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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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VALORANT - Patch 11.09: MFA for Competitive, Smurf/Boosting Crackdown and more

VALORANT patch 11.09 introduces multi-factor authentication (MFA) for shared accounts in ranked mode, clamps down on smurfing and boosting, introduces a host of interaction improvements and map/agent fixes