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NewAll platformsRiot begins issuing penalties for confirmed rank manipulation, which may include account suspensions, rank reversions and ranked reward reversions, and players get feedback when someone in their match is penalized.
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We've rolled out new tools to better detect rank manipulation in VALORANT, building on systems we successfully introduced in League of Legends last year. Combined with the data we've gathered since adding the Rank Manipulation category in-game late last year, we will begin issuing penalties for confirmed rank manipulation.
- Penalties may include account suspensions, rank reversions, and ranked reward reversions.
- As part of this, players will begin to receive reporter and bystander feedback in game when a player in their matches is penalized for rank manipulation.