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I wrote up a response to this, and we've seen this issue pop up from time to time. In order to get more visibility, in all regions of VALORANT, we have decided to answer this question in one of our upcoming "Ask Val" posts and we've started the process of moving that answer over to that space. Expect to see more info on this!

I'm going to copy and paste a response I just wrote about smurfing and what we are doing against it.

Two factor is a double-edged sword. When talking about smurfs, usually smurfs are higher engaged players that are familiar with VALORANT(which makes sense, they are good enough to smurf and make an impact). While two-factor can reduce smurfs, it's not a silver bullet, this is especially true for smurfs that are willing to spend money to smurf; which usually higher engaged players are willing to spend money so they fall into a group more likely to. It becomes a numbers game of what is acceptable and how much of an impact are players facing when encountering a smurf.

These numbers are made up, but lets say 1 in 10 games a player encounters a smurf between Iron to Silver and decreases as you climb ranks. Lets say with, after researching, we find out that two-factor authentication would probably reduce that to 1 in 15 games for these players, reducing smurfs by 50%. We w...

I think the issue is that we are doing things, but not the things that you think are valuable to reduce smurfs. Like I said, we've non-stop as a team tackled smurfs over and over again. In terms of specific types of solutions, I can also dive into those.

Two factor is a double-edged sword. When talking about smurfs, usually smurfs are higher engaged players that are familiar with VALORANT(which makes sense, they are good enough to smurf and make an impact). While two-factor can reduce smurfs, it's not a silver bullet, this is especially true for smurfs that are willing to spend money to smurf; which usually higher engaged players are willing to spend money so they fall into a group more likely to. It becomes a numbers game of what is acceptable and how much of an impact are players facing when encountering a smurf.

These numbers are made up, but lets say 1 in 10 games a player encounters a smurf between Iron to Silver and decreases as you climb ranks. Lets say with,...

We have a survey we send out regularly to players about ranked, you may have to opt-into Riot emails to get it. We don't publicize results, but if there were concerns we had you would see us ask about opinions on change, new features, etc. in that space.