An attempt to make harbor better

Note : if you do not agree with whatever is in this post, this is not objective fact. 
CONSTRUCTIVE discussion to build a refined idea would be nice... 
Except this is vlr so if you're that goblin moded. I feel bad for whoever cares about you. 
Be useful to the discussion 

The obvious ones:

1. High Tide no longer slows Allies
   I dont think i have to explain further. We have a literal Poison Gas Wall that does not decay allies... Why would a water wall do that
2. Cascade style smokes need to come back
   Me atleast, i loved using it in my strategies for allowing a duelist to push up aggressively clearing the side lanes with their forward side free of attack. I'm not sure if i should replace storm surge or cove but they should come back
   Really fit the controller initiator identity super well

So my theoretical ideas
Variant A) Replace the Storm surge with a single cascade, make it a mini harbor ult where it is a wall that ONLY nearsights players hit by it. And you can pause it, leading it to last for 2.5s before fading. It shouldn't be a full smoke, that is its design, it's designed to get you through a choke point, clearing close angles while wiping out farther ones.
Basically a better omen paranoia. Maybe even add a charging mechanic like breach that way you can precisely align it to your interests, and the E reuse could allow it to become bulletproof for those 2.5s (though the E reuse does not necessarily need to be used like this)
While yes it seems broken and i can agree... Idk, it seems balancable.
Or
Variant B) Replace the Cove with this Cascade.
Then you would make the Cascade do what I'd call a Tunnel Vision effect where the peripheral vision is decreased, central vision remains. And the Cascade would have 2 charges, where when you pause it, it would be invulnerable to bullets for 6s, and would slow the same as high tide.
Or
Variant C) Allow us to swap storm surge and cascade using the RELOAD button while its equipped. Probably the easiest idea. Give it two charges, and boom it probably works. Basically allows you to play either variant based on choice, which kinda matches astra's versatility, except more aggro

Either variant in my mind works

Harburrr pretty decent rn

they should make it so that it gives a fade scan when you use the water wall

i think harbor is good, meta is just dominated by double duelist (g2 were ahead of their time)

Point 1 is straightforward and point 2 is just "old Harbor had a better identity let's give him that back"

Fwiw I mained old Harbor (>500 games) I absolutely agree old Harbor had a way better identity and he needs it restored immediately

Bump for feedback

Bump for feedback

I mained Harbor before and after the rework and he's truly much better now. High tide shouldn't slow teammates sure but that doesn't matter very much.

The problem with old Harbor is it was just a lot to have three unique types of smoke, none of which could be cast at range. The advantages of cascade were overstated and it was the obvious one to go. There's no way to implement cascade into his current kit (beyond the ult) that isn't broken (like your A suggestion which just gaps paranoia) or plain clunky (other suggestions I've read to make it an alt-fire of something else).

Harbor does not need any further buffs, but if we were to give him one, I'd start with the ability to break cove on demand by pressing E again when it's shielded, or a different deployment type for storm surge that allows it to be sent past walls like a breach stun (I mean why would water be thrown anyway)

What used to be cascade should just be added to a new controller agent who synergizes their kit around mobile smokes