LionLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Lion, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
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- P9Rasco100's pick
- LFP586
- Frag GrenadeNotJoeyBlack's pick
- Claymore
- Stun Grenade
- NotJoeyBlack: I would recommend frag grenades unless you really feel like running stun grenades.
- Rasco100: I'm going to go P9 pistol.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick.
Where the creators disagreed
- Sight: shown Magnified, Rasco100 says 1x.
- Grip: shown Horizontal, Rasco100 says Angled.
Other primaries Lion can carry
- SG-CQB
- V308
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.
Lion picks his moment to scan and then acts on it, and a Dread Mine field is what makes acting on it impossible for the seconds that matter.
Caveira's Silent Step answers sound. The EE-ONE-D answers movement, so a scan mid-hunt pins her whether or not she made a noise, and standing still is the only out.
Smoke repositions to whichever choke the push commits to, and that reposition is movement, which is the one thing a Lion scan reads.
Common questions
Is Lion an Attacker or Defender?
Lion 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 Lion?
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 Lion 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.