NomadLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Nomad, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
AK-74M
- PRB92NotJoeyBlack's pick
- .44 MAG SEMI-AUTO
- Breach Charge
- Stun Grenade
- NotJoeyBlack: The aggressive pick, 40 rounds to spam with.
- NotJoeyBlack: Just don't run the Han Solo pistol.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack's pick. The gadget list is every option the game gives Nomad; nobody we read picks between them.
Other primaries Nomad can carry
- ARX200
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.
Airjab repulsion grenades are launched to stick to a surface and wait, and Jager's Active Defense System destroys them in flight before they ever stick.
Airjab grenades are projectiles, and Wamai's Mag-NET System catches them mid-flight, so the pushback that was meant to break up a defence goes off harmlessly at his gadget.
Airjabs knock Defenders out of position and follow up while they are disoriented, and a plated Defender survives the follow-up that the pushback set up.
Solis has to hold a spot to sweep for electronics through a wall. An Airjab is non-lethal and does not care: it pushes her off the position, which no amount of gadget intel prevents.
A Kona Station heals whoever walks up to it, and an Airjab stuck beside it throws them back off before they get the tick.
Common questions
Is Nomad an Attacker or Defender?
Nomad 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 Nomad?
NotJoeyBlack 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 Nomad 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.