Who counters Aruni in Rainbow Six Siege?

Brava, Ram, Thatcher, Finka and Gridlock. Brava: Kludge hacks the gate and turns it on the defenders. Beats Aruni on entry. Ram: BU-GI switches the gate off without dying. Thatcher: EGS shot disables it, and it then stays off until re-armed.

Who pairs well with Aruni?

Mute: Jam and gate. Mira: Hold the site together.

Aruni: counters, combos and tips

Q: What does Aruni counter?

Ash, Capitão, Nomad and Zofia. Ash: gate eats a breaching round (one per gate per cycle). Capitão: gate eats a bolt. Nomad: gate eats an Airjab.

Q: What is Aruni's gadget?

Surya Laser Gate. Launches laser gates onto doorways, windows, hatches or wall holes; a gate burns (30 dmg) any attacker walking through and destroys one thrown object or drone passing through, then shuts off for up to 30 s until a defender shoots its switch to re-arm it.

Defender · Nighthaven · anchor, area denial, utility denial (one projectile per gate)

Aruni is countered by Brava, Ram (BU-GI switches the gate off without dying) and Thatcher. Aruni counters Ash (gate eats a breaching round), Capitão (gate eats a bolt) and Nomad (gate eats an Airjab). Aruni pairs best with Mute and Mira.

Aruni's gadget: Surya Laser Gate

Launches laser gates onto doorways, windows, hatches or wall holes; a gate burns (30 dmg) any attacker walking through and destroys one thrown object or drone passing through, then shuts off for up to 30 s until a defender shoots its switch to re-arm it.

Who counters Aruni?

BravaHard counterKludge hacks the gate and turns it on the defenders. Beats Aruni on entry.
RamStrongBU-GI switches the gate off without dying.
ThatcherStrongEGS shot disables it, and it then stays off until re-armed.
FinkaSituationalAdrenal Surge lets attackers push through a gate.
GridlockSituationaleach Trax stinger can burn one gate while the rest of the canister still works.
IanaSituationalGemini hologram takes the gate's hit and disables it for 30 s.

What does Aruni counter?

AshSituationalgate eats a breaching round (one per gate per cycle).
CapitãoSituationalgate eats a bolt.
NomadSituationalgate eats an Airjab.
ZofiaSituationalgate eats a lifeline grenade.

Best Aruni combos

MuteJam and gate.
MiraHold the site together. Strongest on Oregon.

Where Aruni is strong

Strong pick on Oregon. Sites: Oregon Kids' Dorms / Dorms Main Hall, Oregon Dining Hall / Kitchen, Oregon Kitchen / Meeting Hall, Oregon Laundry Room / Supply Room.

Aruni myths

Aruni hard-counters Brava. It is the other way round: the Kludge hacks Surya Gates and flips them. A gate can only burn a Kludge driven through it, and the gate then shuts off for 30 s.
Aruni is an anti-drone operator. Gates only destroy a drone that passes through the lasers. Doorway gates leave a gap at the bottom that drones drive under, and each gate is spent for 30 s after one kill.

Key Aruni facts (Y11S3)

A Surya Gate destroys any object or drone thrown through it and deals 30 damage to an attacker moving through; after either effect it is deactivated for up to 30 seconds and must be re-armed by shooting the generator. (since Y6S1 (Neon Dawn), current)
Projectiles that disable a gate include Ash's breaching rounds, Zofia's grenades, Capitão's bolts, Nomad's Airjabs, Ace's SELMAs, Flores's RCE drones, Hibana's pellets, Ying's Candelas and Fuze's cluster charge; multi-part gadgets (Fuze, Hibana, Ying, Gridlock) only lose one sub-charge per gate.
On a doorway the gate leaves a gap at the bottom like a barricade, so drones can be driven underneath it; the gate is not a general anti-drone tool.
Brava's Kludge drone hacks Surya Gates and flips their allegiance: the laser no longer switches off for Aruni or her team. The Kludge does not need line of sight, only to stay within range.
Ram's BU-GI thrown into a gate disables it without being destroyed. (since Y8S3)
Thatcher's remastered E.G.S. Disruptor disables a gate for 15 s, after which it falls to its inactive state and must be manually re-armed. (since Y10S4 (Thatcher remaster))
Aruni's prosthetic punch makes Hibana-pellet-sized holes, breaks barricades and hatches in one hit and can destroy Castle panels: free rotations and sightlines.

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