Gekko

is an Agent in VALORANT and the sixth Initiator to be released. 
==Profile==
===Biography===
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Mateo Armendáriz De la Fuente, call-sign "Gekko", is VALORANT's twenty-second recruit and the owner of Dizzy, Mosh, Thrash, and Wingman, a crew of four creatures known as radivores with the ability to transform from their primary globule state into mimicked animalistic forms. Previously property of K-SEC, these radivores now live with Gekko, often traveling with him wherever he goes within their small carrier that Gekko wears as a sash, from which they'll emerge and take form at a moment's notice to assist him.
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====MATEO ARMENDÁRIZ DE LA FUENTE: Early life====
*De la Fuente is born and raised in Los Angeles.VALORANT 4 March 2023 Press Release: "Born and raised in Los Angeles, Gekko is VALORANT's newest Initiator who leads a tight-knit crew of calamitous creatures."
*De la Fuente steals the radivores Dizzy, Mosh, Thrash, and Wingman from a K-SEC facility.6.05 Reyna Email 
====: VALORANT agent====
*Recruited as its twenty-second agent.
*Gekko receives a call from Brimstone.Gekko Twitter teasers
**He goes on to miss several more calls from the Protocol leader.
*Gekko has a meal with Brimstone, Jett, and Reyna.
*Gekko calls Reyna ahead of his first VALORANT mission about what color to dye his hair. He comes to a decision on his own anyway to dye it green.
*Gekko meets up with Reyna in Los Angeles.GREATER THAN ONE
====Project Landfall====
*Gekko receives an email from Brimstone welcoming him to VALORANT.6.04 Brimstone Email
*Gekko requests for his room at VALORANT HQ to be combined with another one to give his radivores some more space.6.05 Gekko voicemail
*Gekko asks Brimstone to help settle the other agents' nerves over concerns that his radivores had been eating radianite from the Protocol's reserves.6.08 Gekko voicemail
*Gekko learns about the creation of Max Bot from Phoenix.THE GAMES BEGIN
*Gekko asks Brimstone to ensure Deadlock becomes less hostile towards his radivores, making it clear that he won't allow them to become the monsters Deadlock thinks they will become.7.02 Gekko voicemail
*Gekko is assigned as a member of the Los Angeles strike team.Sunset Reveal Trailer
**Upon reaching the portal room, he is tasked with shutting down the portal, summoning Wingman to observe as well.
**After Deadlock and Sova's attempts to shut down the portal fail, Wingman then has a plan to jump into the portal while taking Deadlock's nanowire accelerator with him. Gekko is apprehensive, concerned that Wingman might not be able to make it back to Alpha's dimension, but he stands by the radivore as he approaches Deadlock to ask for the accelerator. Gekko pleads with her to trust Wingman as he isn't anything like the more aggressive radivore that had once attacked her, and she eventually relents.
**As Wingman enters the portal with the loving support of Gekko, it starts to become unstable, forcing Gekko and the rest of the agents leave the facility.
**The portal is successfully shut down, resulting in a massive sinkhole appearing in the facility car park. Gekko spots Wingman back in the α-dimension at the edge of the sinkhole and reunites with him.
**A Legion strike team then arrives there on a mission for α-radianite, who Gekko and the rest of the Protocol team are able to repel.7.04 KAY/O email
*Gekko has an expensive meal with Jett.7.05 Jett voicemail
====Scions of Hourglass====
*Gekko's radivore crew gets spooked by something within a sealed system at the Scions of Hourglass' Elder Grotto.9.01 Gekko email
*Gekko is assigned to a strike team defending S22 from the VALORANT Legion as part of a set of simultaneous incursions across Alpha.INCURSIONS
*Gekko catches Wingman taking one of Brimstone's records from his office.9.04 Gekko voicemail
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===Personality===
Gekko is a relaxed, supportive and kind person. He encourages his team to work together and compliments them whenever they complete a task or impress him. He cares about the safety of his team, and is receptive towards his teammates' ideas and opinions. He usually repeats whatever his creatures say, sharing his thoughts about their dialogue as well. Gekko's focus is teamwork and contributes a calm, laid-back mood to the game.
===Appearance===
Gekko is a young Hispanic-American man that wears a green, purple and orange vest over a short sleeved black shirt, brown sweatpants, white and gold shoes with blue socks, blue and green-yellowish gloves, and a belt around his waist with a globule that holds Mosh. Gekko has dyed green hair, brown eyes, yellow fingertips on his thumbs and bird shaped earrings. Along his arms are tattoos which appear to be some of the things he holds and sees in Los Angeles, such as a juice box with a straw and a man with spiky hair. Surrounding Gekko are his buddies. Mosh is in his belt as a globule, Wingman is sitting on his arm and Dizzy and Thrash surround him. All of these show that he seems to have a chill personality with a stylish look.
== Abilities ==
===Passive===
===Basic===
===Signature===
===Ultimate===
==Agent Cosmetics==
The following are cosmetics related to Gekko from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).
===Gear===
===Other cosmetics===
Player Cards
Image	Name 	Source
 	Ankle-Breaker 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Champions Squad 	Event Pass:Champions 2023
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Part of collection:
 	Epilogue: No Hands 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Epilogue: VAL-SICLES 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	Gekko ID 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
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Part of collection:
 	Give Back // 2023 	Store:
 	Latest Issue 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Mementos Pt. 2 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
 	No Hands 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	PREMIER LAUNCH STAGE 	Premier
 	Tight-Knit(teaser) 	Battle Pass:EP 06 Act 1
 	Unstoppable // Gekko 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 1
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Part of collection:
 	VAL-SICLES 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 2
 	VERSUS // Deadlock + Gekko	Miscellaenous
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Part of collection:
 	Wax On Wax 	Battle Pass:EP 09 Act 2
Sprays
Image	Name 	Source
 	Gekko Diff 	Broadcast Drops
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Part of collection:
 	Give Back // 2023 	Store:
 	Go Again? 	Battle Pass:EP 08 Act 3
 	Predicament Pals 	Prime Gaming Drops
 	The Great Responsibility	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 2
 	Updraft Scare 	Battle Pass:EP 07 Act 3
Buddies
Image	Name 	Source
 	Give Back // 2023	Store:
==Quotes==
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==Update History==
==Spotify Playlist==
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==Trivia==
*Gekko is the first post-beta agent to be released without having an accompanying VALORANT Protocol ID player card cosmetic available to unlock in his release act's battle pass.
*Gekko has an appreciation for sneakers.#BuildTheWorld: Gekko + Phoenix
*His voice actor, Alejandro Antonio Ruiz, also voices Gekko in the Latin American Spanish dub.
*Gekko is an only child, and his mother is a veterinarian.Señora De la Fuente is interviewed by Nina Cruz on Heatwave 94.5
===Relations===
*Gekko and Reyna share a very close relationship, evidenced with the phone call with her of choosing which hair color for the Protocol and meeting up at a mural with her.
==Gallery==
GREATER THAN ONE -- Gekko Agent Trailer - VALORANT
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File:Gekko_Concept_Art_-_Thrash_Ability_Sheet.jpg
File:Gekko_Concept_Art_-_Creature_Gesture_Sheet.jpg
File:Gekko_Concept_Art_-_Dizzy_Ability_Sheet.jpg
File:Gekko_Concept_Art_-_Wingman_Ability_Sheet.jpg
File:Gekko_Concept_Art_-_Mosh_Ability_Sheet.jpg
Gekko State of the Agents Teaser.jpg|State of the Agents teaserState of the Agents: February 2023
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Greater Than One Gekko Crew.png|GREATER THAN ONE
The Games Begin Gekko.png|THE GAMES BEGIN
Sunset Gekko.png|SUNSET
Year Three.jpeg|Year ThreeYear Three
2 Worlds Gekko.png|2 WORLDS
Incursions Gekko.png|INCURSIONS
==References==
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