She's not a must-pick anymore. In fact, I'd say that if you want to play her in a "competitively viable" sense, you'd probably want to run 2 controllers just because her smokes are the most limiting part of her kit. HOWEVER, the amount...

In a Spike Rush game, all characters are supposed to have all abilities except the Ult. But Astra seems to have only 2 stars instead of 5. Is this an actual omission or a small error? Hopefully gets fixed soon.