Medic

Medic
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Support
Health:	150 / 225 140 / 210 with the Vita-Saw equipped
Speed:	106.67% 117.33% while using the Overdose 133% while healing a Scout with the Quick-Fix
Meet the Medic

“

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

”

The Medic is a Teutonic man of medicine with a tenuous adherence to medical ethics, and is nonetheless the primary healing class of the team. Although the Medic does not possess the greatest arsenal for direct combat, he can typically still be found near the front-lines, healing wounded team mates while trying to stay out of trouble. When his Medi Gun is focused on a team mate, they will quickly regain health points. Unharmed team mates will have their health buffed beyond the normal limit, up to 150%. While healing, the Medic's unique ÜberCharge bar will fill up until the healing gun begins to crackle with small jolts, at which point he can activate a charge that makes himself and his patient take on highly beneficial effects for eight seconds ranging from temporary invulnerability with the standard Medi Gun, the guaranteed critical hits using the Kritzkrieg or the very rapid healing and immunity to knock back with the Quick-Fix.

The Medic is capable of regenerating health over time; the longer a Medic stays out of combat, the faster his health will recover. An injured Medic will regenerate health at a rate of 3 HP per second, which scales up over the following ten seconds to a maximum of 6 HP per second. Though it should be noted carrying the Blutsauger reduces the regeneration rate from 3–6 to 1–4 and, conversely, the Medieval Medic item set will raise it to 4–7.

The Medic is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.

Bio

Name: Unknown Location of origin: Template:W Job: Doctor Assisted Homicide Motto: "Prepare for your examination" Emblems:    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. 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.

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 '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 HP (Depending on range)	Fires special bolts that heal teammates and deal damage based on distance traveled.  No headshots.  -75% Max ammo on wearer.
Craft Overdose		40	150	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [10 syringes / sec.]	Übercharge percentage increases movement speed by up to 10%.  -10% damage penalty.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes/Special Abilities
Stock Medi Gun		N/A	N/A	N/A	ÜberCharge grants Medic and heal target 8 seconds of guaranteed invulnerability.
Unlock Kritzkrieg		N/A	N/A	N/A	ÜberCharge grants heal target 8 seconds of guaranteed critical damage.  Has 25% faster charge rate.
Craft Quick-Fix		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 (i.e. knock back from a compression blast)  Heal rate increased 40%.  ÜberCharge rate increased 25%.  Match the speed of any faster heal target.  Cannot overheal (attempting to overheal will still build ÜberCharge).

Melee

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Bonesaw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues.
Unlock Ubersaw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On hit adds 25% to ÜberCharge meter.  On Spinal Tap kill gives 100% ÜberCharge.  Has 20% slower swing rate.
Craft Vita-Saw		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	User retains at most 20% of a full ÜberCharge meter on death.  Lowers max health by 10 points (140 total) on wearer.
Craft Amputator		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On taunt: Applies a healing effect to all nearby teammates.
Craft Solemn Vow		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Allows you to see an enemy's health.

Taunt attacks

	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 11 health.

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Ubersaw	Main article: Spinal Tap The Medic enters a combat pose, thrusts his Übersaw 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% respectfully if the initial hit or the retraction fail to 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 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

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

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

Achievements

Main article: Medic achievements Medic pack: 36 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement

Update history

October 25, 2007 Patch

• Fixed a rare crash caused by a Medi Gun losing its owner.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed disconnected Medics to continue Übercharging their target until they timed out.

October 31, 2007 Patch

• Medi Gun no longer continues to heal enemy Spies who have lost their disguise.

November 7, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Medic's ÜberCharge stats tracking.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• The Medic's Medi Gun now charges at an increased rate during Setup time, to remove the need for self-damage grinding.
• Fixed exploit where the Medi Gun ÜberCharge wouldn't drain if you switched weapons.
• Fixed occasional misreporting of Syringe Gun & Fire Axe damage distances to the stats system.

December 31, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Syringegun projectiles sometimes pushing players high up into the air, allowing them to reach bad map locations.

February 28, 2008 Patch

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

January 14, 2008 Patch

• Added new 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.

January 15, 2008 Patch

• Fixed Medi Gun effect not being removed if the Medic changed class while healing.

April 1, 2008 Patch

• Changed Medi Gun ÜberCharge meter to drain faster for each target that still has it.

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Added 3 new weapons: the Blutsauger, the Kritzkrieg and the Übersaw.
• Added 39 Medic achievements.

May 2, 2008 Patch

• Fixed Kritzkrieg client crash in particle system.

May 5, 2008 Patch

• Fixed unlimited ÜberCharge exploit.
• Fixed charge effect getting stuck on the Kritzkrieg when changing class/weapons.

May 7, 2008 Patch

• Fixed another unlimited ÜberCharge exploit.

May 9, 2008 Patch

• Fixed several issues with the Family Practice achievement. Players with 10/10 progress that have not been awarded the achievement will get the achievement the next time they ÜberCharge any Steam friend.
• Fixed toggle-fire option for the Medi Gun preventing players from earning the Second Opinion achievement.
• Fixed The Kritzkrieg not charging faster than the Medi Gun.
• Fixed issue that was preventing players from using their new Medic items on some servers.
• Fixed melee weapons not being affected by The Kritzkrieg's critboost.

May 21, 2008 Patch

• Fixed rapid weapon switching allowing Medics to prevent deployed ÜberCharges from draining.

June 23, 2008 Patch

• Reduced Medic's unlockable requirements to match that of the Pyro's. Medic players now meeting the requirements will receive their unlockables shortly after joining a server.

July 8, 2008 Patch

• Fixed broken Medi Gun taunt.

July 29, 2008 Patch

• Fixed the Kritzkrieg not working on servers with crits turned off.

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

• Increased The Kritzkrieg's uber-charge rate bonus from 10% to 25%.

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.).

December 15, 2008 Patch

• Fixed overheal particle effect showing up incorrectly on disguised or cloaked Spies.

January 28, 2009 Patch

• Added percentage to ÜberCharge HUD panel for the Medic.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Medic ÜberCharge percentage in minimal-HUD mode.

February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)

• Added new sound for a fully charged Medic dying.

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added a new taunt, used by the Kritzkrieg.
• Added a new hat: the Prussian Pickelhaube.

June 23, 2009 Patch

• Added log entries for player extinguished events using the Medi Gun.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Added 2 new hats: the Otolaryngologist's Mirror and the Vintage Tyrolean.

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.
• Blutsauger
  • Replaced "No critical hits" negative attribute with "-2 health drained per second on wearer".
  • Health drain stacks on top of the above Medic regeneration changes, lowering the base regen by 2h/sec.
• Fixed Medics getting MedicCallerPanels in their HUD for cloaked enemy Spies disguised as their team.

October 14, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Medic not being able to release his ÜberCharge if his team won the previous round and the Medi Gun was his last active weapon (while using "remember last active weapon").

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added new 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.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Blutsauger attributes.

• Achievement fixes
  • Updated the "Big Pharma" (Medic) and "Division of Labor" (Heavy) achievements to be 10 kills in a single life.
  • Updated the "Ubi concordia, ibi victoria" Medic achievement to only be 3 assists.

January 6, 2010 Patch

• Achievement fixes
  • Fixed a bug in the "Play Doctor" Medic achievement.
• Changes to the TF Bots
  • Medic bots now
    • Opportunistically "overheal" nearby friends when they can.
    • Prioritize healing of injured nearby friends more.
    • Don't focus on Heavies quite so exclusively.
    • Don't spam their Medi Gun continuously at round start.
    • Won't choose cover far below their heal target so much.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Added Medic Übersaw kill taunt.
• Added backstab death animation.

March 19, 2010 Patch

• Updated the Physician's Procedure Mask to be craftable.

May 5, 2010 Patch

• Fixed a client crash caused by players calling for a Medic.

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added 2 new hats: Ze Goggles and the Gentleman's Gatsby.

June 16, 2010 Patch

• Bots changes
  • Medics now respond when nearby humans call for Medic.
  • If a Medic Bot is healing you and has an ÜberCharge ready, use the voice commands "Go go go!" or "Activate Charge!" to force the Bot to activate the ÜberCharge.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

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

July 19, 2010 Patch

• TF Bot Changes
  • Fixed Medic bots losing their charge if they touch a resupply cabinet.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Achievement tuning
  • Medic achievement "Consultation" changed to 3 from 5.
  • Medic achievement "Peer Review" changed to 10 from 50.
  • Medic achievement "Placebo Effect" changed to 2 from 5.
  • Medic achievement "FYI I am A Medic" changed to 1 from 5.
  • Medic achievement "Family Practice" changed to 5 from 10.
• [Undocumented] A green number now shows up by your health bar when you pick up health, similar to when hitting enemies with the Blutsauger.
• [Undocumented] A small medical cross particle appears in the spot you picked up health.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" animation.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• [Undocumented] Added the Physician's Procedure Mask to the store.

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Added the original Ubersaw taunt to the Vita-Saw.
• Fixed the Medi Gun charge percent for other players being steppy.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added 'The Medi-eval Medic' item set.
• Added new weapons: 'The Amputator' and 'The Crusader's Crossbow'.
• Added new hats: 'Blighted Beak', 'German Gonzila' and 'Berliner's Bucket Helm'.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The following hats are now paintable or have had their paintability improved: German Gonzila.

December 22, 2010 Patch

• The Blighted Beak is now a misc slot item.
• Fixed a bug in the Kritzkrieg’s animations.

December 23, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the textures of the Crusader's Crossbow.

January 3, 2011 Patch

• Fixed an exploit related to The Amputator.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the critboost sound not playing when the Kritzkrieg charge is deployed.

January 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Kritzkrieg charge deployed sound getting stuck on.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• Fixed being able to attack teammates using arrows fired by the Crusader's Crossbow.

February 22, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Amputator and the Crusader's Crossbow healing teammates that have the Equalizer as their active weapon.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Added Geisha Boy.
• Updated the Blighted Beak with a creator submitted fix.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• Crafting recipe for the following weapons changed Amputator, Crusader's Crossbow and Vita-Saw.

March 21, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Blighted Beak with creator submitted fixes.
  • Fixed a clipping problem.
  • Made it paintable.
• [Undocumented] Removed team colours from the Blighted Beak.

April 7, 2011 Patch

• Added new hats: Medic's Mountain Cap and Grimm Hatte.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Improved the Medic overheal effect so it's more noticeable.
• [Undocumented] A successful Spinal Tap kill now fills the Medic's ÜberCharge 100%.

April 20, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Grimm Hatte with changes from the community creators.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new hats: Doctor's Sack and The Team Captain.
• Added a new style to the Blighted Beak.
• Fixed the Kritzkrieg not drawing the correct model in the character loadout screen.
• Fixed removing the burning/jarated conditions on players who are being critboosted by a Medic using the Kritzkrieg.
• Added Mad Milk to the conditions that are cleared when players are made invulnerable by a Medic with an ÜberCharge.
• Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Spinal Tap and Oktoberfest.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: The Planeswalker Helm.
• [Undocumented] Added localization for Planeswalker Helm.

June 8, 2011 Patch

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

June 10, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Ubersaw and the Vita-Saw not displaying the Medic's ÜberCharge progress.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added The Clinical Trial set with 3 new weapons: the Overdose, the Quick-Fix and the Solemn Vow.
• Added an action item: Meet the Medic (taunt).
• [Undocumented] Added new backpack bodygroup to the Medic model.

June 27, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Quick-Fix showing the fire overlay when running in DX8.

July 7, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a bug where Medics using the Quick-Fix could easily identify disguised Spies.
• [Undocumented] Added ÜberCharge overlay for Quick-Fix users during the Megaheal.

July 18, 2011 Patch

• Updated The Private Eye so it can be equipped by the Medic.
• [Undocumented] Fixed a typo for the Quick-Fix recipe displaying refined instead of reclaimed as the required metal for crafting.

August 3, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a case where health overheal wasn't being applied when multiple healers were involved.

Bugs

• While moving, the Medic's feet sometimes clip through his coat.
• During humiliation, the Medic's arm appears bent and broken if the secondary weapon is equipped.
• Due to the LOD of the Medic's ragdoll, a dead Medic's coat may sometimes stick straight up in the air when seen from far away.

Unused content

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

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 has a promo 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.
• Template:W served as the first Medic of the BLU team.
• The Medic keeps a flight of doves as pets, which are allowed to fly around in his office (despite hygiene concerns). One of them is named Archimedes. Archimedes 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 soon found out). The name was possibly inspired by Merlin's pet owl or from the ancient Greek scientist, Archimedes.
• According to one of the domination lines from the Demoman, the Medic has a wife.

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Combat Medic model

• MedicTFC.jpg

  Team Fortress Classic Medic model

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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.

• Human medic concept.png

  Concept art of the Medic.

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  Concept art of the Medic.

• Medic back.jpg

  Trading card (front)

• Medic2.jpg

  Trading card (back)

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  Artwork of the Medic with doves.

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  The Medic's glasses and hair as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat.

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  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat: "Doctor Dispenser".

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  Class card as seen on the TF2 Official Website

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  The Medic's default arsenal

Related merchandise

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  The Team Poster

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  Team Mousepad

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  Medic Class Decal, White

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  Medic Class Decal, Black

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  Meet the Medic Lithograph

See also

• Healing
• ÜberCharge
• ÜberCharge strategy
• Medic buddy
• Medic taunts
• Medic responses
• Medic voice commands
• Basic Medic strategy
• Community Medic strategy
• Medic match-ups
• Anti-Medic strategy
• List of references (Medic)
• Medic (Classic)
• Meet the Medic

External links

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