Overview

Welcome to r/Rainbow6 Discussion Series: The Operators! This series has been re-created to facilitate the gameplay, metagame, and strategy discussion that often gets buried or lost in the abundance of others posts.

The goal of this series is to not only give new players a primer on an operator, but also for mid level or competitive players a chance to share the knowledge that they have accrued in their experiences and maybe let people know something that they did not know before.

(Links to previous discussions)

About: Lesion

Lesion was released in Operation Blood Orchid, the third Operation of Year 2. He was released alongside Ela, Ying, and the map Theme Park

The community has outlined a couple of things that they want to converse about with every operator, but feel free to branch out should you feel a piece of information warrants its own discussion.

• The operator's primary or ideal role in the team.
• The operator's gadget and how it will help the team achieve its goals. Please share any tidbits you may know to help expand discussion.
• The operator's loadout, and how best to optimize it. This includes primaries, secondaries, and secondary gadgets.
• What maps and game modes does this operator do well on?
• What maps and game modes does this operator struggle with?
• What teammates synergize well with this operator?
• What opposing operators check or counter this operator?
• What strategies have you adopted while playing this operator? What is something that a new player should know when playing this operator, or what is something you know that would help a veteran player take that next step?
• What is your overall opinion of this operator? Where would you rank them among the other operators?

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^{Post written by /u/LordKeren}

I find myself effectively forced into certain picks in this game because there's just something about being a heavily clad juggernaut. The number of engagements I've survived with a couple health, lent to me through my 20% damage reduction, is past counting.

I tend to main Fuze because I love the AK12, and he comes with a great gadget in addition to 3 armor. Other attackers with 3 armor boils down to Blitz and Montague, and Recruit if that counts (not really). I don't particularly want to use a shield.

It seems the 2/2 Operator setup is in an overabundance, followed closely by 1/3 quickies. I get that these are popular, but I'd love to see more armored up bad boys than we have currently. Certain ops make me wonder why they aren't setup differently, like Sledge for example. He's a big dude - swings a hammer. Although he was also the speed record holder, so maybe I'm asking too much here.

Anyways, I just want some more with 3 armor, especially for attacker. I feel like there's a lack of variety in this regard, because every 3 armor Op seems geared towards being a shield bearer, with the exception of Fuze who has a little more flexibility. Every other operator layout has tons of variety. Does nobody else like being a juggernaut?!