5 stacking is ridiculous right now in higher elo with boosters and cheaters like the 5 stack I ran across today. where you can clearly see the difference from Jan 14th till today. Like even their username is sus lol. Dude went from an average of 135 tracker score to over 900 and almost MVP every game. It was obvious they had additional information when non was given and went from only hitting headshots when their whole team was alive, to being a complete bot when they had potential spectators or when they were called out. Even losing some games to not be obvious is my best guess. Maybe I’m wrong and the account was given to a smurf, but regardless it’s still against the rules and closet cheaters are definitely out there on a bigger scale then I believe most think. Personally, I thought there were little to no cheaters on Valorant until 5 stacking and having a few solo games recently where players headshot rate and information knowledge was a bit too good in their more recent games. I’m also not talking about just a day etc… cuz I get that ppl have insane days and bad days but it normally fluctuates and you don’t have an over 800 score increase consistently, like the above example. The craziest thing is that It’s literally been over a month and the smurf/booster or more likely hacker has been active. It’s absolutely insane and I do believe Valorant anti-cheat is superior to most, but I fear this will soon become like csgo matchmaking if something isn’t done soon. Like the addition of replays, elo clawback, or whatever. The saddest part is that some people who are queued with these players may have no idea, or complete understanding of what’s happening related to what I had mentioned above, as they tend to toggle on and off based on potential spectators. Also forgive me if some of the context is missing, as I initially linked the tracker of the individual/individuals I was talking about, but after reading the TOS idk if that’s allowed. I know this is a long ass read but the more this is brought to light the better chances Valorant may allocate additional funds towards their anti-cheat budget or other solutions. I also understand this is a cat and mouse game. However, if the cat or anti cheat devs don’t have the resources, and there are tons of mice or hack devs that are heavily incentivized by huge amounts of monetary gain. Then at a certain point, the infestation of mice eat all the cheese or $ and the playerbase starves, and as a result move on to a better living situation/game or game-mode. Like CSGO FaceIt, or similarly pro 10 mans that Tarik implemented separately from mm to prevent crypto throwers. Obviously, the solution wouldn’t be that straight forward but that’s not my job to figure out. Although, I do believe elo clawback and replays would be a great starting point even though I know the latter is quite unlikely for whatever reason.