CGravity Well
ACTIVATE a <whitebold>Star</> to create a zone that <debuffred>pulls</> all players to the center, exploding and applying <debuffred>vulnerable</> to all players.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
ControllerAstra
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
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QNova Pulse
ACTIVATE a <whitebold>Star</> to detonate it, <debuffred>concussing</> all players hit.
Bought with credits at the start of a round, and lost when you die.
ENebula
ACTIVATE a <whitebold>Star</> to transform it into a smoke.
The signature ability — free every round, and on some agents it recharges through play rather than being bought.
XCosmic Divide
ENTER <whitebold>Astral Form</>. ALT FIRE to EQUIP <whitebold>Cosmic Divide</>. FIRE to set, pivot and FIRE again to create an indestructible wall that blocks audio.
Charged by ultimate orbs, kills, deaths and planting or defusing the spike.
PassiveAstral Form
ACTIVATE ULTIMATE to ENTER <whitebold>Astral Form</>. FIRE to cast <whitebold>Stars</>. INTERACT to recall a <whitebold>Star</>. Recalling a <whitebold>Star</> forms a brief smoke.
Always active. It costs nothing and can't be bought, lost or charged.
What a Controller does
They decide which angles exist. Smokes and area denial let a team take a site while ignoring half the defenders on it.
How Astra's abilities are bought
Two of Astra's abilities are bought with credits each round and lost on death. Nebula is the signature ability, so it's free every round, and Cosmic Divide is the ultimate — it can't be bought at all, it charges through play.
Astra also has a passive, Astral Form, which is always active and costs nothing.
Astra FAQ
What role is Astra in VALORANT?
Astra is a Controller. They decide which angles exist. Smokes and area denial let a team take a site while ignoring half the defenders on it.
What is Astra's ultimate?
Astra's ultimate is Cosmic Divide, bound to X. ENTER <whitebold>Astral Form</>. ALT FIRE to EQUIP <whitebold>Cosmic Divide</>. FIRE to set, pivot and FIRE again to create an indestructible wall that blocks audio.
What is Astra's signature ability?
Nebula. ACTIVATE a <whitebold>Star</> to transform it into a smoke.
How many abilities does Astra have?
Astra has 5 abilities in total: Gravity Well, Nova Pulse, Nebula, Cosmic Divide, Astral Form.
Was Astra in VALORANT at launch?
No, Astra was added after release — only 5 of the current agents shipped with the game at launch.
Is Astra free to play?
Astra has to be unlocked, like every agent beyond the starting few. You do that with Kingdom Credits earned by playing, or with VALORANT Points if you would rather not wait. Unlocking is permanent and no agent is ever sold as a stronger option — the roster is balanced, not tiered by price.
Which agents are Controllers?
There are 7 in the Controller role: Astra, Miks, Harbor, Viper, Brimstone, Clove, Omen. Roles are the game's own grouping, not a community one, and they describe the job an agent does for the team rather than how strong they are.
Astra in professional play
How often professional teams actually pick Astra, measured across 1,820 tournament games played between 2026-05-22 and 2026-08-20. This is professional VALORANT, not ranked — the two behave differently, and a pick rate at this level says more about map strategy than about what wins games in a solo queue.
3.1%
Pick rate
49.1%
Win rate
1.01
K/D
568
Times picked
Where Astra gets picked
Pick rate is the share of the ten player slots in a game that this agent filled. Win rate hovers near 50% for almost every agent because professional matches are between evenly matched teams — a figure far from 50% usually means a small sample rather than a strong agent. Maps with too few games to be meaningful are left out entirely rather than shown with a warning.
What Astra's abilities cost
Two of every agent's abilities are bought with credits at the start of a round and lost when you die. The signature is free on a cooldown, and the ultimate cannot be bought at all — it charges from kills, deaths, spike plants and orbs.
- C · Gravity Well
- Bought with credits each round
- Q · Nova Pulse
- Bought with credits each round
- E · Nebula
- Free every round, on a cooldown
- X · Cosmic Divide
- Charged through play, never bought
- Astral Form
- Always active, no cost
Where Astra sits in the roster
Astra was added after launch. Only 5 of the current roster shipped with the game, and the agents added since tend to carry more conditional or setup-heavy abilities than the originals.
During development Astra went by the internal codename Rift, which is the name that still appears in the game files.
There are 30 playable agents in total, 7 of them in the Controller role.
More agents in the Controller role
The other 6 agents who fill the Controller role. If you like how Astra plays, these are the closest thing to a lateral move — same job on the team, different tools.
