Kritzkrieg

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The Kritzkrieg is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Medic class. It is unlocked after 16 of the Medic achievements are completed, excluding Milestone 1. Just like the Medigun, it can heal injured allies as well as disguised Spies, and will boost the total health of the target to 150% (also called overhealing). As the Medic keeps his beam focused on a team-mate, his ÜberCharge bar will gradually fill. The ÜberCharge meter will fill faster when healing injured team-mates or team-mates whose health is not at 150%. When the ÜberCharge is used, the gun of the person being healed emits team colored sparks and shoots 100% Critical hits for the next 8 seconds, rather than giving invulnerability. This effect does not work in combination with the Axtinguisher, but can be used with the Sniper Rifle. Additionally it causes any projectiles reflected by the Compression Blast to be Critical hits. The Kritzkrieg charges 25% faster than the Medigun. While the Medigun's beam has small cross symbols floating into the recipient, the Kritzkrieg has small yellow lines floating into the recipient as well. Due to its nature the Kritzkrieg's ÜberCharge carries no benefit to the Medic if he deploys it and has no healing target, unlike the Medigun's ÜberCharge which can be used for defensive purposes.

The heal rate is based on how long ago the target was damaged; if they were damaged less than 10 seconds ago, it heals at 24 health per second, if they were hit 12.5 seconds ago, you will heal them at 48 health per second, and if 15 seconds have elapsed, they will be healed at 72 health per second. source

The Kritzkrieg beam will stay locked onto its target as long as the wielding Medic keeps the attack button held down and keeps within range of the target. This allows the Medic to turn around and effectively keep an eye out for incoming enemies from behind. In Options > Multiplayer > Advanced, there is an option to have the beam stay locked on without having to hold down the fire button.

Taunting with the Kritzkrieg equipped results in the Oktoberfest taunt attack, which heals the Medic for 11 health but leaves him temporarily vulnerable.

Damage

None. Heals ally for 24-72 health per second.

Function times

• ÜberCharge Percentage Gain: 0.5
• Kritz Duration: 8.0

ÜberCharge Percentage Gain rate is halved if target is at 142.5% health or higher. All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related Achievement

	Autoclave Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro.		Autopsy Report Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting above their ragdoll.
	Bedside Manner Be healing a teammate as he achieves an achievement of his own.		Big Pharma Assist a Heavy in killing 10 enemies where neither of you die.
	Blast Assist Assist in exploding 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Soldier.		Blunt Trauma Assist in punching 2 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Heavy.
	Chief of Staff Accumulate 1,000,000 total health points.		Consultation Assist a fellow Medic in killing 5 enemies in a single life.
	Doctor Assisted Homicide Assist in killing 20 nemeses.		Double Blind Trial Deploy an ÜberCharge within 8 seconds of a nearby enemy Medic deploying his.
	Family Practice ÜberCharge 10 of your steam community friends.		First Do No Harm Play a full round without killing any enemies and score the highest on a team of six or more players.
	Grand Rounds Heal 200 teammates after they have called for Medic.		Group Health Work with 2 other Medics to deploy 3 simultaneous ÜberCharges.
	House Call Join a game that one of your friends is in and then deploy an ÜberCharge on him.		Hypocritical Oath Kill an enemy Spy that you have been healing.
	Infernal Medicine Extinguish 100 burning teammates.		Intern Accumulate 7000 heal points in a single life.
	Medical Breakthrough Assist in destroying 5 enemy Engineer buildings with a single ÜberCharge on a Demoman.		Medical Intervention Save a falling teammate from dying on impact.
	Midwife Crisis Heal an Engineer as he repairs his Sentry Gun while it's under enemy fire.		Play Doctor In a team with no Medics, be first to switch to Medic after a teammate calls Medic and heal 500 health.
	Preventative Medicine Block the enemy from capturing a control point with an ÜberCharged teammate.		Quadruple Bypass Heal a teammate who is taking fire from four enemies at once.
	Second Opinion ÜberCharge 2 teammates at once.		Specialist Accumulate 10,000 heal points in a single life.
	Surgical Prep Have an ÜberCharge ready before the set up phase ends.		Trauma Queen Deploy 3 ÜberCharges in less than 5 minutes and assist in 5 kills during that time.
	Triage Deploy an ÜberCharge on a teammate less than a second before they are hit by a Critical explosive.		Ubi Concordia, Ibi Victoria Assist in killing 3 enemies on an enemy control point in a single life.
	You'll Feel a Little Prick Assist in killing 3 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Scout.

Trivia

• The Kritzkrieg has a Community weapon variant.
• The name "Kritzkrieg" is a pun on "Crits" (Critical hits) and "Blitzkrieg", which is German for "lightning war", a technique used by the German army in World War II.
• Before the Kritzkrieg was released, Valve stated in interviews that they were going to add an Overhealer that could permanently overheal team-mates to 200% of their standard health, but it would have a significantly worsened ÜberCharge, or be unable to ÜberCharge at all. However, this was cancelled after playtesting. The model for the Kritzkrieg attachment still bears the filename 'Overhealer'.
• The Kritzkreig has no "c_model" and is just a luminescent attachment to the normal Medigun's barrel.
• Like the Medigun, the Kritzkreig resembles the famous Proton Packs from the movie Ghostbusters

Gallery

• Kritzkrieg 1st person red cropped.png

  RED 1st person view.

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  Full RED 1st person view.

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  BLU 1st person view.

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  Full BLU 1st person view.

See also

• Kritzkrieg strategy
• Oktoberfest
• Healing
• ÜberCharge