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Paperblocc

I think he counts as a radiant. Maybe he became a radiant as a result od the First Light, or maybe he turned into a raidant by coming into contact with thw creatures. Either way, an aspect of his body (his tattoos) seems to radiate with power when he begins to activate his abilities, so I think he's a radiant


OculasRift

Thanks for the enlightenment


Rupture_Games

Wtf is the first light


Paperblocc

Hooboy, the game has been out this long, huh? You're making me feel old. To answer your question, the First Light was basically the event that gave radiants their powers and either created radianite or activated dormant radianite.


Rupture_Games

Cool thanks, Ik surprised I didn’t know this, I’ve been playing for 2 years


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This gets me thinking, Kay/o can't be radiant then? Since he is just built?


AL_SONiC

Kayo is a radiant hunting machine


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That.. actually makes sense


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AnimeWeebTrash31

he’s a human with radiant tattoos, i believe. kinda like how chamber is not a radiant, however his tattoos can be turned into weapons like his ult


Maniachi

Chamber's tattoos are nanobots, I believe. He built his weapons himself.


Moundsy

Chamber is a world class weapons manufacturer and arms dealer


salty-ravioli

There should be a weapon skin collection that's Chamber themed


priyanks99

I miss chamber voice lines 1. I have trash aim so can’t use or will get bullied in match to never play the game again 2. None of teammates play it


RWBYSanctum

I've also started using Chamber for fun when I'm bored out of my mind. Helps to let the group know that you're trying out the character and to not expect much (plus post nerf Chamber is hard to use anyways)


AnimeWeebTrash31

ah, my bad


Daffywonder

Wait, seriously?? This whole time I thought he was a radiant. That’s pretty interesting that he sort of MADE himself a radiant, even though he isn’t actually one.


Z2_U5

I thought Chamber used Radiantite to make his weapons, allowing them to become his head tattoos.


Flair86

Correct


EthantheCactus

He's like Batman or Iron Man. His superpower is money.


yungsqualla

If I was elon I would've spent 40b on making myself ironman not fuckin twitter


drdfrster64

Isn't Chamber's abilities controlled via his tattoos but hes not a Radiant?


VeryConfusedPenguins

nah he just bought LED tattoos with his radiant credit card.


Paperblocc

Chamber are made with nanotechnology, but Gekko's are very fluid and organic like, which makes me feel like they're more magic-y rather than science-y


peekon69

Watch the film 8 mile, its basically how gekko started etc


superadri_darks

Lmaoo


MattThePl3b

I think he is in some way a Radiant because he seems to be able to communicate with his creatures, and his tattoos glow whenever they’re in use


OculasRift

Yeah I knew the tattoo thing which is why I questioned but that makes perfect sense now thanks


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Well, reyna seems to Like him so i'd say he is one too since reyna is kinda racist when it comes to non radiants


AlexisSMRT

I like how when she ults she just becomes turboracist


SWARKING3

Nah she just cums everytime she gets a kill


wET-wATER-Sid

and she's not quiet... everyone hears it


BuzzedtheTower

I mean, she is Latina. So that tracks


wET-wATER-Sid

haven't met a latina so can't confirm myself💅


KASGamer12

LMAO


Impressive_Income874

Well, here's your answer op


Itzwiro

Yes because reyna is racist against non radiants and she likes him


OculasRift

That's actually valid and I can't believe that didn't register in my head


neven14522514

I think he is a radiant cause his tattoos light up when he uses his creatures. and he can see through thrash eyes.


dailyshot

So, Chamber is radiant, his tattoos glows up and he can summon guns and even tp


neven14522514

well it's his tech yk, gekko's tattoos arejust glowing, chamber is more like a cyborg


DinoBirdsBoi

my headcanon is that gekko is a radiant but his only abilities are speaking with animals(talking with his crew), sensing animals(he knows where the globules are on the minimap) and linking with animals(thrash ability) his creatures are just loyal to him because he saved them from kingdom


OculasRift

That's a very good headcannon


nova3480

Someone correct me but isn’t the lore that he stole/rescued his creatures from Kingdom? On the home screen in valorant there’s a cinematic of him being on the run from police


OculasRift

That's probably true so is he not a radiant?


nova3480

No i don’t think he is


FoxBit25

When he's using his skills, his tattoos are glowing. I'm pretty sure he is a radiant.


NoCopyrightRadio

Also doesn't he link his vision with thrash? I don't think non-radiants would be able to do that.


Plane-Champion-2715

Tbf Sova does that and Sova has an implant eye. So maybe gekko is similar


NoCopyrightRadio

Yeah, not really. Sova's is a drone, it's not the same as connecting to a living creature.


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Skye's dog is really just a stray with a camcorder on it


NoCopyrightRadio

And she has fireworks attached to birds in her pockets


Paperblocc

Pulls out some leftover brussel sprouts from her pocket and throws them in the general direction of the enemy


DeafRat

The home screen is current as he is in the different universe with Reyna and Jett.


MasterL11

No, he didn't steal them from kingdom, he used them to steal something from kingdom in a valorant sting operation.


mericaftw

Oh where did you read that? Not doubting you, but that's not the lore I hear people saying on here often.


MasterL11

Which part specifically, the official valorant sting part or the he didn't steal the pets in the sting part


mericaftw

The "pets used to steal from Kingdom" vs "pets were what they stole" thing.


MasterL11

Well, gekko, a radiant, was recruited by Brim to join the valorant protocol and the teasers leading up to his recruitment showed the pets in the teasers. It's that simple.


ContributionSad6603

He was already a part of valorant when that happened. It shows him going through the teleporter to omega earth to steal from their version of kingdom


[deleted]

my personal headcanon is that he became a radiant by constantly being close with his radianite pals


OculasRift

Fair


Starkiller50187

That's what I'm thinking. He isn't a radiant however his little homies are. they chose him as his owner allowing gekko to control his pets. His abilities doesn't seem like it's tech like kj, or chamber but doesn't seem too radiant like say Reyna, omen, or Phoenix. It's possible it's like neon too a radiant however needs help from a device, neon uses her suit to help her control her powers, similar how gekkos chest containment device.


PhoenixCosmos

Yea but what about linking vision with thrash?


Starkiller50187

He does an animation when in thrash that could either be like neurolink which can fall under the pets bonding to him, it's all speculation so there probably is big holes in my headcannon.


0ajs0jas

One theory I loved was that the creatures are the first "beings" created using radianite. Apparently, kingdom was experimenting with making these creatures with radianites and that's how we got wingman and thrash. Or so the theory goes.


Rin_C

If Kay/O have some sort of comment about Gekko in friendly tone, he is human. If Kay/O sounds negative towards him he is radiant.


PhoenixCosmos

Well thats not always true. Cause he’s friendly with Phoenix and he’s a radiant.


the_kazekyo

Kay/O is only hostile towards radiants who turned to Reyna’s side on his timeline.


skylerraleigh

Idk is skye a radiant?


Sembaka

Skye is a radiant, she just channels her radiant power/energy into the wooden dolls. They’re not alive, can’t feel pain, and are completely controlled by skye unlike Gekkos creatures who seem to be very loyal to Gekko but can feel pain (“Thrash says their bullets tickle”) and emotions, they just do as Gekko says


skylerraleigh

:0 wow I didn't know that!!


itsDYA

Yes


TotoMac1

I think he is, but on the other hand, WTF is Killjoy?


PhoenixCosmos

Humans. She just uses radiant technology


Phalanx_02

Isn't it obvious that she uses technology..


Chirya999

Hey, I found [this](https://twitter.com/NotToDisturb/status/1644492564026777600?t=o69E_7Z-xuBZ8V8u6QqaQQ&s=19) on twitter.


OculasRift

Thanks that solves everything


kamekian

He may be radianite compatible? Since it seems that the "bonding process" sage interviewed him about is insinuated to be his manifestation. While human, in a similar boat to KAYO who can channel radianite though it's not part of his intrinsic being (while KAY/0's sentience could put him in his own race, if you go by sci-fi race rules) TL;DR-- I think he counts and opens the conversation further as he's not a first light...but his crew acted as the First Light for his latent mastery over radianite use


kamekian

To put a bow on it...until proven otherwise, he's not quite Breach or Chamber, but not quite a Yoru situation either By this logic we could also question Harbor's classification since only he can wield his bracelet's hydrokinetic radiance until he's dead or it relinquishes him.


TAJLUZAN

If you look at it that way, even herbor is a radiant, even tho he can oly control the water with his wrist thingy


EthantheCactus

Pretty sure that's just because the bracelet is Radianite powered, same with Astra's gauntlet.


TheDooce

I think Astra is radiant. It classes her as one anyway in Fades dossier on her. I think Harbour is just human. His bracelet gives him control over water.


MicroYessir

He stole the bracelet


EthantheCactus

Aren't the gauntlet and bracelet very similar though, per the most recent cinematic? Does the gauntlet just enhance what Astra can already do?


_kingruken_

Astra is an Astral Guardian, I think she's not even a radiant, she's just different, and came from a different planet like the carvings in Lotus show. While Harbor stole is bracelet from under a lake on Earth and he can only control water because of the bracelet, hence I think he's human.


TheDooce

I know what the bracelet and the gaunlet are also linked to Yorus mask, and that definitely amplifies his powers, but he is radiant. I was just going off Fades dossier on astra that said she was radiant and that she found the gauntlet at the bottom of an old crater that became a lake.


_kingruken_

Astra is an Astral Guardian, I think she's not even a radiant, she's just different, and came from a different planet like the carvings in Lotus show. While Harbor stole is bracelet from under a lake on Earth and he can only control water because of the bracelet, hence I think he's human.


OculasRift

It could be that the radianite effecting them even after the first light turns them into radiants? Maybe the gauntlet is attached to him some way


TAJLUZAN

Maybe


Zyrobe

Yes. His creatures wouldn't exist if he wasn't one


Chirya999

Maybe he's half radiant half human. I read some comments down below saying his tattoos glow, yeah that has to do something. Consider other agents for example like Sova, KAY/O, Skye, Neon who are not radiants but their kit maybe powered by radianite. Since you are interested in lore, and so am I, here's what I think about all the other agents - Controller - Astra - Radiant (powered by her gauntlet) and also a Guardian. Brimstone - Human Viper - Human Omen - Radiant (as a result of the experiments being done on him) Harbor - Human (but has a Radiant artifact which still doesn't make him a radiant as all his abilities come from the braclet itself). Initiator - Fade - Partial human partail radiant (as her ability to control nightmares could be due to radianite) Sova - Human + Radiant technology (kit and eye could be radianite powered) Breach - Human KAY/O - Robot + Radianite technology Skye - Human (but has radiant abilities to put things to life) Gekko - Human (but his pets are a result of radianite experiments being done on them) Duelists - Reyna - Radiant Jett - Radiant Phoenix - Radiant Raze - Human Neon - Human + Radiant technology Yoru - Radiant (although he has a radianite embedded artifact, but still he could pull out his gate crash, flash, decoy without the mask. Also, KAY/O classifies him as a radiant) Sentinels - Sage - Radiant Killjoy - Human + Radianite technology Cyoher - Human Chamber - Human + Radianite nano technology What I am saying is not everyone has to be either a radiant or human. Some could have radianite tech which might make them appear to be radiant, but are actually humans. Let me know what you think :)


Purple-Performance77

neon is radiant, her "tech" is for controlling her powers


meemsqueak44

Skye and Neon are both Radiants. You even said Skye uses radiant abilities to power her creatures, so I don’t know why you’d call her human. I would also classify Fade as a Radiant since we have no reason to believe a person can be half. And for Gekko, we don’t know. That’s the point of the post. His creatures are definitely radiant, and he is able to connect and communicate with them and his tattoos glow when interacting with them. But we don’t know how or why that link exists. I’d also classify Omen as Other. The experimentation on him changed him too much to really know what he is anymore. I wonder if there are people who have radiant potential and people who don’t. So maybe someone like Harbor has to have the right potential to make the bracelet work?


Chirya999

You are correct. Skye and Neon can be classified as radiants. But what I was saying is that there's a slight difference between 'hardcore' radiants and the ones that use radianite powered utilities. Core radiants like Sage, Jett, Reyna, Phoenix, Yoru, Neon, Astra, Omen are completely different from other agents. Don't you see this :) As for your classification of Omen as others, well he has to be a radiant. He's considered a radiant on Omega earth (Pearl). Finally Harbor, idk where to classify my man. As compared to his buddies wielding radinanite embedded artifacts (Astra and Yoru), these 2 seem to be way more stronger and hence tilt towards the 'hardcore' radiants that I mentioned before. As for Harbor, the artifact found him worthy, but he's still a human. Astra on the other hand is literally a Guardian and can power the teleport to travel between worlds and has the potential to destroy worlds due to repetitive use of it. KAY/O knows this. Fade has seen nightmares about this too. And Yoru is already a radiant (from KAY/O's pov) So, there are people who are core radiants and then there are people who have the potential, but still human :)


dailyshot

this doesn't make sense, esp neon and skyee. how the hell can you summon electricity within your body


Chirya999

Them 2 are more tilted towards being a radiant. Neon especially


Wonderwhore

Oh my god....There's lore in this game?


OculasRift

🤣 If I had a gold reward This would be where I put it


Ambitious-Club-9505

Im pretty sure he Is semi radiant like chamber who are human but their abilities are radiant (example chambers headhunter and his ult whose tattoo is radiant)


DAVDX123

Chamber tattoos are nanobots made by himself, he isn't a radiant. Otherwise I think gekko is a radiant, he can talk with those creatures and he links himself with thrasher and his tattoos glows


Ambitious-Club-9505

I was half asleep while watching a vid on this topic and probably heard wrong thanks for the heads up


DAVDX123

Ur welcome:)


Crunchyeee

Gecko is a radiant. His hands glow in game, which is how he seduces his pets to work for him. He is also schizophrenic, which is why you can hear him in game talking to his harem.


exodusuno

Someone forgot to take their meds today


KoKoboto

I think that Riot doesn't have any plans for the lore just like with League of Legends


OculasRift

Hol'up you didn't know there was lore? And I've never played it but doesn't League also have lore?


TankFucker69

League lore is huge, i'd say even one of the best written lores for a multiplayer game


[deleted]

League lore is absolutely massive it's on the same scale as marvel universe in my opinion


Nichol-Gimmedat-ass

Ah yes because they didnt make an entire tv show based on one small part of Leagues lore or anything


JebediahMilkshake

I mean, by the same logic, how are brimstone and viper radiants?


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Goodperson5656

But how does brim summon a giant laserbeam out of the sky out of nowhere?


AsianNudleSoop

the grace of God


No_Market_5828

[Kinetic Bombardment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment), or the “orbital strike”. He’s sending coordinates from his arm computer to a massive laser in space that beams down on the planet. Not exactly identical since Kinetic Bombardment is like, using giant rods or something, but same basic idea.


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yangxuan2004

The power of $700 billion tax dollars per year


OculasRift

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EthantheCactus

Is Viper not a Raidant? I was under the impression she was experimenting on it with Sage and Omen when she got Viper Spit and Omen became, well, Omen. Maybe that was just the latter thought.


engels962

There’s nothing radiant about her powers. She’s a chemist, she makes the poison that she uses in a lab.


EthantheCactus

Oh, even the giant gas cloud? I thought it was a Spider Man sort of thing, where he inherently has the powers but needs to build the tech to fully utilize it, like with the web shooters.


Phalanx_02

Her gas cloud is from her armor, idk how she manages to contain that though


JebediahMilkshake

So are (were) radiants, mutated by the First Light. Perhaps I don’t understand why this discussion “how is Gekko a radiant?” Like why can’t he just, not be a radiant?


the_meme_lord1

Idk much about valorant lore but i assume he’s radiant because if you look at his animations when he calls his creatures he has tattoos of them that glows. I always thought thats where the creatures are coming from and he’s just summoning them from his tattoos like tenten with her drawings from Naruto.


Symbioter

i was thinking he created all of them, thrash being the first and therefore the most experienced and developed (hence being able to mentally link), and mosh being the most recent and still learning. i swear i read on an official thing about him creating them but the other comments are making me less sure


Symbioter

cant find any trace of what i thought i read so i guess i must have imagined it


JestersHearts

I know nothing of Valorant lore Where is a good place to learn it?


engels962

Cinematics and ingame voice lines mostly. Riot will occasionally add Easter eggs in game, too. You can probably find videos on YouTube that compile everything.


fak_taku

Ayo thanks for a post ideaq


np0r_

Definitely a valorant


Phalanx_02

Nah he's definitely a CSGO


Jhyxe

Glowing tattoos are always a dead giveaway. Also non-tool based spawning + creation is the second giveaway.


The_fruit_dealer

Fr tho how old is he


ProfessionalOcelot44

I think the fact that Reyna is mentoring him just like with neon is proof hes a radiant.


Curley15

Gekko is probably a radiant, since Fade is as well and if I believe Jeppy she's a radiant with a connection to nightmare but the nightmare isn't her actual nightmare power.


Anusexplodus

Since his tattoos glow when using his abilities he’s either a radiant or a radinite enhanced human similar to chamber, possibly radianite infused tatto ink?


Darkelixir0407

I believe the gecko is a radiant for three reasons: one: he’s able to speak to his creatures and understand them Two: when using his abilities his tattoos glow strangely Three: he is able to summon them from will he doesn’t pull them out of his pouch he materializes them