The Most Hated Weapons in Splatoon 3‘s Competitive Scene

As an experienced Splatoon analyst and tournament player, I get a firsthand view of which weapons evoke the strongest reactions from competitive players. After extensive research into usage statistics, win rates, weapon attributes, and community sentiment, one weapon stands out as the current most hated in 2024 competitive play:

The Kensa Splattershot Pro

Let‘s dive deep into why this rapid-fire shooter elicits so much frustration.

Kensa Splattershot Pro Dominance

With an impressive overall win rate of 58% last month across all competitive modes, the Kensa Splattershot Pro is topping usage charts and infuriating opponents:

Its overwhelming performance and ease of use is why so many deem it overpowered for a rapid-fire shooter. Let‘s analyze why this weapon breaks competitive balance.

Reason 1: Nooby Weapon for High Competitive Impact

The Kensa boasts attributes making it incredibly easy to use:

• High accuracy and range compared to other shooters
• Large ammo capacity (40 shots) and ink efficiency
• Above average damage (28hp per shot)
• Low skill floor: just point and shoot

This allows average players to achieve strong results, while great players can dominate lobbies. Many rightfully allege its "noob friendly" nature makes it over-centralizing.

Reason 2: Unfun and Unfair Gameplay

Facing the Kensa often feels oppressive due to aspects like:

• Spammability from high fire rate and ammo capacity
• Getting pinned down by shots from unexpected angles
• Losing most head to head duels against its range and DPS
• Getting multikills from the deadly Killer Wail special

Top players even argue facing swarms of Kensa users slows matches to a grind rather than enabling exciting plays. This generates animosity over a perceived lack of skill or fun on both sides.

Attempted Solutions & Outcries

In response to the Kensa‘s dominance, competitive circuits have tried solutions like:

• Restricting Kensa usage to 1 per team
• Banning the weapon from tournaments
• Calling for damage and range nerfs from the developers

But so far the Kensa survives with only minor tweaks. Cries continue for more heavy handed approaches before the Kensa further damages competitive integrity.

The Case Against the Kensa

So while the Kensa doesn‘t have an utterly broken mechanic, its baseline potency and ease of use gives it an edge over nearly every other option. Top players argue its low skill floor and high potential ceiling squeeze out creative team comps and raise frustration.

The sheer ubiquity of the Kensa leads to stale mirror matchups rather than exciting counterplay. And new players lean on it as a crutch rather than expanding their skills. For these reasons, the Kensa Splattershot Pro sits firmly as the most despised weapon across Splatoon 3‘s competitive scene.

While no weapon draws as much universal ire as the Kensa, a couple other options stand out as frequent competitive bans:

The Clash Blaster Neo

This set comes with the lethal Reefslider special and quickly builds special charge with its blasts. The short-range blaster bursts require little aim while outputting high close quarters damage. And the Reefslider‘s mobility and team wipe potential make for devastating pushes.

Many argue the Clash Neo‘s effectiveness takes very little skill compared to similarly lethal options like dualies or brellas. It commonly gets restricted to avoid low risk, high reward skirmishing.

Bloblobber Deco

This menace combines the lethal bubbles of a bloblobber with the Ink Storm special for area control. Since the horizontal bubbles require almost no precision yet output high damage, skilled player dominance becomes inevitable.

Bloblobber deco users get accused of "unga bunga" play for just vaguely aiming while netting kills. The vitriol by other competitive players led to widespread usage bans.

The Kensa Splattershot Pro currently faces widespread hatred for requiring little skill for such potent and ubiquitous performance. While skill still determines the very best players, many argue its baseline attributes undermine the competitive scene.

Only time will tell whether further restrictions, nerfs, or shifting metas unsettle the Kensa‘s dominance. For now, unleashing salt and new strategies remain the only counters against Splatoon 3‘s most loathed weapon.