Crystal Guard is the Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 Season 3 update which was released on August 17th, 2021 in the test servers and on the 7th of September in the regular servers. Unfortunately for console players, the test servers are only available on PC.
The new season introduces a new attacking operator named Osa, whose unique ability is a bulletproof clear shield that can be both carried and deployed by the player. It can be deployed directly on the ground, or through barricaded windows.
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It has a pressurized gas canister similar to the canister on Mira’s Black Mirror, which destroys the entire window when it is hit.
The new season also implements a feature, which is the replacement of the Armor system with an HP increase.
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This simply means is that the damage reduction applied to the 2 and 1-speed operators are replaced with a new health system such as 100 HP for a 3 speed and 1 armour operators, 110 HP for a 2 speed, 2 armour operators, and 125 HP for a 1 speed and 3 armour operators.
This new season also introduced several changes to the operator’s abilities, weapons and map changes. Such as,
Fuze’s Cluster Charge can now be deployed through reinforced walls and hatches but takes longer to activate. The charge cannot be destroyed until it has started deploying mini-grenades, and always fires one, even when destroyed as soon as possible.
Twitch now has a regular https://transparentpharmacy.net drone during the prep phase, but can use both Shock Drones during the action phase.
In addition, the Shock Drone’s Taser has been reworked to be a Laser, with infinite range and five damage instead of one. It also destroys gadgets, instead of disabling them.
This season also introduces minor reworks on maps such as Bank, Clubhouse, and Coastline will all be modified to make them more balanced and competitive.
Rainbow Six Siege is a tactical shooter game currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Google Stadia, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC platforms.
