The mid season reinforcements have finally arrived for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and the updates bring about some massive changes to some operators. The changes include "upgrade to Kapkan’s Entry Denial Device, a new Elite set for Jäger, more weapon balancing, and bug fixes."

The biggest change is to Kapkan with his entry denial devices now only dealing 60 damage each. To try and counter the damage nerf of the devices the lasers are now harder to see. But Kapkan will now carry 5 entry denial devices and will also now been a 2-speed operator.

“We feel as though this change is an adaptation of Kapkan to the skill level of players who have adapted to spotting the trip laser, instead of rushing through doorways. We hope to see new strategies develop for him, alongside our other trapper defenders.”

Blitz is now also able to sprint while his shield is extender which should allow players to be a lot more effective with him.

“One of Blitz’ biggest drawbacks is that he is extremely vulnerable without his shield protecting him. This is especially the case when sprinting. We found it difficult to close the gap between some Defenders and Blitz, who needs proximity to use his shield flash. To remedy this downside, he will now be able to sprint with his shield still protecting him. We’re putting the blitz into Blitz.”

Ela's SMG has received a recoil balance and she will now have 1 less Grzmot mine. This change according to Ubisoft is because of the fact that "Ela’s win rate and pick rate were too high when compared to other Operators".

“With 4 Grzmot Mines Ela was able to secure two bomb sites, and still save a mine for her roaming. We want our players to make careful decisions as to where to use her gadget, so she will only have 3 Grzmot Mines from now on. ”

Other improvements have also been made including network improvements and various bug fixes. What do you think about the changes? Will you continue to use Kapkan?

The full patch list can be found on the Rainbow Six site: Full Patch Notes & Changes