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How To Play as Lesion In Rainbow Six Siege
One spiky boy versus the entire attacking team? No sweat, with this guide
Lesion is often picked or banned in every single round of Rainbow Six Siege because he's so powerful, offering surprisingly good value to defenders who are smart enough to stay alive long enough to earn all his traps.
With these spread out around the objective, Lesion can delay and wound attackers as they try to mount an attack on your bomb site, creating chaos that you and your team can take advantage of. Here's how to get the most out of him.
What's the deal with Lesion?
Liu Tze Long, better known by his codename of Lesion, is an S.D.U (Special Duties Unit) operator from Hong Kong. He’s a 2 speed / 2 armour operator and is one of the most valuable defenders in the game, capable of slotting into just about any lineup.
The reason as to why Lesion is so valuable to any team composition is because of his unique gadget: the Gu Mine.
Lesion’s gadget and ability
Gu Mines are an invisible proximity mine that hits enemies for 10 damage upon triggering the mine, then ticks of 4 damage that will burn through an enemies health until the mine is removed.
Lesion's Gu mines are nearly invisible
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This sounds fantastic, right? Free damage that ticks over time and forces an attacker to remove the mine in order to stop the continued damage… However, it doesn’t stop there though as the gadget also prevents sprinting and planting until the mine is removed from the player.
Placement as Lesion is one of the most important aspects of playing the operator. The reason for this is because there are many counters to his gadget, firstly people can still see your mines quite clearly depending on where they are placed. When it comes to positioning Gu Mines in doorways or tight routes, always remember to take advantage of the fact that Lesion’s mines are proximity-based and have a fantastic one-meter range.
Thatchers EMP gadget destroys your mines if they are placed within the radius of the explosion when it is thrown. Also, you have to be aware of operators such as IQ who can detect your Lesion mines with her unique ability, meaning she can shoot them even through soft surfaces such as walls, floors and ceilings.
When it comes to positioning Gu Mines in doorways or tight routes, always remember to take advantage of the fact that Lesion’s mines are proximity-based and have that fantastic one-meter range. Placing them around 4/5ths of the way close to the angle an attacker will have to peek into when going through the doorway, will make the Lesion a lot less likely to be seen and therefore increases the likelihood an unfortunate attacker will find themselves in the Gu. You can see an example of this in the gif below.
Remember you can also place Gu Mines in hallways, on stairs and even in places to deny a late-round plant in typical locations around the sites. One of the most inventive methods of placing Lesion’s mines is to place them on the window ledge of an open barricade and either leave it or close it back up, if you’re in a safe enough position to do so. Once an opponent rappels next to the window, the mine will trigger and they will need to exit the rappelling animation to remove the Gu and then rappel up once again. Not only does this provide you with information but it also helps prevent you from dying to attackers positioned on the windows, allowing you to reposition yourself for when they return.
There’s an example below of how to do this on Consulate, defending Administration Office for a top floor defence.
Lesion’s loadout and what to choose
Lesion's best primary weapon is the T-5 SMG
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Primary
Lesion comes equipped with a T-5 SMG. This is the only primary weapon available to Lesion and it’s one of the best SMGs in the game. The reason for this is because the T-5 SMG has virtually no recoil to manage and this makes it a headshot machine. I’d recommend a muzzle brake for your attachment of choice, due to the first bullet recoil compensation offered by this barrel. Coupled with the site of your choice, whether that be a red dot, holographic or reflex sight.
Silence your Q-929 to take out gadgets without fuss
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Secondary
As his secondary, Lesion only has access to the Q-929 available to him. It’s a solid pistol with a high damage output of 51 damage (varying on the armour of your opponent). It’s up to you whether you want to use a muzzle brake or silencer on this occasion. A silencer is useful for quietly getting rid of rotation-blocking tech like Nomad's Airjab rounds, Gridlock's traps or even claymores, all of which can put a wrench in the works for a late-round flank.
Gadgets
Whilst Lesion has a fantastic unique gadget in the Gu Mine, he also has the ability to come loaded with an impact grenade or bulletproof camera. Which you take into battle with you is entirely dependent on what you need. If your team has plenty of impact grenades already or perhaps a shotgun and a lack of information gathering tools, you could perhaps use the bulletproof camera to help out your team.
On the flip-side, you could take impacts if you need rotation holes on site, to help yourself out on the roam or to even do something like impact trick a wall or hatch on site.
Where does Lesion fit in your team and how to make him work
Due to Lesion’s 2–2 armour and speed, this allows him to perfectly fit inside of the ‘flex’ role within a team. A flex is someone who alters their operator to counter a specific playstyle. Lesion counters pretty much every play style known on Rainbow Six Siege and if you place your Gu Mines in routes to both help your roamers and provide information to places that will leave your site defence weak, this will help you secure much-needed rounds.
I’d recommend that you play him passively, in order to get the most effective usage of his ability as they do take time to charge. However, if you feel confident in your ability to aim; you can most certainly play Lesion a little bit more aggressive and even on a light roam. A light roam is playing close to site in case of a quick execute but close enough to your roamers to be able to assist them if they are struggling.
Here is an example of how you can position yourself for a light roam on Villa for an Aviator/Games defence by placing yourself on Red Stairs.
Mind the trap: countering Lesion
Bank, a map in Rainbow Six Siege
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Whilst Lesion is incredibly annoying to play against, there are multiple ways to prevent yourself from being susceptible to Gu mines. The most obvious is Thatcher, his EMP grenades destroy Lesion’s mines among many other gadgets in a huge radius around the grenade when it detonates. Most of the time EMP grenades destroy mines by accident, as the enemy Thatcher is most likely trying to remove Bandit charges, Kaid claws or perhaps a Jager ADS (active defence system).
The second most effective way of destroying Gu mines is IQ. Her unique ability allows her to scan electronics through surfaces and she can remove most electronic gadgets quite easily, either through floors, ceilings or simply scanning them as she pushes.
Last but not least is eyesight. Simply eyeballing doors before you enter or using your drone to find Lesion mines and other utility gadgets is a fantastic way of ensuring you don’t lose any precious HP.
