Agree with most things but just my opinions:
Horizon: I think you should be able to strafe on her Q because I would hate if Q became a totally defensive ability which would be the direct result if you weren't able to move on the Q (people at Diamond + level would laser you in a blink of an eye if you werent able to move at all on the Q). I like movement based abilities that open up for big offensive plays and her Q doesnt really give you much advantage other than "high ground". But on the other hand, the Q itself will draw attention plus that you have no cover up there. So a strafing guy, shooting from the top of a Q is really just a strafing guy shooting out in the open, which isnt OP imo.
But I agree that her Ult needs nerf and I agree that the highlighting is not necessary.. I also think that your and teammates bullets and grenade should do damage to it so they actually had to aim and not just fire blindly into the ult. If they did this nerf, I think that would be enough "offensive nerf" for Horizon to make her Q balanced.
Lifeline : In practice, I think her revive shield as it is now ISNT too OP because the only situation when you can spam it is against knockdowns on long range or vs noobs. Versus any decent player, the heal spam wont work since they would know how to take full advantage of it and many noob Lifelines actually makes it worse for the knocked teammate because he is too eager to spam the revive. Ive won so many fights because a bad Lifeline runs up to their teammate nomatter what and starts the res, which gave me a free execute .
But IF they nerf it, for instance by adding a CD on it, they really have to buff her in some other areas. On paper, Lifeline is actually quite underpowered. Empirically, you very rarely get to use her revive, ULT or heal drone in a way that really impacts the game. Her revive CAN be crucial but its very situational and you can play 5-6 matches in a row without you ever get a chance to use it in a way that really impacts the game. Personally, I would like to see something more creative with her ult, which frankly is rather boring. Many times in high elo ranked is it not even worth using it because 3 shield cells, a purple stock and MAYBE a purple armor, isnt worth the guaranteed 2-3 third parties =)
Loba - I think the 2 slots only (6 in total for the team which isnt too bad) is quite balanced due to the very short CD... Picking up banner with it is an interesting idea though =)
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