At a glance#
Role (our classification)
- Support — Keeps allies alive and makes them stronger, while still contributing damage.
Damage
- Spirit-leaning kit
Weapon
- Code Blue
Released
- 20 Oct 2026
Nurse Harrow is a healing and draining Hero whose unorthodox methods at the Marble Hill Possession Ward still get results.
Nurse Harrow’s abilities explained#
Nurse Harrow has three regular abilities and an ultimate. Ability names and behaviour below were checked on 27 Oct 2026; numbers are left out on purpose because they change with almost every patch — the in-game tooltip shows the current values.
Ability 1
Leech Therapy
Throws a jar of leeches that attach to enemies, dealing spirit damage over time and draining their buff durations. She can later collect the leeches to heal and gain regeneration and fire rate.
Ability 2
Wretched Vapors
Releases a vapor onto herself or an ally that grants a speed rush while deferring incoming damage as specters. When it wears off, a slowing crash makes the specters deal their damage plus extra.
Ability 3
Healing Needles
Loads her weapon with syringes that heal allies on hit. Dealing damage restores charges, and collected leeches slowly restore them as well.
Ultimate
Lurking Terrors
A channel that deals spirit damage over time to enemies in front of her. Enemies who see her build fear until they flee; enemies facing away take reduced damage.
How to play Nurse Harrow#
Position behind your front line, keep track of which ally the enemy is focusing, and save your strongest save for the moment it decides the fight. Supports still need souls — share lane farm and take neutral camps between fights.
Tips from the current kit
- Leeches on a hero can still be collected if that hero dies first.
- Leech pickups show through walls and across the map.
- Split Shot and Ricochet let syringes heal several allies at once.
- Healing a target under Wretched Vapors removes specters first — heal promptly.
- Keep enemies facing her during Lurking Terrors.
Build framework#
A starting framework, not a tested build
This section explains what kind of items Nurse Harrow’s kit rewards, built from how the abilities work. It isn’t a win-rate-tested build. For community builds with current stats, open the in-game Build Browser and filter by hero, then check our items explainer to understand why each item is there.
Spirit lean. Most of the kit's damage is spirit damage from abilities, so spirit power, cooldown reduction and duration usually do the most for it.
| Stage | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Laning | Cheap 800-soul items that help you trade and sustain in lane, plus one that boosts your main damage source. |
| Mid game | Your first 3,200-soul item is usually the biggest single jump in power — buy toward the one that makes your best ability or your gun stronger. |
| Late game | Fill slots with 6,400-soul items, and swap cheap starters for upgrades. Leave room for an answer to what the enemy is doing. |
| Defence | Match the enemy’s damage: shields and resistance against whichever type is hurting you most. |
Items that fit a spirit kit
Defensive options
Items opponents commonly use against Nurse Harrow — expect to see them, and plan around them:
Ability points#
Ability unlocks come from levelling up; ability points then buy upgrade tiers. A sensible default for Nurse Harrow:
- Unlock the ability that helps you farm or trade in lane first — for most players that’s Leech Therapy or the ability you can hit most reliably.
- Unlock all three regular abilities early so you have every tool in the first fights.
- Unlock Lurking Terrors as soon as it’s available.
- Put upgrade points into the ability you use most, then into whichever upgrade tier changes how an ability works (tier 3 upgrades often do).
General guidance; upgrade tiers and costs are shown in game.
Playing against Nurse Harrow#
- Healbane is a commonly suggested item against her healing.
- Warden is immune to fear while Last Stand is active.
- Ethereal Shift does not block Specter Crash damage.
- Debuff Resist does not reduce the Specter Crash debuff.
The full breakdown — abilities to play around, counter items with reasons and mistakes to avoid — is in how to counter Nurse Harrow.
Recent changes#
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Wretched Vapors delayed-damage healing now respects healing effectiveness; Lurking Terrors line-of-sight checks tightened. |
Every update that touches heroes is summarised in patch notes explained and the patch impact tracker.