How to complete the Spiker Studies objectives in Rainbow Six Extraction

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Spiker Studies is a set of Study objectives in the New York City region of Rainbow Six Extraction. Each of the three objectives involves Spikers, which are humanoid Archaeans that wait very like to Grunts; but their heads and hands are covered in spikes. While Grunts tin simply apply melee attacks, Spikers can shoot spikes out of their hands.

How to cover a Spiker with smoke

To comprehend a Spiker with smoke, equip your Operator of choice with Smoke Grenades, then start an incursion and go looking for a Spiker. They're very mutual and will typically spawn in Moderate Threat Level incursions, although not necessarily in every Sub-Zone. To consummate this objective, all you lot accept to do is throw a Smoke Grenade that detonates close enough to a Spiker to cover it with smoke.

How to kill Spikers before they shoot suppressive fire

Information technology's by and large ameliorate to take a Spiker downwards with a stealth melee attack or headshot earlier it even knows you're there, just if y'all do alert 1, and then information technology'll make an easy target of itself by howling for a few seconds. This is your last chance to shoot it (ideally in its weak point, the head) before it starts opening burn with spikes. Once it starts shooting, you've missed your run a risk to become this objective, and so go and find some other united nations-alerted Spiker.

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How to kill Spikers with their weak points

A Spiker's weak point is its head, which is an easy target when the Spiker isn't alert, then this objective is easiest to consummate past being sneaky. Advisedly line up your shot with the Spiker's head and… boom! Alerted Spikers volition shoot at you with their artillery in front of their heads, making this objective more hard. But, if you work as a team, a squadmate can depict the Spiker'southward fire, while you flank it and get a shot at the side of its caput.