Who counters Bandit in Rainbow Six Siege?

Kali, Maverick, Thatcher, Brava and Flores. Kali: LV Lance destroys the batteries through the wall. LV Lance kills the batteries. Maverick: the torch ignores electricity. Switches off Bandit. Thatcher: EGS disables the batteries for 15 s from range. Switches off Bandit.

Who pairs well with Bandit?

Kaid: Double shock. Jäger: ADS guards the batteries. Wamai: Mag-NET guards the batteries. Mute: Shock and jam.

Bandit: counters, combos and tips

Q: What does Bandit counter?

Ace, Hibana, Thermite and Nomad. Ace: SELMAs don't work on electrified walls. Hibana: pellets are destroyed on an electrified wall. Denies Hibana's breach. Thermite: an electrified wall cooks the exothermic charge. Denies Thermite's breach.

Q: What is Bandit's gadget?

CED-1 Shock Wire. Four batteries that electrify a reinforced wall, barbed wire or deployable shield, destroying breach charges, Thermite charges, Hibana pellets, Ace SELMAs and drones that touch it. Since Siege X, electricity slows operators but no longer damages them.

Defender · Wolfguard · wall denial (shock), light roam

Bandit is countered by Kali (LV Lance destroys the batteries through the wall), Maverick (the torch ignores electricity) and Thatcher (EGS disables the batteries for 15 s from range). Bandit counters Ace (SELMAs don't work on electrified walls), Hibana (pellets are destroyed on an electrified wall) and Thermite (an electrified wall cooks the exothermic charge). Bandit pairs best with Kaid, Jäger and Wamai.

Bandit's gadget: CED-1 Shock Wire

Four batteries that electrify a reinforced wall, barbed wire or deployable shield, destroying breach charges, Thermite charges, Hibana pellets, Ace SELMAs and drones that touch it. Since Siege X, electricity slows operators but no longer damages them.

Who counters Bandit?

KaliHard counterLV Lance destroys the batteries through the wall. LV Lance kills the batteries.
MaverickHard counterthe torch ignores electricity. Switches off Bandit.
ThatcherHard counterEGS disables the batteries for 15 s from range. Switches off Bandit.
BravaStrongthe Kludge destroys Shock Wires on hack.
FloresStrongRCE drone destroys batteries.
TwitchStrongshock drone darts kill batteries (Bandit's are easier to find than Kaid's claws).
IQSituationalfinds the batteries through walls.
ZeroSituationalArgus camera laser destroys batteries.

What does Bandit counter?

AceHard counterSELMAs don't work on electrified walls.
HibanaHard counterpellets are destroyed on an electrified wall. Denies Hibana's breach.
ThermiteHard counteran electrified wall cooks the exothermic charge. Denies Thermite's breach.
NomadSituationalAirjabs that touch electrified objects are destroyed.

Best Bandit combos

KaidDouble shock.
JägerADS guards the batteries. Strongest on Border.
WamaiMag-NET guards the batteries. Strongest on Border.
MuteShock and jam.
MaestroShock and Evil Eye.
TubarãoStacked wall denial. Strongest on Kafe Dostoyevsky.
MiraHold the site together.

Where Bandit is strong

Bandit tricks the Jacuzzi wall to waste attacker time. Sites: Clubhouse Bedroom / Gym.

Bandit myths

Bandit beats Kali. Kali's LV Lance is electric-proof and destroys Shock Wires through the wall (already dropped as bandit>kali).
Ram beats Bandit (top floor). There is no interaction. The BU-GI cuts soft floors and can't breach reinforced walls, so Bandit can't stop it and Ram doesn't switch Bandit off. Ram only makes Bandit less relevant on sites attacked from above.

Key Bandit facts (Y11S3)

Shock Wires destroy breach and hard-breach charges, Thermite's exothermic charges, Hibana's X-KAIROS pellets, Ace's SELMAs, all drones (Twitch, Flores, Kludge), Nomad's Airjabs and Zero's cameras that touch the electrified surface.
Siege X electricity rework: electricity no longer damages operators (a temporary slow instead), no longer tells teams apart, and destroys defender devices too, so defenders can't stack their own gadgets (ADS, C4) on an electrified wall. (since Y10S2 (Operation Daybreak, Siege X launch))
Maverick's torch breaches electrified walls; electricity does not stop it.
Kali's LV Lance destroys Shock Wires even through a reinforced wall. Twitch, Zero, Flores and Brava's Kludge (destroys them on hack) also kill them, and Thatcher's E.G.S. Disruptor disables them for 15 s from up to 10 m. (since Thatcher numbers from the Y10S4 remaster)
Ram's BU-GI is purely mechanical and unaffected by electricity, but it never breaches reinforced walls anyway; Bandit and Ram simply don't interact. (since Y8S3)
Y10S2.2 bug fix: "FIXED - Thermite's Exothermic Charge and the Hard Breach Charge are not destroyed by electricity if they're deployed before electricity is active." So charges placed before Bandit plugs in ARE destroyed again, and the late-plug 'Bandit trick' works in Siege X. (since Y10S2.2 (July 2025))

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