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His kit looks fire. Screenshot by Dot Esports.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Although Mirage is one of the best additions to Deadlock<\/em>, at least in today’s update, the anti-cheat system will surely become everyone’s favorite when it’s turned on in a few days. Valve didn’t reveal the exact launch date in the update notes. In this initial detection system, if a user is detected to be cheating, their opponents are given two choices:<\/p>