Cheating is rare in League of Legends. From regular players to pros, Riot Games takes competitive integrity very seriously, and even abusing a glitch can get you permanently banned. However, this does not seem to stop cheaters. During a European and 100% female WIld Rift tournament, a team was accused of cheating by a large number of professional players.
A player… who wasn’t playing?
The cheating accusation dates back to November 5, during a Bo playoff between CG1 and Formulation Gaming Queens. CG1 won the series 2 to 1, thanks in particular to their jungler, a summoner named Mirai who dominated the games.
And it is there that from that moment that suspicions emerged. Mirai is a Dimant level 4 player with a winrate below 50%. The big problem is that she selected champions she hardly ever played in this encounter. For example, she managed to release a pixel perfect Lee Sin that surprised everyone.
“After reviewing videos with the camera attached to Mirai and comparing overall account stats, performance, etc., it is very hard to believe that we saw the same person who owns the account playing on said account“RiftGuides co-owner Kerxx told Dexerto. “It seems rather unrealistic to say that after showing such skill, someone can have a negative win rate over 100 games in Diamond Four in single queue”he continued. “It showed crazy gameplay on many different levels, but lacked mechanical rigor at times, while the macro-game, the decisions made, the communication via pings and the general structure of the game are easily part of the game. top 10 on the ladder.”
Kerxx also spoke with TatsuWR, a Wild Rift-focused content creator, who agreed: “I spent ten minutes in AFK and spoke with Kerxx, and it can’t be [elle]. That’s all I’m saying.“
These allegations were also corroborated by renowned Wild Rift coach MOZ1LLA, who stated: “Anyone with a brain knows that. It’s just too obvious.”
Riot’s response
Faced with such accusations, Riot Games has of course reacted and conducted its investigation. According to the studio, there was no cheating : “The DivE and Riot teams have checked every possible aspect of the suspected profiles and nothing in the results of the investigations would show any wrongdoing or any behavior that would be against the rules.”
No sanction will therefore be taken, and the offending teams and players were able to continue the tournament. So real step-up of the player or finely orchestrated cheat, it will be necessary to stick to the verdict of Riot Games.
Earlier this year, Riot Games decided to sue the Moonton studio, based in Shanghai, and author of Mobile Legends Bang Bang. The Californian publisher believed that their game was a pure plagiarism of Wild Rift, the mobile version of League of Legends.