Gekko

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## Additional Pages

• Gekko/Quotes
 **Lore Wiki Article**

— Official description

**Gekko** is an Agent in *VALORANT* and the sixth Initiator to be released.

* Biography
* Timeline of events

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.

#### MATEO ARMENDÁRIZ DE LA FUENTE: Early life

* De la Fuente is born and raised in Los Angeles.
* De la Fuente steals the radivores Dizzy, Mosh, Thrash, and Wingman from a K-SEC facility.

#### Gekko: VALORANT agent

* Recruited as its twenty-second agent.
* Gekko receives a call from Brimstone.
	+ 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.

#### Project Landfall

* Gekko receives an email from Brimstone welcoming him to VALORANT.
* Gekko requests for his room at VALORANT HQ to be combined with another one to give his radivores some more space.
* Gekko asks Brimstone to help settle the other agents' nerves over concerns that his radivores had been eating radianite from the Protocol's reserves.
* Gekko learns about the creation of Max Bot from Phoenix.
* 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.
* Gekko is assigned as a member of the Los Angeles strike team.
	+ 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.
* Gekko has an expensive meal with Jett.

### Personality

— Gekko (Match start)

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 dialouge 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

Globules

When  Wingman,  Dizzy, and  Thrash expire they revert into a dormant globule. INTERACT to reclaim the globule and gain another charge after a short cooldown. Thrash can only be reclaimed once.

**Windup:**  1 s
**Duration:**  20 s

### Basic

C – Mosh Pit

EQUIP Mosh. FIRE to throw Mosh like a grenade. ALT FIRE to lob. Upon landing Mosh duplicates across a large area that deals a small amount of damage over time then after a short delay explodes.

**Uses:** 1
**Cost:** 250
**Windup:**  3 s
**Damage:**  10/sec during windup, then 25/50 per tick (Outer/Inner radius), 3 ticks within 0.2 s

Q – Wingman

EQUIP Wingman. FIRE to send Wingman forward seeking enemies. Wingman unleashes a Concussive blast toward the first enemy he sees. ALT FIRE when targeting a Spike site or planted Spike to have Wingman defuse or plant the Spike. To plant, Gekko must have the Spike in his inventory.

**Uses:** 1
**Cost:** 300
**Duration:**  5 s (without spike)
**Cooldown:**  10 s (granted by Globules)
**Health:**  80 HP
**Debuff:**  2.5 s Concuss

### Signature

E – Dizzy

EQUIP Dizzy. FIRE to send Dizzy soaring forward through the air. Dizzy charges then unleashes plasma blasts at enemies in line of sight. Enemies hit by her plasma are Blinded.

**Uses:** 1
**Cost:**Free
**Windup:**  0.5 s
**Duration:**  2.5 s
**Cooldown:**  10 s (granted by Globules)
**Health:**  20 HP
**Debuff:**  1 s Blind (max potency)

### Ultimate

X – Thrash

EQUIP Thrash. FIRE to link with Thrash's mind and steer her through enemy territory. ACTIVATE to lunge forward and explode, Detaining any players in a small radius.

**Cost:**♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 7 points
**Windup:**  0.6 s
**Duration:**  6 s
**Cooldown:**  10 s (granted by Globules)
**Health:**  200 HP
**Debuff:**  6 s Detain

## Agent Cosmetics

The following are cosmetics related to Gekko from Agent Gear and from other sources (e.g. Battle Pass).

### Gear

*More information: Gear*

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

### Other cosmetics

Sprays

Gunbuddies

## Update History

**v8.01**
* Thrash
	+ Fixed a bug where occasionally the explosion was blocked from affecting enemies due to corners of geometry.

**v7.12**

* Globules
	+ Reduce reclaim channel time from 2s >>> 1s
* Thrash
	+ Fixed an issue causing kills with  Mosh Pit to not be awarded while using Thrash

* Dizzy
	+ Pre-fire targeting delay decreased 0.5s >>> 0.35s
	+ Missile speed increased 7000 >>> 10000

**v7.07**

* Dizzy
	+ Enemy detection range is now correctly reduced while inside of Viper’s Pit ability.

**v7.05**

* Mosh Pit
	+ DoT damage per tick reduced 3 >>> 1
		- **This is an undocumented change**
		- DoT damage from 30/sec >>> 10/sec

**v7.04**

* Mosh Pit
	+ The impacted area now does 30 damage per second before exploding
		- **The correct value is undocumented, instead officially being documented in the patch notes as dealing 10 damage per second**
* Wingman
	+ HP reduced 100 >>> 80
* Thrash
	+ Explosion VFX updated for clarity

**v6.08**

* Updated Gekko’s in-game portrait for better gameplay readability and quality consistency.
* Wingman
	+ Audio improvements to Wingman’s plant and defuse audio.

**v6.06**

* Mosh Pit
	+ Damage to objects reduced 2.5x >>> 1x
* Wingman
	+ Wingman will now always die if he is last alive.
	+ Wingman can no longer concuss intangible players.

**v6.05**

* Improved performance in Agent Select
* Globules
	+ Added VFX to when Gekko is reclaiming an orb, as well as when the globule reclaim is complete
	+ Improved visuals for enemy creature globules
	+ Fixed a bug where ally Gekko orbs were showing up as white outside of custom Replication.
* Mosh Pit
	+ Added audio variations for Mosh Pit's explosions
	+ Fixed a bug where damage from Mosh Pit was avoidable while crouch jumping in the pit.
	+ Fixed display name of "Mosh Pit" showing up as "Mosh's Pit".
* Wingman
	+ Plant and Defuse targeting has been improved in order to target higher locations.
	+ Fixed a bug where Wingman wasn't taking melee damage.
	+ Fixed a bug where Wingman wasn't able to defuse the Spike after using Swap Team command in a Custom game.
	+ Fixed a bug where Wingman Spike plant casting allowed him to run too far of a distance if cast in midair.
	+ Fixed bug where Wingman's torso wouldn't trigger Cypher's  Trapwire (C).
	+ Fixed a bug where the wrong animation played while casting Wingman.
	+ Fixed a bug where Gekko wasn't able to plant in Spike Rush if Wingman was stopped from planting.
* Dizzy
	+ Audio improvements for Dizzy's plasma blasts, which will help you easily identify if it's flying towards you or towards an ally while in the air
* Thrash
	+ Fixed UI staying on screen if the round ended while you're possessing Thrash.

**v6.04**

 Added

## 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.
* 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.

### 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

State of the Agents teaserGREATER THAN ONETHE GAMES BEGINSunset Reveal TrailerYear Three
## References

1. ↑ 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."
2. ↑ 6.05 Reyna Email
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gekko Twitter teasers
4. ↑ GREATER THAN ONE
5. ↑ 6.04 Brimstone Email
6. ↑ 6.05 Gekko voicemail
7. ↑ 6.08 Gekko voicemail
8. ↑ THE GAMES BEGIN
9. ↑ 7.02 Gekko voicemail
10. ↑ Sunset Reveal Trailer
11. ↑ 7.04 KAY/O email
12. ↑ 7.05 Jett voicemail
13. ↑ #BuildTheWorld: Gekko + Phoenix
14. ↑ Señora De la Fuente is interviewed by Nina Cruz on Heatwave 94.5
15. ↑ State of the Agents: February 2023
16. ↑ Year Three