Who counters Vigil in Rainbow Six Siege?

Dokkaebi, Jackal, IQ and Thatcher. Dokkaebi: Logic Bomb still rings his phone, revealing him by sound. Hunts down Vigil. Jackal: footprints still show; Eyenox now 12 m and works through broken ceilings. IQ: Electronics Detector shows the active ERC-7 through walls.

Who pairs well with Vigil?

Mute: Blind them. Caveira: Double roam.

Vigil: counters, combos and tips

Q: What does Vigil counter?

Deimos, Grim, Lion, Solid Snake and Iana. Deimos: DeathMARK cannot track him while cloaked, and he never gets identified on cams. ERC-7 blocks Deimos's DeathMARK. Grim: Kawan Hive swarms can't mark him; he can walk through them. Shuts down Grim. Lion: doesn't trigger the EE-ONE-D scan if cloaked before the scan. Shuts down Lion.

Q: What is Vigil's gadget?

ERC-7. ERC-7 Electronic Rendering Cloak: while on (15 s max since Y11S1.3, needs 25% charge) Vigil is erased from every attacker camera feed and from tracking pings (Lion, Grim, Deimos, Solid Snake's radar); footprints, sound and his phone are not hidden.

Defender · Ghosteyes · roamer, anti-intel (self)

Vigil is countered by Dokkaebi, Jackal and IQ. Vigil counters Deimos, Grim and Lion. Vigil pairs best with Mute and Caveira.

Vigil's gadget: ERC-7

ERC-7 Electronic Rendering Cloak: while on (15 s max since Y11S1.3, needs 25% charge) Vigil is erased from every attacker camera feed and from tracking pings (Lion, Grim, Deimos, Solid Snake's radar); footprints, sound and his phone are not hidden.

Who counters Vigil?

DokkaebiStrongLogic Bomb still rings his phone, revealing him by sound. Hunts down Vigil.
JackalStrongfootprints still show; Eyenox now 12 m and works through broken ceilings.
IQSituationalElectronics Detector shows the active ERC-7 through walls.
ThatcherSituationalEMP disables the ERC-7 (only if Vigil is in the blast).

What does Vigil counter?

DeimosHard counterDeathMARK cannot track him while cloaked, and he never gets identified on cams. ERC-7 blocks Deimos's DeathMARK.
GrimHard counterKawan Hive swarms can't mark him; he can walk through them. Shuts down Grim.
LionHard counterdoesn't trigger the EE-ONE-D scan if cloaked before the scan. Shuts down Lion.
Solid SnakeStronginvisible on the Soliton Radar. Invisible on the Soliton Radar.
IanaSituationalthe Gemini hologram can't see him.
ZeroSituationalinvisible on Argus cams.

Best Vigil combos

MuteBlind them.
CaveiraDouble roam.

Vigil myths

Deimos counters Vigil. ERC-7 completely nullifies DeathMARK while active (Ubisoft and wiki). Already FIXED in the model; keep it.
Lion's scan catches Vigil / Solid Snake beats Vigil. A cloaked Vigil doesn't trigger EE-ONE-D and is invisible on the Soliton Radar. Correct as FIXED.
Vigil hard-counters Twitch / Flores. He is invisible to their drones, but their job is to destroy defender gadgets (Twitch) or blow up utility (Flores), which ERC-7 doesn't stop. At most a minor interaction (strength 1), not a counter rule.
Vigil doesn't counter Iana. The Gemini hologram can't see a cloaked Vigil, so he does deny her scouting of him (minor).

Key Vigil facts (Y11S3)

ERC-7 max duration raised to 15 s (from 12) and full refill to 15 s (from 12). (since Y11S1.3 (patch 11.1.3, May 5 2026))
While active, Vigil is invisible on all attacker camera feeds: recon drones, Twitch Shock Drones, Flores RCE-RATERO, Brava Kludge, Zero Argus cams, Iana's Gemini hologram, and defender cameras hacked by Dokkaebi. It only edits the picture: he can still be heard, and shooting, sprinting or deploying makes him glitch visible. (since Y2S4 (launch), current)
Vigil does not trigger Lion's EE-ONE-D or Grim's Kawan Hive pings while ERC-7 is on (it must be on before he is detected; if he was already pinged it does nothing). (since launch / Grim Y7S1)
ERC-7 nullifies Deimos's DeathMARK while active: Deimos cannot start tracking a cloaked Vigil, and the cloak also hides his identity so he is never 'identified' for a DeathMARK. (since Y9S1 (Deimos release))
ERC-7 renders Vigil invisible on Solid Snake's Soliton Radar. (since Y11S1 (Snake release))
Jackal still sees Vigil's footprints (the cloak only hides him from visual electronic monitoring); Eyenox range is 12 m since Y10S4.2 and footprints are scannable from below through a destroyed ceiling since Y11S1.2. (since launch; range Y10S4.2)
Dokkaebi's Logic Bomb still hacks Vigil's phone (it rings and gives his spot away); ERC-7 only removes him from the hacked camera feeds afterwards. (since launch)
Thatcher's EMP and Impact EMPs switch the ERC-7 off for a while; IQ's detector sees the ERC-7 pack when it is on; Twitch's dart no longer disables it (only shows blood and a grunt).
SMG-12 (one of Vigil's secondaries) damage cut to 16 (from 28) and magazine to 22. (since Y11S3 (patch 11.3.0, Sep 1 2026))

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