Medic (LWR)

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The Medic is a versatile support class. Their signature ability is Field Medic, which grants extra medikit(s) per mission. They also have access to Combat Drugs perk that is light AOE heal that can heal bio and mech units (not SHIVs).

Primary Weapon: Carbines, Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary Weapon: Pistols, Machine Pistols, Sawed-off shotgun.

Class-Limited items: None.

Attribute Growth: Will x2, Mob x2.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Field Medic Field Medic Grants 2 free medikits. Medikits heal +1 HP (+2 if an idle Engineer is within 4 tiles). Stabilization costs 0 AP and no longer consumes a medikit.
Lance Corporal	Sentinel Sentinel Fire an additional reaction shot and gain +20 defense during overwatch. Grants Opportunist. Opportunist Opportunist Reaction shots gain +10 aim and can critically hit.		Will To Survive Will To Survive Increases DR of all cover to 60% but grants 10 less defense. For XCOM, grants Steadfast. Steadfast Steadfast Provides +2 armor HP, immunity to panic, and reduces injury times by 30%.		Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors Using a support grenade costs only 1 AP and does not trigger reaction shots. Equipped support grenades receive an additional use.
Corporal	Rapid Fire Rapid Fire Fire twice with your primary weapon; accuracy gains above 50% hit chance only contribute half to final hit chance.		Lock n' Load Lock n' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP and dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.		Combat Drugs Combat Drugs Smoke grenades grant +25 aim and +15 crit. On detonation, if this unit is in the Area of Effect, they Enrage. Smoke grenades also passively heal 2 HP at the end of the turn. Only affects units that are breathing the smoke. Does not work in dense smoke.
Sergeant	Pistolero Pistolero Reaction shots from pistols gain +50% weapon damage, +50% close range aim bonus, and the ability to crit. If idle at end of turn, draws their pistol. If wielding a pistol, fire a reaction shot at any enemy within 4 tiles that acts. [Pistolero reaction shots bypass half of cover DR/def and require hit chance >30]		Ranger Ranger Grants +1 damage to all weapons and equipment, +0.6 mobility, and +10% throw/rocket range. Sidearms additionally gain +2 damage, +20 aim, and 1 AP reloads.		Surgical Targeting Surgical Targeting Shots against autopsied targets affected by red fog deal 50% more damage.
Tech Sergeant	Savior Savior Medikits heal an additional 35% of the target's missing HP. Grants +1 small equipment slots. Grants Revive [Bring a stabilized soldier back into action at 33% of their max HP for the cost of 1 medikit and 0 AP].
Gunnery Sergeant	Regen Biofield Grit Grants +4 armor HP and %DR equal to a quarter of the % total HP lost.		Bring 'Em On Bring 'Em On This unit gains +0.5 damage on standard shots and incoming non-psionic attacks have a +5% graze chance for each enemy in sight.		Shadowstep Shadowstep This unit gains +0.6 mobility and does not trigger reaction shots or pursuit when walking (not dashing). After repositioning, shots gain +25% crit damage until next turn.
Master Sergeant	Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning Grants +2 armor HP and +0.6 mobility, and a 10% chance for all end-in-idle actions to cost 0 AP.			Sharpshooter Sharpshooter All shots gain +15 aim against biological targets.

Tactical Advice

Medics are a diverse class focused on healing and supporting their squad. Each medic lends a hand in a different way but all of them are good healers and have ways to deny the enemy good shots on your team. How you build your Medic is up to you but they generally focus on three main support types: Field Medic healing squad, Tactical Support providing cover and defense or the Battle Medic providing fire support. If you choose to be a purist in a role or a jack of all trades it's up to you.

Sample Builds

Overwatch Medic

This build uses the combination of Sentinel and Lock 'n Load to bring reliable reaction fire to the field. Overwatch Medic likes protracted fights in which he is even better than other builds, due to his ability to self-heal significant amounts of hit points. This build has interesting choice at SGT level, where you can pick Surgical Targeting skill, that is unique for Medic, or Ranger that also works quite well with the build. Ranger is straightforward, more damage plus flexibility with Pistols, that is worthy addition. Surgical Targeting is more interesting and potentially stronger if properly used. It will significantly increase Medic damage, provided that you make sure to target redfogged aliens (including mechanicals). It also has bonus action economy, after using medikit, Medic will automatically go to overwatch - this can make or break fights. There are several ways to utilize Surgical targeting: first one is proper positioning - limit vision to redfogged aliens, followed by coupling Medic with soldiers that can hurt lots of aliens, such as Rocketeers, Grenadiers or suppression Gunners. Once the aliens are wounded, Medic should be pretty efficient at gunning them down. He naturally works best vs less armored targets and for example, he is better on crashed UFOs, where aliens start fight already wounded. Late Medic perks give Medic chance to get more dps or to build up more tanky, natural choice would be going for offensive perks. Bring 'em On is hard to pass, but interesting pick is Shadowstep as well, giving him option to reposition to utilize Surgical targeting better. Other overwatchers generally cannot reposition.

Sample Overwatch Build: Sentinel -> Lock n' Load -> Surgical Targeting or Ranger -> Savior -> Bring 'em On or Shadowstep-> Sharpshooter

Sentinel Sentinel

Lock n' Load Lock n' Load

Ranger Ranger Surgical Targeting Surgical Targeting

Savior Savior

{ Bring 'Em On Bring 'Em On Shadowstep Shadowstep

Sharpshooter Sharpshooter

Recommended Weapons: Battle rifle, Assault Rifle
Recommended Equipment: Aim-increasers, Ammo-increasers, Damage-increasers, Survivability-increasers, Special ammo.

Notes:

• This build will put Gene Mods to good use, especially Predictive Tracking for added aim on reaction shots and Enhanced Metabolism for the extra reaction shot.
• Psi is also a strong boost in effectiveness thanks to Inner Fire and Psi items.

Support Medic

The Support Medic is a pure and simple build that focuses on producing the best healer and support possible. The Support Medic provides very strong healing capabilities, alongside being able to protect the squad with reaction immune Concussion and Smoke grenades thanks to Smoke and Mirrors. Combat Drugs offers a welcome upgrade to regular Smoke grenades, healing units taking damage while inside the drug-laced smoke. Medic's smoke can be used to top of barely injured units and reactivate strong Repulsor ability that some units and armors possess. Finally, this build has next to no offensive power by itself and must rely entirely on the one brought by the rest of the squad.

Sample Support Medic Build: Smoke and Mirrors -> Combat Drugs -> Ranger -> Savior -> Grit or Shadowstep -> Extra Conditioning.

Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors

Combat Drugs Combat Drugs

Ranger Ranger

Savior Savior

Regen Biofield Grit Shadowstep Shadowstep

Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning

Recommended Weapons: Arc Rifle, SMG, Carbine
Recommended Equipment: Medikits, Concussion Grenades, Smoke Grenades, Acid Grenades.

Notes:

• Smoke And Mirrors and Shadowstep allow complete immunity to reaction fire as far as this build is concerned (but you will still get shot if using Medikits!).
• Grit can create a potent offtank if paired with a plating or Psi Defender.
• A good candidate for psi training for even more support options.
• Also works well as an Officer, due to the stats and added support potential.

Tank Medic

An unorthodox, but effective tank build that sacrifices supporting power for powerful tanking capabilities. It is able to push forward and absorb fire intended for other units and simply heal it back up. Other tank classes would require healer to approach and stay exposed in risky position to support the tank. Rapid Fire gives the build some offensive potential, but its biggest asset is being able to combine the duties of a healer and tank into one build, while having unparalleled staying power. Being able to self-remove Corrosion and regain full tanking power is also very valuable.

Sample Tank Medic Build: Will To Survive -> Rapid Fire -> Pistolero or Ranger -> Savior -> Grit -> Extra Conditioning or Packmaster

Will To Survive Will To Survive

Rapid Fire Rapid Fire

Pistolero Pistolero Ranger Ranger

Savior Savior

Regen Biofield Grit

Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning

Recommended Weapons: Shotgun, SMG, Arc Rifle
Recommended Equipment: Platings, Medkits, Psi Defender, Utility, Damage-increasers.

Notes:

• Pistolero and Ranger are both offensive boosts. Ranger provides a more well rounded boost.
• Rapid Fire Arc Rifles are quite powerful for bursting mechs provided that you can hit the target. Boosts like Holo targeting are very valuable.
• Medic Tanks will benefit heavily from the extra tankiness of Psi Defender or Gene mods, and may find some use in offensive Psi abilities as well due to high will growth.
  • Annette is a great candidate for this; pair a standard tank build with an Arc Rifle, Psi Armor and Psi items, and you have a powerful Psi-user that can also handle mechs quite well while being quite survivable at range.

See also

Long War Rebalance: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Goliath Jaeger Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s