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Vindicta vs Nurse Harrow

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Written for the Vindicta player. Playing Nurse Harrow? See Nurse Harrow vs Vindicta →

Nurse Harrow is announced but not out yet. New heroes release Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:00 pm Pacific, in an order set by player vote; the next slot is Friday 16 October.

This page becomes the full matchup guide on release day: the measured win rate, who is favoured, how to win, a phase-by-phase plan and the abilities to watch. Everything known about Nurse Harrow so far →

Your side: Vindicta in lane

Lane strengths

  • Rifle range and headshot bonus let her win the last-hit and deny war against short-range laners without ever entering their threat radius
  • Crow Familiar Crow Familiar 32s Cooldown Sends out a crow that strikes a target for impact damage, strips some of their bullet and spirit resistance, and applies a bleed that ticks for a percentage of the target's current health. Damage 40 spirit impact; bleed of 2.2% of current health per second (T2 adds +0.5%)… 1 applies -35% healing reduction 2 +0.5% bleed damage per second and -16s cooldown (32s base down to 16s) 5 +2s debuff duration and an additional -8% bullet and spirit resist 's current-health bleed plus T1 anti-heal shuts off the enemy laner's Healing Rite Healing Rite 800 souls Tier 1ArmorPress +70s Cooldown +0.2s Cast Delay +20s Regen Duration regen loop
  • Flight Flight 13s Duration42s Cooldown Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration; gives a completely unpunishable escape from the standard 2-man lane gank, which most laners cannot match

Lane weaknesses

  • 755 max health is the lowest of this group — any laner who actually reaches her wins the trade outright
  • Only 2 base stamina, so without Flight Flight 13s Duration42s Cooldown Vindicta lifts off and flies freely for an extended duration. Damage +10 spirit damage per bullet while airborne (T3 adds +10 more with improved… Mobility 13s of free flight on a 42s cooldown; Defensive Being airborne dodges most ground-targeted abilities and puts her out of… 1 +50% base ammo capacity during Flight 2 +10s duration (13s base up to 23s) 5 hero kills refresh Flight's duration; up she has almost no dodge resource
  • No self-heal, no barrier and no damage reduction anywhere in the kit

Power spikes

  • Assassinate Assassinate 55s Cooldown Scopes in for a long-range rifle shot. Damage 90 base spirit plus up to 90 bonus against targets under 50% health (T2 adds… Mobility none — she is scoped and stationary during the charge 1 -15s cooldown (55s base) 2 +80 maximum bonus damage 5 +4% weapon damage per kill (from +6% to +10%) unlock — Turns any poked target under 50% health into a confirmed kill from outside all counterplay range
  • Crow Familiar Crow Familiar 32s Cooldown Sends out a crow that strikes a target for impact damage, strips some of their bullet and spirit resistance, and applies a bleed that ticks for a percentage of the target's current health. Damage 40 spirit impact; bleed of 2.2% of current health per second (T2 adds +0.5%)… 1 applies -35% healing reduction 2 +0.5% bleed damage per second and -16s cooldown (32s base down to 16s) 5 +2s debuff duration and an additional -8% bullet and spirit resist T1 — -35% healing reduction gives her native anti-heal and flips her matchups against sustain brawlers
  • Stake Stake 40s Cooldown Throws a stake that embeds where it lands. Crowd Control Tether for 1.75s (T3 adds +0.75s) restricting movement to a 9m leash, plus a… Damage 40 spirit base, scaling with Spirit Power; Mobility none for Vindicta 1 +45 damage 2 -22s cooldown (40s base down to 18s) 5 +0.75s tether duration and +2m capture radius T2 (-22s cooldown) — 18s Stake Stake 40s Cooldown Throws a stake that embeds where it lands. Crowd Control Tether for 1.75s (T3 adds +0.75s) restricting movement to a 9m leash, plus a… Damage 40 spirit base, scaling with Spirit Power; Mobility none for Vindicta 1 +45 damage 2 -22s cooldown (40s base down to 18s) 5 +0.75s tether duration and +2m capture radius means she can leash a target nearly every fight instead of once a minute

Vindicta build → · Vindicta’s hardest matchups →

What Valve has shown of Nurse Harrow

Abilities not shown yet. Valve's words for Nurse Harrow: strict, terrifying, savior. A medical theme and a healer's silhouette — watch for whether she is a support or a drain-tank.

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