Bots Ruining the Game

Riot has been committed to bolstering their bot detection for well over a year now (at least). These anti-bot systems include bot prevention as well as bot detection. Bot prevention prevents their programs from interacting with the game, while bot detection will flag botted accounts and terminate them as part of a wave.

[{quoted}](name=The Wolff,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=5so1YhEl,comment-id=000e0000,timestamp=2015-06-17T21:25:56.078+0000)

We're focused on detecting and banning botted accounts before they can be sold. This doesn't mean that buying a botted account makes you innocent (our Terms of Use prohibit the buying and selling of accounts). That being said, let me answer your question directly: yes, accounts that were botted and sold are in-scope for these ban waves.

[{quoted}](name=The Wolff,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=5so1YhEl,comment-id=,timestamp=2015-06-17T19:59:37.607+0000)

We wish we could provide more context, but we won't be answering questions about how we detect bots to avoid being reverse engineered. Just know that we're committed to keeping these bots down. We'll continue to improve detection as bots try to get around it, and we're working toward other solutions that will decrease motivations for botting.

If you have any further concerns, don't hesitate to ask!

It's not bots ruining the game, it's the smurfs!

Lol, what are you playing bot matches?

Every 3v3 game i have played for the last couple weeks is at least half BOT's! (i kept trying thinking it might change) WTF. i used to love 3's but its ruined now.