Account Suspension for Rank Manipulation - Need Advice
I recently got suspended on my main Valorant account for "rank manipulation" and "suspicious shifts in unfair skill and play." I honestly don’t know what caused it.
I’ve had this account for over a year, and I’m the only one who’s used it. The only exception was about 8 months ago when a friend played one Premier match on it. Other than that, it’s always been me.
I submitted two tickets to Riot support. The first one got what looked like a generic bot response. For the second one, I tried rewording it to avoid that, and I did get a human reply, but all it said was that the issue had already been reviewed and closed. Still didn’t explain what actually triggered the suspension.
At the time I got suspended, I recently got immo on my account Shirkzy#00033. I had been playing pretty late the two nights before the ban — around 3 AM — and honestly, I wasn’t performing great. I was tired and tilt queuing. But I was still playing solo on my own account. I wasn’t trying to manipulate anything.
It’s just frustrating because Riot should be able to see in their logs that it was still me playing. Not every game is going to be amazing, especially when playing at that time. I put a lot of time into climbing, and it feels really bad to lose it all without a clear explanation.
Has anyone else had a similar experience or know if there’s anything else I can do to appeal?
Would really appreciate any advice.
Thanks.
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Either someone else was playing on your account or you were playing with someone who was actually cheating.
It was only me who plays on it. The only time someone else has touched that account was around 8 months ago for a premier match.
Did you queue with someone ?
yes put I dont q with them frequently I only qued with them because I was down bad from deranking. it was two games I played
If any of those were actually using cheats then your ban will not be revoked, you’ll have to wait out the ban period.
Even if I only qued 2 games with said chater
it results in a 6 month ban?
Yes.
Hence the “rank manipulation” notice
Happened to me too. Even if u unknowingly play with someone who has cheats installed even if theyre not actively using it, itll count as boosting. 5 months till im unbanned 🙃
better off solo queuing competitive at that point
“Not Actively using it”
If Vanguard finds cheats on PC, it bans it, even if it’s just sitting on their desktop.
Takes whole lotta skill issues to be using cheats anyways.
yeah i know that
Lmao this shi ridiculous. They keep sending me a reply by this blitz bot and it pissing me off. they cant even tell me definitely what i did wrong
hahahah brother they wont. trust me ive tried sending tickets with gameplay proof. u should just wait out
and remember if u try to make a new acc ur risking extending the ban period by ban evasion
I have an alt account thats mine
would I still get banned on that one to?
honestly i dont want to risk it. i have an alt from 2021 too
could be fine if u avoid getting reported and playing competitive.
If you are not hwid banned you will be able to play on it.
wont it be counted as ban evasion still?
That’s only if you somehow bypass hwid bans if I’m not mistaken
Will my mmr be affected by not playing on the account for 6 months. Just got immo recently and was starting to improve mrr getting more immos in my lobbys. I dont want to lose that progress
i was inactive for 1 year on my main. the mmr caught up pretty fast, or i didnt notice any difference
