Timi's Massive Anti-Cheat Ban Wave: Top-Tier Leaderboard Collapses as Top Streamer Gets Banned Live

The Honor of Kings community is in turmoil after a massive ban wave caused a drastic collapse in the competitive leaderboard. Reports indicate that the top 1000 rankings were reduced to just 600, suggesting that nearly half of the top tier was comprised of cheaters.

The catalyst was a high-profile streamer known as 'Xinzhuzhu,' famous for his performance on the hero Baili Shouyue. After being accused of cheating and subsequently banned, he adamantly denied the allegations and hired 'water armies' (paid trolls) to suppress the controversy. This only fueled the fire, prompting a massive crackdown by the developers that caused temporary server instability. The streamer was eventually banned live on air, a moment that quickly went viral.

Community feedback has been intense. Some gamers compared this to the historic ban waves in Overwatch, where a huge portion of the top 500 were purged. Many pointed out that the game's ecosystem is heavily plagued by 'workshops' (automated botting farms) and scripts, noting that the game serves more as a social tool than a serious competitive platform, and hope this crackdown signals a real change.