Strinova: All Roles Explained

Strinova’s unique dimensional-switching mechanics and mobility features deliver a dynamic experience in the tactical shooter genre, fostering creative strategies rarely seen in other games. A key element of strategizing in Strinova lies in the roles each character specializes in and the unique abilities they bring to the battlefield. The game offers five distinct roles: Duelist, Controller, Sentinel, Support, and Vanguard.

Each role excels in different scenarios, making thoughtful team composition a crucial aspect across all game modes. Below is an overview of the five roles in Strinova and the expertise they contribute to matches.

Duelist

Duelist is a relatively straightforward role and likely the most familiar to players of competitive tactical shooters. This role specializes in quickly locating and eliminating enemies to control the pace of battle.

Characters in the Duelist role often serve as entry fraggers, equipped with abilities that allow them to secure kills and escape safely through mobility or defensive tools. For example, Ming can not only slow enemy movement and increase her own, but also gain increased armor regeneration. Players will notice that the Duelist role in Strinova operates very similarly to its counterpart in Valorant.

List of Duelists:

• Bai Mo
• Eika
• Flavia
• Fuchsia
• Ming

Controller

Controller is a role that focuses on securing terrain advantage and suppressing the enemy’s efficiency on the battlefield. Characters in this role often provide utilities such as manipulating enemy movement, obscuring vision, reducing armor, or sabotaging ability usage. For example, Maddelena is a Controller who can not only slow enemy movement but also string-block them, preventing dimensional-form shifts that would allow them to evade bullets.

The Controller role is crucial for both attacking bombsites and slowing advances from the attackers, functioning similarly to its counterpart in Valorant.

List of Controllers:

• Maddelena
• Meredith
• Reiichi
• Yugiri (Upcoming)
• Yvette

Sentinel

Sentinels excel at defending key positions and disrupting enemy advances. Their abilities are particularly effective at covering choke points and preventing enemies from flanking or pushing through multiple avenues. For example, Michele can deploy a powerful turret that automatically fires at enemies within range, while Nobunaga’s Ultimate can inflict silence on enemies it strikes, disabling their abilities temporarily.

Much like the previous roles, the Sentinel role shares similarities with its counterpart in Valorant, focusing on area control and defensive utility.

List of Sentinels:

Support

Support is a crucial role that focuses not only on ensuring the survival of the team but also on boosting the combat capabilities of their allies. Characters in this role can provide healing, armor restoration, and buffs like increased fire rate or movement speed. For example, Celestia can restore and increase an ally’s maximum armor, while Kokona can deploy a drone that automatically rescues downed teammates.

This role functions similarly to the Support role in Overwatch 2, offering both utility and sustainability to the team.

List of Supports:

Vanguard

Vanguard specializes in gathering critical enemy information and revealing their locations. This role also thrives as a lurker, sneaking into advantageous positions to catch enemies off-guard. Characters like Lawine and Kanami can reveal enemy positions to their team, while Galatea creates decoys to confuse opponents and evade detection.

Though one of the more challenging roles to master, Vanguard offers unmatched advantages through the intel it provides. Carefully strategizing around Vanguard abilities can make approaching bombsites significantly easier.

List of Vanguards:

• Galatea (Upcoming)
• Kanami
• Lawine