Who counters Lion in Rainbow Six Siege?

Vigil and Mute. Vigil: ERC-7 hides his movement from the scan. Shuts down Lion. Mute: Defenders in a jammer radius are not pinged; Lion cannot scan from inside one. Shuts down Lion.

Who pairs well with Lion?

Buck: Scan, then shoot down. Sledge: Scan, then shoot down. Jackal: Track and scan. Dokkaebi: Scan and ring.

Lion: counters, combos and tips

Q: What does Lion counter?

Caveira. Caveira: Freezes roamers who need to move; any movement during the scan is pinged.

Q: What is Lion's gadget?

EE-ONE-D. Three map-wide scans (1.5 s warning, 2 s scan, 15 s cooldown) that ping every defender who moves during the scan for the whole attack team, through walls.

Attacker · Wolfguard · intel, roamer pressure, post-plant/retake denial

Lion is countered by Vigil (ERC-7 hides his movement from the scan) and Mute. Lion counters Caveira. Lion pairs best with Buck, Sledge and Jackal.

Lion's gadget: EE-ONE-D

Three map-wide scans (1.5 s warning, 2 s scan, 15 s cooldown) that ping every defender who moves during the scan for the whole attack team, through walls.

Who counters Lion?

VigilHard counterERC-7 hides his movement from the scan. Shuts down Lion.
MuteStrongDefenders in a jammer radius are not pinged; Lion cannot scan from inside one. Shuts down Lion.

What does Lion counter?

CaveiraStrongFreezes roamers who need to move; any movement during the scan is pinged.

Best Lion combos

BuckScan, then shoot down.
SledgeScan, then shoot down.
JackalTrack and scan.
DokkaebiScan and ring.

Lion myths

Lion > Vigil. ERC-7 blocks the pings: Vigil counters Lion, not the other way (model FIX is correct).
Mozzie > Lion. Mozzie only hacks ground drones; EE-ONE-D is untouchable.

Key Lion facts (Y11S3)

Defenders who change position during the 2 s scan are marked with repeated pings visible to all attackers; turning, crouching or using gadgets is not detected, but dropping through a hatch is. (since Y4S1.3 rework)
The drone flies over the map and cannot be destroyed; it is not a ground drone, so Mozzie cannot hack it.
Vigil's active ERC-7 hides his movement from EE-ONE-D pings.
Defenders inside a Mute Signal Disruptor's radius are not pinged; Lion himself cannot start a scan while inside a jammer.
Pro presence: played in 14% of all rounds in SiegeGG-tracked matches (time window not stated, likely cumulative, so older operators are favoured). (since siege.gg, read 2026-10-20)

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