Methodology
R6Guide combines expert-written recommendations with anonymous community voting. Community percentages show what players prefer, not guaranteed win rates. Expert recommendations may differ from the most popular choice when a situational alternative provides greater strategic value.
The one thing worth knowing
A popular loadout is evidence that players like it. It is not evidence that it wins more rounds. R6Guide has no access to match outcomes, so nothing on this site measures performance. Wherever the community and the expert pick disagree, both are shown, and neither is labelled correct.
How recommendations are made
Expert recommendations are written by hand. Each one records the date it was last reviewed and whether it has been re-checked for the current patch. Entries that have not been re-verified are labelled Awaiting expert review directly on the operator page.
Recommendations are manually reviewed after patches that change the relevant weapons, attachments or gadgets.
How community results are counted
- Votes are grouped by patch. The results you see now are for Y11S2 and do not include votes cast during Y11S1. Older patch results may be archived.
- A vote is one complete loadout, not a series of separate picks. That is why the “most popular complete build” can differ from stitching together each category’s winner — sometimes nobody actually runs that combination.
- One active vote is kept per browser, per operator, per patch. Changing your mind replaces your earlier vote rather than adding a second one.
- Percentages are whole numbers calculated so that each list adds up to 100, and every percentage is shown next to the number of votes behind it. Below 25 votes, results carry an explicit small-sample warning.
- Anonymous voting may be rate limited to protect result quality.
Rank and platform are self-reported
When you vote you may optionally say what rank you play at, which platform you use, how you queue, and which mode you play. None of this is checked. There is no rank verification in R6Guide, and the site never describes these figures as verified.
The Emerald–Champion summary on each operator page is simply the subset of voters who said they play at that level. Treat it as a signal, not a fact.
Votes that do not report a value are excluded from filters for that dimension, rather than being assigned to a default bucket. A vote with no platform reported is not counted as a PC vote.
What R6Guide is not
R6Guide is an unofficial fan-made website and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ubisoft Entertainment. It has no connection to Ubisoft, no access to internal match data, and no relationship with any team or creator. All operator artwork on the site is original placeholder work rather than licensed material.
There are no advertisements, affiliate links, sponsored placements or paid rankings, and nothing on the site is generated by an AI model.
Questions about data handling are answered on the privacy page.