Nurse Harrow vs Drifter

How to beat Drifter

• Move in pairs from the mid-game onward — Bloodscent Bloodscent 80m Range Isolated enemy heroes leave a visible trail as they move and their heartbeat is audible to Drifter from a distance. Damage Amplified damage against isolated heroes; Mobility Tier 1 grants +3 m/s move speed around isolated enemies. Defensive Tier 2 heals 24% of missing health and restores 2 stamina when an isolated… 1 +3 m/s move speed around isolated enemies 2 heal 24% of missing health and restore 2 stamina on isolated hero death 5 +11% amplified damage 's detection and amplification and the whole Eternal Night Eternal Night 100m Range6.5s Duration145s Cooldown Drifter blankets nearby enemy heroes in darkness, badly restricting what they can see of other units. Crowd Control Vision denial rather than conventional crowd control — affected heroes… Damage No direct damage; it enables Bloodscent's amplification instead. Mobility Tier 1 adds +10 m/s sprint speed. 1 +10 m/s sprint speed 2 -40s cooldown (from a 145s base) 5 +2.5s duration and +1 maximum target payoff all key off you being isolated, and two heroes together shut all of it off
• Dodge the Stalker's Mark Stalker's Mark 5s Duration26s Cooldown Drifter throws out a mark that latches onto the first enemy it touches, bleeding them for spirit damage over time. Crowd Control None directly, though Tier 3's -40% healing reduction functions as an… Damage 2.0% bleed damage per second scaling with Spirit Power over a 5s duration… Mobility The recast is an instant teleport to directly behind the marked target —… 1 -8% bullet resist on the target after the ambush 2 -10s cooldown (from a 26s base) and +3s duration 5 +1.5% bleed damage and -40% healing reduction projectile or put a body in its path; without the mark he has no gap-close whatsoever and cannot reach you
• If you are marked, cleanse the bleed immediately — removing it cancels the pending teleport window entirely
• If you cannot cleanse, stand with your back to a wall and inside your team's peel; he materialises directly behind you, so denying him a safe arrival point is the next best thing

Bait these first

• Stalker's Mark Stalker's Mark 5s Duration26s Cooldown Drifter throws out a mark that latches onto the first enemy it touches, bleeding them for spirit damage over time. Crowd Control None directly, though Tier 3's -40% healing reduction functions as an… Damage 2.0% bleed damage per second scaling with Spirit Power over a 5s duration… Mobility The recast is an instant teleport to directly behind the marked target —… 1 -8% bullet resist on the target after the ambush 2 -10s cooldown (from a 26s base) and +3s duration 5 +1.5% bleed damage and -40% healing reduction above everything — it is his only gap-close, his only mobility and his kill-confirm. Force the projectile to miss or eat it on a tanky body, and he has 16-26s with no way to reach your backline at all
• Rend Rend 16m Range16s Cooldown Drifter sweeps a cone in front of him for spirit damage. Crowd Control None at base; Tier 3 adds a 2s silence when the target is at close range. Damage 40 spirit damage scaling with Spirit Power (deadlock.one); Defensive The Tier 3 silence can shut off an escape ability for two seconds, which is… 1 +40 bonus damage 2 -8s cooldown (from a 16s base) 5 deals 55% heavy melee damage and silences close-range enemies for 2s second, because at T3 it carries the Silence that seals the ambush. If he throws the cone at range for chip damage, the close-range melee bonus and the Silence are both wasted
• Eternal Night Eternal Night 100m Range6.5s Duration145s Cooldown Drifter blankets nearby enemy heroes in darkness, badly restricting what they can see of other units. Crowd Control Vision denial rather than conventional crowd control — affected heroes… Damage No direct damage; it enables Bloodscent's amplification instead. Mobility Tier 1 adds +10 m/s sprint speed. 1 +10 m/s sprint speed 2 -40s cooldown (from a 145s base) 5 +2.5s duration and +1 maximum target is denied rather than baited: stay grouped so the isolation flag has no one to apply to, and the ultimate becomes a 145s vision inconvenience

What Drifter does to you

• Stalker's Mark Stalker's Mark 5s Duration26s Cooldown Drifter throws out a mark that latches onto the first enemy it touches, bleeding them for spirit damage over time. Crowd Control None directly, though Tier 3's -40% healing reduction functions as an… Damage 2.0% bleed damage per second scaling with Spirit Power over a 5s duration… Mobility The recast is an instant teleport to directly behind the marked target —… 1 -8% bullet resist on the target after the ambush 2 -10s cooldown (from a 26s base) and +3s duration 5 +1.5% bleed damage and -40% healing reduction lands a bleed from range and then, at any point in the next 5-8 seconds, teleports him directly behind you — there is no warning frame and he arrives inside his 133 DPS falloff band
• Bloodscent Bloodscent 80m Range Isolated enemy heroes leave a visible trail as they move and their heartbeat is audible to Drifter from a distance. Damage Amplified damage against isolated heroes; Mobility Tier 1 grants +3 m/s move speed around isolated enemies. Defensive Tier 2 heals 24% of missing health and restores 2 stamina when an isolated… 1 +3 m/s move speed around isolated enemies 2 heal 24% of missing health and restore 2 stamina on isolated hero death 5 +11% amplified damage means walking alone anywhere within 80m of him is broadcasting your position: he sees your movement trail and hears your heartbeat, and he does amplified damage to you specifically
• At Rend Rend 16m Range16s Cooldown Drifter sweeps a cone in front of him for spirit damage. Crowd Control None at base; Tier 3 adds a 2s silence when the target is at close range. Damage 40 spirit damage scaling with Spirit Power (deadlock.one); Defensive The Tier 3 silence can shut off an escape ability for two seconds, which is… 1 +40 bonus damage 2 -8s cooldown (from a 16s base) 5 deals 55% heavy melee damage and silences close-range enemies for 2s T3 the post-teleport cone silences you for 2s at close range, so the escape ability you were saving does not fire

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