Crusader's crossbow vs Blutsauger, which would be better?

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I always used blutsauger before, it's decent when i have no teammates around and i have to defend myself, killed scouts, soldiers and pyros with it.

but i find the crusader's crossbow more useful in other situations, being able to heal a soldier back to full in a second at long range, sometimes it might take some luck with teammates moving non stop, also able to take down snipers pretty easily, very ineffective vs a pyro that suddenly comes out of nowhere around me. (Which happens commonly)

any opinions?

[Lagatar: The Last SLI User]

I will literally rush in with the blutsauger and crit payload pushers to death, while with the crossbow I only use it on Degroot Keep

[Lagatar: The Last SLI User]

Blutsauger = Man

[Stink3y]

It's not even a contest, Crossbow is king. Its ranged healing utility and reliable damage demolishes the needle guns.

The Blutsauger contradicts Medic's role as a support class, jumping right into combat is the exact opposite of what he should be doing. The risk is highly skewed over the reward with the class' fragility and the weapon's laughable gains.

But even if you were to successfully utilize the needle guns their combative purpose is made obsolete by the Crossbow's reliable projectile. Shooting 40 piddly needles and less than half of them even hit, or a single arrow that shoots fast and relatively straight? The ease of use between them is night and day.

As much as I love the weapon the Crossbow needs a nerf and the needle guns a combat buff, a stronger utility use or both.

[Lucario the Mario]

crossbow if team is good
sauger if team is bad

[MeloBun]

Don’t listen to this guy, combat medic is useless and you must serve the meta and only use crossbow, stock (sometimes kritzkrieg) and the ubersaw

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

I will literally rush in with the blutsauger and crit payload pushers to death, while with the crossbow I only use it on Degroot Keep

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

Blutsauger = Man

[Testing]

Crossbow doesn't hinder you for just having it and is going to be useful more often than the blutsauger, especaially since you can use it for burst or long ranged healing and get go back to uber building while blutsauger you have to wait for all teammates to die.

[Testing]

Crossbow

Originally posted by ♡Melo♡:

Don’t listen to this guy, combat medic is useless and you must serve the meta and only use crossbow, stock (sometimes kritzkrieg) and the ubersaw

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

I will literally rush in with the blutsauger and crit payload pushers to death, while with the crossbow I only use it on Degroot Keep

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

Blutsauger = Man

Or Vitasaw. Thats viable now.

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Originally posted by StinkyWinky:

It's not even a contest, Crossbow is king. Its ranged healing utility and reliable damage demolishes the needle guns.

The Blutsauger contradicts Medic's role as a support class, jumping right into combat is the exact opposite of what he should be doing. The risk is highly skewed over the reward with the class' fragility and the weapon's laughable gains.

But even if you were to successfully utilize the needle guns their combative purpose is made obsolete by the Crossbow's reliable projectile. Shooting 40 piddly needles and less than half of them even hit, or a single arrow that shoots fast and relatively straight? The ease of use between them is night and day.

As much as I love the weapon the Crossbow needs a nerf and the needle guns a combat buff, a stronger utility use or both.

i don't use the blutsauger for combat, or jump right into combat, i always heal teammates and raid enemy base, only used blutsauger as self defense when there's no teammates around and i return to base

might use the crossbow, since it can heal fast, outside of my kritzkrieg's range, and it's somewhat useful taking down defending snipers or sentrys in the open
but still doesn't the slow firing crossbow mean it's basically impossible to counter a pyro chasing me

[GhastlyGhostJr]

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

Blutsauger = Man

Blutsauger= crippling yourself for no reason

[rats destroyer]

Originally posted by GhastlyGhostJr:

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

Blutsauger = Man

Blutsauger= crippling yourself for no reason

Using syringe gun instead of a medi-gun = gay.

[HoBoMiKe]

the rules are simple.
if your team is good, crossbow.
if your team is bad, blutsauger.
if you are good aim, crossbow.
if you are bad aim, blutsauger.
if you're a nubscrub who just installed the game, overdose or srynge gun.

[Ragox]

I'm gonna keep this relatively simple:

From many hours of combat experience I can tell you that the Blutsauger is a perfect tool that improves survivability and both defensive and offensive potential, where the Medic can fend off enemies harassing them.

The Crusader's Crossbow is almost a pure support weapon with decent offensive capabilities, but will leave you hanging when it comes to defending yourself. The damage ramp-up makes it a perfect weapon for long range harassment, but unless the enemy is in melee range, your DPS is just too low to fend off any enemies.

So, in conclusion, both weapons have their own set of uses in their own situations, making one superior to the other in their own way.

[Hampter Pie]

If you are going for serious medic play in comp or tight matches crusader's crossbow if its like this you are more likely to be defended by your teammates and you can be effective against snipers by making them back up after taking a max of 75 hp

[Inanegrain62]

Crossbow if you're somehow blessed with projectiles and capable of hitting scouts and missing heavies and spies infront of teammates leaving them to die.

[gamefan1017_alt]

Originally posted by MeloBun:

Don’t listen to this guy, combat medic is useless and you must serve the meta and only use crossbow, stock (sometimes kritzkrieg) and the ubersaw

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

I will literally rush in with the blutsauger and crit payload pushers to death, while with the crossbow I only use it on Degroot Keep

Originally posted by Player 21920354:

Blutsauger = Man

i dont use stock medigun i use kritzkrieg bc i find the crits to be good tools too keep me and the person im healing alive and i use the amputator to heal help heal more than 1 teammate

so here is this simpler version of what i said:

medi gun, ubersaw and crossbow= great teammates

kritzkrieg, amputator and crossbow= good teammates

stock exept the blutsauger= bad teammates