grizzled finch]

whoever pick this agent in your team
just report

1-12 idol queen

[covert lantern]

MEAN

[grizzled finch]

this agent is so punishing to use if u suck playing her.
it basically make the game 4vs5 all the time

whilst other agent little bit forgiving because most of them are riflers but when u suck at sniping u just lose, and hope ur team carry u

[verbal thorn]

Kanami needs some good coordination with her teams as she can't stand her ground like Lawine and you need a lot of trigger discipline to master her

She can find hidden enemies with a charged shot with the right awaknings

And use her Ult preferably when pushing into the site (like the bomb placement location)or after the plant just when the defenders are trying to push

[gray briar]

Get good using the Athena, even a sniper that can't hit their sniper shots can still have good value enough if they can hit their Athena headshots. That way you aren't useless

[gray briar]

I would recommend using note to watch your flanks behind your team. It makes a lot of flankers second guess themselves and sometimes makes them back off completely once they know they aren't being sneaky anymore

[lavish zephyr]

When your active ability is a glorified tattletale

[covert lantern]

Tbh, it is better on site. It doesn't last too too long to be a worthwhile ability for flank.

[lavish zephyr]

When your active ability is a worse tattletale

[stark nova]

A2: stunning tattletale
A3: invigorating tattletale

[haughty kelp]

Happy birthday! ( :

[covert lantern]

Should share the Kanami love here too.

Happy birthday Kanami!

[lavish zephyr]

I'm curious what secondary util people like bringing on Kanami

I think the most common combo I've seen is Frag + Healing

Frag to confirm downs behind cover and Healing to recover from a sniper fight

[verbal thorn]

I used to bring a frag but now I bring a windstorm to interrupt bomb diffusal

[lavish zephyr]

@covert lantern see, I'm not crazy

[covert lantern]

Never said you were crazy, but that you are obsessed.

[dim belfry]

https://youtube.com/shorts/luopW8CgxXY?si=Xdmqyr16MQHvLO3C

[real rapids]

counter strike but stalker

[quartz saffron]

I usually bring interceptor and frag/smoke

Interceptors are really important even on attack side

It seems like to me that people just don't abuse their util as much as they should

[quartz saffron]

Frag nade can be used to get people out of a corner or finish them off

Smokes can be used to block the enemy sniper vision or to protect your teammates

Since Kanami has a passive and active scan, smokes are especially effective with her when used right

Also

Snipers need to learn to move

A lot

Unless you have really good aim, you don't stand a chance at close quarters, so you should always reposition yourself to a more advantageous position

And even if you have really good aim, it's really hard

As for sniper duels

Your movement impacts the outcome of the duel just as much as your aim

While dueling against another sniper, you're not only trying to kill them, but also trying to avoid getting killed

So, jump peek

Quick peek

Maybe even just glide to the other side of your cover so the enemy sniper can lose a shot trying to hit you, giving and opening for you to shoot them

And abuse your skills

Kokona and Kanami have easy to use yet high value skills

Kanami's Q scans everything (yes, including summons!) in a 35m radius (as of current s2 patch)

And with awakening 2 or 3 it does an additional debuff to your enemies or buff to your allies

Kokona's Q heals the HP of everyone in a 15m radius of the person the drone is attached to

That's a pretty big radius

iirc it's as big as an Kanami ult

If you have awakening 2, it also heals the armor of everyone

[lavish zephyr]

Kokona's awakening 2 heals armor*

[quartz saffron]

Oh, true

I've corrected it

[quartz saffron]

Correction: Kanami ult is 20m