Kritzkrieg

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Eins, zwei, dr-ugh... I do not think we brought enough body bags. Click to listen — The Medic

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The Kritzkrieg is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Medic class. Similar in appearance to the Medigun, it sports an additional fixture to the barrel. The Kritzkrieg's beam has small yellow lines floating into the recipient.

Just like the Medigun, this weapon can heal and ÜberCharge allies as well as disguised Spies, and will boost the total health of the target to 150% (also called overhealing). Once the ÜberCharge is deployed, however, it will bestow a 100% of Critical hits for the next 8 seconds, rather than invulnerability. It will also cause any projectiles reflected by the Pyro's Compression Blast to be Critical hits.

Additionally, The Kritzkrieg charges 25% faster than the Medigun, allowing for faster Ubercharges to be built and used for attacking whilst the Medigun can be reserved 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 Medic doing the Oktoberfest special taunt.

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. 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.

As a Crafting Ingredient

Kritzkrieg		Bonk! Atomic Punch		Crit-a-Cola
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Trivia

• 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 canceled after playtesting. The model for the Kritzkrieg attachment still bears the filename 'Overhealer'.
• Like the Medigun, the Kritzkreig resembles the famous Proton Packs from the movie Ghostbusters

Bugs

• Even though the Kritzkrieg does not grant any invulnerability during its ÜberCharge, you can't deploy it while carrying the intel. However, you can still take the intel after deploying the ÜberCharge.

Gallery

• Kritzkrieg 1st person red cropped.png

  RED 1st person view.

• Kritzkrieg 1st person blu cropped.png

  BLU 1st person view.

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  A Kritzkrieg ÜberCharge

See also

• Kritzkrieg strategy