{"id":482,"date":"2025-05-02T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T12:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:49:34","slug":"massive-tejo-nerfs-are-coming-in-valorant-patch-10-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/massive-tejo-nerfs-are-coming-in-valorant-patch-10-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Tejo nerfs are coming in VALORANT Patch 10.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Tejo Nerfs VALORANT Patch 10.09\" class=\"wp-image-180924 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tejo-Nerfs-VALORANT-Patch-10.09-large.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Credits: Riot Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbd723b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Riot Games has finally addressed community feedback and is set to <strong>nerf Tejo<\/strong> in the upcoming <strong>VALORANT Patch 10.09<\/strong>, with nearly every ability being affected.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbd785a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cSince Tejo&#8217;s release, we&#8217;ve watched players master the use of his rockets, and over time we&#8217;ve seen enemies feel that their options of counter plays are limited and that misplaying often leads to checkmate scenarios,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VALORANT\/status\/1918046990497403370\">Riot stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbd7e5c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cHis ability to use rockets on cooldown throughout the round from safe distances has felt unhealthy, so we&#8217;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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-681898bbd8b90\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-180859\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/sonder-retire-valorant-red-bull-instalock\">Sonder to retire from VALORANT after Red Bull Instalock<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-180615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/valorant-masters-toronto-2025-drops-all-rewards-and-how-to-get-them\">VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 drops: all rewards and how to get them<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-180557\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/falcons-vega-mary-interview\">\u201cI\u2019ll eventually step down as duelist\u201d: Falcons Mary on exploring other roles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-681898bbd9a5a\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"all_tejo_changes_in_patch_1009-2\">All Tejo Changes in Patch 10.09<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbda066\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Most notabily, Tejo&#8217;s <strong>Guided Salvo<\/strong> will now fire only one missile per charge, but to balance this, the total number of charges has been increased to two. The first charge remains free, while the second will cost 150 credits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbda65f\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Apart from this, the ability\u2019s map range has been reduced from 55 meters to 45, and&nbsp; its cooldown has also been removed<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdac5a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Tejo\u2019s <strong>Stealth Drone <\/strong>has also seen an increase in price from 300 to 400 credits. On the other hand, Special Delivery has had its cost reduced from 300 to 200 credits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdb24b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Finally, his ultimate, <strong>Armageddon<\/strong>, will now require nine ultimate points instead of eight to be activated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdb82b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to ensure that the game still feels like a tactical shooter first, so when certain synergies and ability overlaps move us away from that goal, it is important for us to correct them,\u201d Riot added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-681898bbdbe47\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"communitys_reaction_to_tejo_nerfs-2\">Community\u2019s Reaction to Tejo Nerfs<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdc40b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The scheduled changes to Tejo have mostly received a positive response from the community, as his abilities will now need to be used more cautiously.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdc9e5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cChef kiss, I really like these changes. Have to actually think about how you use the rockets instead of just blindly dumping them for whatever you want to do, also fixes a lot of run away post plant as you have to think about using the rockets for post plant or to take the site, not both. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdcfac\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>&#8220;Should feel a lot more rewarding to bait out his rockets as well. GG Riot these are some fire changes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TenZOfficial\/status\/1918029086800355342\">said Tyson &#8220;TenZ&#8221; Ngo<\/a>, long-time VALORANT pro. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdd582\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>However, not everyone is on board with the nerfs, as some believe Riot may have gone too far.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbddb62\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cThis is so overkill. Yes, he needed nerfs but he just got the chamber treatment. There will be little to no reason to pick him in ranked or pro play,\u201d a fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlackBirdM_\/status\/1918140700408926389\">wrote on X (Twitter)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-681898bbde16e\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"impact_on_the_meta-2\">Impact on the Meta<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbde74a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>We believe Tejo\u2019s meta is over\u2014period. While the nerfs were necessary, we agree with the community that the nerfs are extremely brutal. As a result, we can expect an increase in pick rates for initiators like Sova and KAY\/O in both VCT and ranked play instead, along with Killjoy as a sentinel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbded3b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cOnly 1 map he\u2019s still viable on after this change in my opinion and that map(fracture) is going too. Farewell Tejo,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OfficialBoaster\/status\/1918033975848640681\">Fnatic&#8217;s IGL Jake &#8220;Boaster&#8221; Howlett tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-681898bbdf326\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"when_will_valorant_patch_1009_go_live_in_vct-2\">When Will VALORANT Patch 10.09 Go Live in VCT?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-681898bbdf915\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>VALORANT Patch 10.09 is expected to go live in VCT at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/03\/valorant-masters-toronto-schedule-format-ticket-details\">VALORANT Masters Toronto<\/a>; however, we\u2019ve reached out to Riot for confirmation and will update the story once we receive a response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/massive-tejo-nerfs-are-coming-in-valorant-patch-10-09\">Massive Tejo nerfs are coming in VALORANT Patch 10.09<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credits: Riot Games Riot Games has finally addressed community feedback and is set to nerf Tejo in the upcoming VALORANT Patch 10.09, with nearly every ability being affected. \u201cSince Tejo&#8217;s release, we&#8217;ve watched players master the use of his rockets, and over time we&#8217;ve seen enemies feel that their options of counter plays are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-valorant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.keepinitcoolhvac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}