RIP Lance Arcilla, The Voice Behind 'Valorant' Meme 'Revive Me Jett'

Lance Arcilla, the voice behind the classic Valorant meme Revive Me Jett, has reportedly passed away at the age of 21. The news was shared by a friend of Arcilla's in a now-deleted post in a Filipino Facebook group for Valorant players. The news was confirmed by Arcilla's mother on Facebook yesterday.

Arcilla's repeated cry of "Revive me Jett" became iconic thanks to a 2020 YouTube video in which he can be heard playing Valorant and begging the player of Jett to revive him after he's been killed by the opposing team. Unfortunately, the character Jett has no abilities to heal other characters. Other players in the game then attempted to correct Arcilla and inform him that Sage was the healer character to no avail, as Arcilla continued to shout "Jett! Revive Me! Revive me, Jett!"

The video turned "Revive me, Jett!" into a meme among the player base, and eventually caught the attention of Riot Games. The voice actors of the game all tried their hand at reading "Jett, revive me" and a later update of the game included an in-game spray called "Revive me, Jett!"

Valorant fans on Reddit have expressed hope that Riot Games will find another way to pay tribute to Arcilla's meme in future updates of the game, whether that be a tribute to Arcilla himself or a new way to incorporate "Revive Me Jett" into the gameplay. One user proposed "on April Fools' Day that they can make it so Jett ult can only revive Omen.