patch · July 25, 2024
Rainbow Six Siege Update Y9S2.3 Balances Operators and Removes Team Kill Kicks
Rainbow Six Siege patch Y9S2.3 removes team kill kicking in favor of reverse friendly fire, deactivates PlayStation Tournaments, and adjusts operators like Azami, Echo, and Ela.
Ubisoft has released patch Y9S2.3 for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. This update alters player protection rules, permanently deactivates PlayStation Tournaments, adjusts several operator loadouts and stats, and resolves numerous gameplay and UI bugs.
Player Protection and Features
The Reputation Standing pop-up is replaced by a yellow dot that appears on the main menu's Reputation System tile when your standing changes. Players are no longer kicked from matches for excessive team kills or ally damage, though reverse friendly fire will still activate, and incidents continue to count toward penalties and reputation. Additionally, the PlayStation Tournaments feature is permanently deactivated.
Operator Balancing
Azami's Kiba Barrier now receives increased bullet damage. Buck loses the GONNE-6. Gridlock's Trax Stingers deal increased damage at 15hp, up from 10. Echo gains a Magnified Scope for the MP5SD and changes to 3 health and 1 speed, shifting from 2 health and 2 speed. Ela loses her Observation Blocker and gains Impact Grenades. Melusi loses the Magnified Scope from the MP5, receives the ITA12S as a secondary weapon, and increases Banshee Sonic Defense count to 4 from 3. Wamai loses the Magnified Scope from the MP5K.
Bug Fixes
The update fixes an objective flow break when vaulting outside a 2F East Corridor window during the Defense Tutorial. Level design fixes address leg clipping at the 2F Day Care door on Theme Park and unauthorized navigation on top of concrete cover in 2F Target Corridor on Stadium Alpha. Fenrir's F-NATT Dread Mine can no longer be clipped inside wooden panels via bulletproof cameras, and Montagne can no longer execute melee attacks before his Le Roc Shield finishes deploying. Numerous user interface and text chat bugs are also resolved.
Why this patch matters
Y9S2.3 shakes up defender utility and scopes while quietly removing match kicks for team kills in favor of stricter background penalties.