How to play better as medic?

[Killergon]

I want to be a medic main, i really like supporting other players, i feel like i can help them more then just noob type medic but i dont know where to start

[Sofi]

As a Medic, the main thing you want to do is just have fun....

... If you want to get hectic about it and make it stressful, then you need to overheal people. When you get someone to max overheal, swap targets. It's possible to keep up to 4 or so people fully overhealed if they're squadded up and the Medic in question is maintaining the buff.

You also want to ensure you don't die. That's the most important thing for a Medic. You must develop a "Sixth sense" and know when to fall back. You cannot save everyone. But you can ensure the next push coming from spawn is fully overhealed and has an ubercharge ready to go....

... But again, just have fun. The better mood that you're in as the team's healer, the better the mood everyone else will be in, because you're just gonna zoom from player to player, healing and overhealing. Saving lives and stopping tries.

Baby, it's the best class in the game, I think I want to play now....

[Lyncurion]

I started off as medic back in 2009 and quickly adopted a jittery/unpredictable running pattern - where I frequently checked what was behind me as well. Never ever run or jump in straight lines and do not stand still. Even when forced to stand still you can still do little "jitters" by quickly tapping ASWD or crouching - anything to become an annoying target. Play a bit of soldier and learn how to air-strafe by releasing W and use the mouse instead, this is useful when jumping or falling as medic, or any class for that matter. When your über build has completed you (the medic) will call this out automatically, try to mask that by manually triggering another voice command. Lastly, learn how to quickly swap between weapons using 1,2,3 and do your heal target a favour by calling out spies. You can also bodyblock spies by running ahead of them before they reach the back of your heal target.

I swapped to sniper after a decade's TF2 break and applied jittery movement there as well. Feels good to get across open sightlines and hear enemy shots miss nearby lol

[Not meꑭ]

I would like to be the main medic because it's undoubtedly an interesting role. But there is one unpleasant condition — facing constant psychological pressure and unfair treatment. You can save ten people and no one will notice or thank you. But if you fail to save even one person, you'll instantly become the "useless" medic, with your reputation just a step away from getting kicked. Players seem to be irreparable, and sooner or later, your enthusiasm might turn into emptiness. Don’t lose hope, but remember that soaring too high means risking burning out. And I’m not talking about Pyros.

[Banafrit™]

I'm going to assume you wanna min-max your efforts. So if you haven't already: crusader's crossbow for your syringe gun, medigun is up to preference and situation (can't go wrong with any of them, as I said), and melee is ubersaw or amputator.

Learn what to prioritize: you want to keep the power classes (Demoman, Soldier, and Heavy) alive and topped off to keep filling uber whilst keeping them in the fight to pressure the enemy. Aside from that, topping off and healing other medics to keep the rest of your team alive is great as well. If there's nothing else to heal, just latch onto anyone until a power class shows up, but don't neglect teammates who're in critical condition if you can help it.

Play around cover. Your beam will break as soon as line of sight is broken, or your patient is too far. Let your patient walk first, and watch your back, as the beam won't break if you're looking away from your patient. Your a BIG target for everyone, especially Spies. If things are getting dicey and your patient overextends or you're caught out, don't be afraid to run away and bail. Hell, you can even use your ubercharge to save you if you need that to. Remember: pop it, don't drop it.

Aside from that, some little fun facts that'll help you out if you don't know them already!

Crusader's Crossbow bolts won't heal disguised spies. If you don't see the heal number come up, that's an enemy Spy. 1000%.

Crusader's Crossbow bypasses the healing penalty on wearer for weapons like the Backscratcher and Escape Plan. Use this if they can't switch in time for burst healing to save them, or use the slower healing rate to your advantage to build up uber quicker.

That aside, I hope this helps. I'm no Medic main or professional of any kind, but what I've said has helped me when a team's needed one.

[STOP KILLING ME]

Don't Uber people when their clips are empty

[Sofi]

Originally posted by Banafrit™:

Aside from that, topping off and healing other medics to keep the rest of your team alive is great as well.

This is key advice. One of the most professional things someone can suggest.

Don't take offense if another Medic shows up. Don't get territorial about it. Don't be upset if they take your target, go and find another, but overheal that Medic first, because they're the Medic the enemy team is gonna attack first as they push.

Someone give them a primer on pocketing. It's how you make max scores when you find your heavy boyfriend.

[Dragonborn]

Your main goal is to heal people at least up to their max hp (overheal is a nice bonus but prioritize healing ALL teammates instead of overhealing a few only), and when you are pushing objective uber the guy whos in your opion is doing the best in your team.
Medics are actually quite rare, and having one who just heals everyone without doing crazy uber clip pushes and insane solo kills is already making a huge favor for your team

[Sofi]

All this Medic talk is thrilling. I'm awarding OP a clowny award, but only because clowns make people happy and this whole thing is doing that for me.

[supersand]

Find a power class at the front lines and heal them. Heal other people at the front lines too but try to focus overhealing those who are actually getting into danger (such as peaking a corner). Don't be afraid to overheal snipers that are trying to countersnipe it will help them but don't do it at the expense of the front line.

Originally posted by Azazel:

I would like to be the main medic because it's undoubtedly an interesting role. But there is one unpleasant condition — facing constant psychological pressure and unfair treatment. You can save ten people and no one will notice or thank you. But if you fail to save even one person, you'll instantly become the "useless" medic, with your reputation just a step away from getting kicked. Players seem to be irreparable, and sooner or later, your enthusiasm might turn into emptiness. Don’t lose hope, but remember that soaring too high means risking burning out. And I’m not talking about Pyros.

most players are going to notice but not say anything and just ignore the salty player who likely made themselves hard to heal by being out of range, calling medic when they had critical health already, or by not facilitating healing by running in front of the medic or just finding a healthpack / dispenser on their own

[۩THE_Incinerate ۩]

Unironically, use voice chat to communicate with your team more, especially when uber is almost ready. Enable auto heal on one click in the setting, Your healing beam is long, So keep your distance from your healing target and hug walls to stay safe (to avoid splash damage). never cross the sightline. With auto heal on, focus on dodgeing and don't peek corners. Your survival is far more important then healing someone on low health who overextended. you gat uber to build!. in the Advanced option, enable "medic: injured teammates automatically call out" and set it to 99%, this will make anyone who get hurt actually call medic and this is useful to know where your injured teammate at or where is and the frontline is. When no one is injured, try to overheal more than one teammate, not only this good but it help with uber building by bit. Crossbow is great to learn but don't underestimate how good the syringe gun as retreating tool, an alive medic is more useful than dead one.

Run Think Heal SURVIVE. Pop it don't drop it. always use uber if you are about to die. preferably earlier.

[Eighteen-Counts Trevor]

Don't die

[Eren Dasheil]

heal people

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amputator in a corner

[Sofi]

Killergon, come give us a relay of your experience so far. Have we helped you at all, or did we totally fall for another bait thread?

[Squishy boi thighs]

When I play medic on casual, I equip the quick fix and spam heal as many teammates as possible. For my personal playstyle, quickly healing teammates regardless of class is a fair trade off vs pocket healing one or two players and uber