Harbor

Harbor's kit was reworked in patch 11.10 and adjusted in early 2026. Today it is:

• Cove (signature): a sphere-shaped water smoke you place at range. Reactivating it covers the sphere with a shield that blocks bullets until it takes enough damage;
• High Tide: a wall of water that travels along the ground and that you steer with your aim. It blocks vision along its whole line;
• Storm Surge: a whirlpool you throw that, after a moment, nearsights and slows enemies inside it;
• Reckoning (ultimate): a surge of water that rolls forward in front of you, nearsighting and slowing the enemies it hits.

With the rework Harbor became a more aggressive controller: besides blocking vision, he helps the team win the entry fights.

Pick Harbor when:

• the team needs a controller who helps the entry, not just covers it: Storm Surge and Reckoning make defenders slow and half-blind right as the team goes in;
• the map has long lines to cut: High Tide creates a wall that splits a site or a corridor;
• you need cover from bullets at a specific spot: Cove's shield protects the planter or someone crossing open ground;
• you play in a team with only one initiator: Harbor complements their work with abilities that set up fights.

Harbor is also a good pick as a second controller, alongside one with more classic smokes.

Another reason to pick him is the protection he offers teammates at specific moments. Few agents can create cover from bullets where there was none: Cove's shield lets you plant or defuse in exposed spots, and it changes the team's choices in the post-plant and the retake.