"Getting carpet bombed from the other side of the map was.." Tejo Nerf In Valorant 10.09 Patch Pisses Off Fans

Tejo’s entry to valorant was nothing short of disastrous. His rockets would either delay the defuser or just kill them from anywhere on the map trying to defuse. Making Riot’s prior decisions on making post-plant, not a camping zone: questionable. After all, why claim to be aware of the util dumps and then add in a character that is Zeus on crack? 

The tunes have quickly changed with Tejo going from being the most overpowered agent to just existing via the upcoming 10.9 patch. The Nerfs are not pretty, with his rockets no longer being renewable and the range is just a shadow of what it once was (55m to 45m). The economic hits on Tejo will also bring him down, with most of his util costing about 100-200 creds more, his ult is now another story going from 8 orbs to 9. Yeah, the changes are rough and the community has plenty to say about it.

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“Hey, I have an Idea, let’s make this Agent 100% useless,” Fans React To Tejo Nerfs in Valorant 10.09 Patch Update

Yeah, it’s giving - “Oh, your leg needs to be amputated? Let’s do that with your arm as well- just for good measure”. There’s no denying that Tejo was too overpowered but there needs to be an actual fix, if you’re gonna nerf this agent to the ground; why not remove him entirely? It just comes across as a bandaid fix rather than an actual redesign. Besides this, some fans went past ranked play. 

Dead In Esports, Dead In-Game

Valorant Esports has just been a blur, even castors don’t know what to say at times because the util is so overwhelming and Trent from G2 made his mark by consistently clutching via Tejo to an uncanny level by shutting down teams and counter plays – because realistically speaking, there’s only so much you can do against it. The meta will shift and there’s no doubt about it, especially with these changes.

“Since Tejo’s release, we’ve watched players master the use of his rockets, and over time we’ve seen enemies feel that their options of counter plays are limited and that misplaying often leads to checkmate scenarios,” Riot Games said in a post on X (Formerly Twitter).

“His ability to use rockets on cooldown throughout the round from safe distances has felt unhealthy, so we’d like to bring Tejo a little closer to our other initiators that require more vulnerable positioning when using abilities and make decision-making around his rockets more intentional and meaningful.”

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Playing against Tejo was trying to dodge 10 different util’s at once and most fans are happy that Tejo was nerfed because let’s be for real, he shouldn't have been added in the first place. What are your thoughts on his nerf?

Written By: Sarah Dar (Writing Intern, India Today Gaming)