Abilities:
Gravity Well, Nova Pulse
Signature Ability:
Nebula / Dissipate
Ultimate:
Astral Form / Cosmic Divide
Astra is an Agent in VALORANT and the fourth Controller to be released.
Biography[edit]
Ghanaian Agent Astra harnesses the energies of the cosmos to reshape battlefields to her whim. With full command of her astral form and a talent for deep strategic foresight, she's always eons ahead of her enemy's next move.
Abilities[edit]
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Star
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Ability: Passive
Cost: 150
Default diameter: 10m
Recall cooldown: 25s
ACTIVATE (X) to enter Astral Form where you can place Stars with PRIMARY FIRE. Stars can be reactivated later, transforming them into a Nova Pulse, Nebula, or Gravity Well.
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Nova Pulse
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Ability: Basic
Cost: Free
Cast time: 1s
Stun duration: 4s
Cooldown: 45s
ACTIVATE a Star to detonate a Nova Pulse. The Nova Pulse charges briefly then strikes, concussing all players in its area.
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Q
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Gravity Well
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Ability: Basic
Cost: Free
Cast time: 1.25s
Gravity duration: 2.4s
Cooldown: 45s
ACTIVATE a Star to form a Gravity Well. Players in the area are pulled toward the center before it explodes, making all players still trapped inside fragile.
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C
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Nebula
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Ability: Signature
Full duration: 15s
Dissipate duration: 1.5s
Charges: 2
Cooldown: 25s
ACTIVATE a Star to transform it into a Nebula (smoke). Use (F) on a Star to Dissipate it, returning the star to be placed in a new location after a delay. Dissipate briefly forms a fake Nebula at the Star’s location before returning.
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E
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Astral Form / Cosmic Divide
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Ability: Ultimate
Ultimate Cost: 7  
ACTIVATE (X) to enter Astral Form where you can place Stars with PRIMARY FIRE. Stars can be reactivated later, transforming them into a Nova Pulse, Nebula, or Gravity Well. When Cosmic Divide is charged, use SECONDARY FIRE in Astral Form to begin aiming it, then PRIMARY FIRE to select two locations. An infinite Cosmic Divide connects the two points you select. Cosmic Divide blocks bullets and audio.
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Version History[edit]
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Balance Changes
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| 7.08
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 Astra's smokes will play an audio and visual cue 1.5 seconds before they are about to fade.
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| 7.05
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- Astral Form (X)
 Astra will now be able to hear everything happening around her physical body while in Astral form.
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| 7.04
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- Gravity Well (C)
 Startup time increased .6 >>> 1.25- Gravity time duration decreased 2.75 >>> 2.0
- Nova Pulse (Q)
- Startup time decreased from 1.25 >>> 1.0
- Cosmic Divide (X)
- Audio now is blocked completely by the wall rather than muffled
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| 5.10
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 Fixed a bug where Astra could cast a fake Nebula (E) right at the start of a round before her Star (X) charged up
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| 4.11
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- Fixed a bug where you would sometimes see the location of enemy Astra stars (X)
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| 4.04 Hotfix
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- Fixed a bug where Astra was able to sell her starting star
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| 4.04
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- Stars (X) decreased 5 >>> 4
- Cooldown on retrieving a Star (F) increased 14 >>> 25
- Astra can now pick up placed Stars (X) during the Buy Phase to refund their charge immediately.
- Max distance of Star (X) Placement increased 10000 >>> 30000 to allow her to place Stars across the furthest corners of maps.
- Gravity Well (C) cooldown Increased 25 >>> 45
- Gravity Well (C) Size Decreased 525 >>> 475
- Gravity Well (C) no longer affects anyone fully underneath the Gravity Well (C).
- Nova Pulse (Q) cooldown Increased 25 >>> 45
- Nova Pulse (Q) no longer affects anyone fully underneath the Nova Pulse (Q).
- Nebula (E) cooldown Increased 14 >>> 25
- NebNebula (E)ula cooldowns are now sequential instead of simultaneous
- Nebula (E) size Increased 410 >>> 475
- While in Astral Form (X), pings are no longer blocked by level geometry that Astra cannot see
- Astra’s targeting ring in Astral Form (X) is reduced to one ring that reflects the now unified size of all her utility
- Astra’s targeting ring no longer randomly disappears when aiming across some map locations
- Increased the speed of the overlay that covers Astra’s screen when transitioning in and out of Astral Form (X)
- Fixed an issue where Stars (X) were placed slightly above the location Astra was targeting.
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| 3.05
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- Astra will no longer equip her weapon slower than intended after exiting Astral Form (X)
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| 3.03
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- Fixed Astra’s Gravity Well (C) from pulling people while they were attached to ascenders
- Fixed a bug where Astra could activate Dissipate while attached to ascenders
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| 3.0
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- Nova Pulse (Q) cooldown time increased 12 >>> 25
- Gravity Well (C) cooldown time increased 12 >>> 25
- Stars (X) price decreased 200 >>> 150
- Granted signature charges decreased 2 >>> 1
- Stars (X) are now inactive when placed during the buy phase
- When the barriers drop, Stars (X) charge for 1.4 seconds before becoming active and usable
- On Attack, Astra can now see the Spike’s location in Astral Form (X)
- Recall cooldown increased 8 >>> 15
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| 2.09
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- Fixed issue where Astra’s Nebula (E) was slightly offset once fully formed
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| 2.08
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- Fixed Astra's smokes from blocking flashes even when you are not fully inside them
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| 2.07
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 Now pulls Agents that are defusing the Spike. If they are pulled out of defuse range, the defuse will be interrupted- Fixed an unintended dome in the sky that Astra saw if she came out of Astral Form (X) while Omen is ulting
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| 2.06
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- Fixed issue where it looks like Astra is casting a Star (X) but doesn’t actually create one when targeting close to another Star
- Fixed issue with Astra’s Star (X) targeting being unreliable on stairs and slopes
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| 2.05
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- Added unique keybinds to the option menu for flying up and down in Astral Form (X)
- Astra now starts Spike Rush games with all 5 star (X) charges
- Fixed Astra’s “Out of charges” VO not playing for her abilities while in Astral Form (X)
- Fixed the deafening effect on nearsights not playing if Astra is in the game
- Fixed Astra having trouble placing Stars (X) on the defender side boxes of Icebox mid from the A site
- Fixed a rare bug that could leave players unable to move or process inputs until they died when entering or returning from Astra's Astral Form (X).
- Astra ascend/descend binds now properly respect changed jump/crouch keybinds
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| 2.04
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- Initial release of Astra.
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