Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Split Fire Mid-Season Update – Legend Division Arrives, Noor Buffs, and a Final Ranked Map Rotation

Brittany Spurlin

Rainbow Six Siege Operation Split Fire is well underway, with new Defender Noor lighting up shield Attackers with his Horus Lance Launcher. Now that players have had a chance to adjust to his effect on strategy, the developers have released a mid-season update with content designed to push competitive gameplay to the limits, ensure Operators are well balanced on the field, rotate in fresh Ranked maps, and strengthen anti-cheat measures for PC players.

Rainbow Six Siege: Legend Division

The all-new Legend Division is officially live, a new solo queue competitive playlist for players looking to push above Champion. A new playlist that will open up with every mid-season update, it’s designed for the most elite Siege players, and focuses on the highest level of competitive play. Here’s what you need to know:

Y11S3 Legend Division runs now through December 1
Solo queue only
Uses Pro League map pool
Rewards include: Profile Banner, exclusive charm for top 100 players in each region
It will reset each season with seasonal rank resets

To access the Legend Division, you must meet the following security and progression requirements:

Secure Boot enabled
2FA app enabled
Currently have Champion rank
Have Clearance Level of 200 or more
Achieved Platinum rank or above in the previous season
Reputation Standing level three or higher

In anticipation for the release of Legend Division, a 50,000+ account Ban Wave has gone into effect targeting account sharers, sellers or ban evaders; reinforcing Siege’s ongoing commitment to maintaining game integrity and fairness as a top priority.

Secure Boot

A new PC security measure, Secure Boot supports Rainbow Six Siege’s R6 ShieldGuard anti-cheat efforts by verifying the components such as firmware, Windows, and drivers that are loaded when a PC starts are legitimate and trusted. Most players already have the required security features to play; others will need to enable TPM and Secure Boot in the BIO S/UEFI. Eligible PC players must have Secure Boot enabled in order to participate in the Legend Division.

The Secure Boot measurement is now a requirement because modern cheats take place deep within a PC’s system to avoid detection. Secure Boot strengthens the PC security environment, making it harder for cheats to hide and easier for R6 ShieldGuard to detect them.

Operator Balancing

To support fair and competitive gameplay and keep match experiences fresh, a number of Operators received a balancing update in the Operation Split Fire mid-season update.

Noor

Horus Lance Launcher drilling time is reduced to 1.5s (from 2s) on soft surfaces, ballistic shields, and hard surfaces
Horus Lance Launcher Guardbreak strength on projectile impact against ballistic shield Operators is increased to 100% (from 30%)
Horus Lance Launcher equip timings reduced to 0.4s (from 0.9s) via Quickdraw animations
Direct impact damage against Operators increased to 80 (from 50)
Horus Lance Launcher now damages ballistic shield Operators during sheild removal animation
General hitbox improvements

Tachanka

Shumika Launcher – added a switch ability to the launcher. It can now fire in Impact Mode (default), in which the projectile will explode on impact with any surface, or Bounce Mode, in which the projectile won’t explode when colliding with fragile objects such as glass or papers. In Bounce Mode, projectiles will pass through fragile items, and the fire will be pointed at the floor from the impact point

Snake

Soliton Radar MK III – precision charges reduced to three (from four)

Valkyrie

Glaive-12 added as a Secondary Weapon

Captião

Delay between fire expansions reduced to 0.9 seconds (from 1 second)

Clash

Slowdown strength when running away from her is increased to 10% (from 5%)

OSA

Reduced deployment restrictions:
- Frontal space reduced to 0.25m (from 1.1)
- Vertical space reduced to 0.6m (from 6.25)
- Space behind player reduced to 0.005m (from 0.3)

Fire

Damage increased to 14HP (from 12)
Affects Tachanka, Goyo, Capitao, Dokkaebi, Noor, and Gas Pipes

Barbed Wire

Completely stops the BU-GI OF RAM

Halloween Event: Doktor's Curse

Doktor's Curse is returning to Rainbow Six Siege now through November 2. When a mad Doktor creates monsters through incredible feats of science, Hunters arrive on the scene to eliminate them. While most of the Monsters run and hide, some betray their creator to fight alongside the Hunters. Here's what you can expect in Doktor's Curse:

5v5 Hide and Seek mode
All Hunters have a modified Sledge Hammer as a primary weapon and a modified version of their Operator gadget. Hibana has a modified version of Capitao’s Crossbow in lieu of a Sledge Hammer. They do not have a secondary weapon or gadget
Every Monster has Nightstride (invisibility boost) as a secondary gadget as well as a modified version of their Operator gadget. They do not have a primary or secondary weapon
Takes place in Doktor’s Lab (a modified Clubhouse map)
Expanded roster of Operators
- Hunters include: Grim, Hibana, Jackal, Lion, Sledge, Oryx, Nokk, Dokkaebi, Zofia, Deimos, Thatcher, and Finka
- Monsters include Mute, Ela, Kapkan, Smoke, Frost, Lesion, Aruni, Gridlock, Thorn, Nomad, Azami, Melusi, Fenrir, and Tubarao
Operator bundles for Grim, Hibana, and Mute
Event Signature Bundle
Two Weapon Skin bundles
A 33 item collection culminating in the M590A1 shotgun Event Memento Masterpiece
In-game challenges
Free Event pack
Twitch drops

Ranked Map Rotation

To keep the competitive Siege experience fresh, this mid-season update is ushering in an all new Ranked map rotation.

Pro Maps:

Border
Bank
Chalet
Clubhouse
Villa
Fortress
Kafe
Lair
Nighthaven

Additional Ranked maps:

Oregon
Coastline
Consulate
Kanal
Outback
Casino

Following community feedback, Operation Split Fire will be the last season to use the current Ranked Map Rotation system. Moving forward, the approach will better align with player preferences.