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Apr 23 2025 05:08am
Just a little heads up.

I've had two accounts perma-banned in the last 3 days. Neither account typed (chat turned off), silver account played 6 games and went 6-0 with massive kda, logged off. Yesterday played on plat account to duo with a friend, won 8-0 games and logged.

Today both accounts are shadow-perma banned (stuck on loading into client, says unknown user)

Silver account was a old account from a friend who was a multi season bronze - silver player

Plat account was unranked last season lvl 35


TL;DR : Riot said they were updating grief / smurf detection, looks like they did. Don't carry too much / too hard or risk ban
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Apr 23 2025 10:57am
Thank you tho :thumbsup: Smurfing should not be a problem, maybe u made a mistake when u log into the acc (e.g. location/time problem)
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Apr 25 2025 09:14am
I read a while ago that riot posted: "we don't mind a smurf or two" in one of their patch notes. probably 3 years ago (might be longer, been a while). It is because they themselves said that, that i never felt worried about smurfing. I also never had this problem. Then again, I don't win 8 out of 8 games with high kdas :rofl:

ps, this is not me denying the claim by any means. I give my own take and try to get more information so we can narrow down the cause. The time/location suggestion is valid too, as many companies (like google, including their log in system) get very forceful and attacking when something seems a little off. (example, i am in an other european country on vacation and google instantly said "we detected strange behaviour, ENTER YOUR PHONE NUMBER NOW!"... (sry, bit off topic)
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Apr 26 2025 05:03am
I read a while ago that riot posted: "we don't mind a smurf or two" in one of their patch notes. probably 3 years ago (might be longer, been a while). It is because they themselves said that, that i never felt worried about smurfing. I also never had this problem. Then again, I don't win 8 out of 8 games with high kdas :rofl:

ps, this is not me denying the claim by any means. I give my own take and try to get more information so we can narrow down the cause. The time/location suggestion is valid too, as many companies (like google, including their log in system) get very forceful and attacking when something seems a little off. (example, i am in an other european country on vacation and google instantly said "we detected strange behaviour, ENTER YOUR PHONE NUMBER NOW!"... (sry, bit off topic)


Just a heads up for people, take it with a grain of salt if needed. Just had another one banned today.

Yeah Riot August had a number of videos that mentioned smurfing is fine, but in a recent update it has mentioned that there were new smurf, booster and griefer detection added.

Just want everyone to remain safe :)
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Apr 28 2025 10:11am
Just a heads up for people, take it with a grain of salt if needed. Just had another one banned today.

Yeah Riot August had a number of videos that mentioned smurfing is fine, but in a recent update it has mentioned that there were new smurf, booster and griefer detection added.

Just want everyone to remain safe :)


Great person right here :hug:
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May 11 2025 11:13am
Just a little heads up.

I've had two accounts perma-banned in the last 3 days. Neither account typed (chat turned off), silver account played 6 games and went 6-0 with massive kda, logged off. Yesterday played on plat account to duo with a friend, won 8-0 games and logged.

Today both accounts are shadow-perma banned (stuck on loading into client, says unknown user)

Silver account was a old account from a friend who was a multi season bronze - silver player

Plat account was unranked last season lvl 35


TL;DR : Riot said they were updating grief / smurf detection, looks like they did. Don't carry too much / too hard or risk ban


Hello, I believe the accounts are not banned they are just locked. You'll need to submit a ticket assuming they're your accounts or you have the account info atleast then they will unlock the accounts.
Had this happen to my account recently and managed to get it back, If the account was banned you should have a Match ID / Reason for the ban when you login

This post was edited by xpxd on May 11 2025 11:15am
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May 11 2025 01:13pm
Just a heads up for people, take it with a grain of salt if needed. Just had another one banned today.

Yeah Riot August had a number of videos that mentioned smurfing is fine, but in a recent update it has mentioned that there were new smurf, booster and griefer detection added.

Just want everyone to remain safe :)


considering tc zwag built his whole youtube channel on smurfing in low elo accs that aren't even his own accs but accs he is boosting, can we expect his channel to be shut down soon? hope so
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May 11 2025 05:33pm
Hello, I believe the accounts are not banned they are just locked. You'll need to submit a ticket assuming they're your accounts or you have the account info atleast then they will unlock the accounts.
Had this happen to my account recently and managed to get it back, If the account was banned you should have a Match ID / Reason for the ban when you login


Oh that is interesting. My small amount of research showed it happens during shadow bans. Thanks for this update, will give it a try.
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Jun 17 2025 06:31pm
Oh that is interesting. My small amount of research showed it happens during shadow bans. Thanks for this update, will give it a try.


what was the result
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Jun 17 2025 11:12pm
considering tc zwag built his whole youtube channel on smurfing in low elo accs that aren't even his own accs but accs he is boosting, can we expect his channel to be shut down soon? hope so


Wow youre right
And riot does nothing about it but keeps dopa perma banned for elo boosting in korea
Ridiculous
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