Getting one-tapped through smoke is frustrating, but it doesn't always mean the enemy is cheating. To protect your mental game (and accurately report bad actors), you need to know exactly what a cheat looks like mechanically.
Identifying Wallhacks (ESP): Bad players with wallhacks are easy to spot in demo reviews. Look at their Crosshair Placement. A legitimate player clears angles methodically. A wallhacker will run with their crosshair aimed at the floor, only snapping it up to head-height exactly when an enemy is approaching. They also frequently track enemy models perfectly through solid geometry.
Identifying Aimbots (Tick-Level Data): Modern aimbots don't always look like spin-bots. "Soft aim" is designed to look human, but the game engine records everything.
Human Aim: Travels in a slight arc, often over-flicking slightly and micro-correcting back to the target.
Machine Aim: Aimbots snap in a mathematically perfect straight line in exactly one server tick (1/64th of a second). If you review a demo at 1/4th speed and the crosshair teleports to the head with zero travel frames, it is machine assistance.