New Cypher’s Cage bug gives VALORANT players an unintended advantage
A new Cypher bug has been reported to Riot Games after affecting the VCT 2026 - Pacific Stage 2 match between Gen.G and Global Esports.
Fans have since tested the issue and found that Cypher’s Cyber Cage can prevent abilities from affecting players inside it, potentially giving them an advantage during a match. Riot Games has yet to address the issue.
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VCT 2026 - Pacific Stage 2 - Group Alpha
Global Esports
What is happening to Cypher's Cyber Cage?
Global Esports were just one map away from winning the series when Gen.G forced Sunset into overtime. During the round, Kim "t3xture" Na-ra was holding the A Main entrance with an Operator when Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov threw a Cypher Cage around him. What Global Esports didn’t know was that the cage was affected by an active bug, making t3xture immune to abilities while inside it.
When Fade’s Haunt and Raze’s Boom Bot passed through the cage, neither ability detected t3xture, misleading Global Esports into believing that no one was holding the angle. The unexpected interaction gave Gen.G a crucial advantage, helping them secure the map and force the series to a deciding third map, where they ultimately completed the comeback and won the series.
Following the series, fans began testing how the cage interacts with other abilities, including flashes, and found similar results. Players inside the Cyber Cage appear to become immune to abilities, regardless of whether the cage was deployed by a teammate or an enemy Cypher.
This is not the first time Cypher has been affected by bugs this year. Most recently, a bug involving his Spycam allowed players to shoot while using the camera, a bug that first appeared in 2020 during the game's infancy.
Will Riot Games roll back the game?
On August 15, VCT Pacific released a statement regarding the match and the consequences of the bug. According to the league, there was no intentional abuse of the bug by Gen.G, meaning the match will not need to be rolled back. Meanwhile, the bug has already been fixed and the solution has been deployed to the live game.
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Sofia is an esports journalist from Porto, Portugal, with two years of professional experience and a background in college newspapers and local TV. She has always loved telling people’s stories, making interviews her favorite part of the job. Her passion for gaming started by watching her older brother play Pokémon, but it was discovering VALORANT during the pandemic that made her want to work in esports.
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