@@TheArtVoidwhat? Look at any fuelist except for neon and raze. Clove omen and brim are easy af. For init its only sova and kayo who are hard. And sentinel all play the same. If you can play kj then you can play any other sentinel. Same goes with omen clove and brim. For kayo and sova you only need a lot of lineups. And for neon its learning to bhop. Astra has so much to her kit. To that you are limited to 4 stars with unlimited possibillities on how to use them so its extremely hard to use the kit right.
@@Ezmyi I agree but if u know when and where to use ur star it's a win situation and according to me in Astral form if u know map very well then u can plant star asap ,for newbies its kinda mystery to understand how astra works overall its a great agent.
I love playing her so much. I love her playstyle, but she is definitely one of those legends that needs really good comms between the teammates to actually be able to utilize her kit. Being able to help your team from the other side of the map is what I love about her the most
People hate learning her. Her not so self reliant kit and high skill ceiling deter average players. But if u learn her. Life will be dream! (And yes, im an iron astra main lol) And before the kids ruin it. I'm the first comment Edit: I started to main omen cypher and kj now and im bronze 2 :) 8 game winstreak too i might get silver. Edit 2: 500 likes? MOM IM FAMOUSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edit 3:I started to main sova omen and kj (only play these 3 agents) and i'm plat 2 match mvp now! Let's go!!!!!!!!! Edit 4: Im jiggling between asc 3 and immo 1.
Agreed , as a smoke main who used to play omen and brim only till I was like gold , after that I took the initiative to learn astra and would always play her since I was plat till I reach immortal. Now I do play clove more but before whenever I needed to play a dome smoker i would always pick her cause she's so fun .
Playin astra in iron is not advicable, you need a more self sufficient agent for a rank like iron where you'll need to your raw mechanical skill to cary yourself out of the rank. But good luck on your climb, having fun is the most important thing in the game. XD
Watched the last harbor video and I didn’t think to subscribe because based off the quality I assumed you already had a couple hundred thousand subs. Saw this video and remembered the channel so I clicked just to realize how absolutely underrated this gem of a channel is, wishing you the best
Great video man! I’m an Astra main workin on getting to Immortal (currently Asc 1). Something that helped me a TON was watching pros like nAts, Zander, and Boaster play her in ranked. Learned how to be more efficient with the stars and how/when to use her concuss/suck. Communicating your abilities to your teammates is SO important for getting any value out of her kit. (Just hope your teammates listen 😂)
ASTRA WOOO as a smokes main here astra is one of my favourites to play, her kit is just so fun especially if you have good gamesense to use your stuns and sucks in creative ways. Also very versatile as she can pretty effectively lurk as well as play more up from and selfishly.
astra is the best smokes to play for me personally. her kit was straightforward and first controller role i learned she was the only one who i started out with. after that i really never switched cause she was so fun to play. i was shocked not to see others play her as much.
I was an astra main for a long while, and my favorite play ever involved the short smoke: I was pushing up on an enemy phoenix, he was running back to me, and so he rounded a corner. I had a star placed between myself and the corner, and I got this gut feeling that I'd need the star later, so i recalled it. Right as he flashed. So the smoke went up, blocked the flash, smoke went down, he swung, and I killed him. I wish I had a clip of it.
Ive been an astra onetrick since episode III act II. To put it simple, she fell off because of the reduction of her stars from 5 >> 4 and the reduction of how long her smokes last. You can tell the difference between a bad and good astra based on how they manage their placement of stars & how they use grav well and concuss. A bad astra will see little to no value in her other abilities and only ever really use them for post plant. A bad astra will additionally stack one site with stars giving the enemy easy intel as to where they are going to push. Decent astra players will only do this to trick enemies into stacking a site. Aditionally, a good astra players will try to set up plays for their frag, like using grav well or concuss to make 1v1s easier for ally frags. The reason why everyone stopped playing her was because of her reduction of stars. Having 4 stars leaves almost no room for mistakes and misplacing her utility. A majority of her stars were used for smokes anyway, and the removal of the 5th star left almost no room for using her other abilities.
the main problem i have with astra is the fact that you have to rely on your team to do everything, most of your concusses and sucks will be used by your team and you have to communicate that to a team that's willing to listen. you basically have to play it like chess and have ur whole team comming, especially because your always gonna be a sitting duck in astral mode. don't rlly recommend for low elo cuz the teammates often lack game knowledge to play off ur stars and the communication skills are non existant
depends, in pro play astra was almost ALWAYS played with viper. but in ranked the COWARDS who quit viper might want a difficult controller, so her pick rate might go up by a bit, but her win rate will almost certainly go down.
I ve been playing astra for like 500hours or sth since she was a meta agent. I think it s safe to say that i m main and i m thankful to her bc i rank upped untill ascendant 3 from plat 1 thanks to her. It s one of the easiest and impactful agents in the game but many ppl are afraid to give her a try so i hope this video will be helpful xd loved ur content btw bro i hope u ll rank up to million subs thanks to her xd cheers 🥂
This guy is so entertaining, why is he not more popular? Much love and please keep doing what you're doing, it's great, I've watched all your vids twice 😊😊
the losing streak at the beginning was sad lol but good thing you came back a lil at the end. yeah ever since her nerfs last year astra hasn't been played nearly as much so its nice to see someone play her again
i used to main astra and actually ranked up playing her you just need to get used to using her kit like how u show in the video. Amazing video, deserved the sub.
За Астру есть несколько необходимых правил 1. Закидать врага способностями. По большей части это в атаке но можно и в защите на точке поставить много звёзд и они уже боятся (Просто Закидывание и всё) 2. Даже если враг убежит от звезды это не значит что её нельзя забрать и то что она тебе не пригодится, просто нужно смотреть по ситуации где враг и заранее расставив звёзды контролировать позиции 3. Желательно придумать сетап до начала игры либо назадротить персонажа чтобы ощущать себя непобедимым 1. Spam using stars 2. Don’t be afraid to place stars; if the enemy runs away, it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to take them. Just keep controlling the points 3. Come up with a setup for the game, or keep playing that character so you'll have them ready for every map. I not Radiant, i Silver, but i see how this agent insane good
I recently started playing astra and she is really fun. I love the ability to contribute on a site that is on the opposite side without running all the way there. She isnt even that hard to learn: you have two offensive abilities and two smokes, just decide where to put the stars.
Im a plat astra main and i lover her, you really have to get creative with your smokes and other abilities like using her suck to pull yourself out of areas and peak enemies to catch them off guard
Another banger. So much editing in these videos! Crazy that this is a 2 week turnaround from your last upload! A few notes: (I'm pretty exhaustive, but I'm only being so hard on you because you've clearly got a ton of talent for this and are willing to put in hard work. Your videos are already *really* good for your size! Keep up the good work!) 0:08 I absolutely love that fade in for the vstats page. Great detail. Lots of other stuff like this all over the video; your editing is extremely strong. 0:19 There is a bit of an awkward pause here. > The graphic is cool but you ran out of script and just sat there for a bit. I'd personally just get rid of that graphic next time, even though throwing out hard work sucks >w< 1:30 Script could be a bit tighter here. You presumably wanted to communicate that you have played Astra in the past, but not recently. However you kind of buried the lede and wrote yourself into a corner, forcing an awkward sentence structure. I'd reorganize that line or even present the information at a different part of the video (e.g. the intro) 2:45 Great visual! Probably should have included the game audio though :p 3:10 At several places in the video the countdown timer in the top right disappears. I've only listed the first occurrence. > If you continue this series you should introduce the timer at some point rather than silently sticking it up in the corner (perhaps start it center screen with a race countdown sound effect of some sort and then shrink it down into the corner?). The timer didn't catch my eye until partway through the video when I went to look at the kill feed. When the viewer is watching game footage, their eye is going to be drawn to the "action" (which occurs in the center of the screen for val). Relevant elements in the corner might warrant some special indication to the viewer. 3:27 I'd be OK not having a timer on "sizzle reel" shots like this where the cuts are very fast, but you should keep it consistent. 8:18 It might be the next line in your script, but ~25 seconds have passed since the last line was delivered. You can't use "While we're on the topic of X..." Just cut that and jump right in. 11:45 If I was a betting man, I would say viewer retention started to drop off somewhere around here. You're covering good information but you're using far too many words to do it. Look at your script and say to yourself "How can I convey this information in as few words as possible?" Do that, and perhaps ask a buddy for feedback and then do it again. It's a hard skill to hone but you'll get good fast! "for those who've never played astra before" 2:32 I'd kill the timer on the example shot 7:17 I don't love the word choice "on a side note" 11:34 "pretty much like night and day" -> "like night and day" (I'm insanely hard on writing so i've held back but there are other little verbosity issues like this everywhere.)
omg this is amazing, I edit these myself so tips/criticism are always welcome. I completely agree though! Theres alot more room to improve for my script work + sentence structures and my transitions feel lacking at times. There's plenty to take from this ty! (I love that u seperated the ultra nitpicks too)
I'm a silver astra main and I'm not the best in the game ( obviously ), but I would say that her kit works really well if 1- you have good team coms, 2- you can set up yourself or your team for easy kills, and if you can manage using her astral form quickly and efficiently. Something to keep in mind is to always have an escape plan, since astra doesn't have any flashes or movement abilities, it's really easy for her to get punished when dry swinging, so it Is very useful to have a smoke or a backup plan in hand, and lastly you need to have good map and perspective knowledge, since your enemies can sometimes predict what you can use your stars for you want to change things up constantly. ☺️💜⭐
As someone who mained Astra when she first came out, only to watch in terror as she got nerfed to death, this hurts every bone in my body. Haven’t played her in ages…
i mean, her smokes are no more difficult than other smokes, can't really play oneways, but if that's the biggest issue... her suck is really good, tho i wished it would make vulnerable at its start, not at its end and start sucking a little faster. pretty nice for post plant, also pretty nice to get someone into the open, if they sit in a scary spot with Operator or similar, or to hold off a push. her concuss is great to clear angles too. Things i sometimes find difficult: -Timing the suck, if ppl sneak close to it, and then rush through, when you activate it, your suck doesn't even slow them down. -Understanding the distance of stars through walls. Can be a bit hard to know which star you are currently looking at. -Placing the ultimate: With a bit of training it works well enough, but its pretty common that some angles are not quite right, especially if it has to be placed quickly. Changes i'd like to see: Imo taking back a star should last like 0.5s longer, so you can cross longer distances with it a bit safer. she should generate a star every round, feels kinda dumb that dying with any number of stars left equals a loss of 150 credits. no other agent has that. ofc it should be balanced then, but it should not feel punishing like that.
If you want to play Astra you have to put the ulti X button in your mouse, you are always enter and leaving astral form if you use the board, always lost a lot of time.
when i first started playing valorant, i was drawn to her immediately because she just looks really cool. having never played an fps before, i just spent all my time on her and had no idea she was THAT unpopular. anyways, i'm a certified astra main and i love playing her. so fun.
Damn, reminds me of the times where when I have to fill smokes I'll play Astra. Now I play Clove but I'll still remember the good times I had playing with her :D
pls bro make one on breach. I recently discovered your channel and i like the way you make videos and how chill you are, keep up the good work, you deserve a million subs. but pls make a 10 hr breach video
I really wish they would give Astra her fifth star back. Her utility has a lot longer cooldowns then when she was the most broken controller, and it means that often times the other controllers, even brimstone, simply have more utility in a round then Astra does.
ty for this vid! i wanted to play astra for a long time and finally started, she is difficult in her mechanics at first but seems to have very strong abilities if you use them right
I‘m a diamond 2 filler main (so basically Controller main :p) and I think that Astra is the best Controller for the team in general (besides Breeze), since you can support your team with all your abilities on the whole map! The only issue is that you need lots of communication and your team trusting your utility usage. Since active comms are so rare and you as astra have to read the enemy teams‘ actions AND your teams‘ actions, she‘s really hard to play (and very frustrating at times as well). If you get a 5stack with communicating friends, she’s a really good, maybe the best controller pick. Otherwise and bc of her not-self reliant kit I usually go with Omen, Viper or Brim..
Astra is very team reliant when playing Astra I recommend having a duo or more on the team with you because when you que in toxic lobbies its almost impossible to win. Her kit requires you to help the team and it just sucks to see her not played since shes a very good agent just needs people in the team to capitalize.
tbh when i start to lose as astra on the attackers side im just taking the spike, forcing my duo to come with me and making the "fake smokes" path onto site. Putting stars so close just u can walk through with spaming the ability (yes unfortunately it requires looking down but most enemies arent expecting this and dont fancy sitting on one of the stars
You can actually lurk using astra's star as if you return your star back into your hands it can actually create a smoke making it op for 4 smokes for a quick period of time but the smoke last a couple seconds so you gotta walk inside of it fast
Really troll astra strat I've been doing with my squad is on maps where the site is really close to the start (split A, breeze A/B,Lotus B) I place all my stars from the get go but what I do is I place a star on the site where I want to plant and the rest are trailing up to it. Start of the round we astra smoke the spike plant spot then we all use brimstone boost + Triple Astra star recall to get on to site behind the cover of the recalls.
I think another problem with astra is your teammates just aren't going to know how to play with your util/playstyle with how little she gets played in ranked and there's not much you can do about that. Great video btw
if you read ur comments unpin the yee ahh comment that you pinged 2 days ago(ping this one)
he actually did
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Is your spelling
Friends are the best abilities in Valorant ngl
Fr tho
valorant are the friends we made along the way
How do you unlock that agent?😂
@@maxroby6694use voice chat 🤫
corny ass
She's difficult to master, really fun to play, but a lot of it relies on your teammates and their communication
Who said difficult to master😂it's one of the ez agent
@@TheArtVoidwhat? Look at any fuelist except for neon and raze. Clove omen and brim are easy af. For init its only sova and kayo who are hard. And sentinel all play the same. If you can play kj then you can play any other sentinel. Same goes with omen clove and brim. For kayo and sova you only need a lot of lineups. And for neon its learning to bhop. Astra has so much to her kit. To that you are limited to 4 stars with unlimited possibillities on how to use them so its extremely hard to use the kit right.
@@Ezmyi I agree but if u know when and where to use ur star it's a win situation and according to me in Astral form if u know map very well then u can plant star asap ,for newbies its kinda mystery to understand how astra works overall its a great agent.
@@TheArtVoid stil harder than all sentinels and duelists
@@Ezmyi its upon players what they think, for me its a easy agent❤️
I love playing her so much. I love her playstyle, but she is definitely one of those legends that needs really good comms between the teammates to actually be able to utilize her kit. Being able to help your team from the other side of the map is what I love about her the most
LEGENDS? LEGENDS?!
@mrhekko9842 Playing multiple games, all of which have different ways to call their characters, can do that to you
Dude honestly this man definitely deserves more than 2k subs. Especially for the quality of his videos
People hate learning her. Her not so self reliant kit and high skill ceiling deter average players. But if u learn her. Life will be dream! (And yes, im an iron astra main lol) And before the kids ruin it. I'm the first comment
Edit: I started to main omen cypher and kj now and im bronze 2 :) 8 game winstreak too i might get silver.
Edit 2: 500 likes? MOM IM FAMOUSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit 3:I started to main sova omen and kj (only play these 3 agents) and i'm plat 2 match mvp now! Let's go!!!!!!!!!
Edit 4: Im jiggling between asc 3 and immo 1.
Agreed , as a smoke main who used to play omen and brim only till I was like gold , after that I took the initiative to learn astra and would always play her since I was plat till I reach immortal. Now I do play clove more but before whenever I needed to play a dome smoker i would always pick her cause she's so fun .
Playin astra in iron is not advicable, you need a more self sufficient agent for a rank like iron where you'll need to your raw mechanical skill to cary yourself out of the rank. But good luck on your climb, having fun is the most important thing in the game. XD
@@togata135 Tnx bro
It’s weird since learning her and basically maining her i genuinely feel like I can’t play other controllers
Same thing apply to harbor
Watched the last harbor video and I didn’t think to subscribe because based off the quality I assumed you already had a couple hundred thousand subs. Saw this video and remembered the channel so I clicked just to realize how absolutely underrated this gem of a channel is, wishing you the best
Great video man! I’m an Astra main workin on getting to Immortal (currently Asc 1). Something that helped me a TON was watching pros like nAts, Zander, and Boaster play her in ranked. Learned how to be more efficient with the stars and how/when to use her concuss/suck. Communicating your abilities to your teammates is SO important for getting any value out of her kit. (Just hope your teammates listen 😂)
Yo gimme some advice. I knwo my util usage but i can't aim properly. Should i practice tracking?
@@XenithAxe Tracking is probably the least imporant aiming skill tbh. Crosshair placement, flicking and spray control are much more important
ASTRA WOOO
as a smokes main here astra is one of my favourites to play, her kit is just so fun especially if you have good gamesense to use your stuns and sucks in creative ways. Also very versatile as she can pretty effectively lurk as well as play more up from and selfishly.
astra is the best smokes to play for me personally. her kit was straightforward and first controller role i learned she was the only one who i started out with. after that i really never switched cause she was so fun to play. i was shocked not to see others play her as much.
Call him pregnant because he never fails to deliver 🗣️‼️‼️💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bro how unhinged are you?
@@XenithAxe That was a solid joke ngl
WTH THIS SO UNDERRATED XDDDDDD
@@skar6432eh I would agree but I’ve seen it twice before already so it sort of loses the shock value to make it funny the third time
@@skar6432 Sorry for replying late, I was getting insurance for this dude over here 💀
Love your videos bro, loved the harbor vid and this. Keep up the solid work brother
7:43 yuta okkotsu and lelouch... i am proud of your friends🤝
so much props to you for doing stuff like this, it helps others and makes you a crazy good player in the way of understanding at the same time
Dude your content is so gold omggg, very underappreciated
As an Astra main it always makes me so happy to see videos about Astra, since they're not as common! Great video ❤
Man, what a video! Keep doing this, youre awesome bro
Bruuhhh, you deserve so much more subs, you put in so much effort into ur vids and it's so entertaining
I was an astra main for a long while, and my favorite play ever involved the short smoke: I was pushing up on an enemy phoenix, he was running back to me, and so he rounded a corner. I had a star placed between myself and the corner, and I got this gut feeling that I'd need the star later, so i recalled it. Right as he flashed. So the smoke went up, blocked the flash, smoke went down, he swung, and I killed him. I wish I had a clip of it.
we love u clec fr (first vid i’ve seen of u i actually love it 🤗🤗🤗)
I love this seriesss keep it up man u are definitely going places ❤❤❤
Ive been an astra onetrick since episode III act II. To put it simple, she fell off because of the reduction of her stars from 5 >> 4 and the reduction of how long her smokes last.
You can tell the difference between a bad and good astra based on how they manage their placement of stars & how they use grav well and concuss.
A bad astra will see little to no value in her other abilities and only ever really use them for post plant. A bad astra will additionally stack one site with stars giving the enemy easy intel as to where they are going to push. Decent astra players will only do this to trick enemies into stacking a site. Aditionally, a good astra players will try to set up plays for their frag, like using grav well or concuss to make 1v1s easier for ally frags.
The reason why everyone stopped playing her was because of her reduction of stars. Having 4 stars leaves almost no room for mistakes and misplacing her utility. A majority of her stars were used for smokes anyway, and the removal of the 5th star left almost no room for using her other abilities.
the main problem i have with astra is the fact that you have to rely on your team to do everything, most of your concusses and sucks will be used by your team and you have to communicate that to a team that's willing to listen. you basically have to play it like chess and have ur whole team comming, especially because your always gonna be a sitting duck in astral mode. don't rlly recommend for low elo cuz the teammates often lack game knowledge to play off ur stars and the communication skills are non existant
With the recent nerf to Viper(Patch 8.08), do you think that people will start to play Astra again?..
depends, in pro play astra was almost ALWAYS played with viper. but in ranked the COWARDS who quit viper might want a difficult controller, so her pick rate might go up by a bit, but her win rate will almost certainly go down.
probaly
nah
I hope with all my might because Astra is so much fun to play, BUT if Astra gets a buff I'm going to cry with so much happiness
@@nuclearpanan7482 DONT CALL ME A COWARD RAAAAH
I ve been playing astra for like 500hours or sth since she was a meta agent. I think it s safe to say that i m main and i m thankful to her bc i rank upped untill ascendant 3 from plat 1 thanks to her. It s one of the easiest and impactful agents in the game but many ppl are afraid to give her a try so i hope this video will be helpful xd loved ur content btw bro i hope u ll rank up to million subs thanks to her xd cheers 🥂
This guy is so entertaining, why is he not more popular?
Much love and please keep doing what you're doing, it's great, I've watched all your vids twice 😊😊
Watched all of your videos and honestly man, you're making great content, keep it up! 👏🏻👍🏻. Subscribed!
Omg!! I had commented on ur harbor video asking u to play astra😭😭im glad u actually did it LETS GOO!!!
the losing streak at the beginning was sad lol but good thing you came back a lil at the end. yeah ever since her nerfs last year astra hasn't been played nearly as much so its nice to see someone play her again
i used to main astra and actually ranked up playing her you just need to get used to using her kit like how u show in the video. Amazing video, deserved the sub.
Honestly Astra takes a lot of brainpower and people don’t want to use their brain while playing 💀 I’ve been playing her a lot, she’s so fun!
Mastering Astra had helped me ranked up from hardstuck silver, into Plat 2. She definitely have a high learning curve, but it's so rewarding.
За Астру есть несколько необходимых правил
1. Закидать врага способностями. По большей части это в атаке но можно и в защите на точке поставить много звёзд и они уже боятся (Просто Закидывание и всё)
2. Даже если враг убежит от звезды это не значит что её нельзя забрать и то что она тебе не пригодится, просто нужно смотреть по ситуации где враг и заранее расставив звёзды контролировать позиции
3. Желательно придумать сетап до начала игры либо назадротить персонажа чтобы ощущать себя непобедимым
1. Spam using stars
2. Don’t be afraid to place stars; if the enemy runs away, it doesn’t mean you won’t be able to take them. Just keep controlling the points
3. Come up with a setup for the game, or keep playing that character so you'll have them ready for every map.
I not Radiant, i Silver, but i see how this agent insane good
Just started watching your videos. You seem like a chill dude. I will watch more :)
man you deserve the 10 million subs for you vids and DAM 10 hours(also pls do jett)
The thing is, Astra is a team based agent, so you NEED a good team lol
Moral of the story: have friends
Fuck I don't have it
I recently started playing astra and she is really fun. I love the ability to contribute on a site that is on the opposite side without running all the way there. She isnt even that hard to learn: you have two offensive abilities and two smokes, just decide where to put the stars.
Brother the algorithm is absolutely in your favor, keep making good content and you'll climb no doubt
Wait you only have 4k subscribers? Thats crazy from the video i honestly thought you had ATLEAST 150k.
Keep up the good work man!
This video is so SICK 😮 Keep it up my pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
You shouldve been named Anna Borshun
ur severely underrated i love ur content
here before this blows up, also these vids ar really funny please make more
0:37 you gained 3k subscribers in 11 days??? thats actually insane!
I knew this was coming after the harbor video, but it is really nice to see someone going in depth on her.
Im a plat astra main and i lover her, you really have to get creative with your smokes and other abilities like using her suck to pull yourself out of areas and peak enemies to catch them off guard
Another banger. So much editing in these videos! Crazy that this is a 2 week turnaround from your last upload!
A few notes:
(I'm pretty exhaustive, but I'm only being so hard on you because you've clearly got a ton of talent for this and are willing to put in hard work. Your videos are already *really* good for your size! Keep up the good work!)
0:08 I absolutely love that fade in for the vstats page. Great detail. Lots of other stuff like this all over the video; your editing is extremely strong.
0:19 There is a bit of an awkward pause here.
> The graphic is cool but you ran out of script and just sat there for a bit. I'd personally just get rid of that graphic next time, even though throwing out hard work sucks >w<
1:30 Script could be a bit tighter here. You presumably wanted to communicate that you have played Astra in the past, but not recently. However you kind of buried the lede and wrote yourself into a corner, forcing an awkward sentence structure. I'd reorganize that line or even present the information at a different part of the video (e.g. the intro)
2:45 Great visual! Probably should have included the game audio though :p
3:10 At several places in the video the countdown timer in the top right disappears. I've only listed the first occurrence.
> If you continue this series you should introduce the timer at some point rather than silently sticking it up in the corner (perhaps start it center screen with a race countdown sound effect of some sort and then shrink it down into the corner?). The timer didn't catch my eye until partway through the video when I went to look at the kill feed. When the viewer is watching game footage, their eye is going to be drawn to the "action" (which occurs in the center of the screen for val). Relevant elements in the corner might warrant some special indication to the viewer.
3:27 I'd be OK not having a timer on "sizzle reel" shots like this where the cuts are very fast, but you should keep it consistent.
8:18 It might be the next line in your script, but ~25 seconds have passed since the last line was delivered. You can't use "While we're on the topic of X..." Just cut that and jump right in.
11:45 If I was a betting man, I would say viewer retention started to drop off somewhere around here. You're covering good information but you're using far too many words to do it. Look at your script and say to yourself "How can I convey this information in as few words as possible?" Do that, and perhaps ask a buddy for feedback and then do it again. It's a hard skill to hone but you'll get good fast! "for those who've never played astra before"
2:32 I'd kill the timer on the example shot
7:17 I don't love the word choice "on a side note"
11:34 "pretty much like night and day" -> "like night and day" (I'm insanely hard on writing so i've held back but there are other little verbosity issues like this everywhere.)
omg this is amazing, I edit these myself so tips/criticism are always welcome.
I completely agree though! Theres alot more room to improve for my script work + sentence structures and my transitions feel lacking at times. There's plenty to take from this ty!
(I love that u seperated the ultra nitpicks too)
Oh, I did not realize you were a small creator. Subbed
ASTRA IS MY GOAT 2 YEARS POST NERF GOING STRONG
Love your vids man hahah
Super duper wholesome
It takes only 1 game on astra to decide whether you love her or hate her.
love these 10 hour vids. Should totally do yoru next! Would make some great clip content
I'm a silver astra main and I'm not the best in the game ( obviously ), but I would say that her kit works really well if 1- you have good team coms, 2- you can set up yourself or your team for easy kills, and if you can manage using her astral form quickly and efficiently. Something to keep in mind is to always have an escape plan, since astra doesn't have any flashes or movement abilities, it's really easy for her to get punished when dry swinging, so it Is very useful to have a smoke or a backup plan in hand, and lastly you need to have good map and perspective knowledge, since your enemies can sometimes predict what you can use your stars for you want to change things up constantly. ☺️💜⭐
As someone who mained Astra when she first came out, only to watch in terror as she got nerfed to death, this hurts every bone in my body. Haven’t played her in ages…
I really loved the video. What about playing Yoru next?
Keep up the good work bro this is some quality videos❤❤
i mean, her smokes are no more difficult than other smokes, can't really play oneways, but if that's the biggest issue...
her suck is really good, tho i wished it would make vulnerable at its start, not at its end and start sucking a little faster. pretty nice for post plant, also pretty nice to get someone into the open, if they sit in a scary spot with Operator or similar, or to hold off a push.
her concuss is great to clear angles too.
Things i sometimes find difficult:
-Timing the suck, if ppl sneak close to it, and then rush through, when you activate it, your suck doesn't even slow them down.
-Understanding the distance of stars through walls. Can be a bit hard to know which star you are currently looking at.
-Placing the ultimate: With a bit of training it works well enough, but its pretty common that some angles are not quite right, especially if it has to be placed quickly.
Changes i'd like to see:
Imo taking back a star should last like 0.5s longer, so you can cross longer distances with it a bit safer.
she should generate a star every round, feels kinda dumb that dying with any number of stars left equals a loss of 150 credits. no other agent has that. ofc it should be balanced then, but it should not feel punishing like that.
how don’t u have more subs bro keep grinding
If you want to play Astra you have to put the ulti X button in your mouse, you are always enter and leaving astral form if you use the board, always lost a lot of time.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH UNDERRATED MAN IS BACK
She is really fun to play and extremely underrated. Great to see you play her.
when i first started playing valorant, i was drawn to her immediately because she just looks really cool. having never played an fps before, i just spent all my time on her and had no idea she was THAT unpopular. anyways, i'm a certified astra main and i love playing her. so fun.
Just discovered your channel and i am already binge watching your videos 👀
I already finished watching all the vid
YES 6 MINS AGO LETS GOOOOOOOOOO
I like ur vids they are the best of the best(astar is underated)
1:34 "MAN FU-"
Damn, reminds me of the times where when I have to fill smokes I'll play Astra. Now I play Clove but I'll still remember the good times I had playing with her :D
Love these videos!
pls bro make one on breach. I recently discovered your channel and i like the way you make videos and how chill you are, keep up the good work, you deserve a million subs. but pls make a 10 hr breach video
I really wish they would give Astra her fifth star back. Her utility has a lot longer cooldowns then when she was the most broken controller, and it means that often times the other controllers, even brimstone, simply have more utility in a round then Astra does.
new astra buffs dropped you should try her again
This guy is soooooo underrated (ily bro)
Wow Im having marco flashbacks this is such a good video
ty for this vid! i wanted to play astra for a long time and finally started, she is difficult in her mechanics at first but seems to have very strong abilities if you use them right
I‘m a diamond 2 filler main (so basically Controller main :p) and I think that Astra is the best Controller for the team in general (besides Breeze), since you can support your team with all your abilities on the whole map! The only issue is that you need lots of communication and your team trusting your utility usage. Since active comms are so rare and you as astra have to read the enemy teams‘ actions AND your teams‘ actions, she‘s really hard to play (and very frustrating at times as well). If you get a 5stack with communicating friends, she’s a really good, maybe the best controller pick. Otherwise and bc of her not-self reliant kit I usually go with Omen, Viper or Brim..
bro got the power of friendship BUFF 😄
10 hour viper teaser?! Also love the videos man so glad I subbed keep up the great work your definitely hitting 100k
If the nerfs do her dirty, maybe… 🤔
@@clecYT oh they did
@@clecYT they literally made her Molly more expensive and there’s one less charge
@@Rox-as_ good shes not braindead anymore
@@yourbelovedautumn I mean I still play viper and she was fine honestly
Astra is very team reliant when playing Astra I recommend having a duo or more on the team with you because when you que in toxic lobbies its almost impossible to win. Her kit requires you to help the team and it just sucks to see her not played since shes a very good agent just needs people in the team to capitalize.
tbh when i start to lose as astra on the attackers side im just taking the spike, forcing my duo to come with me and making the "fake smokes" path onto site. Putting stars so close just u can walk through with spaming the ability (yes unfortunately it requires looking down but most enemies arent expecting this and dont fancy sitting on one of the stars
4:42 Winton
nice video, hope to see more from you in the future
next should be a video with all your mates using only the lowest picked agents and or lowest picked agent for each role
4 weeks you went REALLY far, 1k to near 9... congrats
new favorite yutuber
i js saw ur deadlock video and now watching this, u should make a cypher tips and tricks video!!!
I love when I pick astra, (my main) and then get into a comp team who doesn’t know how to communicate, when astra souley relies on team communication.
You can actually lurk using astra's star as if you return your star back into your hands it can actually create a smoke making it op for 4 smokes for a quick period of time but the smoke last a couple seconds so you gotta walk inside of it fast
Love these 10 hours playing an agent
love ur vids!!
I love Astra but myself get bullied for using her, I watched this and I got a few tips that rlly helped me tyty
I once played Astra on abyss and I used my wall on B site, wingman decided to plant BEHIND my wall, so the enemies basically got a free defuse
I love her. With her I reached my very first Diamond, I feel soooo sentimental towards her ❤
Do one for Chamber next!
I struggle with astra quite a bit, but every once in a while I do something amazing and remember why i play her.
How is this 2k sub's only bruh this is wild he deserves 100k or smth
Bro, U a Legend
YEAH.. for astra mains we need people to talk to each other.. like actually communicate..
you learn so fast wow!!
Really troll astra strat I've been doing with my squad is on maps where the site is really close to the start (split A, breeze A/B,Lotus B) I place all my stars from the get go but what I do is I place a star on the site where I want to plant and the rest are trailing up to it. Start of the round we astra smoke the spike plant spot then we all use brimstone boost + Triple Astra star recall to get on to site behind the cover of the recalls.
u boutta be famous king dont forget us!
I think another problem with astra is your teammates just aren't going to know how to play with your util/playstyle with how little she gets played in ranked and there's not much you can do about that. Great video btw