Tejo has been temporarily removed from Valorant because of a bug, and it’s currently unclear when Riot will enable him again.

Quick Answer

  • Riot has disabled Tejo in live Valorant queues due to a technical bug.
  • There is no official public date yet for when he’ll be back.
  • Until he’s fixed and re-enabled, you won’t be able to pick or see Tejo in normal play.

Who is Tejo in Valorant?

Tejo is a Colombian Initiator agent who was added to Valorant as the game’s seventh Initiator and the 27th agent overall. His ballistic guidance system and targeted strikes are designed to pressure enemies off angles and force them to give up space.

Players quickly saw him as an information-and-pressure hybrid: he gains info on enemy positions, then uses guided explosives to punish them for holding common spots.

Why was Tejo such a big deal?

From the time he released, Tejo was widely considered overpowered or at least extremely strong. Many players and analysts complained that:

  • His kit “did everything easily” and removed a lot of the skill ceiling around utility usage.
  • Once he had information on enemy locations, his Guided Salvo could force enemies to move into bad positions , especially when combined with strong flash agents like Reyna, Gekko, or Yoru.
  • For months, some felt Valorant “stopped being a shooter first” and turned into a sandbox for Tejo’s oppressive utility.

Community discussions noted that he was particularly effective on tighter or less-open maps such as Fracture, Bind, Haven, Split, Lotus, Ascent, and Pearl.

What actually happened to Tejo now?

Recently, Valorant removed Tejo from the playable roster due to a bug affecting him. Short clips and posts report that:

“VALORANT have removed Tejo due to a bug. It’s currently unknown when he will be re-enabled.”

Key points:

  1. Tejo is disabled in-game right now because of a technical issue.
  1. Riot has not publicly confirmed the exact nature of the bug or given a confirmed return date.
  1. This kind of temporary removal matches what Riot has done in the past with other agents or maps when critical bugs appear.

So, if you’re wondering why you suddenly can’t lock Tejo or see him in matches: he’s disabled at the moment, not deleted or removed from the game’s lore or long-term plans.

Did balance problems play a role?

Even before the bug removal, Riot had already started nerfing Tejo.

  • Patch 10.09 changes targeted specific issues that had made him oppressive in previous months, and some competitive players questioned how viable he would be afterward.
  • Earlier community balance threads heavily criticized his point‑and‑click big damage ability and his ultimate as being too strong compared to other initiators.

In other words:

  • Phase 1: Tejo releases, feels broken and meta-defining.
  • Phase 2: Riot pushes balance changes to tone him down.
  • Phase 3: A separate bug leads to him being temporarily removed from live play.

Current removal is explicitly reported as bug-related, not a stealth delete because of balance.

What to expect next

Based on how Riot normally handles this kind of situation, the most likely path is:

  1. Fix the bug internally.
  2. Ship a hotfix or include the fix in the next patch.
  3. Re‑enable Tejo once they’re confident he’s stable.

Until Riot posts an official update:

  • There is no guaranteed timeline for his return.
  • Any date you see in random comments is speculation unless it’s coming from official Riot channels.

Mini FAQ

Is Tejo gone forever?
No. He is disabled due to a bug and is still part of the agent roster and lore; the expectation is that he will return once fixed.

Can I still use him in custom or practice?
Reports focus on him being removed because of a bug, implying he’s broadly disabled; availability in specific modes may change with patches, so you’ll need to check in-game after each update.

Why do people say he “broke” the game?
Because his info + guided damage combo, together with strong flash agents, made coordinated attacks extremely hard to stop and shifted the meta heavily toward his utility.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.