Is Fenrir the most power creeped operator that Siege has ever seen? 

His ability to see all his traps and know where enemies are is almost exactly what they removed from Lesion's kit for being too strong. Lesion mines are pretty bad now while Fenrir's are incredibly strong and yet he still gets the benefit of seeing them globally over Lesion.

He controls an area in the same way that Mira can - except with less risk, more flexibility, and unpredictability. At least without a bailiff you'd be trading the setup that Mira gives, good idea for a nerf. Actual S-tier op right now

The most frustrating part of siege for me at the moment is how good the recent defenders (Azami, Solis, Fenrir) are when compared to recent attackers. It’s taking a game that’s already defender-sided and making the issue even worse. I really liked your analysis and am also looking forward to Gamers8!

The Ela comparison is on point. When i first encountered Fenrir, i had a flashbacks from Blood Orchid Ela. Basically one wrong step and there's immiedieate swing, which puts you in such a high disadvantage, that it's a free kill on defender behalf. I really hope for some quick nerfs, because once enough people will get the hang of him and his crazy ability, you'll need an entire team to counter ONE operator in already defenese - sided game. Im also thinking of giving him ump-45, instead of mp-7 or maybe kaid's aug to balance him out when taking those gunfights.

the quality of this video is so high, i usually get bored watching stuff that arent playdays for siege but this actually gets my attention, beautifully done man

As if attacking wasn't frustrating enough at times in ranked, we're given Fenrir... Great video as always. Also, just had to show off that Copenhagen major charm eh?

Already had the situation where I was on Villa in AVG default plant at the vault, and Fenrir threw all 5 mines at me from bar. I couldn't counter at all except for waiting for the mine to activate, and even the throw barely makes any sound. Really sucked.

lovely video as usual, great analysis! absolutely scratches my reaper itch as for the theme, the sad part about all of this is that ubi will probably either nerf the gadget to oblivion, nerf the mp7 to oblivion, make him a 3 armor or even take away the mp7; i just cannot trust ubisoft to deliver a GOOD nerf for a power crept op without absolutely ruining him. also someone made a good point about the gu's, that this is almost exactly the same reason why they removed the see-through icons for the mines, but the difference is that the F-Natts can be placed anywhere, not just the floor. fair, the gu's are almost invisible and that made them busted mixed with the info from the live icons, but you cant place a gu on a wall and have it activate, where as in the case of the f-natts, you can place them on a ceiling beam and it activates. this is mainly a non-issue for the comp scene but on ranked good fenrir players have been wreaking absolute havoc. but alas, removing the live icons for the f-natts and making them LOS only would be kinda destroying the purpose of his gadget and its bare idea. man. fucking ubisoft.

He's an example of one of the bad ops (Ela, Lion, etc). Little counterplay and a very annoying ability to deal with. At least there is a ban system in the game now.

It sucks because I really liked the thoughts behind Fenrir. The fact his gadget isn't set and forget and you have to be proactive is always a plus, but the gadget is designed so stupidly and his kit is so outrageous. Honestly might be up there with on-release Lion in terms of power creep.

most definitely gonna be a perma ban/perma pick when T1 restarts, probably the latter

I remember shooting a mine before it even blinded me but i still got FULLY BLINDED AFTER BREAKING IT

Honestly, I'd go a little further with the nerf. I think the speed that the gas fades into fully emcompassing your vision is too quick. They need to at least half the speed and the instant you're out of the radius OR you shoot it, it immediately gives your vision back. On top of that, make his gadgets LOS only. That way Fenrir's can't turn on and off gadgets around the map, through walls, to quickly counter a push. Also, they need to make it so if Fenrir dies, all of his gadgets are disabled. This would make Fenrir players play a lot more passively if they want their gadget to have as much impact on the round as possible. With those nerfs, I think it'd be acceptable for him to keep the Baliff.

I'd nerf him a little bit harder but good vid! The fact that he combines Gu & Grzmot in their prime is unacceptable

As a player with a relatively low attention span I really like Fenrir. There's more for me to do aside from just looking for gun fights like other operators, which for me is a positive. Attacking hasn't really been a problem because I'm a twitch main and people don't seem to really bother hiding the F-NATTs like I do, so my team ends up not even getting affected by the gas by the time the codes are all destroyed. The fog is coming

They should add a speed boost the enemies affected by the gadget, I know I would run faster if I was scared shitless

Going up against him has been pure cancer

I don't like how idiot proof the new defenders are. They're so afraid to give defenders bad guns to balance utility or force shotgun only defenders. This is back to back crazy defenders with stacked kits

Another possible balance would be to remove his ability to see the status of his mines and activate/deactivate them without direct line of sight. And remove the bailiff.

With this operator being introduced I don't see any reason playing Melusi anymore

Literally as i got to see him more, he reminded me of lesion on release lmfao. I dont think he is completely power creep because he can synergize very well with other trap character.

Here's an idea to counter Fenrir on top of a direct nerf. Make Finka's boost completely nullify the vision effect. It would give teams a good insurance net if they want to play aggro but Fenrir is up.

Extremely strong, obviously needs to be nerfed before pros start playing him. I always say ubi releasing strong ops is better than terrible ones for content and player interest purposes but I do agree Fenrir goes too far he’s insane.

He’s a direct counter to the “call of duty” meta in ranked and its a beautiful thing

Perhaps it should take more time before it full blinds you so you have a better chance to walk away and more time to pre-aim and pre-fire somewhere as you do it. Anyways, I'd say that Fenrir does have downsides over some other trappers: his secondary gadgets are not great (compared to C4 or shields or impacts) and the gadget doesn't slow a rush push, it just punishes it if someone is actively watching for it. Sprinting through an area with an F-Natt that you know no one is covering because you droned it all out is gonna be a thing. Also, he has plenty of counters between Twitch/Brava/Flores, Finka to expand the vision, vertical play on the traps with IQ and explosives. Perhaps he could use one direct counter to the effects of his mines. Also, he shouldn't be able to activate mines outside. They're too good for spawn peeks. I wanna say leave the shotgun pistol because it makes it more fun, but...

Can it not last forever? Or reduce the number of mines to 3 and skip the activation gimmick

Honestly to it would be nice to remove the ability to see if his mines go off (red icon), nerf the gas effects, and get rid of that bailiff

4 mines and can be activated 2 at the same time

bro SMG11 slaps no way it's a weakness for mute, being a one speed though💀💀

A few ideas to nerf it, the gas needs to instantly go away when you shoot it or step out of radius, and or add a sound Que for it kinda like with air jabs. Or make him have less but that’s less fun.

Yr last sentence gave me Blackbeard flashbacks.

Bravana and Twitch are going to say "lmao" to mines. We're going to see a LOT of them.

"He's pretty weak in gunfights because of the SMG 11." Nah mate SMG 11 GOATed.

I just find it so funny that ela and zof get nerfed for messing up your sight and aim and then we have purple gas man who just fucks you over completely now

FUCK I WASNT FIRST

No offense but fenrir only seems like it could be a major issues for low skill players.