Touched

Touched prevents your cat from healing HP through any means. No healing spells, no food, no lifesteal, no regeneration. Once HP is lost, it stays lost for the remainder of the battle. This is one of the most punishing disorders in the game for sustained combat, as every point of damage taken is permanent and cannot be recovered.

Touched is heritable and can pass from parent to kitten through breeding. It can also be acquired through events or applied with a Disorder Syringe from the Organ Grinder. The healing prohibition means disorders like The Hunger (lifesteal), Narcolepsy (heal 10 HP on sleep), and Pica (heal from pickups) are all negated. Any build that relies on sustain through healing is completely undermined by Touched.

Strategically, Touched requires a fundamentally different approach to combat. Without healing, you must prevent damage rather than recover from it. High dodge chance (Nudist, Borrowed Time), damage reduction (Immortal, Brace from Fossilized), Shield stacking (Scleroderma), and crowd control all become more important. Touched is best on cats that can avoid taking damage entirely or end fights quickly before HP loss becomes critical. Replace it as soon as possible unless you have strong damage prevention tools in place.