Rainbow Six Siege – Operation New Blood Operator Remaster and Balancing Guide

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Operation New Blood is the second season of Year 9 of Rainbow Six Siege, following the release of Operation Deadly Omen in March. This season will introduce the Recruit remaster, which creates two new Operators to fill the role: Striker on attack and Sentry on defense. While these former Recruits don't have their own unique gadgets, they do have the unique ability to bring two different secondary gadgets, unleashing the potential for some electrifying play-making combos.

Operation New Blood also addresses two dominant Defenders, with balancing updates for Fenrir and Solis, and sharpens barbed wire so it now damages Operators as they move through it. These updates, as well as Versus AI additions, map filter changes, Stadium renovations, and more are coming in Operation New Blood.

Striker and Sentry now fill the Recruit role on attack and defense, respectively, but each can do much more than their predecessor. Each can now be selected in Ranked play, and their appearance can be customized with the usual array of cosmetics, some of which will be available in the Operation New Blood Battle Pass. Unlike other Operators, Striker and Sentry do not have unique gadgets. Instead, each can choose two secondary gadgets to bring into the fray. So Striker can finally realize the Attacker's dream of solo opening an electrified wall by deploying Impact EMP grenades and a hard breach charge. They could also carve their own path towards the objective with a breach charge, and then cover their own flank with a claymore. For every secondary gadget an Attacker could choose, Striker gets to choose two, provided they aren't the same item.

Meanwhile, on defense, Sentry can do the same, but chooses from a very different pool of gadgets. They can