How to play Rainbow Six: Siege for newbies

This is a how to play rainbow six: siege guide for new players. Don't thank me, please refer your gratitude to the people in the special thanks section at the bottom section and to my friends and relatives who keep asking me how to play this game that I finally got fed up re-telling them one by one, now I can simply show them this guide I made. So please rate up for visibility and share it to newbies!

I. Introduction

First of all, I apologize for any grammatical mistake because English is not my first language albeit my favorite and this will take some time to read however it is still designed to help you learn the game as fast as possible and trust me that it will be worth it at the end. Also this is a work in progress guide that I will keep updating so some sentences might not make sense because I have forgotten editing them.

This guide is basically what I have learned over a year, it will mostly be compromised of my opinion from what I have experienced and various compilations of other guides and videos from streamers and pro players. This is intended for new players only, so please take heed if you are an experienced player.

There will be 3 key areas that I will be discussing in this guide. They are hardware, knowledge and skill. These 3 will be your fundamental information in getting better in this game. I won't be talking about individual operators and maps because that will take a very long time and I don't want to write a book about it. This guide is made in a general sense of things.

II. Hardware

What can I say about Hardware but that it is very important when it comes to online gaming especially a competitive game like R6:Siege because it dictates your performance input and output. The lowest potato computer I would recommend when playing this game is an i3 cpu, gtx 1050 gpu, 8gb ram and whatever amd build equivalent. An ssd and fast internet also vastly helps.

The ideal situation would be having a higher hz monitor with a bigger screen, good peripherals and a huge mousepad for starters. You don't need to buy the most expensive brand, if you look up my profile you can see all I have are entry builds.

GOLDEN RULE: Always wear headphones/earphones because sound is a big factor in this game also have a mic to communicate with your team.

My ingame graphical settings (which is tested and based on a lot of streamers and pro players):

Resolution - Maximum native, fullscreen with vsync off and max monitor hz (wider view for advantage)
FOV - 90 (wider view for advantage)
Texture - Medium (you can turn this higher if your rig can handle it)
Filtering - Linear (additional fps)
LOD - High (so you can see high detail from afar, if a player is camping in the dark or whatnot, you may turn it higher if your rig can handle it)
Shading - Low (additional fps)
Shadow - Medium (so you can see the shadow of a roaming player, if you turn this to low you won't see it, you may turn it higher if your rig can handle it)
Reflection - Low (additional fps)
Everything Else - Off (remove worthless effects and for additional fps)

Sound settings (Dynamic Range):

Hifi - Makes everything louder
Tv - My personal choice, balanced. I can hear footsteps better and still know how far a gunshot is.
Night mode - Quieter gun shots, loudest footsteps (most popular choice, I also use it sometimes).

My ingame mouse settings (PREFERENTIAL, so test which works best for you):

note: You will need the mouse app/driver to adjust the cpi and polling rate. If it does not have an app from the disk that came with it or the brand/vendor website then buy a mouse that does have adjustable parameters.

Mouse CPI - 800 (stay within 400-1200 because you need accuracy for this game)
Polling Rate - 1000hz / 1ms (for that flicks)
Multiplier - 0.02 (default) (I tried experimenting on this but ♥♥♥♥ it I kept it default to avoid headache)
Raw Input - Off (this sometimes gives players problems later on depending on the patch update so I turn it off)
Sens Hor - 20 (this is what worked for me with 800 cpi, best if you experiment with your cpi)
Sens Ver - 20 (this is what worked for me with 800 cpi, best if you experiment with your cpi)
Sens Ads - 35 (this is the sensitivity when you right click your mouse and aim with your sight and this is what worked for me with 800 cpi, best if you experiment with your cpi)

III. Knowledge Part 1

This is most important aspect of the game that separates the potatoes (noobs) and the tomatoes (tryhards). This basically covers character mastery, map mastery, attachments, awareness, movement, destructibles and ranks.

Before I start discussing the knowledge subjects, please start playing the game as a newbie by finishing the situations (tutorials) with 3 stars and practicing terrorist hunt solo from normal to realistic as you get better and faster.

GOLDEN RULE: Reminding you again that you need earphones and a mic to play this game well. Having earphones will let you know where the enemy is coming or shooting from. The mic helps you communicate with your team mates the area call outs where the enemy is last seen, please just say it once audibly so you won't mic spam your team mates and they can hear the enemy.

Character Mastery: About the individual operators, you need to read and watch youtube videos about them then practice them one by one to learn their skills, weapons, gadgets and capabilities so that you may effectively use them properly or counter them.

Armor trait defines the amount of damage you negate and how heavy and noisy you are (Higher values is thicker and noisier). These are usually your Anchors on defense where they stay on site.

Speed trait defines your movement parameters when walking, running and crouching including sneaking which is the alt button (Higher values is zoom zoom). These are usually your Roamers on defense where they stalk their prey. This is usually my playstyle.

Weapon Attachments:

Supressor - Generally frowned upon because it diminishes the weapon's damage. Only used when using sneaking tactics because it doesn't show bullet trail and has the most miniscule sound effect.

Flash hider - The most balanced barrel attachment. This is my go to personal favorite on all my guns.

Compensator - Mostly used for full auto weapons that are great at cqb like the vector .45

Muzzle Brake - The best attachment for semi-automatic weapons especially all pistols.

Extended Barrel - The black sheep of the attachments, it is a tryhard. All it does is extend the range of the weapon, it pales in comparison to the others.

Laser Sight - Only used for cqb, mostly shotgun and pistols during hip firing (no ads) but it is a double edge sword because it lets the opponents know where you are.

Vertical Grip - It reduces recoil and helps in hip firing but I prefer the Angle Grip better.

Angle Grip - This is another favorite of mine because it reduces the ads animation time meaning you can enter ads mode much faster. This grip has saved my life many times before.

Sight and when to use - ACOG for long range engagements (holding a hallway or spawn peeking) or Holo (for close quarter combat, it is the best sight for cqb because it has the most visible area and smallest dot).

Attacker Regular Gadgets -

1. Breaching Charge, used to destroy wooden panels (window and doorway) also wood walls for passage and ceilings for peek downs. They cannot destroy concrete or metal.

2. Drone, your most important tool that helps you survive because it is basically a wall hack. Don't let your first drone get destroyed, its priority should help you get inside the building safely. Never scan the enemies because it will alert them and your drone will light up like r2-d2 on drugs revealing itself to enemies.

3. Frag Grenade, very useful in getting free kills from static enemies. Just hold G or your grenade button and let it tick for 3 times before you let go so that they won't have time to react. Throw them in vents, windows, doorways, etc make them bounce or shoot them like kobe (rip).

4. Rappel, this lets you become spiderman but becareful of nearby windows or doorways because they might come out and shoot you because it makes sound especially when a window or door has a hole in it. Also it is harder to aim and shoot when in this position.

5. Smoke Grenade, for obvious and common sense reasons since counter-strike this helps you block visual aide of any sort so use them during bomb plants or on mira windows or places where you think an enemy might shoot from.

6. Stun Grenade, again refer to counter-stike flash bang, rush b.

7. Claymore, plant this parallel in the floor near windows and doorways even stairways where enemies might walk through so you won't be backstabbed by a pedo easily.

Defender Regular Gadgets -

1. Barbed Wire - this helps slow the enemy down and if they walk over it or try to destroy it you will hear it.

2. Barricades - these are the wooden ♥♥♥♥ you can infinitely place in windows and doorways, only advisable during the 30 seconds because if you put it up you are defenseless.

3. Bulletproof Camera - especially useful in long hallways or places out of melee reach from the attackers so they will think twice before pushing that zone.

4. Camera - the Defender's wall hack, with map mastery if you know where camera is destroyed it is obvious that the attacker is nearby that particular camera.

5. Deployable Shield - best to place them in doorways so attackers need to think twice pushing a door or place it in front of yourself in a camping location like a turtle.

6. Nitro Cell - we call this the meteor jam because you shoot it like a basketball and it explodes after clicking it again. It sticks to surfaces like walls and ceilings for another easy kill.

7. Impact Grenade - mostly used for making rotation holes in walls or hatches for defenders which is extremely useful.

8. Reinforcement - a metal structure that is hard to breach unless against hard breachers, it is also bulletproof. Before you put it up make sure you have many holes on the soft wall so you can hear the other side.

IV. Knowledge Part 2

As I added new stuff it just made it longer and now I can't add to the previous section so I will be continuing here...

Awareness: This involves a mixture of character and map mastery but in general it is about mentality and information gathering. Keeping track of what is happening from the start until the end of the game. Remember where the holes are, what's broken and breached. Is it safe here or there? most newbies never keep track of their surroundings and often die carelessly.

Just keep paying attention to your surroundings and team mates information call outs. Another important aspect of awareness are listening skills, remember that holes in the walls help you hear the other side better. So shoot a wall before you reinforce it or shoot the soft side of a reinforced wall.

Movement: This is pretty situational which involves a lot of awareness so that you may decide if you should walk, run, crouch or prone. Proning is often ridiculed but it works wonders when holding an angle but is never a good idea to move while proning. I also use proning when an opponent is careless and is upside down rappelling peeking through the window.

The goal when moving, peeking or holding is to make yourself as small as a target possible. Another aspect is sneaking (alt key) it is also not widely used by others but I use it half of the time as a roamer when backstabbing opponents because some of them have super hearing. Only use it when you have a lot of time to spare because you are super slow and might need to run at times to backstab effectively.

It is also noteworthy that you make noise when stepping on debris, like glass shards and broken objects so avoid them when you want to stay quiet. Also remember where the metal detectors are on the maps to avoid them or use them as a bait which also works with grenade noise as bait.

For newbies, you should get used to peeking using the Q and E keys because they help you peek while making yourself a small target which will give you a peeker's advantage due to the ping difference and you might caught the defender offguard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkCWEWwARAg

Also always stay as far away as much as possible when peeking to get a better view of things and see the opponent first than him. Then always clear the room like a special forces would do via slicing the pie unless you have droned the area by yourself or an ally then you may proceed as you were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhYKl2sB8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYtbzapxD0

There is a situation in shooting games where you are in a scenario what I infamously call a "DEAD TO RIGHTS" situation which means you are most likely to be killed soon after the fact because you did something wrong (you didn't drone an area, didn't pay attention to rotation holes or similar peek holes, misanalyzed a footstep origin, etc) what you should do when caught down with your pants in the open without cover during the exchange of gunfire is try to keep moving left to right while using the Q and E keys which basically means don't be a static dummy target (some annoying people even spams crouch), always make it harder for your opponent to hit you.

This dodging maneuver has saved me countless times because many guns require high level of skill due to the nature of their recoil pattern and not everyone has that skill while shooting a moving target. For example Ela's fast Scorpion Evo (with random recoil and cone due to a recent nerf) has a hard time hitting a target that moves left to right when using full auto but generally you don't want to be caught in the open because it is never an ideal situation for you but even when you know you are sure dead during this "DEAD TO RIGHTS" encounter still try your best to dodge.

Map Mastery: There is not much to be said but to refer you to this website https://www.r6maps.com/ for map callouts and youtube for reinforcement, spawn peeks and rotation holes. The only thing worth mentioning is that you should open up the site when playing secure area hence making it a kill box.

Destructibles: Now it's time to talk about an important feature that separated this game from the rest. Destructibles. Most of the things in this game can break and be shot through. It is important to distinguish what is wood, concrete and metal so that you can be aware what not to hide against, above, beside or below.

You can make rotation holes or peek downs with explosives (nades, breaching charge, c4) or shotguns that will help you get a kill. You can even make a kill/peep hole with just a bullet when holding an angle. With destruction you can either use it to your advantage or disadvantage, this is why it is important to drone out a room to watch out for these.

Ranks: A short insight into ranks and what they mean.

Copper - Hello what is shooting game?
Bronze - The newbies.
Silver - The casuals.
Gold - The tryhards.
Platinum - The cream of the crop, these people have either skill or luck.
Diamond - The Kings, they have mastered every aspect of this game.
Champion - The Gods aka Streamers and Pros that make money off the game and it is their life.

Remember again the GOLDEN RULE: blah blah blah for the nth time, mic and earphones.

V. Skill

A comparatively short segment of this guide and the most common question is how to get better. The answer is always hard work. You won't get better if you don't keep trying and practicing. This is why the 5000 hour player is better than the 500 hour player in any game because of experience.

Start by spamming terrorist hunt (normal - hard - realistic) first then move up to quick play, whether you win or lose, never give up or quit the match because quitters never get better. From losing or dying atleast you learn from it and prevent it from happening again. I am always learning from quick play or ranked, meeting new people is always fun.

Also it is ill-advised to play Rank alone (Gold and above) so do it with your own friends otherwise you won't have the necessary teamwork and communication required to go to the higher levels but always remember the Golden Rule to always wear earphones and have a mic.

Tips and Tricks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvwNmA6_9A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MXt2xAfsWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNo65SXgYHo

p.s. Don't forget to take breaks and enjoy life, remember this is just a game. You have a life outside it where you have responsibilities to attend to for yourself or for others. Don't neglect them especially family time.

VI. Known Errors

1. Low fps while using Discord - disable Discord overlay and disable hardware acceleration in Discord.

2. Mouse stuttering/lag (happens only when playing R6) - Remove any antivirus especially Avast. If it doesn't work you need to update all your drivers. Temporary fix is using vsync frame 1 or frame 2.

3. Low fps even with a decent computer - Close other apps, keep the game open alone only. If it doesn't work try lowering the settings or upgrade your computer :P check for viruses/temp/usage. Sometimes all you need is some dust cleaning and new thermal paste.

note: I will try my best to keep adding and updating these.

VII. Ending

Thank you for reading my guide, hopefully it helped you have fun with Rainbow Six: Siege :) also did I mention I am stuck in Gold Elo hell because I lack a team to play with and I don't bother trying to master any of what I said because I am so busy with school and work :(

Also it helps if you rate and share this with a lot of people! so I can be inspired to make new guides. I will also try my best to update and add more information overtime because I started and finished it while I am sleepy in the early morning hours.

Special Thanks to the people below that have helped me in my R6 Meme Journey and the bulk of this guide's information came from their hardwork and dedication to improving the playerbase skill and knowledge (you also should watch from them and to subscribe and like their channels).

Rogue-9 (In-depth tutorial for almost everything statistical - R6 Wiki Vlog)
Reaper_EN (In-depth tutorial for tactics and strategies - advanced)
Gregor (tutorial for Operators - newbies must watch)
TheGodlyNoob (tutorial - newbies must watch)
GetFlanked (tutorial - newbies must watch)
VarsityGaming (tutorial - check out his Siege School playlist newbies must watch)
MacieJay (gameplay highlights - somewhat important so you can learn tricks)
Beaulo (gameplay highlights - somewhat important so you can learn tricks)
JagerHimself (memes - help you motivate and relieve stress from the game)
AnthonyPit1 (memes - help you motivate and relieve stress from the game)

Artwork - From Pixiv, Artstation, Pinterest (still trying to track down original authors). If you are an original author please contact me and I would love to credit and thank you for your work :)

p.s. I know you can and will get better than me also remember the GOLDEN RULE.

[GunsAhoy]

0.00223 im thinking this?

[GunsAhoy]

nice good guide , you did good , peace
i wanted to see if i should be 0.02 or 0.002

[Moonionist]

imagine not using the dinner plate as Tachanka

[saiijiko]

whats ur rank

[studiousdewsh]

Keep raw mouse input ON. If you don't your aim will not be what your hand does.

[You Mad Bro?]

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[Gramr]

How to deal with ping? Sometimes it is 43 and then suddenly it jumps to 563.

[bknchz]

You forgot to mention one thing: never buy the basic game without any operators opened. It will cause a lot of stress for new players cuz they must play the same operators for a VERY long time if they want to buy a new one. Of course, it is not a problem if the individual enjoys the gameplay and don't really mind it but i really had a lot of regrets after buying standart edition... (Sorry for my bad english :p)

[MRcleandirty]

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[Timbo]

L O R D Tachanka is building an army. This SMG tank and L O R D Tachanka are against memedog.
Copy and Paste this all over steam guides if you are with us.
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