Riot bans Valorant cheater using Evil Tung Tung Tung Sahur
Riot Games has banned a Valorant player who used cheats to wipe entire enemy teams while using a sinister 'Evil Tung Tung Tung Sahur' character model
A Valorant cheater using a hacked version of the 'Tung Tung Tung Sahur' meme character has been banned by Riot Games. The account, identified as FaeL o Anacondo#br1, was banned on September 3 after playing just three games, according to Riot Anti-Cheat Director Phillip Koskinas in a September 9 post.
Footage of the cheater in action went viral on social media. The video, shared by Valorant Tactic, showed gameplay from the cheater's perspective with a dark version of the AI-generated wooden character replacing the standard weapon view. Enemy player silhouettes were visible through walls, and multicolored targeting lines spanned the map. The player rapidly eliminated all five opponents to achieve an ace in the first round of a match, a feat repeated in a second game on a different map.
Viral clip mocks Vanguard anti-cheat
The clip gained significant traction after being reposted by Valorant analyst vladk0r. His caption, "kernel level anticheat vs tung tung tung cheat-hur," directly referenced a statement from Valorant Esports President Leo Faria. Faria had been addressing competitive integrity concerns as more VCT competition moves online in 2027, assuring that "all the same protections still apply, including our kernel-level anti-cheat."
Vladk0r later expressed a serious concern about the tournament implications. "Imagine losing to a team with this s*** only for them being banned later after few rounds of the bracket," he wrote, arguing the competitive damage would already be done before Riot could issue a disqualification.
Riot's response and ongoing cheat battle
Phillip Koskinas confirmed the ban and dismissed the cheat used, referred to as "Sysinfo," as "lowskill vibeslop." He noted the futility of the cheater hiding their Riot ID, stating, "We can detect anything with time, but VAL is a free to play game." Koskinas also agreed that Riot needs to enhance pre-emptive protections for open qualifiers, directly addressing worries about cheaters disrupting tournaments.
Riot recently made its Vanguard anti-cheat system optional in an on-demand mode. The developer has acknowledged facing "more cheating assets than ever before," a trend it attributes to AI coding tools making cheat creation easier. However, Riot maintains that Vanguard's strategy of detecting cheat injection methods, rather than individual programs, allows it to keep pace.
The footage highlighted the use of apparent wallhacks and automated targeting, though it was unclear if the sinister Tung Tung character model was visible to other players or only on the cheater's screen. The original Tung Tung Tung Sahur meme became widely recognized online in 2025 and has appeared in games like Fortnite and Roblox.
