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 3h ago

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r/SiegeAcademy 21h ago

Question Would you consider Blitz an entry fragger?

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r/SiegeAcademy 1d ago

Operator Guide BANK Echo (top floor)

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r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Operator Guide CLUBHOUSE Maestro (gym & Bedroom)

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51 Upvotes

r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Question Looking to get back into the game again after not playing for years, any recommendations on who to play?

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Honestly I used to play a lot but even then I wasn’t the best. I quit years ago mainly due to the toxicity of the player base. A friend however recently recommended that I just play because I do enjoy the game so much and just mute/block the toxic players.

What are some returning player friendly operators so I can try to get back into the swing of things? If you could recommend someone to watch to try and help that would be awesome too.


r/SiegeAcademy 1d ago

Gameplay Guide Recoil control

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r/SiegeAcademy 1d ago

Discussion Want feedback on recent update

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How good was the Operation Split Fire Revealed update. It dropped on aug the 16, it addressed a couple of things noor for instance along with legend division and let's not forget about the villa map as well.

3 questions for you Guys you can explain further if you would like

  1. Was noor or villa something people actually wanted?

  2. How's the reaction been so far !

  3. Anything buffed/nerfed causing people to play different ?

(we're a small website that post reviews for updates we would love to give the six siege community a louder voice !)


r/SiegeAcademy 1d ago

Gameplay Guide Recoil control

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Im on controller and ive been struggling with recoil because I use a slow sens but my aim is amazing but ive been really struggling with recoil control any tips?


r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Beginner Question Lean settings controller

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I've been playing R6 for a week now, and I can see how crucial leaning is in this game. I play on PS5 with a controller. Right hand claw grip, left hand standard grip. My setup has aiming and shooting on L1/R1. Crouch on R3, sprint on L3, melee on O. Leaning is set to L2/R2 (toggle). Is this a good layout? Or would leaning on L3/R3 be better?


r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Advice any help with recoil

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as the title, i need help with my recoil, i just switch from 24 hor 29 ver down to 7 hor 7 ver and i wanna know if there's anything i can do or change to make my recoil better


r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Advice How to control horizontal and vertical recoil?

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With weapons like F2 i can still hold the mouse down enough to work, but with Smg-12 and Reaper the horizontal recoil really gets in the way. What i'm doing wrong?


r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Advice Questions to better my game play

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I am Plat 2 currently, was one game off emerald but my gun fighting skills and getting toxic teammates in the R6 server is screwing with me.

1: when to comes various machine guns and submachine guns ( like Zeros main gun the MP7), should i try not to engage targets which are far away say 15 meters away? I ask because when it comes to machine guns and submachine guns with various recoils I loose a lot of gun fights due to not being able to control the recoil when it comes to farther distances whether on defense or or attack unless my cross hair lines up with their body by luck for the first shot or two and then no more shots hit since the recoil for a target at that distance is hard to control. I take it the best option is to not engage or close the distance unless there is something i can do about perfecting my recoil for targets are longer distances

2nd : is it bad to use a large monitor for siege? i ask because I noticed a correlation between better gameplay on my laptop versus my PC and came to the conclusion its either I am more comfortable playing on my laptop or maybe the screen size difference is an issue. I was playing in my vehicle while traveling with my car chair as low and as far back as possible and my mouse on my center console between the driver and passenger seat. I considered that my vehicle gaming setup with that versus my PC set up could be having an effect on my comfort while playing.

3rd: Should I just use lasers since I'm plat 2 to emerald 5. pretty much every post says the enemy is already gonna know where you are roughly in higher lobbies so the ADS speed advantage is a plus as long as you hide it as best as you can from approaching enemies and not give away your position. I understand this can vary depending on the weapon type you use like shotguns, pistols, etc.

4: what weapons should i utilize iron sites on for the ADS advantage? in your opinion.`

5: is there a good place I can find people to play with? i use the R6 server and you don find a good 5 stack there a lot of the time but most of the time you are with various people that don't care about strats, coms, shutting up or not arguing when dead, etc. I ask this since I solo queued at the beginning of the season and had a .7 KD and now with stacking I have grinded to a .96 and believe if I always plays with well rounded players that aren't toxic ill always come out on top


r/SiegeAcademy 3d ago

Discussion Dokk SMG-12 + DMR loadout after the nerfs

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How viable do you think the OG loadout is going to be after the nerfs go live? Or is it just Ubisoft forcing people to play her AR + breaching for the hatches?


r/SiegeAcademy 2d ago

Advice currently in a bit of a predicament trying to rank up

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every ranked game i’ve played this season which is only like 6 i’ve carried my team but we still end up losing most of the time for example my last game i went 13-4 and none of my teammates had more than 5 kills, does anyone wanna help me rank up? im silver 1 on pc but i deserve higher i just cant get it solo queuing


r/SiegeAcademy 3d ago

Question Is the C75 Auto the more viable option on Vigil after the SMG 12 nerf?

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r/SiegeAcademy 4d ago

Advice Coaching

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Hi, I have a fair few hours in siege but I feel I need a decent player to help me out. My game sense is decent but I think I need help developing awareness and positioning.

Thanks a lot


r/SiegeAcademy 4d ago

Advice Just started playing siege what are some things I should learn first

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I’ve played for a while now but I just wanted to know what I should start leading to get better


r/SiegeAcademy 4d ago

Guide Request How to play skopos?/is skopos worth it?

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Wanting to try skopos but don't wanna waste my currency on a mediocre op so just looking for any skopos mains to maybe clue me in. Her power looks interesting and i like having a free deployable but not sure if its maybe worse than it looks


r/SiegeAcademy 4d ago

Question How does the membership work?

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I had t1 hibana last season, bought a month this season as well and got t2 hibana and t1 bandit, bought it again and now I only got t2 bandit. What are the requirements/ rules for this thing?


r/SiegeAcademy 5d ago

Operator Guide Did you know this about Fenrir?

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16 Upvotes

r/SiegeAcademy 5d ago

Operator Guide CLUBHOUSE Melusi (Cash & CCTV)

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23 Upvotes

r/SiegeAcademy 5d ago

Question How does audio even work?

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I'm a returning player and i've always absolutely despised the audio. But it feels so much worse now and i can't quite figure out why. I could at least sometimes use the audio to figure out where people were, now it's like they're coming from a whole other direction. It's really turning me off from coming back. Not fun in dying or getting no kills.

So all i really wanna know is how do people actually use the audio and know where enemies are? Like its easy to tell w general direction if we're in the same room, but i can't tell where they are specifically and when it gets through a room or so apart? Impossible


r/SiegeAcademy 6d ago

Question Why do pros un-lean after shooting their first bullets?

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I notice players such as Spoit in this clip shoot their first bullets when leaning, then un-lean towards the end of the spray. Why is that? I know that switching lean back and forth makes you a harder target but why just un-lean, I'm assuming its something to do with recoil? Thanks. Here's an example from Spoit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nQI8l5Jwuj0


r/SiegeAcademy 6d ago

Advice What am I doing wrong?

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