GridlockLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Gridlock, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
F90
- Super ShortyNotJoeyBlack's pick
- SDP 9mm
- Frag GrenadeRasco100's pick
- Smoke Grenade
- Impact EMP Grenade
- NotJoeyBlack: Skip the M249: a 10% speed penalty on an already one-speed.
- SINOOS: Horizontal because Gridlock is slow.
- NotJoeyBlack: Run the super shorty, because you're always going to run a shotgun over a semi-auto pistol.
- Rasco100: Nades are the go-to.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick.
Where the creators disagreed
- Sight: shown ACOG, Rasco100 says Magnified B.
- Grip: shown Vertical, SINOOS says Horizontal.
Other primaries Gridlock can carry
- M249 SAW
Counters
Rainbow Six counters are gadget interactions, rules of the game rather than statistics, so every pairing here comes from the two operators' own kit pages: the mechanism from whoever wins it, the gadget it beats from whoever brings it.
Gridlock's page says Trax Stingers are destroyed by thermal damage, and the Shumikha Launcher throws heavy incendiary grenades that bounce into the area she just spread them across.
The Volcan Shield's attached incendiary bomb is thermal damage, which Gridlock's own page lists as one of the three things that destroys Trax Stingers, so blocking a path with one clears the spikes in front of it.
Trax Stingers hurt whoever crosses them, and a Stim Pistol gives that back without the Defender leaving the room.
Mozzie sets Pests at floor level to catch drones on the way in. Trax Stingers spread across that same floor and deny the route to anything that walks it.
Oryx trades health for speed through walls. Trax laid on a rotation floor charges him again for the same trip, and his page already notes the dash is not free.
Common questions
Is Gridlock an Attacker or Defender?
Gridlock is an Attacker in Rainbow Six Siege.
Where do these counters come from?
Rainbow Six's counters are mostly deterministic gadget interactions, rules of the game rather than statistics, so we state them from the two operators' own kit pages with no telemetry needed. A pairing is only written where the winning operator's page names the mechanism, which is why plenty of operators here carry none. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.
What is the best loadout for Gridlock?
NotJoeyBlack, Rasco100 and SINOOS publish loadout picks under their own name, and this page credits each of them rather than averaging them into a single answer. We measure nothing ourselves. The list of what Gridlock can equip is the game's own, and is separate from anyone's opinion about it. Statistical data is based on external APIs and publicly available information. It may differ from official data.