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Vertical play is one of the most useful attacking techniques to learn in Rainbow Six Siege. Instead of entering the objective through a doorway and fighting Defenders head-on, you can attack a bomb site through destructible floors and ceilings.
Sledge is particularly effective at this because his Breaching Hammer can precisely open soft floors without consuming explosive utility. Here's how to use him effectively for vertical attacks.
Step 1: Drone the Floor Below Before Opening Anything
Don't immediately start hammering every soft floor above the objective.
During the Preparation Phase, identify the bomb sites and keep your drone alive. Once the round begins, use your drone to check common Defender positions below.
Look specifically for:
Anchors behind shields
Mira windows
Maestro Evil Eyes
Deployable gadgets
Common plant-denial positions
Defenders holding narrow doorways
Your goal is to know why you're opening a particular section of floor before using the hammer.
Step 2: Take Control of the Floor Above
Vertical play only works if you control the room you're standing in.
Before using Sledge's hammer, clear nearby rooms and hallways. Pay particular attention to stairs because roaming Defenders may rotate upstairs once they hear destruction above the site.
Having a teammate watch the stairs or flank while Sledge works the floor makes the setup much safer.
A Claymore can also help protect a predictable flank depending on your chosen loadout.
Step 3: Open Small Sections First
A common mistake is destroying a huge section of floor immediately.
Start with several smaller holes instead.
Use the Breaching Hammer to expose specific positions below, then move between those openings. This forces Defenders to consider multiple vertical angles rather than watching one large opening.
Ubisoft describes Sledge as a precision-focused soft breacher, which fits this approach particularly well.
Step 4: Target Defender Utility
Vertical destruction isn't only about getting kills.
Opening the floor can expose Defender gadgets that are difficult for teammates to reach from the same level as the bomb site.
For example, if an important piece of utility is positioned behind cover, opening the floor above it may allow your team to shoot it from a safer angle.
Destroying utility first can sometimes be more valuable than immediately chasing a Defender.
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Step 5: Force Anchors Out of Safe Positions
The real strength of vertical pressure is forcing Defenders to move.
Imagine a Defender holding a strong position behind cover. If you open the floor directly above that position, they now have two choices:
Stay: Risk being shot from above.
Move: Leave their protected position and potentially expose themselves to your teammates.
This is why vertical play works best with communication. Tell your teammates when a Defender moves away from your vertical angle so they can punish the rotation.
Step 6: Use Frag Grenades Through the Floor
Sledge can combine his Breaching Hammer with Frag Grenades for more aggressive vertical pressure.
Ubisoft specifically highlights a technique where Sledge drops a live grenade onto a destructible floor and then immediately breaks that section with his hammer, allowing the grenade to fall toward the Defender below.
This works best when you already have reliable information about the Defender's position.
Don't attempt it based purely on guessing.
Step 7: Stop Playing Vertical When the Site Opens Up
Another common mistake is staying upstairs too long.
Vertical control is supposed to help your team execute onto the objective. Once you have destroyed key utility, displaced anchors, and created useful lines of sight, consider rotating back toward your teammates.
If you spend the final 20 seconds still breaking floors, the vertical pressure hasn't helped much.
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Sledge vs Buck for Vertical Play
Both Operators are strong soft breachers, but they approach the role differently.
Sledge needs to physically reach the destructible surface and excels at precise top-down destruction. Buck's Skeleton Key gives him more flexibility because the under-barrel shotgun can destroy soft surfaces from range and can also support bottom-up vertical play. Ubisoft has specifically described Buck as the more flexible option and Sledge as the more precise and reliable soft breacher.
Final Tip
Good vertical play isn't about destroying as much of the map as possible.
The basic sequence should be:
Drone → Secure the Floor → Identify Defender Position → Open the Floor → Destroy Utility or Force Movement → Execute the Site
Once you start opening floors based on information rather than randomly breaking surfaces, Sledge becomes much more useful to the entire attacking team.
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