Harrow vs Nekros
Same Support / Healer fantasy — which support kit fits your squad and mission rota?
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Harrow if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Harrow's vibe — Achieve redemption through vengeance.
- This slot should feel like Condemn, Penance, and Covenant, not a reskin of Nekros's Soul Punch, Terrify, and Shadows Of The Dead.
- You're buying into Harrow's passive — overshield capacity doubled.
Pick Nekros if…
- You want the squad gap filled by Nekros's vibe — There is a reaper whose name is Nekros.
- This slot should feel like Soul Punch, Terrify, and Shadows Of The Dead, not a reskin of Harrow's Condemn, Penance, and Covenant.
- You're buying into Nekros's passive — restore some Health with every enemy death within a radius.
Verdict
Both fill the Support / Healer lane. Lean Harrow for Thurible and Thurible; lean Nekros for Desecrate and Desecrate. Mission Usefulness is where they split: speed clears (Excellent vs Situational — edge Harrow).
At a Glance
Harrow
Stat
Nekros
Support / Healer
Role
Support / Healer
NaramonAura
None
Match the priority to your main ability
Mod Priority
Match the priority to your main ability
Condemn
Kit Opener
Soul Punch
Mission Usefulness
Mission
Harrow
Nekros
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption
Mobile Defense / Excavation
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs
Winner
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare
Open World / Bounties
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content
When Each Shines
Harrow
- Thurible carries mid-mission casts; Covenant is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Missions that reward committing to Harrow's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Nekros
- Desecrate carries mid-mission casts; Shadows Of The Dead is the density payoff.
- Mod focus stays on match the priority to your main ability so the cast loop doesn't fall over mid-rota.
- Missions that reward committing to Nekros's full ability loop instead of dabbling.
Mod Scaling Focus
Harrow
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Harrow’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Harrow if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Harrow is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Nekros
Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.
- STR
- Raises damage and effect potency across Nekros’s Strength-scaling abilities.
- DUR
- Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Nekros if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
- RNG
- Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Nekros is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
- EFF
- Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.
Who Should You Pull?
- Thurible into Covenant is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- You'd rather specialize hard into Thurible than stay generic in the Support lane.
- Skipping Nekros frees a craft slot — you'd rather finish Harrow properly.
- Harrow rates higher on speed clears (Excellent vs Situational) — that rota is where you actually play.
- Inventory space / foundry queue: Harrow jumps the line over another Nekros craft.
- Desecrate into Shadows Of The Dead is the cast story you want to master — not a random subsume mashup.
- Squad comps where someone has to own tile clear alone — Nekros is the frame you trust for that job.
- Harrow can stay on the shelf; Nekros is the one you'll actually Forma twice.
- Even after Helminth, Terrify and later abilities are still the reason Nekros earned potato.
- Your endgame loadout screen should show Nekros before it shows another same-role experiment.