Deadlock: Shh... This Won't Hurt a Bit. (Oct 20, 2026): what changed

Deadlock: Shh... This Won't Hurt a Bit. was published on Oct 20, 2026 and includes 1 addition.

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TL;DRValve releases Nurse Harrow, the last City Never Sleeps hero: Leech Therapy drains enemies' health and energy, Wretched Vapors boost allies with side effects when they wear off, Healing Needles heal teammates and Lurking Terrors scatter enemies. Valve says over 110 million votes were cast during the event.

Who this matters to

Everyone

Nurse Harrow is available today, ending the City Never Sleeps hero releases.

Support players

Harrow brings Wretched Vapors to boost allies and Healing Needles to heal them directly.

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Nurse Harrow

New

Nurse Harrow is a new playable hero. Her kit includes Leech Therapy, a jar of leeches that drain enemies' health and energy and bring it back to her; Wretched Vapors, a boost to allies with side effects when it wears off; Healing Needles, which heal teammates; and Lurking Terrors, which make enemies run for cover.

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Nurse Harrow, who now joins us on the streets of Manhattan.

With Leech Therapy, she throws a jar full of leeches that attach to oncoming enemies, draining their health and energy, before crawling back to deliver their haul.
Cracking open one of her vials, she releases her Wretched Vapors, possessing her allies with a powerful boost of effectiveness - though subjects should be warned of the side effects when the vapors wear off.
To efficiently keep her teammates fighting their best, she loads her syringe full of Healing Needles to inject medicine directly into their veins.
And when her patience runs out, she opens her bag to release all the Lurking Terrors captured inside, making her adversaries run for cover.

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Structured by Nerf Radar from the official notes (parsed automatically and reviewed by hand). This is Valve's hero-release announcement rather than a numbered patch; it was curated by hand. The City Never Sleeps voting stats at the end of the post are event trivia, not game changes, so they are excluded. Source: store.steampowered.com · fetched Oct 20, 2026.