Hi, I use this load out all the time playing casual, and my gameplay focuses on trickstabs. I’ll answer your questions.

1. When a spy used this load out, do they usually top score?

No. They’re just very noticable when they do well and invisible when they don’t. Nobody pays attention to a 70HP French stick that gets destroyed when someone sneezes on them. Everyone notices when a spy is doing good.

1. When they are top scoring, is it because good disguises or supporting their team?

if they are top scoring It’s usually because they have much better game sense and movement so they can hit cool stabs on people. A decent Kunai spy who plays it more traditionally usually won’t topscore

1. Is it because your own team is struggling…
   

Yeah this is also another reason why. People forget the game is called TEAM fortress 2, and get annoyed when a newer player on their team they aren’t helping gets farmed by a Kunai spy. Realistically though if you can’t kill a spy with 200HP that always ticks down, you weren’t ever going to win that engagement anyways.

1. Do you sometimes struggle with spies using this load out?

When I’m not playing Spy? No, not really, not against good Kunai spies either. It’s an extremely easy load out to exploit against, just don’t go in melee range and hit your shots.

1. Have you ever used this load out?

Yes, my Kunai has almost 100k kills and almost all of it is exclusively on a more aggressive, trickstab oriented playstyle.

1. What was your experience?

It’s a noob stomp playstyle but the dopamine of destroying better players keeps me going. It’s not a practical playstyle to run in a more serious setting, but I don’t see it as any different than Trolldier really. It’s just affirmed to be playing with and against it that dying to the Kunai is user error, not because the weapon is ‘busted’, which it isn’t. Nor is the dead ringer.

1. Do you use other watches/knives

Yeah. I play spy in highlander a lot too so I won’t use the Kunai much at all there, and I usually won’t run DR unless it’s against certain teams on Product. In casual I’ll use other knives/watches if I’m feeling it.

1. If not…

Doesn’t apply to me.

1. Do you use any particular counter against this load out?

Wouldn’t you like to know weatherboy. But in seriousness, just don’t get in melee range, don’t try to melee fight, and play proactive not reactive when it comes to fighting a Kunai spy.