As part of Rainbow Six Siege's Operation Shadow Legacy upgrade, Thatcher's EMP grenades are getting nerfed, with their capabilities being slimmed down to limit how effective they can be on the battlefield. He's the only operator to have had his significant gadget rework highlighted in the official Operation Shadow Legacy trailer.
Previously, the EMP grenades had been able to destroy some gadgets on the battlefield and disable others, with the destruction capabilities completely taking some other operators' unique approaches out of play. Now, only disabling is available, meaning any damage Thatcher's EMPs cause from now on is only temporary.
In some ways, this makes using the EMP much simpler, as the unified approach means you no longer need to be aware of which tech is going to be destroyed and which will be disabled. You're probably only going to view it that way if you're desperate to find the positives though. A nerf by any other name would smell as sweet.
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