Healing Needles
Healing Needles is Nurse Harrow's third ability in Deadlock (slot 3), an active ability. Load your weapon with a full clip of syringes that heal allies. Dealing damage recovers charges, and each leech you have collected slowly restores them. Reloading spends a charge for a fresh clip. Unused syringes are refunded as a partial charge. Recast to put them away.
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The 4 items bought most in each phase of 149,398 Nurse Harrow matches, October 30 to November 1, 2026, measured by deadlock-api.com.
Healing Needles in matches
Nurse Harrow players unlocked Healing Needles second in 92.9% of matches (139,406 of 150,131), third in 5.3% of matches (8,022 of 150,131) and first in 1.6% of matches (2,404 of 150,131), in all-rank matches from October 30 to November 1, 2026, from patch 6833's release day.
Measured from matches at all ranks from October 30 to November 1, 2026, starting on the day patch 6833 was released (October 30, 2026), by deadlock-api.com. These are match results, not numbers from the game files, and not a recommendation. Each share is the Nurse Harrow matches in which Healing Needles was the first, second, third or fourth ability unlocked, out of every Nurse Harrow match counted; a step under 500 matches is not listed.
Match data: deadlock-api.com. deadlock-api.com is not endorsed by Valve and does not reflect the views or opinions of Valve or anyone officially involved in producing or managing Valve properties. How a share is computed: methodology.
Healing Needles stats
Healing Needles
- Charges 1
Load your weapon with a full clip of syringes that heal allies. Dealing damage recovers charges, and each leech you have collected slowly restores them.
Reloading spends a charge for a fresh clip.
Unused syringes are refunded as a partial charge. Recast to put them away.
On Hit Friendly:
- +15% Headshot Heal Bonus
- 0.15%/s Charge Per Leech
Upgrades
| Tier | Bonuses | In game |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 Charge | +1 Max Charge |
| 2 | +0.6 Stamina Per Shot +16 Heal Per Shot | +16 Heal Per Shot Shots restore 0.6 stamina |
| 3 | +0.4 Heal Per Shot Spirit scaling +6 Buff Extension Per Shot | +0.4 Spirit Scaling Shots extend non-ultimate buff durations by 6%, up to their max duration |
Each tier is bought with ability points; how many points a tier costs is not in the game files this site reads, so it is not shown. Learning the ability takes 1 ability unlock.
Healing Needles change history
| Patch | Change | State |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2026build 6860from build 6835 | No player-facing change in 9 builds (October 30 to November 5, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 30, 2026build 6833 | Healing Needles' Heal Per Shot changed from 25 to 22 and Heal Per Shot scaling from +0.2 x Spirit to +0.24 x Spirit. Healing Needles' tier 2 upgrade changed from +0.6 Stamina Per Shot and +20 Heal Per Shot to +0.6 Stamina Per Shot and +16 Heal Per Shot. | Changed |
| October 26, 2026build 6821from build 6807 | No player-facing change in 6 builds (October 20 to October 26, 2026). | Unchanged |
| October 20, 2026build 6803 | Added to Deadlock. | Added |
Healing Needles FAQ
What does Healing Needles do?
Load your weapon with a full clip of syringes that heal allies. Dealing damage recovers charges, and each leech you have collected slowly restores them. Reloading spends a charge for a fresh clip. Unused syringes are refunded as a partial charge. Recast to put them away. Its tooltip lists 22 Heal Per Shot (+0.24 x Spirit), +15% Headshot Heal Bonus and 0.15%/s Charge Per Leech.
How does Healing Needles scale with spirit power?
Heal Per Shot starts at 22 and gains 0.24 per point of Spirit, the coefficient the game file writes on the value. The tier 3 upgrade adds 0.4 to the Heal Per Shot scaling.
What do Healing Needles' upgrades do?
Tier 1: +1 Max Charge. Tier 2: +16 Heal Per Shot, Shots restore 0.6 stamina. Tier 3: +0.4 Spirit Scaling, Shots extend non-ultimate buff durations by 6%, up to their max duration.
Which hero has Healing Needles?
Healing Needles is Nurse Harrow's third ability (slot 3).
When was Healing Needles added to Deadlock?
Healing Needles was added to Deadlock in the October 20, 2026 patch (build 6803).
Was Healing Needles changed in the latest patch?
No. Healing Needles is unchanged in the latest build of Deadlock on file (the November 5, 2026 patch, build 6860). It last changed in the October 30, 2026 patch (build 6833).