How to Counter EVERY OPERATOR in R6 (2023)

What operators really grind your gears? Well look no further because all your worries will be washed away because now you can find out how to counter every single operator in Rainbow 6 Siege. No more clash and cav bans, it's winning time.
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Timestamps:
0:00 A Double Edged Sword
0:31 Sledge
0:56 Thatcher
1:18 Ash
1:48 Thermite
2:26 Twitch
2:47 Montagne
3:10 Glaz
3:42 Fuze
4:11 Blitz
4:43 IQ
5:11 Buck
5:41 BlackBeard
6:14 Capitao
6:34 Hibana
6:54 Jackal
7:22 Ying
7:34 Zofia
8:08 Dokkaebi
8:32 Lion
9:00 Finka
9:25 Maverick
10:09 Nomad
10:37 Gridlock
11:05 King Rat Nokk
11:37 Amaru
12:06 Kali
12:31 Iana
13:06 Ace
14:03 Zero
14:39 Flores
15:03 Osa
15:50 Sens
16:28 Grim
17:05 Smoke
17:48 Mute
18:15 Pulse
18:44 Castle
19:19 Doc
19:45 Rook
20:05 Jager
20:36 Bandit
21:01 Kapkan
21:32 Tachanka
22:02 Valkyrie
22:37 Frost
23:18 Echo
23:33 Cav
24:01 Mira
24:25 Lesion
24:41 Ela
25:07 Vigil
25:23 Maestro
25:46 Alibi
26:05 Clash
26:51 Kaid
27:18 Mozzie
27:48 Warden
28:24 Goyo
28:46 Wamai
29:07 Oryx
29:41 Melusi
30:00 Aruni
30:33 Thunderbird
30:56 Thorn
31:24 Azami
31:52 Solis

[@r6niki]

Bonus tip against Iana: If you play Vigil and activate his aibility, the Iana clone wont be able to see you and you can just run past thr clone and kill the real Iana!

[@tylerrichter4066]

Thank you

[@fwnet1474]

people still have ears so watch out

[@Poxonlox.]

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[@down2006]

doesn't it have the static effect though?

[@showyfoil1971]

@@down2006 yes but it is most likely still harder to know where the vigil actually is

[@Theviewerdude]

7:13 the actual rat strategy for jackal is to just crawl on the ground everywhere because you can't leave footprints if you crawl everywhere like the filthy little worm that you are

[@Poxonlox]

😂😂😂

[@SirFlooberis]

Great tip I will be doing this forever now

[@ulisg6040]

​@@SirFlooberis You could just ban him...

[@embrace_the_random]

Ya know why does cav not leave foot prints is the silent step just levitating? Also id say the ture jackal counter is solis.

[@KingBLUCK]

​​@@embrace_the_randomaccording to R6 lore she "created a new way to walk, so quietly that even hunters couldn't hear her" not an exact quote but it was talking about cavy.

[@rylandmcclelland876]

Notice how recruit doesn’t have a counter here? It’s because he’s perfect as he is and has no true counters.

[@Diego-ym4rx]

He is the neutral guy essentially the m4 in almost every game not so broken not so bad

[@zumbzy]

⁠@@Diego-ym4rxrecruit has nitro and deployable shield. It’s broken

[@misfitgaming2935]

His counter is another recruit

[@zumbzy]

R6 went to shit when they took recruit out of ranked. Whoever made that executive decision should be fired

[@basilgoodman]

It's why they took him outta ranked

[@georgeapostolopoulos144]

For Finka: Smoke does more damage, Gu mines are quicker to do damage, pulse can see boosted players from further away.

[@ianmcdonald202]

Ooh interesting

[@meechtree5795]

@@ianmcdonald202 yeah it’s an interesting as hell. it’s supposed to mimic finka’s enhancement increasing your breathing and heart rate so you inhale more smoke and heart beats are more detectable.

[@itzKyleM88]

As a Finka main I never knew this, wow!

[@hirschmeistr6842]

So you’re telling me that on top of only 20hp, finka might also get me killed?

[@vAstroLand]

also solis can see her nanobots, so yeah.

[@user-ox5ky7ye6y]

Fun fact: Using Nokk's ability you can shoot the Alibi prismas and not get pinged... Have fun ;)

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[@kevinstucki8644]

You can also plant and the cameras won't really pick you up

[@kishin3248]

You can even run trought the prismas if my memory is good

[@showyfoil1971]

Thx

[@gamingcrow0291]

It found that out on the first two weeks of her release for early pass owners and I shot an Alibis hologram while using nokks ability on accident and noticed I didn’t get scanned. Love her fmg and 5.7 I love the 1.5x scope but she should have access to the 2.0x scope too.

[@darky217]

That blitz counter with mute goes crazy. I had no clue that was a thing

[@svenvdv2880]

Mute counters like every gadget lmao no suprise anymore

[@Poxonlox]

Mute really does it all

[@carbongaming9612]

Counter solis by dropping the defuser instead of planting to bait out impacts and information on where she is.

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[@hakankartal8322]

damn this one is real good

[@kevinstucki8644]

Or just kill her first since she'll be below anyway.

[@WetWaterHotFire]

Nah cuz it will say when the defuser is dropped

[@hirschmeistr6842]

@@WetWaterHotFireno

[@hadand9302]

for montagne, if you find yourself against an aggressive oryx you can usually just try and bait the dash, and then time a melee, killing oryx

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[@kirbyis4ever]

The second you find an Oryx as Monty all ideas of being a shield go out the window.

[@expectationsvsreality2154]

I did this the other day man it’s the greatest clip ever. Literally got my melee off on the last second. Thought I lost the round before watching the replay

[@willishuntley9062]

It’s like bull fighting 😂

[@flyingsquirrel0387]

So in short, if you want to counter any characters in the game, play a SAS operator.

[@itztokeyo]

The original goat's

[@christianmirzaian1985]

Fr all defender utility is countered by thatcher, attacker utility is countered by mute, and smoke counters everything

[@xyzzy4679]

As a professional rainbow six player myself I agree with these

[@Poxonlox]

Glad it's double certified 🔥😎

[@ktb90164]

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[@komilj5580]

who the fook is that guy

[@The_cheftable]

As a siege I can confirm

[@Theviewerdude]

My dad is Ubisoft and I can confirm these

[@tylerwolfe7963]

Fun fact: nobody expects the tachanka roam. It works 90% of the time

[@mathiash3541]

Thats just stupid

[@fuzznuts9732]

If you have azami you can use her ability to block the fuze charges sending them back up

[@DiodeBeta]

Tip against jackal. He can't see your prints from prep phase. If you don't move during the action phase, he can't scan you at all, there are no prints. So you get to a sneaky angle, he turns his shit on thinking it's safe and you are just in the corner holding the angle

[@yaboifriskygon]

4:12 if you want to counter blitz, use solis. They can detect when they have their Sheol out because it’s also a gadget in the form of his stun

[@ericscott9029]

4:38 4 years of playing this game and I never knew that a Mute jammer disables Blitz's stun gadget.....wow.

[@valerianocosta5976]

fun thing to do as lesion, place the Gu in the spot that are used more often to plant in dead corner, they would think ou placed them in middle of the room to get them for sure, and then get rammed by the needle while the time is running low, it's a risky move, that could totally waste a mine, but if it get it they will start crying out for the rat move

[@carlosmgbrunen6157]

26:06 Every time I see Clash I play with Nomad to counter her. You can shoot her airjabs to Clash's feet and get a sweet and easy kill :)

[@diegopuente8309]

my two mains jajaja

[@thegreatpapyrus2306]

@@diegopuente8309That even has the bonus of tricking people into playing her too if you’re defense first and lets you get an easy kill on the idiot who does

[@iarepanther9892]

Noticed one small issue, you didn't get recruit and I know why.... You can not counter the recruit, recruit is the most operator of all time, undefeatable and unkillable.

[@jnmarshmello2728]

I can confirm, i have a 2.5 kd with recruit

[@deadseven3474]

One of my favorite rat tactics to do while playing goyo is to follow a kapkan around and put a few of my canisters on his site-anchored EDDs. If they have to push hard later on, not only do they lose their ankles, but they're also forced to walk through flames that will probably kill them outright.

[@nicktienter4740]

Used to have a duo strat with a friend where you’d put the goyo shields in a door on site and a Kapkan on the door. Worked really well, sucked when they removed the shield aspect of goyo but it made sense

[@Vaiprr]

“Walk through the walls with your huge nuts” 😂. I love that so much 16:00

[@rolanddoesthings3863]

15:35 "I'm dead!" Got me laughing way too much. Also thank you for the counters I'm somewhat new to R6 and I didn't know about 1/3rd of this which is still a lot. Keep it up my man.

[@exeli9547]

13:06 ace rat play:impact trick by waiting for one home to open them throwing an impact at an angle to get rid of the rest likely leaving ace with only one stelma left depending on the wall and how many he actually decided to use

[@sujimayne]

I can't believe this guy doesn't know impact tricking.

[@roganhinchliffe4442]

I love playing Azami on villa because she can impact trick all hard breachers so easily. Use her deagle to shoot a hole on top of the main breach walls and wait for them to put their charge down and throw an impact when they detonate it. Saved so many rounds

[@teknyon]

My personal favorite counter to any op is to do some rat ass spawn peek as alibi with a prisma on 1 different windows on each side of the building

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[@jeremiassassi90]

1:20 thats what i needed to hear You are the Best. Once again

[@jos6525]

I really really really appreciate this content thanks mate :)

[@Poxonlox]

I appreciate you brother 😎

[@josephperez7229]

so glad i started playing again ! nice vid grind to play starts now

[@josephperez7229]

plat**

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[@gamingcrow0291]

While placing osas shield you have a small gap where you can shoot her arm or hand or move to get a line of sight on her head. Took me a minute to learn that playing and trying to counter her.

[@cawmusic8698]

15:35 I think this is the best cut I've ever seen

[@JetstreamsamTF2]

The massive ball part just earned you a sub your funny man

[@omikronairsoft6037]

God bless you man!!

[@therottingrat7204]

You can see that you put a lot of effort into these videos when showing stuff in custom games. That's really cool! Keep up the great work

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[@Jetdius]

My counter to jackal is just crawling along the floor

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[@Theviewerdude]

Ah yes, fellow worm man

[@Joshua-ct3fg]

Tip : if you have no drones or dont want to drone even though you have one then listen for about 5 seconds before going into a door and if you hear anything then pre aim his head off

[@thiccshadow]

11:00 on grid u can shoot the first exact one thrown while the traps are spreading out and it’ll destroy them all

[@zGoldenHawk]

25:49 you can also bait defenders into shooting them with your drone (it works a lot more than it should...)

[@reddeadassumption3246]

you can also o a similar thing that also makes no noise and isnt visible outside, to counter thermite, is mute. all electronical devices get distrubed by mutes jammer, wich you can place directly against barricades to make things on the other side malfunction

[@AverageHumanOnTwitch]

When playing clash, if your shield gets knocked to the side, you can just turn your body to the opposite side of where the shield went so the shield still covers your body. Too often I see clashes not do this. I've led attackers around the map by doing this.

[@tolop2511]

I have been trying to learn how to use smoke, and this makes me wanna learn faster

[@Poxonlox]

Worth it 😍

[@abdulrasyiid]

used to think he's useless but after learn how to play as smoke, he is my main now

[@Kaiju3301]

Smoke is one of the best defenders by far.

[@TheViolentPacifist999]

The best use of Grim is to counter a Jaeger or wamai. Just bee the room then ask ur teammate to flash or not. A pretty useful use of a completely useless operator!

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[@Theviewerdude]

B E E S

[@robras2850]

His gun is nice though

[@addibro4284]

@@robras2850 Might as well bring IQ then

[@VantageX]

Rat strat for mira: put a proximity alarm over the red canister. Twitch drone will hot that first

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[@wilbysot343]

this video makes me feel better and better about being a mute main as time goes on

[@pen-uin]

Another way to get Fuze off guard is waiting for the site window and shoot tru when you heard broken glass noise work every time.

[@wwiiguy]

As an Ash main, I can confirm we don’t ever use drones. *Ever.*

[@leonardodelpuertoburk2439]

Pulse's hardest counter is Solis. No one plays Pulse since she was released.

[@Poxonlox]

😂

[@CaptainFlips]

Fuze really isn't bad. If you see that the defenders have tons of utility, especially crucial utility, a good Fuze is always nice to have. You do need to be competent at entry and skilled with a gun. Preferably take at least one friendly to clear out the area above, then they can proceed to take floor control while you reek havoc on the defender's setup. A bit of good coordination and you can flood out the enemies to the sights of your teammates. In fact, this is a big reason why people like Grim... well Fuze can do that too.

[@ghosthunter0404]

Another thing i see alot of players not do properly is place claymores properly the laser reaches really far try to get used to placing it farther away from the open door or window and as close to the wall as possible but also aim it towards the door so the center laser is pointing inwards a bit it makes it nearly impossible to shoot out but also hardwr to hit with c4 or impacts but also the damage stays the same anything in front even if barely touching the laser will die. Also the farther back it is the harder it is to see the laser so enemies wont notice and will run through said doors unaware of the danger that lurks.

[@stealthbuckley8094]

so against attackers just mute

[@NovaraLilDizz]

I'm 8 mins in and have learned 2 things, 1 blitz sheild can be muted, and Cavs feet pics don't get shown to jackel if she uses her ability, I've played for years, not competitively but since frost and buck came out, is when I started and I'm learning new things I've never heard about lol

[@tbd2553]

9:37 the strategic way to counter Maverick is Tachanka, not leave him be. Pop Tachanka's bouncing molotov's through the holes and then boom, no more Maverick.

[@randomlyrancannabis7020]

Is that before or after he burns a hole and kills you? Or before you self kill with the bouncers? I only use maverick with a duo of blackbeard. I melt the hole and blackbeard stands in the hole and shoots so your bouncer comes back in and not outside.

[@LorisTheUntethered]

I love how nearly every defender can be countered by "just drone bro" yet still no one does it

[@Marlen-bh3os]

Bro for ace you could always just use a pocket kaid. Toss it at the wall wen you hear the charge. It's way easier than a bandit trick and you can do it from range

[@FunkyDylan01]

A tip for the new lesion is to make sure the enemy team haven’t set up a trap using his new gui mines and stuff like elas mines to hold them up

[@rmp7shot]

What I learned from this is that if you want to counter someone, just play smoke SeemsGood

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[@noyes-fq6hq]

Thanks babe

[@mr_chere]

Damn... I've been playing Siege since Phantom Sight season and I didn't know Blitz can be coubtered by Mute...

[@chrisx9624]

4:36 The ultimate rat strat for Blitz is Warden. Literally just rock the Mossberg, turn your glasses on when you hear the freight train coming, profit.

[@WiSHNUKEs]

honestly they should rework tachankas ability and give him some type of napalm impact nades. Its just a fact efficiency is key in making an operator taking out another gun just to use your gadget is not efficient when theres people that dont need to do that , and i dont think the devs really understand that bc they thought grim was a good idea

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[@brianjackson93]

This is great concise info, but as a defender, how do you counter attackers when you don't know what they will be playing, unless they repeat their picks from round to round?

[@yutyrannus5496]

I have a strat to counter mav on Chalet but you must be in basement at snowmobile garage and if they try to burn through the reinforcement lie down at the drone hole and shoot his legs when he isn’t paying attention

[@basicallyformal201]

Playing clash with the shotty is hella funny in console ranked, legit no one can kill you and constantly turn they back to you.

[@James-dv2jq]

The problem with thermite is it doesn’t matter if you use kaid or bandit or tube if there is a soft wall or floor next to it you can place it next to it and it will destroy both

[@ClipMonkey678]

23:56 love the pulse cosplay

[@jakeflorian3334]

wow didnt know about mute and blitz counter thanks

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[@spadasafrac2642]

What I've found from this is that smoke is insane

[@BigChungus669]

Bonus against Alibi: If you're playing Nook you can shoot or walk through Alibi's ability if you have on Nook ability on

[@Orangetong]

I'm not a professional r6 player, but I have massive balls.

[@Poxonlox]

That's what's up

[@alexrizo7223]

tip for ace is to place one higher on the side you want to peek and one lower to crouch through so u aren't stuck in animation and have a crouch hiding spot behind the high one

[@asdsasds6224]

another strat for monty is using an akimba on the top of a door so he has to remove the shield and crouch and if you are fast enough you can kill him

[@Yamazukisama]

Nokk being seen by Solis's gadget makes no sense, since Nokk's gadget is supposed to block her from being detected by gadgets. Nice job Ubi.

[@Swbossdestroyer]

Bonus anti fuze tip. Most people dont know this but you can actually shoot the charge when it penetrates. So just wait or sit on a cam and when he fuzes you shoot it out.

[@bigboi-iggyboi-games8998]

Love that you have a unicorn charm and ill too take all this to heart. ill run my lucky uni charm 4 u

[@RealSymplixity]

Golden video +1 :D

[@Tuidkskiwjdhdbd]

So doke and mute sound like great mains and counter alot also overpowered

[@bacon098]

What's a drone? A video on how you would counter the new ops and have another look at grim would be nice.

[@tord5363]

if you use solis when lion does scan you know exactly where they are while scan happens and like a second after scan

[@theslyfox4724yt]

a good tip against alibi, you can play iq or glaz because they are fool proof to her prismas

[@adubz6662]

iq also can see warden at all times even when his gadget isn’t active

[@superlikbb3740]

briefly smoke vs all operators

[@phantommann3704]

As a clash main, let me tell you, it’s because for some reason people are terrified of me. Also they always underestimate the smg- Like it’s surprisingly good if you can hit your shots. Though the ultimate counter is that I am now consistently being reported for griefing 😔

[@dirtymfdawg7654]

Caviera is a counter to gridlock as well. She can silent step thru the spikes without giving Audio, losing health or wasting impacts/bullets.

[@addibro4284]

Wait, Cav doesn't take damage from Gridlock spikes?

[@dirtymfdawg7654]

@@addibro4284 nope if her ability is active she can run right over them shits rent free. I learned the hard way on oregon

[@AMediumSizedKodiak]

@@dirtymfdawg7654 that’s ridiculous. They should call that shit “pillow step”

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

"When Doke calls you on her cellphone, late night when you need her love" This guy even knows my search history

[@soulnvictus]

I will admit, Blitz's shield not working in mute jammers has gotten me killed while playing him. And I main Blitz because of how much fun he is. Blitz, Glaz, and Nøkk(I mained her before it was the meta) are my best attacking ops right now

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[@kobe_bean_bryant432]

If I play toxic characters ur absolutely trash bc u can't win without them lmao

[@soulnvictus]

@rs assassin blitz is toxic?? I just like him, man. I'll play whatever op I want, I just like playing as him more than say: Ash or Sledge.

[@supermicroppclips]

It makes NO SENSE that osa's shields can survive a direct hit with an impact while she's holding it but not when she deploys it.

[@justanotherracoon509]

I love how clash is the most replayed lol

[@MysticRainbow6]

now with turbarao in the game u can freeze warden and then glaz cant see him and now the smoke is an advantage for u

[@chrisupton6190]

Tbh if mozzie is on drone watch that’s also a good twitch counter tbh now as I’m watching this video as a copper IV

[@robogdan4434]

I got 3 kills with thorns gadget and i was playing ranked XD

[@mike-hu5sc]

When I just wanna mess around I typically take sledge and just start breaking stuff😅 Edit-cost me my kd but eh I don't really play competivly a whole lot got alot more casual hours than I do ranked

[@edwinwang5594]

As a Flores main I can't tell you how many times I want to play Thatcher just to emp the mute jammers after discovering that the enemy plays mute in the first round.

[@Hoey-ij2jr]

“Kool Aid man him” 😂

[@ryerci9618]

Rat strat with Iana: Bait Clone

[@zGoldenHawk]

16:23 I have massive balls. I played Grim (in ranked) and swung the open garage (with his gadget out) on consulate.

[@Wolf1real]

For clash, I go Nokk and use emp and melee

[@glocknine350]

You can also counter shields with ELA by throwing a stick next to them. Also you can counter fuze pretty easy, you can just shoot his bomb through the wall and you will destroy it

[@randomlyrancannabis7020]

I do not fear fuze. I main mute. That is to say I use mute every round unless someone beats me to it

[@irecco5325]

As a Pole, I always smile when someone is trying to pronounce Ela's grzmot mines Anyway, great video, as a Mastero main, I have never thought about shooting with his cameras through broken floor, I will use it from now on ^^

[@Poxonlox]

Ahaha never knew I was pronouncing it wrong!

[@irecco5325]

​@@Poxonlox I don't think it's wrong, it's just different from how Pole would do it :D Thanks for the video and have a nice day!

[@user-pdogiP78V]

i miss 2x so much, it was beautiful

[@MiLfshAke5020]

Me… who’s been on since Skull Rain ate this info up xD

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[@nonamefound8282]

15:30 the terror from that c4

[@ryuko2524]

so, smokes counters almost everything everywhere, damn