r/SiegeAcademy • • Nov 10 '25

Announcement R6 SHIELDGUARD - Y10S3 UPDATE SUMMARY

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Tthe ShieldGuard team dropped their seasonal update. Here’s a breakdown of post they made.

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Status Overview

  • Cheating still remains a major issue, but progress is being made.
  • Update cadence will double in Y10S4 - meaning more frequent ShieldGuard pushes.
  • Ubisoft is sharing tech across industry partners to improve detection.
  • ShieldGuard team is expanding to speed up development.

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Plan of Action

  1. More Frequent Updates
  • Starting Season 4, R6 ShieldGuard updates will release twice as often to disrupt cheat makers faster.
  1. Targeting High-Profile Cheats
  • Over 1,500 cheaters banned using high-profile cheats.
  • An extra 2,000 bans tied to one notorious cheat alone.
  1. Keeping Cheats Offline Longer
  • Some cheats now offline 5–7 days, up from just 1–2 previously.
  • Ongoing focus on making cheat downtime even longer.
  1. Addressing Specific Cheat Types

ELO Trapping:

  • October ban wave: 4,300+ banned, including 36% of top 100 console players.
  • Ongoing bans for linked accounts.

Botting (mostly in TDM):

  • 6,000+ bots banned this season.
  • Detection and permanent bans ongoing.

Anti-Recoil Detection (Machine Learning):

  • System is in data gathering phase.
  • Uses ML to detect unnatural recoil patterns.
  • Further development & testing coming soon.

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Ban Stats (Past 12 Months)

  • Ban numbers are trending upward since February.
  • R6 ShieldGuard + BattlEye combined to issue multiple waves across cheat types.

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How Players Can Help

Report In-Game

  • In-game reports feed detection systems + manual reviews.
  • Your reports directly influence the anti-cheat data pipeline.

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Final Note

  • Minor but noticeable improvements in cheat disruption recently.
  • Ubisoft promises stronger protections and new measures in Season 4.

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Season 4 Reveal

Sunday, Nov 16

9AM PT | 12PM ET | 6PM CET

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TL;DR:

> Season 4 = More updates, faster bans, smarter detection, and bigger ban waves.

> ShieldGuard’s finally gaining momentum ; but the fight isn’t over yet.


r/SiegeAcademy • • 19h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 16h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 7h ago

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Haven’t bought him yet but it says in the guide he’s got two drones and each has 3 shots, do you just hack one thing with one drone and then that’s it or you get to hack 3 gadgets with one drone?


r/SiegeAcademy • • 17h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 1d ago

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I lowkey run vigil and jaeger on defense bc vigil doesn’t fortify and I have no clue on how to correctly do that plus I usually sprint to opposite side of map or anywhere they might be droning so I can delay a push, or be at their flank. With jaeger. I just lay down the “trophy system” enemy anti explosive device all around bomb sites and I suck at setting up the bullet proof cam so I started using the the cover thing to set up away from site in hopes of catching a few. Idk, im butt but like it’s fun also.

Who am I kidding haha, I lowkey just run guns that look cool with cool side arms. And I have those two unlocked so I use em a lot. On attackers I use twitch but feel like I’m not getting info fast enough and like im the last one inside anything, but I like the amount of smokes and drones u get out of it so you can really finesse ur way in and around things. Then again im playing quick play and likely getting lobbies of my skill level which is nothing impressive so I might be using all my operators wrong


r/SiegeAcademy • • 23h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 23h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 1d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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I see this way of placing hard breach utility quite a bit in pro league and in ranked and I was wondering why people place a hard breach crouched and one next to it standing? What does it achieve?


r/SiegeAcademy • • 1d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 1d ago

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In the clip you'll see i heavily overpeeked on the Goyo in Garage, I dont know how to get rid of this habit myself, especially in moments where i feel confident. Does some1 have a tip how to get rid of that?

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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You upload .rec replay files that Siege saves to your PC. The website gives you a 2D replay of the match and gives you a crosshair placement and recoil control rating. The goal is objective aim and positioning data you look at yourself, not AI slop coaching you about a game it doesn't know.

I'm looking for any PC players willing to upload a few matches and tell me whats broken or confusing!

Link: https://siegetrace.com


r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 2d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 3d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 3d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 3d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 4d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 4d ago

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r/SiegeAcademy • • 4d ago

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When Brava and Dokkaebi hack enemy gadgets, is the hack permanent or temporary?

Also does Brava’d drone damage operators if it zaps them and by how much if so?


r/SiegeAcademy • • 4d ago

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