Medi Gun

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Come over here, I promise I vill heal you... Click to listen — The Medic

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The Medigun is the secondary weapon for the Medic class. It is depicted as a modified fire hose wrapped in tape and outfitted with a bottom handle. It is connected via a pipe to the Medic's backpack. The beam it fires displays small cross symbols floating into the recipient.

Despite being a weapon, the Medigun's chief purpose is healing injured allies and boosting the total health of the target to 150% (also called overhealing or Buffing). As the Medic keeps his beam focused on a team-mate, his ÜberCharge bar will gradually fill. The ÜberCharge meter will fill faster (2.5%/second) when healing injured team-mates or team-mates whose health is not at 150% (at 150%, 1.25%/second). When the ÜberCharge is used, the Medic and his target glow their team's color, and become invulnerable for 8 seconds. Disguised Spies can also benefit from these effects when tricking an enemy Medic into healing them.

The Medigun beam will stay locked onto its target as long as the wielding Medic keeps the attack button held down and keeps within range. This allows the Medic to turn around and effectively keep an eye out for incoming enemies from behind. In Multiplayer > Advanced, there is an option to have the beam stay locked on without having to hold down the fire button. When a player has been overhealed, a team-colored "aura" follows them, similar to a Teleporter trail.

Damage

See also: Damage

None. Heals the target. Heal rate is linearly based upon how long ago the target was last damaged. If the target was damaged less than 10 seconds ago, then they are healed at the normal rate of 24 health per second. From 10 to 15 seconds, this rate increases linearly from 24 up to a maximum of 72 health per second. This mechanic is in place to encourage falling back to heal, as without the boosted healing rate, players often found that fighting, dying, and respawning was quicker than falling back, being healed to full, then re-engaging.[1]

Function times

• ÜberCharge Fill: 40 seconds
• ÜberCharge Duration: 8 seconds

ÜberCharge Fill time is doubled if target is at 142.5% health or above. If more than one Medic is healing the target, each Medic's build time is divided by a factor of the number of Medics healing that target. [2]

Related Achievements

Autoclave Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro. 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 million total heal points. Consultation Assist a fellow Medic in killing 3 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 5 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 6 or more players. Grand Rounds Heal 200 teammates after they've 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 the first person to switch to Medic after a teammate calls for 'Medic!', and then heal 500 health. Preventive Medicine Block the enemy from capturing a control point with an ÜberCharged teammate. Quadruple Bypass Heal a teammate who's taking fire from 4 enemies at once. Second Opinion ÜberCharge 2 teammates at once. Specialist Accumulate 10000 heal points in a single life. Surgical Prep Have an ÜberCharge ready before the Setup 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're 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 Medigun has Developer weapon variants.
• A Medigun Beta 1 exists with the effects:
  • -50% heal rate
  • Overheal doesn't decay
• The Medigun has a similar appearance to the famous Proton Packs from the movie Ghostbusters, and the "Gluon Gun" from the original Half-Life (which was, as a reference to Ghostbusters, nicknamed the "Egon Gun")

Gallery

• Medigun 1st person red cropped.png

  RED 1st person view.

• Medigun 1st person red.png

  Full RED 1st person view.

• Medigun 1st person blu cropped.png

  BLU 1st person view.

• Medigun 1st person blu.png

  Full BLU 1st person view.

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  The Medigun's ÜberCharge

See also

• Medigun Strategy

External links

• TF2 Official Blog- The Medigun Healing Ramp