PulseLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Pulse, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
UMP45
- Reaper MK2Rasco100's pick
- 5.7 USG
- M45 MEUSOC
- Nitro CellNotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick
- Deployable Shield
- Observation Blocker
- NotJoeyBlack: Vertical grip before flash hider if you need more control.
- Rasco100: Extended barrel because the buff put it at 47 damage.
- SINOOS: Little recoil, so take the damage.
- NotJoeyBlack: For secondary utility, always go the nitro cell if they have one, especially on Pulse.
- Rasco100: We use that with the C4.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick.
Where the creators disagreed
- Grip: shown Horizontal, SINOOS says Vertical.
Other primaries Pulse can carry
- M1014
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.
Pulse has to stand close to a wall to read a heartbeat through it, which means standing still. An extended Le Roc Shield walks that lane down and he cannot trade with it.
The Gemini Replicator fools anything that looks. Pulse's HB-5 Cardiac Sensor reads a heartbeat, and a hologram does not have one, so he clears the copy and finds the body.
Nokk's HEL Presence Reduction hides her from cameras and drones, and Pulse's HB-5 Cardiac Sensor is neither: it reads a heartbeat through the wall she is standing behind.
Common questions
Is Pulse an Attacker or Defender?
Pulse is a Defender 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 Pulse?
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 Pulse 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.