Riot Bans Viral Tung Tung Valorant Cheater After 3 Games

A Valorant cheater using a "sinister" version of the Tung Tung Tung Sahur meme has gone viral after footage showed them eliminating entire teams almost instantly. Riot Games has since confirmed that the account was banned after playing only three matches.

The unusual cheat replaced the player’s standard first-person weapon model with a dark version of Tung Tung Tung Sahur, the wooden AI-generated character that became a major internet meme in 2025.

However, the custom character was only one part of what appeared on screen. The footage seemingly showed the cheater tracking opponents through walls and automatically targeting enemies from across the map.

Viral Valorant cheat delivers back-to-back aces

The video, shared by Valorant Tactic, appears to have been recorded from the cheater’s perspective.

At the beginning of the first round, the locations of all five opponents are visible through walls. Several colored lines stretch across the map toward enemy players before the cheater quickly eliminates the entire team and secures an ace.

The clip then switches to a different match and map. Once again, the Tung Tung character charges toward the opposing side before five eliminations appear in the kill feed within seconds.

It remains unclear which specific programs or methods were used.

The footage appears to include wallhacks and automated aiming, but this has not been independently confirmed. It is also unknown whether other players could see the Tung Tung model or if it was only displayed on the cheater’s client.

The video received even more attention after Valorant analyst vladk0r reposted it with a joke comparing the bizarre cheat to Riot’s kernel-level anti-cheat system.

Clip sparks concerns about cheating in online VCT matches

The footage surfaced as Valorant Esports President Leo Faria was responding to questions about competitive integrity, particularly with more VCT competition expected to move online in 2027.

Faria said Riot’s existing security measures would continue to apply to online competition, including Vanguard. He also warned that players caught cheating during qualifiers could be banned from participating in the VCT.

However, vladk0r argued that banning a dishonest team after detection might not fully repair the damage caused during a tournament. A legitimate team could already have been eliminated from the bracket before action is taken.

Riot has previously acknowledged that cheat development is becoming increasingly accessible, partly because AI-powered coding tools can help people create malicious software.

Despite that challenge, the developer maintains that Vanguard can identify the techniques used to inject cheats into a system without needing to recognize every individual program in advance.

The company also recently introduced an optional on-demand setting for Vanguard, allowing players to control when the controversial kernel-level system operates.

Riot confirms cheater was already banned

Riot Anti-Cheat Director Phillip Koskinas responded to the viral footage on September 9 and revealed that the account involved had already been removed from the game.

According to Koskinas, the account used the Riot ID FaeL o Anacondo#br1 and was banned on September 3 after completing three matches. This means Riot had taken action six days before the video gained widespread attention online.

Koskinas identified the cheat as “Sysinfo” and dismissed it as low-effort software. He also suggested that hiding the account’s Riot ID in footage does little to prevent Riot from identifying the player responsible.