ThermiteLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Thermite, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
556xi
- ITA12SSenVale's pick
- 5.7 USG
- M45 MEUSOC
- Smoke Grenade
- Stun Grenade
- NotJoeyBlack: Laser is preference; take it if you plant a lot.
- Rasco100: Says he has moved to the angled grip.
- SenVale: Highly suggest bringing the secondary shotgun: it holds the breach and opens lines of sight.
Primary and attachments: NotJoeyBlack and Rasco100's pick. The gadget list is every option the game gives Thermite; nobody we read picks between them.
Where the creators disagreed
- Sight: shown ACOG, Rasco100 says Magnified A.
- Barrel: shown Flash Hider, SINOOS says Compensator.
- Grip: shown Vertical, Rasco100 says Angled.
Other primaries Thermite 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.
Thermite's Exothermic Charge has to be placed on the reinforced wall, and Bandit's CED-1 Shock Wire electrifies that wall, destroying the charge before it burns.
The Rtila Electroclaw electrifies metallic objects within 0.75 metres of where it attaches, so a thrown Electroclaw covers the wall Thermite needs his Exothermic Charge to survive on.
A Zoto Canister freezes devices to pause their deployment, and Thermite's Exothermic Charge is a device that has to sit on the wall and burn through it.
A Surya Gate covers one door or window, and an Exothermic Charge opens a reinforced wall that has no gate on it, so Aruni's denial is watching the wrong hole.
The T.R.I.P. Connector webs a room's known entrances, and a hard breach puts an Attacker through a wall the lasers do not span.
Common questions
Is Thermite an Attacker or Defender?
Thermite 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 Thermite?
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 Thermite 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.