Switch — Softperfect Lag

Because modern anti-cheat systems (like Easy Anti-Cheat, BattleEye, Vanguard) monitor for large, unnatural delays in packet sending, this method is now considered primitive and highly detectable.

If you are experiencing the effects of a lag switch (teleporting, rubber-banding, delayed kills), you are likely suffering from: softperfect lag switch

Do not try to "fight fire with fire." Using SoftPerfect to cheat will result in a permanent ban on platforms like Steam, Epic Games, and Riot. Do not try to "fight fire with fire

If you are considering using SoftPerfect Lag Switch for cheating, be aware of the following: SoftPerfect has since updated their software agreements to

Many users mistakenly believe SoftPerfect built a cheating tool. In reality, SoftPerfect is a legitimate network diagnostic tool used by IT professionals to test how websites and servers behave under poor network conditions (stress testing).

The term "Lag Switch" was appended by the gaming community because the SoftPerfect suite was, for a time, the easiest free software to configure for malicious packet manipulation. Cheaters preferred it because:

SoftPerfect has since updated their software agreements to condemn its use for cheating, and modern versions include watermarks that anti-cheat software can detect.