Aug 28th, 2019

Aug 28th, 2019

Game developers Ubisoft are releasing two new operators for Rainbow Six Siege: A Peruvian attacker Amaru who uses a grappling hook to glide across the map and a Mexican defender Goyo partnered with explosive shield who excels in area denial.

At the Raleigh Major Wide World of Sports: Esports asked Team Fnatic what their impressions are of the new operators.

Goyo

Ubisoft's latest update for Rainbow Six: Siege - Ember Rise. (Ubisoft)

Etienne 'Magnet' Rousseau, (Captain/IGL)

Initial Thoughts: Very situational and definitely going to be used in a strategical way. There is just so much on defence right now that brings intel like Valkyrie, Maestro, Ekko that he might not be picked very often. But when they do, it will be a very certain strategy that team wants to do.

Summary of Hero: Situational

Ethan 'RizRaz' Wombwell, (Fragger)

Initial Thoughts: I think his utility is pretty good, I think it's hard to say right now if it's too good. It is a large area denial for a long time, it could be used in situations like Bank for example. Bank is a very hard site to take control of as an attacker but with those shields you now waste much more time.

Summary of Hero: Area Denial

Jake 'Virtue' Grannan, (Fragger)

Initial Thoughts: A bit cheesy in a way. He's adding more dynamic to defenders which they've already had a lot of utility in a way he's going to make attackers use a lot more teamwork.

Ubisoft's latest update: Ember Rise (Ubisoft)

Summary of Hero: Cheesy

Matthew 'Acez' Mc Henry, (Support)

Initial Thoughts: He is definitely going to be picked in pro league, really powerful gadget which is very like area denial and stacking on the existing defenders is going to be oof. Like Bank for example; trying to plant down stairs you're already throwing smokes to deny like a minute or so, this is going to take it to 2 minutes.

Summary of Hero: Unsure

Jayden 'Dizzle' Saunders, (Team Director & Coach)

Initial Thoughts: He has potential to be a good operator, both on site and on a roam. So on some roams you might not be as fluid around the map but you might hard hold a particular area that attackers need to take that control of map before they can make a foothold on site. So you can use him to delay a lot of time maybe fall off a rotate late so he has a lot of opportunities to waste time there.

Summary of Hero: Thought provoking

Amaru

Ubisoft's latest update for Rainbow Six: Siege - Ember Rise. (Ubisoft)

Etienne 'Magnet' Rousseau, (Captain/IGL)

Summary of Hero: Situational

Ethan 'RizRaz' Wombwell, (Fragger)

Initial Thoughts: She pulls out her weapons quite slow, I think if it was slightly faster or at least if she had her secondary out coming through the window it would be faster. Just because your secondary usually weaker, so having a quick draw with your secondary over you primary could balance that a little bit more. But right now, because she gets her weapon out so slow, you hear the grapple hook hitting the window you would get a free kill.

Summary of Hero: Meme

Jake 'Virtue' Grannan, (Fragger)

Initial Thoughts: The attacker is very interesting. At the start shes going to be overpowered but once people start to understand what type of timings players would take just to get a rappel into the window she won't be that great.

Summary of Hero: Fun

Matthew 'Acez' Mc Henry, (Support)

Initial Thoughts: She's a little underwhelming, she's really cool but in pro league I don't think she'll be used that well because when I first tested her jumping through a window she took too long to pull out her weapon. That timing and everything it's not super pro league and she would just get destroyed.

Summary of Hero: Zippy-girl

Jayden 'Dizzle' Saunders, (Team Director & Coach)

Initial Thoughts: She's a lot of fun, with the ability to go to the roof quickly or through windows quickly is nice. But I think trapdoor play is probably going to be more of her strong suit. I think it';s going to require a lot of coordination, I think she is going to really shine in a heavily executed environment. She'll be a lot of fun for the casual base

Summary of Hero: Opportunistic

Team FNATIC will now prepare for the Melbourne Esports Open August 30 to September 1 and the Rainbow Six Pro League in Tokoname, Japan in November 2019