When will the option to report players for being elo-boosted become available? (Checklist included)

Davidence·5/6/2017, 6:04:36 PM·1 votes·495 views

Too many times have I seen players in my games who are very explicitly elo boosted to the tier they are playing in. And it's not them just having "a bad game", it's consistent losses until a certain point where they previously played good, but suddenly started losing a marginal amount of games with their in-game performance being extremely underwhelming. Here is a checklist on how to spot an elo boosted player: Flash on different key? ✓ The most dead giveaway. Playing extremely well on specific champion(s) or role, then suddenly switching roles or champion and going on a massive loss streak? ✓ This means they paid the booster to play W/E they are good at, and then when they have completed their boost, they go back to their old ways. Severely different stats from previous games including CS, KP, KDA, ward placement and other gameplay factors? ✓ Playstyle completely changes E.G from passive-support player to a hard carry midlane main? ✓

And there are more ways to find out if someone is eloboosted. However, for those who suspect the player is boosted from the very moment they enter champion select and when they play throughout the game, the report button should solve that by notifying Riot about such suspicious behaviour.

5 Comments

LostFr0st5/6/2017, 6:08:18 PM2 votes

We already have a category: cheating/use of 3rd party programs. It's best if you describe the thing that tipped you off in the report comment box though and they'll look into it.

Hethalean5/6/2017, 6:06:10 PM1 votes

If they're explicitly elo boosted, then they've admitted it. I am pretty sure it's reportable / bannable, so you can just report them.

This Is Your Dad5/6/2017, 6:17:58 PM1 votes

I've only met one person in the process of being boosted and it was quite evident because the support was paired with the adc who had a 10.0 kda average with 9 ranked games total as adc, and the support who was bronze 1 was paired with that adc for all 9 games and made it to silver. I simply sent a support ticket with the two people involved. If Riot decides that not sharing accounts makes it not cheating (because technically they're not cheating, just duoing with a smurf adc) then so be it. But chances are there was money involved, and that might have been a breach of ToS. However, I only saw evidence of this 1 time.

Troll Armada5/6/2017, 8:45:57 PM1 votes

Just use the third party tools option.

Most if not all elo boosters use third party tools and cheats, not their "skillz" ...shocker I know.

Meowing Mango5/6/2017, 11:31:32 PM1 votes

I played against a booster (the person actually doing the boosting) I will never forget. This guy's Ahri was way too good for the skill bracket. I check his stats, and the guy had pretty average/below average scores and then suddenly a bunch of Ahri games out of the blue that could have given some pros a run for their money. Too sketchy.

Unless you are going to tell me that guy magically went from having average KDA and below-average farm to stellar Ahri games out of the blue overnight...