MuteLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Mute, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
SMG-11
- SMG-11NotJoeyBlack's pick
- P226 Mk 25
- Nitro CellNotJoeyBlack's pick
- Bulletproof camera
- NotJoeyBlack: Same as Smoke; the difference is his C4.
- Rasco100: Same as his Smoke; only the gadget differs.
- SINOOS: Muzzle brake for a tighter close range grouping: a flash hider starts tight then spreads.
- NotJoeyBlack: You're going to want to run the C4, because the C4 is broken.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick.
Where the creators disagreed
- Barrel: shown Muzzle Brake, NotJoeyBlack says Flash Hider.
- Under: shown Laser, Rasco100 says None.
Other primaries Mute can carry
- MP5K
- M590A1
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.
Thatcher's E.G.S. Disruptor disables a deployed GC90 Signal Disruptor, reopening the drone and breach lanes it was jamming.
A Shock Drone dart kills the GC90 Signal Disruptor from outside its own jamming bubble, which is the one gadget on the site that would otherwise stop the drone getting there.
Mute's own page names Ash: the GC90 Signal Disruptor stops her M120 CREM Breaching Round detonating, so the ranged soft breach she is built around does not happen.
Ubisoft names Hibana on Mute's page: X-Kairos pellets are detonated remotely, and a Signal Disruptor is what stops that signal arriving.
The KS79 Lifeline fires electronically triggered projectiles, which is what Mute's page means by launched explosives, and a jammer inside the radius stops them going off.
How to play Mute
From Ubisoft's Mute page and the community wiki, in our words.
You get four jammers, and the prep phase is where most of their value lands: set them where drones come in and the attackers start the round blind on site. Each one covers a small circle, roughly two and a half meters, and only sits on the floor, so tuck them beside the doorways and walls you expect drones and breaches to come through. Keep them clear of walls your team is about to reinforce, because a jammer too close to a reinforcement gets destroyed.
Common questions
Is Mute an Attacker or Defender?
Mute is a Defender in Rainbow Six Siege.
What is Mute's unique ability?
Mute's unique ability is the Signal Disruptor, as named on Ubisoft's own Mute page. Every gun and gadget Mute can carry is listed in the loadout card at the top of this page.
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 Mute?
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 Mute 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.