Today, Riot Games unveiled their latest agent for their free-to-play tactical first-person hero shooter ‘VALORANT’. Meet Tejo, a veteran intelligence consultant from Colombia. Tejo’s ballistic guidance system pressures the enemy to relinquish their ground—and he’s got an arsenal of skills to make that happen.
VALORANT is also introducing Flex, the first new content type since launch in the form of handheld objects that gives players more ways to express themselves in-game. It is equipped via Collections and appear in game in a player’s Spray Wheel. To celebrate the launch of Flex, players will receive a free Flex with a second Flex available in the Season 2025 // Act I Battlepass.
Lastly, this act also brings players a new skinline, EX.O. Inspired by futuristic and sci-fi themes.
Players can look forward to seeing Tejo & S25 Act 1 on the 8th of January, with the EX.O. skinline to drop the day after. VALORANT is available on PC via Riot Games’ Launcher, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series consoles. Game Pass members get quite a few goodies by attaching their Riot Games account to their Xbox account, including all unlocked Agents in VALORANT as well as many other stuffs in the company’s other games.
Riot Games and VALORANT today revealed Tejo, a veteran intelligence consultant from Colombia. Tejo’s ballistic guidance system pressures the enemy to relinquish their ground – or their lives. His targeted strikes keep opponents off balance and under his heel.
Tejo’s abilities include:
Special Delivery
EQUIP a sticky grenade. FIRE to launch. The grenade sticks to the first surface it hits and explodes, Concussing any targets caught in the blast. ALT FIRE to launch the grenade with a single bounce instead.
Stealth Drone
EQUIP a stealth drone. FIRE to throw the drone forward, assuming direct control of its movement. FIRE again to trigger a pulse that Suppresses and Reveals enemies hit.
Guided Salvo
EQUIP an AR targeting system. FIRE to select up to two target locations on the map. ALT FIRE to launch missiles that autonomously navigate to target locations, detonating on arrival.
(ULT) Armageddon
EQUIP a tactical strike targeting map. FIRE to select the origin point of the strike. FIRE again to set the end point and launch the attack, unleashing a wave of explosions along the strike path. ALT FIRE during map targeting to cancel the origin point.
VALORANT is also introducing Flex, the first new content type since launch in the form of handheld objects that gives players more ways to express themselves in-game. It is equipped via Collections and appear in game in a player’s Spray Wheel. To celebrate the launch of Flex, players will receive a free Flex with a second Flex available in the Season 2025 // Act I Battlepass.
This act also brings players a new skinline, EX.O. Inspired by futuristic and sci-fi themes, weapons included in EX.O are the Vandal, Sheriff, Spectre, Outlaw and Katana – the EX.O Edge. The all new Battlepass will feature items including the Celestia Ghost, Epilogue: Tactical Spacewar Card, Hieroscape Blades (Dual Melee), Moon Scout Outlaw, Scaredy Cow Gun Buddy and Stellar Dendrite Flex.
Season 2025 // Act I begins January 8, 2025 with EX.O available to players on January 9.
Battlepass:
- Price: 1,000 VP
- Highlight Items
○ Free Track
■ Celestia Ghost
■ Nine to Five Card
■ Epilogue: Tactical Spacewar Card
■ Pint-Size Planet Gun Buddy
■ Claws Are Out Spray
○ Paid Track
■ Hieroscape Blades (Dual Melee)
■ Celestia Operator
■ Hieroscape Phantom
■ Moon Scout Outlaw
■ Roll for Initiative Card
■ Old Dogs New Tricks Card
■ Revolving Door Spray (Animated)
■ I Love This Gun Spray
■ Scaredy Cow Gun Buddy
■ Stellar Dendrite Flex (New Content Type)
