Medic

Medic
Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Support
Health:	150 /225 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	107% (See Speed below for further details)

 

“

... Let's go practice medicine. Click to listen — The Medic

”

The Medic is a Teutonic man of medicine from Basel, Switzerland. While he may have a tenuous adherence to medical ethics, he is nonetheless the primary healing class of the team. Although the Medic's Syringe Gun and Bonesaw aren't the most excellent weapons for direct combat, he can typically still be found near the front lines, healing wounded teammates while trying to stay out of enemy fire.

When the Medic focuses his Medi Gun on a teammate, they will gradually regain health points. Teammates who are already at full health will have their health buffed beyond the standard limit, going up to 150% of their base health capacity (with the exception of weapons that have overheal penalties, such as the Fists of Steel and the Quick-Fix). Teammates who have not taken damage recently will be healed more rapidly, encouraging other players withdrawals when injured.

When healing, the Medic will gradually fill a unique ÜberCharge bar, which can fill faster if healing injured or not-fully-overhealed teammates. When the ÜberCharge bar is fully charged, the Medic's Medi Gun will begin to crackle, accompanied by small electric Team-colored particles at its tip, indicating that he can now deploy a unique charge to benefit his healing target, and himself, for eight seconds. A charge from the Medi Gun offers temporary invulnerability; a charge from the Kritzkrieg grants guaranteed critical hits; the Quick-Fix grants rapid healing, along with immunity to knockback and compression blasts from Pyros; and the Vaccinator grants enhanced damage resistance to a specific damage type (bullets, explosives, and fire).

Although the Medic cannot heal himself, unless using an ÜberCharge-deployed Quick-Fix, or the Kritzkrieg's Oktoberfest taunt, he is capable of slowly regenerating health over time, and is the only class capable of doing this naturally. The longer a Medic stays out of combat and avoids taking damage, the greater the increments of health he will passively heal. An injured Medic will begin regenerating health at a rate of 3 health points per second, scaling up over the following ten seconds to a maximum of 6 health per second (this base rate can be positively affected by the Amputator and negatively affected by the Blutsauger).

The Medic is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.

Bio

Name: Dr. Ludwig Location of origin: Basel, Switzerland Job: Doctor Assisted Homicide Motto: "Prepare for your examination" Emblems: 50px  50px Description: What he lacks in compassion for the sick, respect for human dignity, and any sort of verifiable formal training in medicine, the Medic more than makes up for with a bottomless supply of giant needles and a trembling enthusiasm for plunging them into exposed flesh. Born in Basel, Switzerland although raised in Stuttgart, Germany during an era when the Hippocratic oath had been downgraded to an optional Hippocratic suggestion, the Medic considers healing a generally unintended side effect of satisfying his own morbid curiosity.

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Medic	150	225	189
With the Vita-Saw equipped	140	210	176

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Medic	107 %	96 %	36 %	85 %
Wielding the Overdose at 100% ÜberCharge	128 %	115 %	43 %	102 %
Healing a Scout	133 %	120 %	44 %	107 %

Note: If the Medic is healing a patient that is faster, the Medic will walk at the same speed as long as the beam is connected.

Basic strategy

Main articles: Medic tips, Medic strategy

• Use your Medi Gun to heal teammates, and buff them up to 150% of their normal health.
• Fill your ÜberCharge by healing teammates. Then hit secondary fire (Default: Mouse2) to activate.
• Your ÜberCharge makes both you and your Medi Gun target invulnerable for a short time.
• You fill your ÜberCharge faster by healing teammates who are more hurt.
• Keep alert for teammates calling for your help. Use the Medic arrows onscreen to find them.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Syringe Gun		40	150	Base: 10 Crit: 30 [10 syringes / sec.]
Unlock Blutsauger		40	150	Base: 10 Crit: 30 [10 syringes / sec.]	Heals 3 health points on hit.  Health regeneration lowered by 2 HP/sec. (1–4 HP/sec)
Craft Crusader's Crossbow		1	38	Base: 38-75 Crit: 113-225 Healing: 75-150	Fires special bolts that heal teammates and deal damage based on distance traveled.  +280% damage (point blank) to +650% damage (long range) per bolt.  Heals allies 75 health (point blank) to 150 health (long range) per bolt.  This weapon reloads automatically when not active.  No headshots.  –75% max primary ammo on wearer.  -97.5% clip size.
Craft Overdose		40	150	Base: 9 Crit: 26 [10 syringes / sec.]	When active, ÜberCharge percentage increases movement speed by up to 20%.  –15% damage penalty.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Medi Gun	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	ÜberCharge grants Medic and patient 8 seconds of guaranteed invulnerability.  Match the speed of any faster heal target.  While ÜberCharge is active, Medic and patient are not able to capture a point, push the cart, or carry the intelligence.
Unlock Kritzkrieg	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	ÜberCharge grants patient 8 seconds of guaranteed critical damage.  While ÜberCharge is active, Medic and Patient are able to defend/capture a point, push the cart, and carry the intelligence.  Has 25% faster charge rate.  Match the speed of any faster heal target.
Craft Quick-Fix	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Über effect: Megaheal Heal rate increased 3x on heal target and Medic Heal target and Medic immune to stun and damage forces  Heal rate increased 40%.  ÜberCharge rate increased 10%.  Match the speed of any faster heal target.  Medic mirrors blast jump and shield charge of their heal target  While ÜberCharge is active, Medic and patient are not able to defend/capture a point or push the cart.  -50% overheal.
Craft Vaccinator	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Reload: Cycle through resist types. While healing, provides Medic and patient with constant 10% resistance to the selected damage type.  Übercharge provides a 2.5 second bubble of 75% resistance to a selected damage type and 100% crit resistance to that type to the Medic and patient.  While ÜberCharge is active, Medic and patient are able to defend/capture a point, push the cart, and carry the intelligence.  Match the speed of any faster heal target.  +67% Übercharge rate.  -33% ÜberCharge rate on overhealed patients.  -66% overheal build rate.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Bonesaw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Promotional Frying Pan
Promotional Prinny Machete
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Ubersaw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On Hit: 25% ÜberCharge added.  20% slower firing speed.
Craft Vita-Saw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	A percentage of the Medic's ÜberCharge level is retained on death, based on the number of organs harvested (15% per). Total ÜberCharge retained on spawn caps at 60%.  Lowers max health by 10 points (140 total) on wearer.
Craft Amputator		N/A	N/A	Base: 52 Crit: 156	When active, +3 health regenerated per second on wearer.  On taunt: Applies a healing effect to all nearby teammates.  Heals allies +25 health per second up to +75 health per second (within the 4 second taunt interval). This is dependent on if the ally is in combat or not.  Deals 20% less damage.
Craft Solemn Vow		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Allows the Medic to see an enemy's health.  10% slower firing speed

Special Taunts

	Associated item	Description
	Kritzkrieg	Main article: Oktoberfest The Medic puts his face to the barrel of the Kritzkrieg, inhales while laughing maniacally, and exclaims "Oktoberfest!". Afterward, he exhales, shakes his head, and refocuses. This taunt heals the Medic for 10 health.

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Ubersaw	Main article: Spinal Tap The Medic enters a combat pose, thrusts his Ubersaw forward and retracts it while exclaiming, "I'm going to saw through your bones!", stunning and killing any enemies in the way. If the initial hit strikes an enemy, the Medic will be awarded 25% charge. If the retraction kills an enemy, the ÜberCharge meter gains 75% charge. The hit and retraction will end up equaling 100% but it is possible to only end up with 25% charge or 75% respectively if only the initial hit or the retraction connect for whatever reason.

	Associated item	Description
	Amputator	Main article: Medicating Melody The Medic places the Amputator on his shoulder and plays it as if it were a violin. Teammates surrounding the Medic are healed and team-colored circles emanate from their feet.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Medieval Medic
	Crusader's Crossbow Amputator Berliner's Bucket Helm
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Clinical Trial
	Overdose Quick-Fix Solemn Vow
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Mad Doktor
	Einstein Dr. Gogglestache Emerald Jarate
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Eliminating The Impossible
	Private Eye Nine-Pipe Problem
Effect	Reduces mystery solving time by up to 88%.

Main article: Item sets

Doctor Galactic
	Lo-Grav Loafers Surgeon's Space Suit
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Sun King
	Teutonkahmun Ramses' Regalia
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Canis Ex Machina
	Hundkopf Herzensbrecher Kriegsmaschine-9000
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Dr. Acula
	Vampire Makeover Vampiric Vesture
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Templar
	Templar's Spirit Wings of Purity
Effect	No effect

Cosmetic items

Main article: Cosmetic items

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
128px	128px	128px
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Medic achievements Medic pack: 39 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement

Update history

January 14, 2008 Patch

• Added option for Medi Gun beam to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog. If on, the Medi Gun beam will stay attached to the current target without the need to hold down the fire button.

February 28, 2008 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed potential client crash for players being healed by a Medic or Dispenser.

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Added 39 Medic achievements.

August 20, 2008 Patch

• Fixed a viewmodel related crash when switching classes away from Medic.

December 11, 2008 Patch

• The icon on the HUD for a person calling for Medic will now give more information to the Medic (if the target is low on health, on fire, etc.).

January 28, 2009 Patch

• Added percentage to ÜberCharge HUD panel for the Medic.

February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)

• Added sound for a fully charged Medic dying.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Medic regeneration changes.
  • Base regeneration amount increased from 1/sec to 3/sec.
  • Regen amount increase since time of last damage decreased from 3x to 2x.
  • End result of above: Old healing scaled from 1/sec to 3/sec based on time since being damaged (maxed out at 10 seconds). New healing scales from 3/sec to 6/sec.
• Fixed Medics getting MedicCallerPanels in their HUD for cloaked enemy Spies disguised as their team.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added options to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog:
  • Medic auto caller, which automatically shows you nearby friends at low health.
  • Heal target marker, which better highlights the target your Medi Gun is locked onto.
• Added headshot death animation.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Added backstab death animation.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Medic companionship lines when calling for a Medic while targeting one.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" animation.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Spinal Tap and Oktoberfest.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] Added backpack bodygroup to the Medic model.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Players will now always call for a Medic when low on health or when on fire when a Medic is under the crosshair, whereas previously the character would ask the Medic to follow them.
• Added a line to the response that occurs when doing a battle cry while looking at an enemy while holding a melee weapon.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine)

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines to Medic.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines.

October 29, 2013 Patch (Scream Fortress 2013)

• In PvP Medics can now see the clip status of a patient’s active weapon

February 7, 2014 Patch

• Added missing Payload audio for the Medic, Soldier, Demoman, and Spy.

March 5, 2014 Patch

• Fixed a bug where Medics would be unable to deploy their ÜberCharge.

January 15, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed the Medic not being able to deploy a Quick-Fix/Vaccinator charge while carrying the flag.

December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)

• Medics now have slightly higher health regeneration when healing a hurt patient
• During setup time, ÜberCharge build rate is now increased by 3x

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• All Mediguns allow the Medic to match the speed of their heal target.
  • Previously only available on The Quick-Fix.

July 7, 2016 Patch #2

• Fixed a bug where the Medic's run speed would not adjust when his heal target was killed.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Added a disconnect sound when the Medic stops healing their target.

April 12, 2018 Patch

• Fixed the Medic's auto-call feature not including enemy Spies disguised as the Medic's team.

Unused content

• In the VPK, there is an unused texture for a RED Medic which features his beta hairstyle; lighter and shorter. It is listed as medic_head_red. Both teams in-game use the same head texture.

Bugs

• The low-quality model of the Medic has a leak on his back. This is not commonly seen, since the Medi Gun and the Quick-Fix backpack covers it, however, since the Vaccinator has a different style of a backpack on a different placement, the leak is shown. It is also shown slightly when equipping the Medic Mech-bag or the Scrap Pack cosmetic items.
• During humiliation, the Medic's arm may appear bent and clips through his head if the secondary weapon is equipped.

Trivia

• The Medic's glasses and hair make an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the selectable hats for the player's worms.
• The Support class of Monday Night Combat had a promotional item of the Medic's backpack and the Engineer's hardhat named "Doctor Dispenser."
• The Medic was originally going to have an oversized needle presumably instead of the Bonesaw, as referenced to in a 2006 trailer.
• The first BLU team Medic resembled Sigmund Freud.
• The Medic keeps a flock of doves as pets, which are allowed to fly around in his office (despite hygiene concerns). One of them is named Archimedes, he is easily noted by having blood stains, unlike the other doves.
  • Archimedes is named after the ancient Greek scientist and seems to share his owner's fascination with blood, evidenced by his leaning in while watching surgery and nesting in open wounds (as both the Heavy and Scout learned).
  • According to the Archimedes plush in the Valve store and in-game item description, the Medic obtained Archimedes and possibly his other doves after hijacking a catering van during the prime minister's wedding. It is unknown which PM this was since Germany has a Chancellor.
• The Medic, alongside the Pyro, Heavy, and Engineer, appears as a familiar in the game Dungeon Defenders.
• The Medic was briefly given the name of Joseph Heilburger by Gaming Heads, a video game merchandiser, when promoting a Medic figurine; it was removed and is regarded as non-canon. This was most likely taken from a fan-made Halloween update, which used the same name.
• Medic's last name "Ludwig" was first used in The Naked and the Dead, page 208.
• Medic's real country of origin was first mentioned in The Naked and the Dead, page 209.

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic, without glasses.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Trading card (front).

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  Trading card (back).

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  Artwork of the Medic with Doves.

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  Steam Trading Card.

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  Steam Profile Background.

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  Updated Class Portrait BLU.

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  Updated Class Portrait.

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  Medic's Appearance in the Main Menu.

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  Medic's Appearance as a Zombie in the Main Menu.

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  Medic's Class Card.

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  Medic's Arsenal.

Related merchandise

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  Medic Poster As Shown In The Valve Store

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  Medic Class Decal, Black

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  The Medic RED Figurine

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  The Medic BLU Figurine

See also

• Healing
• ÜberCharge
• ÜberCharge strategy
• Medic taunts
• Medic responses
• Medic voice commands
• Basic Medic strategy
• Community Medic strategy
• Medic match-ups
• Anti-Medic strategy
• Medic (Classic)

External links

• Medic page on the Official TF2 Website
• Gold Rush Update
• Uber Update