Valorant Guide: The Explosive New Agent Tejo

Tejo’s Arrival and Release Date

Tejo, the newest Valorant agent, joined the ranks on January 8, 2024. He arrived with Act 1 of the 2025 Season. Players can unlock him through a ten-tier contract, which rewards players with exclusive cosmetics, from sprays and player cards to weapon skins. Unlocking these items requires purchasing Valorant Points, which allow players to advance through the contract stages and personalize their characters.

Who is Tejo?

Tejo, a Colombian intelligence operative, previously served in the military. After his service, he transitioned into consulting, leveraging his extensive experience in strategic operations. His codename is a homage to the traditional Colombian game, where players toss heavy metal discs at targets, symbolizing his explosive capabilities within the game.

Tejo is visually distinguished by his distinctive yellow jacket, black undershirt, and gold belt. He sports sleek hair and stylish sunglasses. An early teaser, featuring him sipping Colombian coffee while an alarm blares, highlights his intriguing blend of calm and lethal demeanor.

What Type of Agent is Tejo?

Tejo is categorized as an Initiator agent, which reflects his abilities that aim to disrupt enemy positions and gather crucial intelligence for his team. However, Tejo’s explosive toolkit also lends itself to more aggressive play, possibly acting like a Duelist in certain situations.

As an Initiator, Tejo supports his team by generating opportunities for attacks, revealing enemy positions, and controlling crucial areas of the map. His explosiveness contributes to information gathering and eliminates enemies, making him a significant asset to any team composition.

Tejo’s Abilities

Tejo’s arsenal relies on a dynamic blend of explosive capabilities to manipulate the battlefield and provide crucial insights.

Ability 1: Special Delivery

This ability allows Tejo to equip and deploy a sticky grenade. Upon impact, the grenade adheres to a surface and detonates, inflicting concussion damage on enemies within the blast radius. An alternative fire mode allows for a single bounce, enhancing accuracy against elusive or clustered targets.

Ability 2: Stealth Drone

Tejo deploys a controlled stealth drone, capable of generating a sweeping pulse. This pulse serves to suppress and reveal any opposing agents within its radius. This suppression limits the enemy’s ability to employ abilities defensively, thereby providing tactical advantages.

Ability 3: Guided Salvo

This ability empowers Tejo with an advanced targeting system. Using the targeting system, he can mark up to two locations. Launching missiles targeting these marked points, they automatically navigate towards the designated areas and detonate on impact. This capability is highly effective for zoning control, forcing enemy repositioning and dealing considerable damage.

Ultimate: Armageddon

Tejo’s ultimate ability, Armageddon, is a formidable tactical maneuver targeting a predefined path on the map. Players select a starting and ending point. Once activated, a series of explosions detonate along the designated route. A unique feature allows for canceling the attack during targeting, which provides adaptability against changing game circumstances.

Tejo’s Contract Cosmetics

Tejo comes with a suite of cosmetics unlocked through his agent contract:

• Tier 1: Spray – Ordinance Request
• Tier 2: Player Card – VALORANT Tejo
• Tier 3: Title – On Target
• Tier 4: Spray – Heat Wave
• Tier 5: Valorant Credits – 2000
• Tier 6: Gun Buddy – Misilito
• Tier 7: Spray – Tejo Spray
• Tier 8: Title – Hermano
• Tier 9: Player Card – Collateral
• Tier 10: Sidearm (Shorty) – Hard Bargain

How Will Tejo Impact the Meta?

Tejo’s explosive kit promises to reshape Valorant’s tactical landscape. His combination of initiation, information gathering, and direct combat potential presents a formidable presence. The stealth drone provides valuable intelligence, while the guided missiles and Armageddon provide an effective means of applying pressure and disrupting enemy formations.

Tejo’s explosiveness might face challenges from agile agents like Jett, Raze, and Omen, who excel at movement and evasion. Agents with strong self-preservation like Phoenix, Reyna, and Sage also hold a tactical advantage, mitigating damage and allowing for sustained engagements.

Well-timed utility, such as Vyse’s walls or Sage’s barriers, could prove effective counters to Tejo’s missiles.

Conclusion

Tejo’s introduction to Valorant signifies a significant evolution in tactical gameplay. His explosive combination of initiation, intelligence gathering, and the ability to disrupt enemy formations makes him a potent force on the battlefield. The impact Tejo will have on the evolving meta remains to be seen, but his introduction promises exciting gameplay strategies for players.