Ubisoft has announced Rainbow Six Siege’s latest Designer’s notes for mid-season update Y9S2.3, which is set to introduce some big balancing changes to the game in the upcoming patch.
Rainbow Six Siege’s Patch Y9S2.3 will be released soon, and the developers have just shared a sneak peek of what is about to drop with the new update.
There are a lot of interesting buffs and nerfs in this latest patch, with Echo receiving his ACOG back, while Melusi and Wamai lose theirs. On the other hand, under-picked operators like Ela and Gridlock are also getting buffs.
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R6S Patch Y9S2.3
Azami
The patch kicks off with another nerf to Azami’s Kiba Barriers. In Y9S1, Ubisoft made the Kiba barriers susceptible to bullet damage; however, the amount of damage certain weapons dealt was too low, so the devs increased the damage later. Now, the devs are once again increasing the damage received by Azami’s barriers for almost all types of guns.
Echo
Echo is once again travelling back to his past self, with him becoming a 3 Armor 1 Speed operator. To help improve with this speed change, Echo will be getting back the magnified scopes for the MP5SD.
Melusi
While many players would think Melusi is currently doing fine in terms of overall strength, Ubisoft has noticed that the magnified scopes on her MP5 made her too effective in terms of gunplay. So to counter this Ubisoft is removing magnified scopes from this weapon.
To help balance this nerf, she is getting an additional Banshee Device (4 from 3) and the ITA12S secondary shotgun.
Some other changes in this patch include:
- Buck: Gonne-6 removed
- Ela: Added Impact Grenades. Removed Observation Blocker.
- Gridlock: Trax Stinger damage increased to 15hp per second in movement (from 10).
- Wamai: Magnified Scopes removed from MP5K.
