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Beginner's Guide to Rainbow Six Siege

by GaudyGMoney

As somebody who's been playing Rainbow Six Siege operators, it was a lot to take in in a very short period
for about two years now, I've found it to be one of the of time. In this guide, I'll give my best tips that any
most unique first person shooter experiences on the Siege player should know going into the game for the
market. More grounded and tactical than any shooter first time, to make their transition into the game
I've played, I've spent countless hours trying to quicker and far more enjoyable.
master techniques in this phenomenon of a game.
(Note: This guide will focus on Multiplayer game
However, when I first started playing, I found one modes (player vs player), not Terrorist Hunt (player vs
thing to be true: because of how different it was, it enemy). However, many of the tips I'll give will apply
was very hard to get a hold of the basics of the game. to Terrorist Hunt as well.)
From the game modes to the destructibility of the
environment, to all of the different maps and

Step 1: Part 1: Gameplay

The most important part of any game, regardless of genre, is its gameplay. With this considered, I figured it'd be a
great place to start. In this section, I'll cover how crucial aiming for the head is (even more so than in other
shooters), destruction mechanics and how to use them to your advantage, the different types of game modes, and
what happens if you do lose all of your health, and aren't quite dead yet.

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In Rainbow Six Siege, you can end any firefight First, aim your shots a little bit longer. Especially at
instantly by shooting an opponent in the head. Any lower levels, people don't have incredible reaction
gun at any distance, through any number of times. If you spend that extra half a second adjusting
obstacles, will always be an instant kill. Therefore, your sights to be on the opponent's head, they aren't
why not aim for the head every single time? running away, and they aren't going to shoot back at
you.
You might think that it's hard to aim for the head;
guns recoil upwards, and the torso is the largest Second, if you can't take that extra time, aim for the
target on an opponent, so why not just aim there? neck/upper torso. Your gun's recoil will most likely
Headshots can be worth the risk. You don't risk make your sights move upwards, and in turn, into the
downing an opponent (see part 1.4), you can avoid enemy's head, making a headshot an inevitable
any return fire, and most of all, it's just oh so outcome.
satisfying to see that bullseye pop up in the kill feed.
Here are my tips to get more headshots:

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One of the most unique aspects of Rainbow Six Most walls are "soft," or can be shot through; after
Siege is just how much of the maps can be shooting them enough, you'll make a hole you can
destroyed; we're not talking one-time events like in see through. These walls can be reinforced by
Battlefield, we're talking almost every wall, every defenders, making them "hard" surfaces. These can
ceiling, every floor, everything. As such, it's important still be broken, but only by the abilities of a select few
to know just what is destructible, and what isn't. operators.

Some walls are permanently hard; surfaces like broken open, and like walls, can be reinforced by
concrete and stone cannot be broken through, so you defenders.
can take solace in knowing that if you're next to a
hard wall, you won't be shot through it. If you keep these tiers of destructibility in mind, you'll
be taking advantage Siege's mechanics like a pro in
Floors and ceilings are semi-hard; you can create no time.
sight lines by destroying the materials making them
up, but steel bars will keep anybody from going
through them. Only hatches can be completely

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There are three game modes in Rainbow Six Siege: give for Hostage is to, well, not shoot the hostage. If
Secure Area, Bomb, and Hostage. one team kills the hostage, that team loses.
Additionally, if you pick up the hostage as an
Secure is the simplest of the three; stand in the attacker, you will be reduced to only wielding your
designated area with no enemy interference for an secondary weapon, meaning you can only use a
allotted amount of time, and victory is yours. No real pistol to defend yourself. As soon as you pick up the
bells or whistles here, just make your way to the area, hostage, bolt for an exit.
taking down any opponents in your path; conversely,
if you're defending, keep opponents out of the area. Bomb, unlike either of the other game modes, has
two objective rooms, bombs A and B. One attacker is
Hostage is similar to Secure, but instead of taking an given a defuser, which they must plant at one of the
area, you have to get to a hostage, then escort them bomb sites, and then protect while it defuses;
outside of the building safely. The biggest tip I can defenders must either keep the attackers from

planting, or destroy the defuser by walking up to it you down them, as the attackers need to pick it up to
and holding a button prompt. As an attacker, I win the round. If an enemy drops it, stay near it.
recommend placing the defuser in doorways or Additionally, if you must destroy the defuser, I
windows, where you can clearly see it from a safe recommend trying to eliminate all enemies to be sure
distance, so that you can watch for defenders. For defusing won't be a near-guaranteed death.
defenders, watch if an enemy drops the defuser when

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If you don't get headshot, it's likely that you will get That means if you drop to zero health again, you will
downed upon losing all of your health. In this state, be dead. No more chances.
you will be able to scoot around slowly, unable to
shoot. However, you aren't dead yet. In addition, you aren't invulnerable when you're
downed; rather, you are more of a target than ever.
One of your teammates can come up to you and One hit, and you're completely dead, so try to stay out
revive you, bringing you back into the fight with half of of sight lines if you get downed, which will not only
your original health. This gives you a second lease on keep opponents from shooting you, but keep them
life, potentially even eliminating the opponent who from shooting anybody who comes to revive you.
shot you. However, there is a catch: after you've been
downed once in a round, you can't be downed again.

Step 6: Part 2: Maps!

Now that you know the basics, let's get down to the battlegrounds you'll be duking it out in. The maps in Rainbow
Six Siege all have different layouts, and I'm not going to cover all of them here, but I am able to give you some key
info that pertains to every map in the game, regardless of which one you're on, or even which game mode you're
playing.

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Each map in Rainbow Six Siege has four or five easier to find the objectives during the preparation
objective rooms to choose from, spread across the phase on attack, and easier to set up when you're on
different floors. Whenever you play a map, make note defense. Most of all, on attack, it allows you to spend
of where the objective room is: floor, name of the more time setting up your drone.
room (it's displayed on the bottom-left corner of your
screen), etc. Knowing this in advance makes it much

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Speaking of drones, let's talk about intelligence, and appear: either on a massive pole outdoors, or on the
how cameras and drones play into it. Cameras are ceiling indoors. Aside from specialized camera
restricted to defending teams, and drones are operators, you won't see anything other than these.
restricted to attacking teams; while cameras can be Take out all the defenders' cameras, and you've
accessed by the attacking operator Dokkaebi and the crippled their intelligence.
defending operator Echo has his own special drone,
for the most part, this is always true. Drones, on the other hand, are mobile and quick, but
they only move if an operator is controlling it. There
Both serve the same purpose: to gather intelligence. are small vents on the map that drones can fit into for
By holding a button prompt, you can scan the visible quick escapes or entries. Like cameras, they can be
area for enemies, which if you do, it will tell you the shot out, so when you aren't piloting your drone, hide
enemy's identity, and a real-time location, giving you it somewhere the defenders won't find it. You also get
a massive edge on the competition. Of course, this a second drone on attack which you can use however
isn't without its counter on attack; to get rid of a you see fit, giving your team even more viewpoints to
camera, all you have to do is shoot it. In the pictures work with.
above, I've displayed the two ways a camera can

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Of course, the lifeblood of Rainbow Six Siege is its something like this. Two, it would take away from the
diverse cast of operators. As of the latest major joys of discovering what every operator does, and the
update, there are a total of 42 different operators to best ways to use them. In this, I'll simply explain the
choose from, 21 each on attack and defense. To go basics of operators, and how to find the ones that are
through each and every one of them would be two best for your play style.
things: one, it would be far too long to put in

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Every operator comes with their own unique set of enemy team, whether by drawing attention or
abilities, in the form of their gadget. For your destroying gadgets. Gadget destroyers include IQ,
convenience, I have decided to split the operators' Twitch, and Thatcher, while most other general
gadgets into six categories, three on each side. disruptors have some kind of shield, like Blackbeard,
Montagne, and Blitz.
On Attack:
Breaching Gadgets: Gadgets designed to breach
Damage Gadgets: Gadgets designed to inflict as walls. Examples include hard breachers like
much damage as possible on enemy defenders. Thermite, Maverick, and Hibana, whose gadgets can
Highlights include Fuze's cluster charge, where he destroy reinforced walls, and Sledge, Ash, and Buck,
shoots five grenades through a soft/semi-soft surface; whose gadgets can more efficiently destroy soft
Finka's nano boost, where she gives every operator surfaces than others.
on her team temporarily increased health, less recoil,
and more speed; and Glaz's thermal scope, which On Defense:
allows him to highlight enemies in yellow and see
through smoke. Trap Gadgets: Gadgets that are traps, which go off
upon enemies stepping into range. Some disorient,
Disruption Gadgets: Gadgets designed to disrupt the like Lesion and Ela, and some deal damage, like

Frost and Kapkan. Intel Gadgets: Gadgets that assist in gaining more
intel, usually cameras. This includes camera gadgets
Reinforcing Gadgets: Gadgets that further reinforce belonging to Valkyrie, Maestro, and Echo, as well as
the objective or players. Objective reinforcers include other types of intel, like Mira's black mirror, which
Tachanka's turret and Castle's bulletproof barricades, allows one-way sight, and Pulse, who can sense
and player reinforcers include Doc's stim pistol and heartbeats through walls with his heartbeat detector.
Rook's armor plates.

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Armor and speed widely determine how an operator 2-speeds are the most versatile, being able to either
is meant to be played. There are three different types roam around the map or anchor on defense, and
of armor/speed designations: 3-armor 1-speed, 2- hang back or rush the objective on attack.
armor 2-speed, and 1-armor 3-speed. Most of the
time, you'll be hearing to these designations referred 3-speeds on defense tend to roam the map, catching
to by what speed they are. In addition to being able to attackers off guard by attacking them from all angles,
refer to swathes of operators in two words, these and are generally far from the objective unless the
designations also tell you what kind of play is objective is attacked. On attack, they tend to rush the
expected from them. objective, getting in fast and striking the defense
before they are completely prepared.
1-speeds, on defense, tend to anchor the objective,
staying on or near the bombs/hostage/secure point to Learn what play style suits you, and figure out which
make sure anybody who gets near doesn't complete operator of each speed is your favorite.
the objective. On attack, they tend to bring up the
rear, or serve to cause distractions up front.

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Most of all, it's important that you have fun. Sure, it's cliché, but it's so unbelievably true. If you don't find Rainbow
Six Siege enjoyable, then you don't have to play it. But if you do, play hard, play smart, and have a blast.

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