Riot Games’s latest tactical shooter agent VALORANT is on the way.
The developer revealed the agent today on Twitter. Her name is Astra, she’s from Ghana, and she’s a new agent for controller.
“African futurism was a great inspiration for us to design Astra’s theme,” said John “Riot MEMEMEMEME” Goscicki, a character producer from Riot. “Once the element was brought into her development, all the pieces naturally fell into place.”
Astra joins Brimstone, Omen and Viper in the controller category. She is the first controller to be added VALORANT since the game was released. Duelists Raze, Reyna, Yoru and Sentinel Killjoy have been added since the game’s release.
Astra’s capabilities
Before activating the C, Q and E abilities, you need to hang some Astra’s Stars in the air with her X ability.
Here are Astra’s capabilities:
C: Gravity Well
Activate a star with C to form a gravity pit. Players in the area are drawn to the center before it explodes, making all players still trapped ‘fragile’.
V: Nova Pols
Activate a star to explode a Nova Pulse. The Nova Pulse loads up shortly afterwards and strikes all players in its vicinity.
E: Newel
Activate a star to turn it into a nebula (smoke).
F: Disappear
Use F on a star to make it disappear, and bring the star back into your inventory, place it after a delay in a new place.
Disciples briefly form a false smoke (Nebula) at the Star’s place before returning.
X: Astral form, cosmic separation
Activate with X to enter Astral Form, where you can place Stars with your primary fire key. Astra will leave her body behind in favor of a top-down view of the map. Her bodily body will be vulnerable in this form.
Once Cosmic Divide is loaded, use your secondary fire in Astral Form to start aiming it, then your primary fire to select two locations. An infinite teleport-like tunnel connects the two points you choose.
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