Medic

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"I'm here to save lives! With my support, our soldiers can stay in the fight when the going gets hot."

Summary

• The Medic is the 6th troop unlocked, at Headquarters level 15.
• The Medic has average health and speed, with the ability to heal all troops from medium range in a small AOE instead of dealing damage.
  • Critters, Crystal Critters, Cpt. Ruddero, Rocket Choppa and Heavy Choppa cannot be healed.
  • Medics ignore Flares and follow the closest troop they could heal, prioritizing nearby damaged troops before them. If there are no other non-Medic troops for them to follow, they will just stand still.
  • Medic healing is not affected by Magma Statues.

Visual Appearance

• The Medic appears as a fair-skinned man with a blue uniform, a satchel, glasses, and a white helmet with a blue band and a green cross on it.

Offensive Strategy

• Keep Medics behind other troops so that defensive buildings won't damage them.
• Make sure you have at least 2 Medics on the battlefield, as they can heal each other.
  • A single Medic, however, is still able to heal himself, but only if he is healing a troop that is close enough to him such that he is affected by his own splash healing. As this is unlikely and Medics usually work better in numbers, it is not advisable to have just one.
  • You could also supplement your Medics with Dr. Kavan.
• Medics do not work well with Zookas, as most defenses will eliminate them instantly, leaving Medics with no room to heal.
• Medics should not be paired with Warriors, Scorchers, and Incinerators don't go together, as these units tend to put Medics in the line of fire.
• When using Medics, watch out for Cannons, Doom Cannons and Boom Cannons, as the Medics can only outheal defenses with relatively low damage. This weakens any strategies involving Tanks and Medics, as both units occupy many housing spaces, leaving them vulnerable to defenses with high single-target damage.
• If you wish to flank with an army that uses Medics using Smoke Screens, you can allow your other troops to voluntarily take a small amount of damage solely for the purpose to allow the Medics to catch up - they will rush to your injured troops. Not doing so will risk the chance that Medics will not be able to follow your troops before the Smoke Screen expires, exposing them to defenses after which they will all likely be destroyed. Many players place Mines on the flanks to deter flanking in the first place; use these to your advantage when flanking with Medics, as they can still heal under Smoke Screens.
  • If Mines are not available for this purpose, you can allow your troops to come under fire from weaker defenses such as Sniper Towers or Rocket Launchers for a very brief duration by intentionally delaying the placement of Smoke Screens.
  • Boom Mines will almost certainly destroy your weaker troops outright, rendering the strategy less effective. However, Tanks should be able to survive a single Boom Mine, albeit taking heavy damage.
  • Take care that your Medics do not get heavily damaged before starting to flank, otherwise it will be quite likely that they will remain on the beach healing each other, failing to catch up with your other troops.

Defensive Strategy

• Killing Medics may seem easy as they don't do any damage themselves. However, it should be noted that Medics can heal each other and will usually be supporting other units from behind, meaning your defenses will have to get through them first before they could target Medics.
• Make sure you protect your Cannons and Boom Cannons, as these could be your only chance of surviving a Medic-Tank/Heavy-Zooka attack.
• A Grappler can effectively deny an opponent from using Medics, as the dragged troop will almost certainly expose the Medic to defenses.

Upgrade Differences

• There are no visual changes between levels, but each upgrade increases the Medic's hitpoints (by 8.8%), HPS (Healing per Second) (by 1), and training cost.

Prototype Troops

Dr. Vitamin (old)	Dr. Vitamin

Skins

Name	Appearance	Description	Unlocking	Cost
Default		Your original look. A familiar and timeless classic.	-	-
Stylish Medic		A modern, colorful style for Medics.	Squad Busters pre-registration event Tier 4	-

Trivia

• The Medic heals troops by throwing a small Medkit towards them.
• You can have a maximum of 48 Medics in a complete set of fully upgraded Landing Crafts. Having this many, however, will outright eliminate most if not all of your offensive capabilities.
• The Medic's appearance bears a strong resemblance to "Radar" from the TV show M.A.S.H.
• Medic's artwork underwent one change before being completely overhauled in its third iteration.
• When released, the Medic had a gray backpack. This was changed in an unknown Update.
• The Medic's helmet cross color was changed as of 20th of June 2023 to avoid violating Geneva Conventions.
• In September 2017, the Tribes offered a damage boost for Medics. Obviously, this didn’t change anything about him.
• If only Medics or/and Dr. Kavan are left, and they are out of range from all defenses, and neither damage nor healing nor movement occurs for 10 seconds, the battle will end in a defeat without the need to retreat.
  • This defeat condition does not apply if a Smoke Screen is active, and any usage of Gunboat Abilities resets the timer.
  • If any way for the attacker to potentially deal damage exists, the timer is extended by an additional 5 seconds. If 3x speed is active, it'll be automatically deactivated for the final 5 seconds.
  • If a Landing Craft is able to be deployed, the defeat condition will not apply, even if it's a Landing Craft of Medics.
  • This defeat condition also applies to Hammerman Strikes Back, the battle will end in your victory if only Medics remain but they are out of range of your defenses.

Statistics

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Heal Range	Heal Speed	Heal Type	Splash Radius	Headquarters Level Required
5	10m	Moderate / 270	Short / 4-8 Tiles	0.6s	Splash	2 Tiles	15

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Level	Hitpoints	Heal Per Second	Training Cost	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	Instant	XP Gain
1	500	20	5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	544	21	5,500	1,680,000	14	2d 22h	1,161	83
3	592	22	6,000	2,740,000	15	3d 1h	1,413	91
4	644	23	6,500	3,300,000	15	3d 3h	1,544	91
5	701	24	7,000	3,400,000	16	3d 5h	1,575	91
6	762	25	7,500	3,800,000	17	3d 15h	1,717	102
7	829	26	8,000	4,500,000	18	3d 17h	1,863	106
8	902	27	9,000	4,800,000	18	3d 18h	1,923	106
9	982	28	10,000	5,300,000	19	3d 23h	2,045	112
10	1,068	29	11,000	6,100,000	20	4d	2,191	114
11	1,162	30	12,000	6,400,000	20	4d 1h	2,249	114
12	1,264	31	13,000	6,600,000	21	4d 2h	2,290	116
13	1,376	32	14,000	7,100,000	22	4d 4h	2,385	118
14	1,498	33	15,000	7,500,000	23	4d 6h	2,462	120
15	1,630	34	16,000	7,900,000	24	4d 8h	2,538	122
16	1,772	35	17,000	8,300,000	25	4d 10h	2,615	124
17	1,928	36	18,000	8,600,000	26	4d 12h	2,677	126
18	2,098	37	19,000	8,900,000	27	4d 14h	2,732	128
19	2,282	38	20,000	9,200,000	28	4d 16h	2,792	130

Warships

Rank	Level	Reserves Size	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	2	45	N/A	5
2	5	55	98,000	10
3	7	64	118,500	15
4	10	74	169,000	20
5	13	84	225,000	25
Total			610,500	75