Rainbow Six Siege | Official 'Operation Heavy Mettle Ram' Gameplay Overview Video
Rainbow Six Siege is introducing Ram to the game with Operation Heavy Mettle. Get the rundown on Ram's kit including her unique gadget the BU-GI Auto-Breacher, an armored drone that tears apart destructible floors, busts through barricades, and wrecks Defender traps as it rolls autonomously forward on its path. Operation Heavy Mettle launches with Ram for Rainbow Six Siege on August 29 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and PC.
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00:00 [GUNFIRE]
00:04 Operation Heavy Metal is bringing something big
00:07 to Rainbow Six Siege, something destructive, something--
00:12 Sweet Harry's Ghost, what is that noise?
00:16 Why is everything exploding?
00:18 What are the actual footprints?
00:20 The chaos you're seeing is the work of the Boogie Auto Breacher.
00:24 This rolling riot wrecks anything destructible in its path
00:29 and ensures you'll always know when Ram, the new South Korean
00:32 operator, is in the round.
00:35 The third season of year eight of Rainbow Six Siege
00:37 is also delivering operator updates
00:39 for Grim, Fuse, and Frost, a significant change
00:43 to shotguns to increase their efficacy, a new weapon roulette
00:47 mode to mix things up in the permanent arcade playlist,
00:51 and more.
00:53 Let's focus first on Ram, the new attacking operator
00:56 who enters the Siege roster as part of the Red Hammer Squad.
01:00 Led by Thermite, these operators are not
01:03 known for their delicate touch, so Ram fits right in.
01:08 Her loadout primaries include the LMGE light machine
01:11 gun for matching the big and loud theme of her gadget,
01:15 and the R4C assault rifle for more precision work.
01:19 Her secondary options are the ITA-12S,
01:22 one of the beneficiaries of the new shotgun buff,
01:25 and the MK1 9mm pistol.
01:27 Bring along stun grenades or a hard breach charge,
01:31 and Ram is ready to root out her foes no matter where they hide.
01:35 With, of course, the help of her boogie auto breacher,
01:39 which allows her to create chaos in three easy steps.
01:43 Step one, choose the direction you want the boogie to go.
01:46 Straight ahead is the default, but it can also
01:49 curve left or right.
01:51 Just toggle the weapon mode like you do for Kapitao's bolts,
01:54 and that's step one done.
01:56 Step two, drop it on the ground.
01:59 Heave it through a barricade.
02:00 Chuck it at a boarded up window.
02:03 Once it lands, the boogie is ready to boogie.
02:06 Step three, activate.
02:08 Do it right away, or time it perfectly with a team maneuver,
02:13 or wait until you've snuck around to a more advantageous
02:16 position.
02:17 Then let the chaos commence.
02:20 The boogie is custom engineered to pulverize
02:23 a huge swath of destructible floor.
02:26 And because the boogie just goes once activated,
02:30 it means that Ram and her friends
02:32 can find their angles and wait safe
02:34 until the boogie gives them a clear line of sight
02:37 to smite their foes from above.
02:39 The boogie's destructive force applies to whatever
02:42 is in its path as well.
02:44 It has no problems bashing down deployable shields,
02:48 chewing up frost mats, triggering any number of traps,
02:52 even just motoring right through a soft wall.
02:55 And if an unfortunate defender happens
02:58 to be DBNO in the right place at the wrong time, well,
03:03 like I said, unfortunate.
03:06 You've also probably noticed that the boogie creates
03:09 an absolute cacophony.
03:11 And all that noise is a huge strategic asset
03:14 that you can use to cover any number of synchronized breaches
03:18 or fuse cluster chargings.
03:22 Heck, you can probably get off a sneaky diffuser plant
03:25 amidst all the hubbub.
03:26 I mean, will your opponents really
03:29 be able to hear an incoming Omaroo amidst the explosions
03:33 or detect a drone incursion by Twitch or Bravo or Flores?
03:37 [EXPLOSIONS]
03:40 Maybe, but there's something about the noise and the fact
03:44 that the ceiling is turning into a dozen
03:46 deadly vertical sight lines that tends to be very distracting.
03:51 [EXPLOSIONS]
03:52 Now, despite its bulletproof armor and explosive antics,
03:56 the boogie can be stopped.
03:59 An impact grenade or C4 will destroy it,
04:02 as will shooting the red canister
04:05 at the rear of the device.
04:07 Mute can also stop it before it gets started.
04:11 His jammers cut off the signal Ram
04:13 uses to activate her gadget.
04:16 So if the boogie is deployed in a jammer's radius,
04:19 it won't go until the jammer is dealt with.
04:23 Once it's activated, though, it's
04:25 a purely mechanical operation that cannot be jammed,
04:29 won't be stopped by electrified wires,
04:31 and fears neither man nor God.
04:34 The boogie auto breacher is built to break down defenses,
04:38 open up opportunities for vertical play,
04:41 and generally sow chaos and confusion among the defenders
04:44 so that Ram and her teammates can execute their plans.
04:48 [EXPLOSIONS]
04:51 Operation Heavy Metal is also unleashing operator updates
04:56 and a new game mode.
04:57 So let's talk about those for a sec.
05:00 Grim can now toggle his Kawan Hive launcher
05:03 to shoot either sticky projectiles or ones
05:06 that will bounce one time before landing and unleashing
05:10 the beads.
05:11 This gives him more flexibility to deploy his intel gathering
05:15 friends without having to expose his face to his bullet-firing
05:19 enemies.
05:21 Combined with last season's buff that gave him new loadout
05:24 options and increased how quickly his beads deploy,
05:27 how much area they cover, and how long they linger,
05:30 things are looking grim for Grim's enemies.
05:34 Fuses, cluster charges will be deployable
05:37 on deployable shields.
05:39 Now, if that strikes you as a very risky maneuver, I agree.
05:44 You'll also be able to deploy them on Osa's Talon 8 shields,
05:48 as long as you don't mind showing any nearby defenders
05:51 exactly what you're up to.
05:53 And coming later in the season, a change
05:56 to Frost's welcome mats that will
05:58 allow you to remove yourself from the metal jaws of death,
06:03 though you might still want to wait for a teammate's aid
06:06 once you hear this next part.
06:08 After escaping the trap, you are badly hurt,
06:11 meaning you move more slowly, make more noise,
06:16 and leave a blood trail that defenders can easily follow.
06:20 These effects wear off after a time,
06:23 and one day in the twilight of your years,
06:26 you might be able to forget the searing agony
06:29 of your desperate escape.
06:31 But in the meantime, probably best
06:33 to continue avoiding frost mats.
06:36 As for the new game mode in the permanent arcade playlist,
06:40 it's called Weapon Roulette.
06:42 It's team deathmatch with a twist.
06:44 Everyone spawns with the same random weapon,
06:47 and everyone gets the same new random weapon
06:51 once the roulette timer reaches zero.
06:54 It's a fun way to flex your skills across the siege arsenal,
06:57 and you don't really have to worry
06:59 about getting caught switching in the middle of a shootout,
07:02 because your opponent will be having the exact same problem.
07:05 There are a few more neat updates coming
07:07 with Operation Heavy Metal,
07:09 so let's hit a few highlights real quick.
07:11 Shotguns are getting a host of tweaks
07:14 to things like spread, damage, range, and headshot modifier,
07:19 all aims to make them more consistent and reliable.
07:23 You'll also be able to make bigger holes
07:26 in destructible surfaces if you hipfire them while moving,
07:30 all the better to shape the map to your advantage.
07:33 Note that these changes do not affect slug shotguns,
07:37 like the TCSG12, ACS12, and BOSSG.
07:42 You'll also notice a few changes
07:43 when you hop into Quick Match.
07:46 Rounds now begin with a few basic walls already reinforced,
07:50 and a few rotation holes already opened up.
07:54 Plus, in the first few seconds of the round,
07:57 defenders will be unable to shoot outside or run out,
08:02 giving attackers a welcome reprieve from spawn peeking.
08:06 All of these updates and more are coming for free
08:08 to Rainbow Six Siege when Operation Heavy Metal launches.
08:13 The new operator, Ram, and her boogie, Auto Breacher,
08:16 will be unlockable at season launch
08:18 through the Premium Battle Pass
08:20 and available two weeks later for purchase
08:22 with Renown or R6 credits.
08:25 Get the latest Rainbow Six Siege updates
08:27 by subscribing to this channel
08:29 and visit us at news.ubisoft.com.
08:34 (gunshots)
08:36 (explosion)
08:38 (explosion)
08:41 (explosion)
08:44 (eerie music)
08:47 (eerie music)
08:51 (eerie music)
08:53 (whooshing)
08:56 (whooshing)