ThornLoadout and Counters
What named creators run on Thorn, and every option the game allows. Plus the gadget interactions that decide the matchup.
Best loadout
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- 1911 TACOPS
- C75 Auto
- Barbed WireNotJoeyBlack's pick
- Deployable Shield
- SINOOS: An angled grip reloads faster but adds kick.
- NotJoeyBlack: Barbed wire and deployable shield are both good, but I would recommend the barbed wire more often.
Primary and attachments: Rasco100's pick. The secondary list is every option the game gives Thorn; nobody we read picks between them.
Where the creators disagreed
- Barrel: shown Extended Barrel, SINOOS says Flash Hider.
- Grip: shown Unspecified, SINOOS says Vertical.
Other primaries Thorn can carry
- M870
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.
The Razorbloom Shell waits for a nearby opponent before it fires blades. Fuze's cluster charge destroys it while the nearest Attacker is still behind a wall.
The Razorbloom Shell is built to deliver lethal damage to whoever walks past. Finka's Adrenal Surge raises the team's health before the blades and picks a teammate out of DBNO after them.
A Razorbloom Shell waits for an opponent to get close. An Argus laser destroys it from the next room, which is the one range it has no answer to.
Iana scouts with the Replicator and its cooldown runs longer when it is destroyed. A Razorbloom Shell in the room fires on proximity, so scouting that room costs her the gadget for longer than the intel was worth.
The BU-GI opens a path for the team to follow, and a Razorbloom set past the breach catches whoever comes through the hole it just made.
Common questions
Is Thorn an Attacker or Defender?
Thorn 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 Thorn?
Rasco100, SINOOS and NotJoeyBlack 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 Thorn 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.