Since Deadlock entered its closed beta testing phase, it has encountered some issues with cheaters. Certain players have managed to gain an unfair advantage over their opponents. In response, a new anti-cheat measure has been implemented in the game, which involves turning detected cheaters into frogs.

In a recent Deadlock update on a forum post, Valve developer Yoshi revealed that "When a user is detected as cheating during the game session, the opponents will be given a choice between banning the user immediately and ending the match or turning the cheater into a frog for the rest of the game and then banning them afterward."

"The system is set to conservative detection levels as we work on a v2 anti-cheat system that is more extensive. We will turn on banning users in a couple of days after the update is out. When a match is ended this way, the results will not count for other players."

While being an effective way to punish cheaters, the change raised some questions within the community regarding its effects on gameplay. However, there’s no need to worry if you find yourself unwillingly playing with a cheater on the team. If the other team votes to continue onwards with the match with one of your team members turned into a frog, the result of the match won't count. Otherwise, innocent players would be forced to continue a losing game of 6v5.

Though most players are happy with this change, some are raising concerns within the community. "Someone's going to find a way to turn this frog into that Baldur's Gate 3 terror and solo win the match," one player states. Toward the end of August, Valve announced that it had a team of developers working on anti-cheat and a review group in Discord dedicated to monitoring reports of cheaters.