I Spent 10 HOURS Playing Harbor To See Why He's UNPOPULAR 

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0:43 Nobody going to take harbor from you lmao

criminally underrated

bigger thing with harbor is that the most consistent round-to-round value he puts out is smokes and a bullet shield so he ends up with a very teamwork-based kit granted his smokes are probably one of the most flexible since you have 3 walls and one orb, one of which could probably do 3/4ths the smoking on split b and walls are an advantage on breeze and icebox but it's the fact that outside of smokes and the occasional site stun he doesn't do that much outside of that which doesn't help in ranked brim: highest damage molly, stim, high damage targeted ult omen: tp, flashes viper: molly that applies vulnerable, decay astra: global reach, access to both stun and vulnerable clove: decay, self-heal, self-revive other controllers have tools that let people make plays by themselves whether it's by copious utility or by being semi-duelist but harbor just lacks that since all he does is smoke and slow with those smokes

As someone who uses harbour on some maps, I totally understand why people hesitate to pick him. Harbour walls just block vision. They don't punish people who pushes through the wall. Also the wall slows teammates too. Viper is just a better option. And harbour's ability is a wall, another wall, a shield that breaks down too quickly and a quiet mid ult unless you combine it with something else. Harbour's abilities makes me feel like I'm playing Cypher with the lack of utility to take a fight. All that said, I don't know how to play viper. Harbour just feels easier to me

Love playing harbor! - his ultimate gives you a cue (if you hear a gong noise that means someone is in your circle if you dont hear a gong noise means its clear/no one in circle) You also get the horizontal and vertical indicators of their locations. Moving forward makes it move faster and moving backward slows it down on placement. - Cove has always been great for me not just as a shield but a way to trick ppl to think they know where I am at etc. but I don't play ranked soooo xD probably wouldnt work there. - The cascade walls would be cool if they had a pushing ability since it can go thru walls I could position myself behind enemy locations and push them "out of hiding" which i think would be a nice upgrade to his cascade. But other than that as long as you let it go its full distance you get a good use out of it already as like a weaker iso wall (without the bullet proof part) - High Tide is my favorite cause you can really trap people or cut them off. Also you can shorten the wall if you right click early so you dont have to wait forever for the wall to raise up once done placing it. Also you can make circles and thats just fun in general :D Anyways love Harbor play him on every map but too scared to go rank cause im not the best at hitting my targets XD and my duo is normally a reyna or phoenix and Idc if im with another controller or solo :)

Sorry guys, I got hit by copyright because of the montage music and sadly I have to mute it :( it sucks but if you were wondering why the audio seems fucked its because of that!

As a fiend for water-centered characters, i found myself 1-tricking Harbor when i played. Sad to hear he's so weak and unpopular but i just can't stop enjoying him. Nice to see new Harbor video that's not a guide for once❤

this is the video of all time

Also another tip that wasn’t mentioned, when using his wall, the higher up you aim, the slower it will travel, making it easier to turn and direct. If you ever watch pros, they will move up and down according to if they want it to move faster or slower when casting

As someone who mained harbor, and sage before clove came out, I loved Harbor. He was so fun to play. I might go back to him every once and a while.

BBC actually kinda real for Harbor… he’s REALLLYYY good at taking pieces of the map and less traditional smokes so without an coordinated team he can feel lackluster

was expecting someone bigger with the editing and commentary, you're criminally underrated dude

There is no way you only have 500 subs, so underrated

0:07 that image is famous last words lol

Harbor was always an interesting agent to me but i never bothered learning him for fun. Ill definitely try learning him now. Thanks for making such an entertaining and informative video.

I wanna see if anyone agrees with me here on these proposed harbor changes: His walls do not punish enemies enough for pushing through them, unlike most walls. (Eg. Viper applying vulnerable, Phoenix dealing damage). Perhaps his slow needs to be increased drastically so enemies are essentially trapped with an incredibly slow movement speed for a few moments as they push through. As well as this, his shield bubble either needs way more durability, or it needs to straight up be unbeatable while it’s up. It’s not like the bubble blocks movement so I don’t see much of an issue with it being unbreakable. I think his ultimate is fine as it is. Sure it’s not the most devastating ult but it means enemies have to move around to avoid being stunned and it reveals their locations. I find it great for pushing onto a defended site. I love harbor personally, but I really only ever play him on Icebox and Breeze, and even then that’s very rare. I wonder if harbor will be more useful now that viper has been so heavily nerfed.

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why is harbor unpopular? Because viper exists

i love harbor. I'm so sad people dont play him because hes also just a fun character to interact with and see so I started forcing myself to main him. (I used to be a yoru/skye/neon/and deadlock player) so far so good, and hes genuinely more fun to play and the game has gotten more fun and enjoyable for me

Its been a while since I played the game, but I remember finding Harbor much easier to play than Viper. With Viper you need Lineups for your Mollies, and constantly watch your poison levels and once you used your wall you cant place another one.... The biggest weakness of harbor is that his kit is essenstially all just smokes so he has to rely on other agents opressive abilities, which makes him like you said, very team reliant.

Harbor is by no means a bad agent, unlike deadlock he has potential, its just some of his kit is outright useless and often is unfun to use or isnt good enough to replace for someone like viper. His wall is incredibly powerful, it can cover so much space in so many various ways, unlike viper he can creates walls on the fly for whatever the situation needs, cascade is also pretty good at stalling but it's weak compared to other smokes, and cove is mostly worthless with it providing limited value in most situations. His ult is okay but is one of the worst space clearing ults and you can like just dodge the concusses lol

Harbor is especially reliant on his team. Teammates who know how to play around your smokes will be vital assets. Harbor themself also needs to be confident in their gunplay, because that's just about all he's got...

This video was really really well executed! Solid script, excellent editing, awesome pacing. Keep up the good work man, you've got a real knack for making videos!

One thing I learned about Harbor as one of the free agents I picked starting Valorant there are a couple of pointers to remember. 1. His smokes aren't sufficient for Controller role. This is because of his smokes have a very short duration vs other controllers. 2. You need to coordinate with your team and communicate how you will provide them smokes ans cover. 3. Don't be afraid to cove aggressively. You can use the orb as a cheeky one way or reposition for an aggressive position. 4. You're a secondary controller. If you can run double controller comps, your job is to replenish the smokes that your main controller provides. 5. It's an OP ult with an aggressive team, but communicate with them how to understand the ult better and avoid getting concussed.

i remember people were going off about how op the fact his smokes blocked bullets was… yeah… super op that’s why he’s played so much…

Harbor is one of the best agents design in valorant, the kit is uniquely awesome too!

1.6k subs???? Keep it up, great work!😁😁 +I personally loved the ‚mad world‘ remix for the final montage

when i saw the quality of the video i thought youd have aroumd 100k, your gonna grow hella fast

8:24 Bravo lol, you understood how to play ANY conroller

tried harbor a month or 2 ago and it has become my new best agent and main. harbor is a more teammate oriented agent, which is why I think I do well with it. Agents who require too much util is just too much for me to handle sometimes and im not much of a solo player. With harbor, I can just focus on my fundamentals like as aim, spacing, trading, off angles, etc. the cascade is also really good at taking space and honestly wins me a lot of rounds

In my opinion harbor is strong like every agent, but he is hard to use. You can make a lot of awesome plays even with shorty on eco. Clearly underrated goat

I love playing harbor, I played him a lot when he first came out probably and I have 84 hours with him 144 matches. I only play him on sunset now because he's really good at sunset, he's an aggressive agent that can use smokes to block of mid and threaten tiles, market and top mid without using his main wall smoke. He's good for misdirection and repositioning using his smokes and aggressively taking space, plus he lurks pretty well too as his smokes block a lot of areas. Definitely not the strongest agent and outside of sunset I wouldn't use him as the primary controller with the current map pool, but he's fun and creative. I think if they made the slow through his smokes a bit stronger and a small tilt to cascade and slightly longer range on wall he would be in a fine position, also his lineups work the same as viper orb so you have a bit more flexibility to smoke further with cove as it works fine to smoke as people usually don't want to spam it down because of info.

I love harbor and think he’s good if you play him right but I think he really shines with another controller on your team

you deserve more subs, your an actualy creator with a good future with this kind of content

It's pretty crazy how few Harbor players I see in my games. Swear the last time I saw one was when Pearl was in rotation.

pls do more videos like this cus this was awesome. as well as the part where you explained how the agents r played n positioning, that was useful as ironic as it was.

6:55 what song it is?, i already check all the song from the description, but i still didn't find it, but maybe its because i only play the first 10 second of each song, so can you tell me wich second it is?

a cool thing you can do with harbor to get information is that you can throw out his cove into angles and walk into it right as it finishes coming up. you will be able to see everyone on that angle while staying protected

Harbor is a fun agent to play, you can get very creative with his kit. He’s my main along with skye

I think the issue is it's super hard to solo with him. His kit is meant ONLY for team play.

I personally love harbor on ice box, breeze and pearl especially with a good kayo (so sentinels cant slow you down). If done right you can get site executes where you get a plant down within 20 seconds of a round and site control. In most of my harbor games I have like 10 plants or so 😂. Also good vid 👍

bro ur dedication is crazy!!!😭 destroyiing his mental for us fr!

I do like Harbour but I once heard someone make a great point about him: all he does is smoke. None of his abilities have an extra kick to them that others do besides slowing down enemies for like, 2 seconds as they pass through the abilities and that's it. I love using his bubble because it is nice when defending and defusing. But it is also the same thing, just another smoke. Same with his wall and same with his waves. I kinda wish they'd do a big overhaul of his abilities but they never have so I doubt they would because they probably don't know where to go with it. I feel like his waves at least could go faster and genuinely stun an enemy if it hits them rather than just slow them down. That be kinda cool

"why is harbor unpopular?" 1: harbor has to consider both range and position when deploying smokes. 2: basically a his skills except ult are smokes

My first ace was with harbor even tho I'm a gekko main, he really is underrated

I think one thing about Harbor is that his kit is basically only smokes. Omen has a flash and tps, Viper and Brim have mollys, Clove got all sorts of shit, and Astra got a concuss and a swirly thing. Harbor doesn't have anything. I think that riot should remove the slow penalty for Harbor and his teammates and buff how long the slow affects enemies. I think they should also add the slow to enemies for his cove so that it could function as some kind of stall util that almost every other controller has. I love playing Harbor but if you wanna win it doesn't really make sense to pick him over anyone else.

The mad world by bisken in the ace montage is soo perfect

as a habror main, the high tide at 4:02 was really good because it gave you a rat spot, improve it to make it smaller and you can be really ratty with corner wals

I’ll be completely honest, I started playing this game yesterday after it came out on console. The first character I unlocked was Harbor strictly because I love his aesthetic and his vibe. But with the combination of not understanding the character, not even the game really, I’ve been struggling. This was genuinely a super helpful video, and gave me a fresh new perspective on how I should be using this guy. Thank you man.

i find on some sites harbor can just rush spike plant and pressure the opponents to rush into site( this comes from a harbor main )

Hi, day 1 harbor main here, imagine me beating the crap out of you! You're absolutely correct that he's not very self sufficient, his reliance on teamplay makes him a lot more difficult in ranked. Because his util is unlike any other controller's (especially cove) he needs a lot more prep and comfort with his kit, which most players don't want to spend time doing when they can lock someone that doesn't need that level of practice Otherwise it's really cool to see what others figure out when learning this agent, even though I've played him for so long I'm always learning new things. Nice video :) (also the reason I main Harbor is because when he was leaked, his codename was "Mage" and because that's my tag I'm obligated to play him)

Harbor strangely feels ok in my hand, he helped me reach diamond. But it's probably because of the map rotation that's why he feels kinda underwhelming. In my experience he does really well on Pearl, Fracture, Split and Breeze.

What Mic do you use?

How does your channel and this video have such less recognition? Your videos are so high-quality man keep it up. Consistency is key

most likable character lore wise is least likable agent

Awesome video man! Also editing feels really good. It would also be nice if you made series "I Spent 10 HOURS Playing (Agent)" ^^

WAIT YOU HAVE 500 subs. HOW this is QUALITY CONTENT like wtf.

Man I don’t even play Valo, but even I enjoyed this video a bunch. Keep up the good work!

I recently started playing Harbor and I've only lost 1 game while playing as him so far and have gone even or positive every game as well (I'm a low elo player so this is pretty big for me tbh). Here's a couple things I've noticed about his kit that I've found useful/interesting/fun, as well as some tips High Tide: The ability to curve the wall is incredibly useful. It makes for a more flexible method of blocking off sightlines and can be used anytime during a match. Obviously a Viper wall serves a more permanent function, but it sacrifices flexibility in return. imo, Harbor walls are much better for attack than a Viper wall, at least in terms of information denial and sightline blocking. Cove: for starters, Cove blocks a certain amount of damage, from both inside and outside the bubble. Obviously it's great for protecting a plant or a defuse, but I've found it also works well as a temporary way to trap an enemy. Usually, smoking an enemy just cuts off their vision, which might not always save someone because you can still shoot through most smokes. But because Cove blocks damage, temporarily preventing an enemy from damaging you can really mess with their tracking and game sense. Cascade: While not as effective as other smokes, the fact that it's a moving debuff is great when used properly. The slow effect is good for catching people unawares in a choke point or push, and when paired with ally abilities/angles can really stop a push in its tracks. Then there's the fact that you can stop the Cascade at any time before it finishes its travel distance, which obviously makes it great for blocking LOS through doorways/windows, etc. (Also, because the cascade is flat on all sides, enemies can't necessarily peek around the corners like they could with a regular, spherical smoke). Reckoning: IMO, this is the weakest part of Harbor's kit. Sure, the AOE is large, and the geysers are helpful (only if they hit someone), but it's not as effective as it could be. It honestly should apply slow to enemies in the AOE. However, even if the geysers don't hit, they can still be pretty useful as information tools. They can help you locate ratting enemies, and even hit all the way from hell to heaven on certain sites (for example Hell and Rafters on A site on Ascent). So if you look out for where the geysers are spawning, you can get a pretty good idea of where enemies are. Overall, Harbor is definitely a weaker controller, kit-wise, but what he lacks in raw controlling power (molotovs, more impactful debuffs, etc), he makes up for in flexibility. He's definitely the kind of agent you want good teamwork with (good comms, great synergies, etc) but once you learn the ins and outs of his abilities, he can become a pretty decent Off-Controller pick.

man, wp but your crosshair placement was killing me while watching you lmao. btw, you can watch ludilude to learn how to play him agressively ;3

Ironically I love harbor. I guess calling him the "least popular agent" just makes me glad that I play a niche agent and need not fight for him on agent pick

him using the bowser music from mario 3d world makes me so happy because i had the most fun playing that game with my sister

6:02 It was too hilarious lmao

How the hell do u have 550 subs. Awesome crazy production u just got a sub keep it up. Would love to see this series go more ❤❤

I don't play Valorant anymore, but I think Harbor lacks personality in his kit. He reminds me of that military guy, but different from the military one he doesn't sell me the fantasy. I think Harbor would be amazing if he somehow was more about mobility and he was able to bend the tides to create fun water tunnels for him to literally surf through it. Imagine: you as a Harbor creating a water tunnel that goes to the sky and then surfs it killing the enemies you spot from above, that would be really cool!

In one of my games the enemies used harbor, my team called him the water guy, I guess that's how underused Harbor are

dude I watched your other videos like this one and it is the best valorant content I have seen, keep going

Harbor is so good for solo queuing, I can cut up the map efficiently and not have to rely on ransoms that don’t communicate, if nobody wants bomb I can give myself a safer plant, and best goatee for site retakes especially if ults up

This is some great editing thought u were a 100k sub+ youtuber, goodluck on your journey!

wow its insane how underrated you are, your videos are really well edited

Ur so underrated holy. I subbed, I hope to see you hit 100k soon 🫡

ngl harbor is actually a great agent u just gotta have alright team with good comms (just like astra)

one of my brother's mains is harbour, and bro he plays him so good like everything he picks that, no matter what map (has to be defender tho) he can control the site like almost everytime he stops the team from rushing or just enteringthe site

I love harbor (I one trick him)

Harbor in my opinion is if Viper played way more supportive. Harbor is really good, it’s just you really need a cooperative 5 stack in order to maximize his utility. He has the same problem like monty from r6 where you need to be very cautious on how you play and hella paranoid. What I see alot on people playing harbor that is a vital mistake is that they use his wall in not really needed situations. Like for example, Ascent mid pizza: they wall off this line of sight in order to cross over to catwalk. The wall is ONLY used to cut off a sight in order to give people more position and instigative/aggressive opportunities.

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I love harbour Freaking did 3 clutches and saved the team from a critical situation ❤

I dont know why Harbor is so disliked, he is so fun to play

you're underrated, how are you on 500 subs??! wow

8:20 Bro when he realized harbor is a controller and they control the map: 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

harbor is amazing to pair with flash peeking. the smoke is flat so enemies can't camp out the flash like dome smokes do (especially clouded dome smokes). arguably pheonix can do it on his own

I’m a massive sucker for underdog characters in games. Used to play Valorant, didn’t feel confident-but I’m thinking about picking it up again solely to get Harbor and master him.

You should watch a harbor main tbh. Theres a whole lot more he can do. The walls dont have to be conventionally shaped. You can make weird things that let you sneak behind enemies right in front of them. You can cheeky hide in places they cant find because of his wall. Then you can cove in that wall to kill mutiple ppl without them even knowing where you are. Simply using the wall to just block sightlines is not even exploring its use.

as someone who has played more than 800 games with harbor, i would say that the reason he is not picked much is because he has a high skill ceiling which means its gonna be hard to control his high tide without practice, people are unaware of many tricks with harbor and just try to play him like your conventional controller, his cove might seem useless but it has saved me countless times in planting or diffusing the spike, pair it up with gekko wingman and its almost a guaranteed plant, the only buff i would like to see on him is that when enemies push his smokes, their vision will get tunelled( like omen paranoia) for some time in order to add more value to his smoke also it would be really good if we can see the location of his ult on the minimap

I feel like the reason he is so unpopular aside from requiring a lot of teamwork to make use of his abilities the best,is that in my opi ion I feel like his abilities are kinda .. boring ? Like they are really good and powerful when used properly but there isn't really anything in his kit that allows to go for really exciting plays especially in soloq.

other agents have diverse kits, which turns them into hybrid classes, example: Viper - Sentinel-Controller, Raze - Initiator-Duelist, Chamber- Duelist Sentinel meanwhile Harbor is... Controller-Controller 😂 his abilities are: walls, walls, walls, walls, ultimate

7:58 - Oh ok, this is British BroadCasting Corp... wait a minute....

harbor is so fun but it feels like he has next to 0 impact, he's like if viper's smokes didn't decay, I genuinely think it wouldn't even be broken to have his walls have a small shield that blocks bullets like cove does, they do this in the cinematics and I genuinely think it'd significantly help his impact on the matches, also his ult sucks, like actually, you can dodge it with a rifle in hand.

Harbor is genuinely underrated. Yes he needs a buff fs, he’s kinda just a high skill level agent

Nice video bro, keep up!

This is my experience with Harbor mains Allied Harbor:🤮 Enemy Harbor:😎

im a harbor main that genuinely finds him cool to play, generally bc people don't expect some plays

Riot should just let his ult still active and will not disappear if you kill him. His ult is a budget KJ lockdown. And remove the slow effect of walls on himself and the team.

These days hes been picked a lot in pro games and even unrated games ! And its crazy he was ever unrated considering tht cove is insane for mobility and creating solid cover while u get a moment to think

i feel like hes gonna be the next agent to get a rework. its not a rank-friendly kit and riot will want a higher pick rate than that

I feel like the main problem with harbor is the diversity in his kit he has a smoke a smoke and another smoke

As someone who loves daddy Harbor his positioning wild util wild hard is lower ranks because people don’t understand abilities

it hurts to see how he throws Harbor's signature ability (like in underground man) no disrespect bro