Medic Robot

Medic Robot
Basic Information
Health:	150 (Über Medic, Quick-Fix Medic) 4500 (Giant Medic)
Speed:	107% (Über Medic, Quick-Fix Medic) 53.5% (Giant Medic)

“

Ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting. Click to listen — The Medic-bot

”

Medic Robots appear in Mann vs. Machine as enemies. When spawned, their secondary weapon is always trained on another robot, usually a giant, and they only heal that robot until it is destroyed, whereupon it will find another robot to heal.

Provided that they have it available, Medic robots always deploy their ÜberCharge when either their patient's health drops below 50% of their maximum health or the Medic's health drops below 50 health points. When Medic robots are separated from their heal target or cornered by a player, they fight with their Syringe Guns and look for their patient, however, their syringe guns deal much less damage than a normal Syringe Gun, making them not much of a threat without a heal target. If separated from their patient, Medic robots are unable to deploy their charge until they find a new patient. Unlike the other robots, Medic robots have a wheel (or two wheels attached to a chariot in Romevision mode) to move instead of legs.

Normal Variants

Quick-Fix Medic

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Attributes
	Quick-Fix Medic	Syringe Gun	Quick-Fix	+900% faster heal rate  -90% slower ÜberCharge rate  Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

Type 1 of the Quick-Fix Medics heal teammates much faster than Über Medics but have a incredibly slow ÜberCharge rate which is the equivalent of having no ÜberCharge, and are also equipped with a Syringe Gun. They tend to appear in larger numbers than Über Medics. If a player has enough damage, is an Engineer with a level 2 / 3 Sentry Gun or a Heavy using the Minigun, the player can outdamage this Quick-Fix Medic robot variant's high healing rate.

Quick-Fix Medic (Type 2)

Icon	Name	Secondary	Attributes
	Quick-Fix Medic	Quick-Fix	Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

A second variant of Quick-Fix Medic that is equipped with the regular Quick-Fix. If left alive in the battlefield for an amount of time, it can get its Mega-heal (Quick-Fix's ÜberCharge) ready. It does not outheal the first variant's heal however.

Über Medic

These Medics don't appear often as other robots, but when they do, they usually accompany Giant Robots, with as many as twelve Medics healing a single Giant. Über Medics are equipped with a Syringe Gun and Medi Gun. They spawn with full ÜberCharge and will deploy it under the same conditions as other Medic robots. With enough burst damage, it is possible to destroy these before they are able to deploy ÜberCharge, allowing defenders to circumvent the invulnerability period. Unlike other types of Medic-bots, these Medics stay close to their patients at all times. A Soldier under the influence of the Kritzkrieg ÜberCharge or a pre-laid Stickybomb carpet can help kill the Medics before they deploy their ÜberCharge.

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Attributes
	Über Medic	Syringe Gun	Medi Gun	Spawns with full ÜberCharge  +100% faster ÜberCharge rate  +400% faster heal rate  Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

The first variant has a faster heal rate than the second and doesn't suffer an ÜberCharge duration penalty. Once this variant has deployed its ÜberCharge, it will only be able to do so again after about 80 seconds. This leaves a lot of time for defenders to destroy this variant while it is vulnerable.

Über Medic (Type 2)

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Attributes
	Über Medic	Syringe Gun	Medi Gun	Spawns with full ÜberCharge  +400% faster ÜberCharge rate  -90% slower heal rate  ÜberCharge lasts 5 seconds (3 seconds shorter)  Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

The second variant heals at a significantly slower rate, but has a much faster ÜberCharge rate. In most conditions, it will be able to have its charge ready within 16 seconds, making it more important to destroy this variant before it regains full ÜberCharge.

Über Medic (Type 3)

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Attributes
	Über Medic	Syringe Gun	Medi Gun	Spawns with full ÜberCharge  +400% faster ÜberCharge rate  ÜberCharge lasts 12 seconds  -90% slower heal rate  Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

The third variant has a longer ÜberCharge duration. This variant is very dangerous if sufficient burst damage is not available to destroy it instantly. This variant only appears on the fourth wave of Broken Parts and spawns alongside Giant Heavies.

Giant Variants

Giant Medic

Icon	Name	Secondary	Attributes
	Giant Medic	Quick-Fix	4500 HP  Spawns with full ÜberCharge  +40% knockback resistance  +19900% faster heal rate  -50% movement speed

The Giant Medic heals its patient (almost always a Giant Robot) at 200 times the heal rate of the standard Quick-Fix, fast enough to instantly outheal any kind of damage the defenders can inflict, hence it is of utmost priority that the defenders concentrate their firepower towards the robot. A Medic’s Projectile Shield can help protect the defenders from any incoming damage while they focus fire on the robot. It spawns with a full ÜberCharge meter, and has a considerable amount of health (second only to Giant Heavies, "boss" giants, and Tanks). Giant Medics will activate übercharge (Or Megaheal) under the same conditions as regular Medic robots; this means that it is possible to kill this bot without it ever using its ÜberCharge. Like other Medic robots, Giant Medics will find new healing targets if their old ones are dead (commonly choosing targets such as Soldier robots and Heavy robots).

In Broken Parts and Caliginous Caper, Giant Medics wear a Warsworn Helmet.

Giant Medic (Type 2)

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Hat	Attributes
	Giant Medic	Syringe Gun	Quick-Fix	Surgeon's Stahlhelm	4500 HP  +40% knockback resistance  +19900% faster heal rate  Regenerates 40 HP per second  -50% movement speed  -99% slower ÜberCharge rate  Syringe gun has 90% damage penalty

Although this variant doesn't have an ÜberCharge, it regenerates health faster than other Medic robots, which can allow it to recover a large amount of health if left to do so. Likewise, focus fire on the robot and do not give it breathing room to regenerate health.

Related achievements

Mann vs. Machievements

Negative Charge Kill 5 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge in a wave.

Update history

March 19, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Über Medics in Wave 4 of the Broken Parts mission charging at an incorrect rate.

November 21, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added -90% Syringe Gun damage penalty to all robot Medics.
• [Undocumented] Removed the secondary-only weapon restriction from Quick-Fix Medics.

Unused content

• There are three unused Medic robot types all attempting to use a scrapped weapon that does not exist named The Vaccinator MvM in the game files. When given a Vaccinator, each one uses a different resistance type with the Vaccinator and fully resist all damage resistable by the selected resistance type. There is also an unused Uber Medic variant with one-fourth the normal Ubercharge rate.
  • Additionally, the Vaccinator has unused special shields that would be used for Vaccinator Medic robots in Mann Vs. Machine; these shields comes in an array of different colors with each individually meant for the respective resistance type.
• There are three unused Gatebot light models left in the game files. One adds a light to the chest and the back of the head, one adds a similar set of lights, but with more metal around them, and the final Gatebot light puts a light with a small cable hanging off of it, made to resemble a fez, on top of the head and two lights to the ear section of the head. All of them are not used in the TF2 item database.

Trivia

The hitscan hitboxes of a Medic robot.

• The Medic robot's wheel lacks a set of hitboxes, and instead uses the human Medic's leg hitboxes despite those not matching the robot animations.

Gallery

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  An unused RED texture.

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  The Romevision Version of the Medic.

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  Quick-Fix Medic.

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  Giant Medic (Type 2).

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  A Medic with a turned on Gatebot Helmet equipped.

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  A Medic with a turned off Gatebot Helmet equipped.

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  RED variant of the Medic's head found in the Source Filmmaker Beta.

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  "Green" variant of the Medic's head found in the Source Filmmaker Beta.

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  The Medic Robot on the main menu.