Riot still fighting smurfing and boosting
Riot is making competitive integrity and player clarity the focus of the VALORANT Patch 11.09. Rolling out across all platforms, this update introduces multi-factor authentication requirements for flagged shared accounts in Competitive, expands enforcement against smurfing/boosting and botting, streamlines how you interact with in-world objects, and ships a hefty batch of map and Agent fixes.
Competitive Updates (All Platforms)
- MFA Gate for Flagged Shared Accounts: Starting in 11.09, accounts detected for sharing in NA, LATAM, BR, and KR must enable Riot Mobile MFA to queue Competitive. Other modes unaffected.
- Report Smurfing as “Rank Manipulation”: Player reports continue to power detection improvements.
- Ascendant+ Reminder: In an upcoming patch, all Ascendant and above in the above regions will be required to add Riot Mobile MFA.
Anti-Abuse & Fair Play
- Botting: Riot continues to monitor and improve detection; many accounts have been banned.
- Smurfing/Boosting: Purchased accounts detected boosting will be banned beginning this patch.
Gameplay Systems - Interactive Object QoL
- Unified Highlighting: Switches, Ropes, Ziplines, and Ultimate Orbs now use the standard green highlight for interactables.
- Smarter Prioritization: Your aim can now prioritize the highlighted action when multiple interactions overlap (e.g., stuck in Deadlock GravNet near a Rope), letting you do what you intended first.
Bug Fixes
Maps
Pearl
- Fixed a collision-less crate on B Site in certain modes.
Breeze
- Fixed a spot where utility could be destroyed through a wall.
Abyss
- Fixed a location where Deadlock’s GravNet could instantly eliminate teleporting Agents (e.g., Yoru, Omen).
Corrode
- Adjusted an A Site area to prevent Waylay, Jett, and Raze from accessing unintended high ground outside playable space.
Agents
Astra
- Fixed a bug that replayed a Star activation sound for an already used Star when Astra was revived.
Gekko
- Wingman now plays the intended defuse animation.
Gekko & Killjoy
- Fixed Detain VFX showing through thin walls/doors.
Iso
- Fixed Kill Contract incorrectly scaling up when spectating Iso with the ability equipped.
Omen
- Paranoia icon is smaller so the overlay doesn’t cover the minimap.
Reyna
- Fixed an issue where using Empress sometimes didn’t progress the “Use Your Ultimate Ability” mission.
Skye
- Fixed Guiding Light VFX lingering when equipping/unequipping rapidly.
Sage
- Fixed Healing Orb targeting players fully healed under Decay.
Veto
- Softened Evolution transformation VFX and fixed bright spot flicker in Agent Select.
- Fixed Crosscut/Chokehold description mismatches with in-game behavior.
- Fixed Chokehold tendrils’ exit animation not showing.
- Fixed Crosscut equip animation swirl VFX sometimes not appearing.
- Fixed Evolution sometimes not counting toward weekly mission progress.
- Fixed Crosscut vortex radius indicator not matching the placed one.
Viper
- Snake Bite VFX now fade consistently for allies and enemies.
- Fixed Viper’s Pit lingering in front of you when unequipped without casting.
Vyse
- Fixed Razorvine appearing to miss its bottom half when Vyse died or Razorvine became inactive.
Yoru
- Fakeout is now destroyed properly by lethal abilities.
- Fakeout now collides with the world as if it were a player.
Multiple Agents
- Fixed Concuss VFX showing through thin walls/doors.
- Fixed Suppress audio not ending when the suppress duration ended.
Console-Only
Multiple Agents
- Fixed a rare bug where players could not move the cursor while using map-targeted abilities (Brimstone’s Sky Smoke).
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