Best Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege

With a great Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege, players can assist the entire attacking team by opening up high-priority reinforced walls and putting defenders in uncomfortable positions. Thermite specializes in breaching and support capabilities and is an important operator in any attacker lineup. He comes equipped with potent primary weapons and secondary gadgets, which make him the core of an objective-focused team.

Thermite is an attacker with a two-speed two-armor kit and brings strategy to the table with hard breach capabilities. This will force defenders to think of alternative defensive setups to try and counter breachers.

In this article, we shall examine the most optimal Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege and explore how players can utilize their kit optimally.

Note: This article is subjective and is based on the author's opinion.

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Best Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege for Operation Collision Point

Thermite is a member of the Redhammer squad in R6 (Image via Ubisoft)

Released with the game during its initial release, Thermite is one of the primary Pathfinder operators and the game's earliest hard breacher. He is capable of opening reinforced walls bigger than the average hitbox of operators, making sure that attackers have no trouble getting in and out of the breach.

Also known as Jordan Trace, Thermite hails from Plano, Texas. He is a member of the Redhammer Squad in Rainbow Six Siege. The Exothermic charges that he utilizes to breach open reinforced walls use a specialized reaction that is able to burn a hole through the toughest of walls.

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Primary weapon choices for the best Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege

The primary weapon in a Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege (Image via Ubisoft)

The most opted-for primary weapon found in a Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege is the 556XI. It is a short-range automatic assault rifle that has a low stopping power and low destructibility. Despite that, it imparts Thermite to a degree of lethality that allows this operator to get out of sticky situations.

The 556XI can do 47 damage per bullet, and combined with its fire rate of 690rpm, makes it a powerful rifle during a round. Its magazine capacity of 30+1 rounds ensures Thermite can take multiple gunfights. This weapon has little vertical and horizontal recoil and can be used to quickly eliminate defenders because of its short time-to-kill (TTK).

Weapon	556XI
Muzzle	Flash hider (to reduce burst recoil)
Grip	Vertical grip (to reduce vertical recoil)
Underbarrel	Laser (to reduce ADS time)

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The primary shotgun in a Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege (Image via Ubisoft)

The M1014 is a primary semi-automatic shotgun that is effective in medium to close ranges. It has a high trigger rate but comes with low firepower, which can make it a hit-or-miss weapon with low reliability at times.

The magazine capacity of 8 shells makes it even harder to reliably use this primary weapon, making it the worst primary weapon choice among the two weapons Thermite has.

Weapon	M1014
Sight	Iron sight (to reduce ADS time)
Underbarrel	Laser (to reduce ADS time)

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Secondary gadget choices for the best Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege

Secondary gadgets in a Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege (Image via Ubisoft)

The secondary gadgets available in a Thermite loadout in Rainbow Six Siege allow this operator to further assist his team by supporting them in various ways. This attacker has two Flash grenades or two Smoke grenades in his arsenal. The choice between the two comes down to the attacker lineup's plans on how they want to hit the objective site.

Be it clearing corners with Flash grenades or cutting off defender lines-of-sight with Smokes, Thermite has the option to do it all.

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How to play Thermite in Rainbow Six Siege

Deploying an Exothermic charge in Rainbow Six Siege (Image via Ubisoft)

Playing Thermite requires utmost coordination and in-depth map knowledge. These will ensure that the two Exothermite charges are put to good use since, more often than not, this primary gadget is prone to destruction to a little tactic used by defenders called Bandit or Kaid tricking. With Tubarao in the roster, Thermite has more obstacles in his way to effectively breach open a wall.

To ensure maximum breach possibility, make sure you effectively use your drones to figure out the defender lineup and ensure you have all the information regarding the anti-breach gadgets. Upon the onset of the action phase, ensure that you are aware and safe from all the possible runout and jump out points available in any particular map and its corresponding attacker spawn.

To ensure your survivability, spawning closest to the wall you have to breach for a round is highly recommended. Communicate with your team on how they want to assist you with clearing out the anti-breach gadgets. These could happen in various ways, like EMP grenades, Maverick torches, explosives of various kinds (Cluster charges, Frag grenades), Argus camera laser, and so on.

After the anti-breach is taken care of, make sure that you are safe from any form of bandit-tricking or kaid-tricking. If not, coordinate with your teammates to ensure you can take out or counter the said defenders, Bandit and Kaid. Following this, Breach open the required walls, and proceed with your team to utilize your secondary utility and successfully plant the Defuser and win the round.

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