Should you main Tachanka?

Defender · Spetsnaz · Crowd control, Anchor

Tachanka (Alexsandr Senaviev) is a Spetsnaz crowd-control defender. Shumikha grenades leave lingering fire — cut off the path attackers take after surviving your spawn peek.

What the Shumikha Launcher does

Shumikha Launcher fires incendiary grenades that leave fire zones.
Deny the rotate behind a peek window after the first swing.
He also brings a deployed LMG turret for anchored lanes.

Loadout: 9x19VSN or DP27 for the primary, GSH-18 or PMM for the secondary, and a Barbed Wire or Proximity Alarm.

Who should main Tachanka

Anchors who like area denial after peeks.
Stacks that want fire to cut attacker rotates.

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Source: Ubisoft's official Tachanka operator page. peekabooR6 is not affiliated with Ubisoft.