Ubisoft revealed Rainbow Six Siege’s Y8S4 Operation Deep Freeze yesterday, and apart from the new map and operator, there are some important balancing changes coming.
The new season of Rainbow Six Siege Operation Deep Freeze will introduce the Portuguese operator Tubarão, a new ‘Lair’ map, new game modes, and a lot more.
We have covered all the big changes coming to Siege in Y8S4, which you can find here. However, Ubisoft has now shared the Y8S4 patch notes, which include some new updates that were not mentioned during the reveal panel.
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R6S Y8S4 Operation Deep Freeze Patch Notes
One of the biggest changes of the new season is the Frag Grenade nerf, where the devs have removed the ability to cook the grenades. So now, players will only be able to throw the Frag Grenade, but it will have a similar mechanic to the Stun grenade, where the fuse time decreases to 2 seconds after the first bounce.
This nerf allowed the devs to give Frag grenades to multiple new operators, therefore reducing the must-pick nature of certain operators.
Apart from that, the balancing changes include Mira Windows now being able to be countered by Ash and Kali’s primary gadgets. The bulletproof glass will be shattered if a Drilling Projectile explodes successfully after drilling into it.
On the other hand, Maestro has been given an extra Evil Eye and the active time has been increased to 6 seconds (from 5). However, the cooldown time has also been elongated to 6 seconds from 5.
Operator Balancing
MIRA
- The bulletproof glass of Mira’s Black Mirror can also be shattered if a projectile drills into it and explodes from the inside (Ash & Kali).
OSA
- Replaced Smoke Grenades with Frag Grenades.
CAPITÃO
- Add EMP Impact Grenade as a 3rd option.
LION
- Replaced EMP Impact Grenades with Frag Grenades.
- Removed the Gonne-6.
GRIM
- Replaced Breach Charge with EMP Impact Grenades.
- Removed the Breach Charge.
IQ
- Added Frag Grenades.
BLACKBEARD
- Replaced EMP Impact Grenades with Frag Grenades.
SENS
- Added Frag Grenades.
- Removed the Gonne-6.
MAESTRO
- Drilling projectiles will shatter the bulletproof glass when exploding if they hit on the glass.
- Increase active time to 6 seconds (from 5).
- Increase cooldown time to 6 seconds (from 5).
- Number of Evil Eyes increased to 3 (from 2).
Weapon Balancing
552 COMMANDO
- Damage: 43hp (from 47)
- Stronger vertical and horizontal recoil.
FRAG GRENADE
- Removed the ability to cook the grenade.
- Reduced the initial fuse time to 4 seconds (from 5).
- Added the “Stun Grenade” cooking system, reducing the fuse time after the first bounce to 2 seconds.
You can read the full patch notes on Ubisoft’s official website.
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