Which anti-cheat software is included with Valorant?

The anti-cheat software included with VALORANT is Riot Vanguard.

Riot Vanguard is Riot Games’ anti-cheat system for VALORANT. It combines a game client with a privileged kernel-mode driver intended to detect and block cheating methods that ordinary user-level software may not be able to observe. The system was introduced with VALORANT’s launch era and is designed to protect competitive play from tools such as aimbots, wallhacks, and unauthorized game modifications.

Vanguard became controversial because kernel-level software operates with very high privileges inside the operating system. Riot has argued that this access helps identify sophisticated cheats, while security and privacy critics have questioned the risks and the amount of trust required. Those concerns do not change the quiz answer: Vanguard is the software associated with VALORANT.

The alternatives are anti-cheat products associated primarily with other games or publishers. Valve Anti-Cheat is Valve’s system, while BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat are third-party products used across multiple titles. Riot Vanguard is also used with League of Legends, where Riot introduced it in 2024, but VALORANT was its original major deployment.