Rainbow Six Siege is a complex shooter – perhaps one of the most intricately designed multiplayer games being played right now. The depth comes from numerous places: the destructible environments, the design of the maps, but primarily from the unique gadgets, stats, and loadouts offered by each of its playable operators. But what are the best Rainbow Six Siege operators? We have been training with the elite troopers in order to find out.

Feb 28, 2017 @ 11:28am Hibana is useful, she is not the best marksman with her rifle only being 21shots she has a smg which is powerful, jackel has the best gun in the game even better than the famas:). The SMG-11 is a headshot machine thanks to its wild recoil and high rate of fire – you can rattle off an entire magazine in a couple of seconds, but the aim takes plenty of practice.

Owing to the game’s asymmetric multiplayer gameplay, Rainbow Six Siege operators come in two flavours: attackers and defenders. Currently, there are 52 Rainbow Six Siege operators to unlock and use in the game, which breaks down neatly into 26 operators for each side. You will also have to unlock new operators using in-game currency that you can earn through completing matches and ticking off daily challenges, so it is good to know which ones to snap up first in order to make collecting the remaining operators even faster.

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We update this list of Rainbow Six Siege operators regularly to best reflect the game’s live meta, so rest assured these really are Tom Clancy’s finest ahead of the Rainbow Six Siege Year 5 release date.

Here are the best Rainbow Six Siege operators:

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Hibana

Versatility is key to what makes Hibana such an effective breacher. Her gadget, the X-KAIROS, fires six explosive pellets that can blow a small rectangular hole through reinforced surfaces. You get three shots, which means you get the choice of creating either one large entry point that your teammates can walk through, a traversable hole that you can vault through, or a letterbox entry point that you can crawl through. If making an entry point is not necessary, the X-KAIROS can also be used to create sightlines in reinforced walls, which force defenders to reposition themselves or watch both the objective and the newly-created window simultaneously.

The X-KAIROS can also destroy fortified windows and thin walls, much like Ash’s M120 CREM. The only drawback is that the X-KAIROS takes longer to trigger and can be rendered useless by Mute’s Signal Disruptor or destroyed completely by Bandit’s Shock Wire. Similarly, Hibana cannot open up reinforced walls as quickly and effectively as Thermite, but she does not have to risk her life by getting in close in order to place the charge.

Hibana has plenty to offer aside from her gadget. She is a three-speed operator, which allows her to navigate the map quickly and attack multiple entry points – ideal for overwhelming and disorienting defenders. She also has one of the best assault rifles in the game, the Type 89F. It might have a very small magazine, but its excellent stopping power and nearly unrivalled accuracy make it a peerless attacking firearm – especially when coupled with Hibana’s ability to create lines of sight from range. Her Bearing 9 PDW also lends her a formidable alternative should you run out of ammo.

Thatcher

Entry denial can be a huge problem for attacking teams. It is good to know that Thatcher is the best counter to this type of defensive setup, then. Mute’s signal disruptors and Bandit’s CED-1 Shock Wire render breaching devices, drones, and countless Rainbow Six Siege operator gadgets useless. Likewise, Jäger’s Active Defense System neutralises any projectiles that pass by it, which means bombarding the objective with explosives is not an option. Thatcher’s EMP grenades can counter all of these devices, even through walls and ceilings. Naturally, this makes Thatcher one of the most important Rainbow Six Siege operators on attack.

Thatcher should therefore be on the frontline with the main squad, where he can employ his EMP grenades and allow Hibana, Fuze, and Twitch to get to work breaching and clearing. The fact that EMP grenades can work through walls are their saving grace, as they can completely evade Jäger’s ADS – you can throw an EMP grenade at a reinforced wall and reliably knock out a vital enemy gadget.

The best way to play Thatcher is to support your team until you have used all of your EMP grenades, and then begin harassing the enemy, either at close-range with the devastating M590A1 shotgun, or from afar with the L85A2 assault rifle. Both weapons have exceptional stopping power, but the former is among the best shotguns in the game and can punch through walls and barricaded windows with ease, making it an excellent breaching tool. Thatcher also boasts medium armour and speed stats, so he is adaptable to most playing styles. The most important thing to do when playing Thatcher is to stay alive and eliminate as much enemy equipment as possible – after that you are just another soldier.

Ash

Ash has been a staple pick for skilled players since Rainbow Six Siege launched, and she continues to be one of the most popular, versatile, and deadly Rainbow Six Siege operators in the game. The reason for this is speed – Ash is one of a select few three-speed attackers. This makes her adept at rushing the objective and catching the defending side off guard while they are still setting up gadgets and reinforcing walls. Her M120 Crem, which comes with two Breaching Rounds, makes short work of doorways and unreinforced walls so you can burst through the defender’s site within a few seconds of the round starting.

If your team are busy trying to breach a reinforced wall, or slowly clearing rooms en route to the objective then Ash can harass multiple defenders at once on the opposite side of the map, using her speed and small hitbox to sprint between cover unharmed.

As Ash’s main role is to rack up kills, it is especially handy that she can equip one of the best assault rifles in the game, the R4-C. While it comes with some hefty recoil, the impressive damage rating of the R4-C make it tough to beat in shootouts.

Buck

As attacking strategies have got ever more complex, Buck has found his place in the meta, not as the entry fragger as his loadout suggests, but as one of the best Rainbow Six Siege operators for vertical play. Buck is able to open up floors and ceilings with devastating efficiency with his underslung shotgun, which lends him the ability to lock down the objective from unexpected angles.

The Skeleton Key comes with enough ammo to open up huge areas of wall and floor, letting you pick off entrenched defenders with ease. Opening up the floor can also let you toss grenades into the objective room and shoot out traps – Buck is increasingly used to eject Black Mirrors from above or below. Of course, the Skeleton Key shotgun also packs a punch against enemies, its combination of high damage and semi-auto fire making it hard to beat when rounding a corner.

Buck is also very popular thanks to his choice of primary weapons: the high-damage, fast-firing C8-SFW assault rifle, and the punchy CAMRS DMR. The fact that you can switch between the long-range rifle and close-up underslung shotgun with a single key press ensures Buck’s presence is always felt as a defender.

Thermite

Less popular than Hibana but still very much a part of the meta, Thermite is all about total destruction of reinforced walls – nothing less will do. Better yet, you can run both Hibana and Thermite in the same team to make certain no enemy wall is left standing.

In some attacking scenarios, opening up key walls can prove the difference between success and failure. That is where Thermite’s two Exothermic Charges come into play – plant one of these on a reinforced wall and you can blow an enormous hole in it. This gives your team additional angles on the objective to rack up kills, but also allows for speedy defuser plants and easy access for rushers.

Thermite also boasts a simple combination of weapons and gadgets to accompany th

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