When choosing your ideal Operator, it’s not all about that Operator’s unique ability.

It may mean new weapons to choose from, or an upgrade to movement speed or armor values.

Keep scrolling for a list of all 18 Operators and their abilities at the bottom of the guide.

Fighting monsters in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction screenshot.

Sure, it kills them, but so does a bullet to the head.

That’s when you truly start to understand why these mines ignoring enemy carapace is such a big deal.

They’re meant for the big bads.

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It also revives any downed teammates, and prevents all teammates from falling into KO for the 10-second duration.

This is absolutely game-changing when you start playing at the higher difficulty levels.

Aside from this, Finka has a great starting weapon - the versatile Spear .308 bullpup assault rifle.

Promotional art of Lion, one of the playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction, superimposed on a backdrop of a ruined Liberty Island.

Sledge

Who doesn’t love to hit things with a gigantic hammer?

No one, that’s who.

That alone is worth the price of his sluggish movement speed.

Promotional art of Hibana, one of the playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction, superimposed on a backdrop of a ruined Liberty Island.

Plus, it’s satisfying as hell.

Promotional art of Vigil, one of the playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction, superimposed on a backdrop of a ruined Liberty Island.

Promotional art of Finka, one of the playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction, superimposed on a backdrop of a ruined Liberty Island.

Promotional art of Sledge, one of the playable Operators in Rainbow Six Extraction, superimposed on a backdrop of a ruined Liberty Island.

Two operators fire on a group of Archaens as another pulls the pin on a grenade in Rainbow Six: Extraction.