Complete Medic Guide | Kit Overview, Gameplay Tips, and How To Be a Better Medic in Squad

[@davidlisovtsev6607]

I'm a combat medic IRL, and it's really stunning how the medic tactics that you give for this game are the same tactics that we use IRL.

[@HomeTownGaming125]

I'm a Whiskey too!

[@nolly8202]

Im not but I swear every game I play where I have the choice I always play as a combat medic. Even in dayz I always play as medic. Much respect to you all.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@nolly8202 It's not possible to overstate how important medics are in this game. All of the better SLs I've had will ask someone to switch to medic if no one in the squad is a medic. It's the difference between losing 9 tickets and losing 0 tickets in a lot of firefights, even if you didn't succeed in taking the objective.

[@nolly8202]

@@CrizzyEyes man when I played squad as a medic boy did my squad keep me busy.

[@TDMstevo]

I’d like to have a discussion with your first line supervisor...

[@user-zo3ij1fz4x]

Most disappointing moment: you make you way through to a dude nearly died 4 times killd like a whole squad. You're finally made it and he gives up. The biggest FU you can get in a game.

[@cavemanbonk8320]

I call people by name and tell them NOT to give up, usually they don't

[@user-zo3ij1fz4x]

@@cavemanbonk8320 yea tryed that alot, too. 4/5 don't you're right.

[@RimshotKiller]

Nah, I still feel like a badass after stuff like that. What's really disappointing is when you actually get to revive the dude, but instead of covering the angle from which he got shot at he looks at you and q/e wiggles like a Muppet until both of you get shot. That crap pisses me off. I know that I'm healing you and it's great and all, but how about you don't twerk around but rather cover our sorry asses while I'm patching you up!

[@Demnz]

@@RimshotKiller 😂😂😂😂 fucking lol. this is the most relatable comment i've ever seen. damn near every revive i tell them "you're revived in 2 seconds, keep your gun to the (bearing) and crawl toward me as i heal you"

[@critical035iraqiops5]

"Remember- switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading"- Gaz

[@blakevannest5893]

Respect

[@joshchu]

patched 30+ teammate, match won with with 7 tickets left => I did good today.

[@KevinBYee]

I just had a game like this and damn it was awesome. I think I shot one person the whole round but my heart was pumping faster than anything. We won by 15 or so and I definitely had at least 20 revives and countless dressings

[@keshav3479]

This is such a good channel! I'm seriously considering getting Squad the more I hear about it. Edit: I got squad. It's brilliant!

[@UseFulAtom]

You should dude, very fun game. Sometimes it can just be a running and dying simulator but still fun and intense

[@d_shiznit7874]

It's an awesome game and at it's best when people work together, win or lose. Watching these videos will already put you ahead of a lot of others.

[@stgav1238]

It’s like 50$ now since it left early access but tbh it’s worth it

[@keshav3479]

@@stgav1238 oh it's a lot less where I live but I think I'm still gonna wait for a sale before I get it since a few of my friends are also planning to get it too

[@stgav1238]

@@keshav3479 for sure! Add me CrouchingTigerHiddenGabber on Steam, we can play some time

[@ControlledPairsGaming]

Outstanding work man. Your guides are so valuable. It's not filler, it's real actionable info with high quality production value. I know this takes tons of time and effort. Great stuff, brotherman.

[@s_t_r_e_l_0_o_k818]

As a new SQUAD player, this is one of the most helpful channels one can find... Keep up the good work man

[@nathanfay1988]

Great videos as always! Please cover Engineer / Sapper soon, as I've come across a LOT of players who didn't even know they had a cell phone, rocks, didnt know they could build barbed wire, sandbags at will, didn't know they shovel faster....it would be really great to de-mystify this outstanding class!

[@drewbienewbie03xx81]

As a MG and AutoRifle main I greatly appreciate you Medics and Devil Docs! I show my love for you in game by yelling "SUPPRESIVE FIRE" as well as doing it whenever you revive me or a teammate near me. Also on Thursdays I'll tell you I have heat stroke and ask for the silver bullet if we're alone.

[@DaBruzzla]

Holy pachuli. I have over 400h in this game, roughly 60% as a medic. And I have not known the one-touch medic bag stamina up thingy... Thanks a lot. You never stop learning...

[@CommonwealthDank]

dude same

[@davidnagy6217]

Noobs

[@cavemanbonk8320]

What are you talking about? I can't find where in the video he mentions it

[@DaBruzzla]

@@cavemanbonk8320 at 7:20 he mentions stamina Regen only needing a quick tap with the healing bag and the according healing strategy. Did not know that. I was always just bandaging everyone first.

[@willonz]

Im a bit confused by this. It seems to not do anything after rezing someone. Does this mean the med bag tap prevents them from bleeding out, or actually naturally start regenerating to full health?

[@AdamBomb2289]

Rule 1. Apply your own mask before assisting others.

[@danielh5307]

5:25 I'm glad giving the dead guy moral support is an integral part of the medic role

[@sopmodii1505]

It's why I like the role so much, people get frustrated when they die, and being there to comfort and un-tilt them gives that caring mother feeling.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@sopmodii1505 Oh God, I'm imagining a medic player saying "There, there. We'll kill him when you get up. Just tell me the bearing he shot you from darling."

[@anshuldwivedi1919]

Can't count how many times I tell people in every game not to press the 'call medic' button. They practically shout and let the enemy know to be on guard as someone is near by

[@robotiick721]

its so frustrating! i'll tell them not to hit it since enemies hear it and watch for your body and that if they hit it again ill leave them there as they already jepordized our position yelling like that

[@CrizzyEyes]

I was only playing for a week when someone told me not to do that, I realized from that point how good advice it was because I would always notice when enemies would yell for a medic.

[@TheMrPandabeast]

Damn I just realized that. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Dash62g]

Big brain is to yell for a medic when no friendlies are nearby to waste their time staking out the area where they downed you Edit forgot these comments were from >1 yr ago oop

[@bronislavkonopka1752]

​@@Dash62g140 IQ

[@el-fantasma21]

that smoke tip was fantastic - was watching the rest of the video for entertainment since i know all of it anyway - but the smoke thing, had no idea about that M18 bottom fill, thanks! :)

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

A Medic needs a Battle Buddy, someone to stick with them and watch out for enemy as the Medic heals downed Soldiers. Too many times the Medic is left to do multiple roles, when simply having someone help them would make the job easier. Lot's of time, the rest of the Squad expects you to Rambo your way through tons of enemy to heal them, when usually you have to Solid Snake your way to the wounded.

[@jurassicdano3695]

I love the dragging feature. I won’t say it makes me feel like a real medic as I couldn’t begin to understand how you could feel in that situation, but it’s probably the closest I will get. My favourite class. Also I started today and I’m decent at it.

[@joefoe2329]

As a medic you get so much more respect and achievement in helping your squad even team mates appreciate your efforts and sacrifice and I've never had one player not say thank you for my commitment. Its probably my favourite role. Oh by the way do you get kill counts if the player gets downed or is it counted as a kill even if hes revived or does it apply if he gives up?? I only got 50hrs in squad so I dont know the scoreboard well.

[@jcnruad5810]

The point is, u help friendly to continue the battle, prevent 1 ticket lost, better scoreboard not getting much death and the enemies only got knock point, not kill Well, I'm a noobs, I'm useless if I have to shoot enemies, that's why I like medic role

[@ChillLee24]

I really enjoy playing as medic, and both classes. Binoculars as a medic are underused and I really like doing recon with them and helping my riflemen get some easy kills at range

[@KevinBYee]

Same, the binocs make it such a useful class on some maps.

[@omni7808]

I watched this when I first started playing and I've done 800 hrs as a medic now. This helped me build a solid foundation now I hit 20 plus revives per game. I just hit my best of 49 revives in a single game. Im + DOC OMNI Great channel great guide bud ty.

[@yoyobeanz]

Lots of GREAT tips! There’s only one I can think of that you missed: If you are using the med bag on yourself, and you get shot again, keep using that Med bag. 95% of the time that you are shot, you need to stop the bleeding, but if you were already holding right click with the bag when you were hit, top yourself off and worry about the bleeding when you need to.

[@adamk8376]

As someone with 60hrs in-game, and mains as a medic, this was a good video. Thanks again Moidog!

[@jcnruad5810]

Idk about u, I'm also a noobs in shooting game, I like medic role because I'm a bad shooter (especially in panic mode), second when I accidentally shoot friendly I can apologize while heal/ revive my victim

[@f.faucon6681]

Excellent video, thank you. I like playing medic a lot, but never really gave much thought about my smoke grenades and how to use them. On the funny side of things, at 12:15 I felt like I was about to face a driving license test rather than a medic vs machine gunner situation. Anyway, thanks again!

[@unixgaming6880]

I didn't know the bit about tab healing, that's super helpful!

[@Kasspirr]

I love playing medic, especially on first line. Also I didn't know about tap healing so thanks.

[@Zarviya]

this was a great video to find as a new player I knew I was gonna either end up as medic or rifleman and I knew combat medic was more indepth than BANDAGE AND HEAL lol gonna be jumping into my first game later on today :x

[@raptor203333]

Good guide, I even re/learned a couple things as a seasoned player. A couple of meta tips I immediately thought of are missing: your range of bandaging and healing is about ~2 feet. Meaning you can patch/heal through most walls if the downed player was hugging the wall thus reducing time and/or getting shot. It also means you don't have to be literally on the downed player to help, making that hard or under-fire healing happen. To actually add off that, a good etiquette to have IMHO is to always be off the person, as far as reasonably possible, so that: their FOV doesn't have your body and hit boxes in their face, reducing accidentally shooting you or movement freedom; de-cluttering space so teammates could move between you two, say in a building or not having to jump over two people prone; increasing your own safety by not exposing yourself as much.

[@zebobthesecond8112]

True to his promise, good man

[@JohnnyLawBMC]

I just got Squad yesterday and I appreciate your video. Very informative. Thank you

[@TrinketsMc]

Another great video!!! So informative. Over 300hrs on and I still get great tips from you. I will say that the devs need to make that drag function better. I mean cmon you could still drag a person by the leg or arm lol idk for myself ankle drag has never worked 💁🏻‍♂️

[@codydaeschner9116]

Recently bought the game only have like 20 hours in, yesterday had a game where I felt like I was Desmond doss from heart break ridge saved 33 people in one round. I love this game

[@perskarva123]

Thank god you explained how to smoke off the enemy...So many times people throw smoke on their own feet when getting shot to try to conceal themselves and completely blocking vision so now you're both blind to the enemy and getting spammed through smoke...Brilliant

[@RimshotKiller]

Solid tips in this video for both medics and people being saved by medics. Don't call for medic, it only reveals our position and draws unwanted attention. Don't q/e wiggle like a Muppet when I'm patching you up so that we don't get shot looking like idiots. Also, if your SquadLead asks for a personal emotional support medic don't be afraid to say no. Your job, most of the time, is saving tickets. Your abilities are usually worth more in the midst of your squad, not wandering some far corner of the map.

[@jcnruad5810]

Been there, I mean I literally tell the friendly that I revive to don't move, there were enemies nearby distracted by friendly engaging them. Idk what in his mind, he proceeded to stand up and reload his rifle, voila, we both die

[@Giraffe69420]

I was looking for this video, thanks moidog ya da best

[@MrBruh-bp5sx]

I just spent a whole day playing medic and this tutorial gave me so mush help

[@Kentish9494]

Thanks for this Moi. Just starting to play the game as this class and its really helped

[@Matteo-ub3qv]

I’m watching all your tutorial, I’m Italian but I’m very good at understanding English. Me and some of my friends are getting a pc, it would be our first time playing, and we decided to play squad as our first game. If u could help us beginners once we get everything we need it would really mean a lot. Especially because there aren’t much Italian servers that helps new player. Thanks for your videos, they are amazing 🔥🔥

[@BehindTheCard]

Title: Medic Guide Me: Smoke Guide!

[@jaehun33]

it really is :)

[@jeffyzefrench]

Thanks! Love the medic role since I never understand what's going on in this game. Will take it in and see if I can improve from it

[@Hiddenfrostbite]

Love your channel modawg! Love squad as well, but when I try to watch you videos in my down time in the field some of the footage comes in a little dark. Could you possibly edit the gamma in it so its a little brighter? Keep the videos coming though!

[@MoiDawg]

I've noticed that as well! My main monitor is actually brighter than anything else I've seen so I'm tweaking settings to make sure recordings and streams show up right. Sorry about that, but hopefully it's a bit better soon since I'm working on it!

[@brianschlicher59]

Good squad leaders often try to direct squads during masscals. You want to direct the medic picked up first. Get automatics up next (unless you need LATS/HATS for an immediate vehicle threat. Have riflemen/engineers/marksmen revived last. Have the wounded pull secure and have the medic prioritize getting squad members up then healing health and stamina second. Also situational awareness is key. If you're in the open or a killzone get the hell out of the killzone. Retrieve the casualties if you gain fire superiority. If you can't do that you may have to leave the bodies and have the teammates respawn. If you can put down a RP that can allow you to continue mission although ammo will be a concern. One more note after a firefight make sure to resupply. If near a FOB or vehicle load up if able. If not use the rifleman ammo bag. Medic bandages are a priority. Usually they should have a minimum of 4 bandages. Note LAT/HAT reload is a priority if a real vehicle threat. If you are the squad leader be sure to command your squad. Not always easy with randoms. Great video. Keep them coming.

[@volo7249]

You should make guides on other things like fortifications, gun and missile emplacements, infantry tactics for squad leaders and other things like that.

[@62Swiz]

Love the content moi!

[@slyderace]

This was an amazing guide! Some of my most rewarding matches were played as medic! I agree with everything you mentioned in this video :-)

[@gojira2055]

I plugged your video in my medic gaming group awesome video dude thanks

[@BoidLP]

The issue with smoking the own position is existant since the first introduction of smoke grenades in games. Maybe hollywood misslead enough people. I think its an important topic for a general infantry guide as well, in case you are planing on one. ;) Thank you for the content so far. Cheers

[@jcnruad5810]

At least it will conceal from rifle aim, except from enemy armor like 20mm or tank canon

[@jordanfox7070]

I’ve been using your advice and on my fifth game I was able to run Medic fairly well. Both getting kills and revising people. Thanks for the tips man! I’d love to play sometime lol 😂

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

Another tip: You can heal through the wall(s).

[@ProAverageGuy]

Yeah that's a bad habit. You entire team will get disqualified if you do that in a comp match.

[@yourallygod8261]

@@ProAverageGuy ... okay comp matches how many are there and why do i never hear of em anywhere in any game i am in :T (excluding squad ops thats a big known one)

[@rustyclayton9260]

@@ProAverageGuy Who would want to play comp matches for Squad? That just straight up sounds like a bad time. I would guarantee it's toxic as hell.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@rustyclayton9260 I doubt it would be as toxic as any game with 5 man teams. Kinda spreads out the responsibility a bit when you have dozens of people on your team.

[@Vireca]

Hey Moi, will you cover the other roles and do guides too for the class you left? Marksman, Machine Gunner, Automatic Rifleman, Sapper/Engineer don't have guides and I would love to watch them in this channel. Your guides are the best I found about Squad

[@GandalftheWh1te]

You had to sneak that last tip in there.

[@gabriel_moreira2001]

I use to have a lot of fun playing as a medic, the most risky and fun kit!

[@risingSisyphus]

SKS medic will always be my favorite kit in the game

[@blasman103]

Blasphemy

[@brandonkim2410]

I hate playing insurgent medic because of the sks

[@pmgrodrigues]

Great guide as always!

[@artzew1398]

Moving with the squad, was able to cut in the heart, got caught up at an intersection and an enemy BTR started to wipe us out. Managed to survive, patched myself up , picked two guys and revived the enitre squad, then pushed into the site and won the game. ----> was fun

[@BalCleric]

Skipped through just to see if you mentioned tapping people with the med bag to give them stamina, and you do, so props, take heed folks.

[@alexgrenlie862]

Ok, this is all cool but I had a question when you throw the smoke grenade. How do you know which direction it's going to land? Does it always land facing to the left or to the right? I'm talking about where you pull the pin and the bottom of the grenade. is the orientation random?

[@lockedon8953]

I used to tell my guys to use their own kit where possible if it looked like we weren't going to get a resupply any time soon or if it looked like it would use up to much of my kit.

[@jaehun33]

practical and helpful

[@vvvrvvv929]

shoutout to all the medics who save me the respawn timer and long ass travel back to cap

[@tyjuji]

You can heal people at a slight distance. If you revive someone and then stick your hand in their face they can't see anything and can't defend you. Even worse, if your face or body is in the way they're going to shoot you first and then the enemy. Do yourself a favor and keep some distance while healing.

[@alphapuregaming6584]

I wish that squad implements a more in-depth medkits/ifaks. It would change the dynamic of the game greatly. Imagine having to choose between different medications to give a soldier. Splints for broken legs,etc. would be a much slower but immersive game experience if they did this. Would require the team to think more instead of rushing into an objective.

[@TheMrPandabeast]

Tarkov vibes. That would be awesome.

[@tj4y48]

My OCD rewards my brain with dopamine when i see riws if even numbers, flawless stats and vlaues increasing. Keeping my squad at full health and seeing all of them alive is like hard drugs for me.

[@kamencic100]

I like your videos but you could do a combat engineer /sapper guide.

[@mathewmatiks]

Another important detail for medics, there is a bug where if a person is revived, and you still have the animation and finish it, you will practically loose the bandage.

[@balthazar8048]

I love medic and I got good at it cos of your tips I got a 74 revive match using your advice and I now main medic

[@DrPastah]

Machine Gunner and Automatic Rifleman guide, lets go!

[@mikeg2092]

If you are doing logi runs, like in a logi squad the medic is the best class to be, imo. If you get hit you can drive through and heal yourself when it's safe to do so.

[@mikeg2092]

@Đông Nguyễn Hồ Minh Yeah, agreed. When I posted this pretty there could be two medics in a squad.

[@Hermslice]

Is there a general tips video, because that smoke info is game changing.

[@kieranmorrow1706]

Can you do a grenadier tutorial? I'm new to the game and the role looks really fun, but I don't know how to use it correctly. Also sorry if you already have done one but I didn't really feel like looking through your entire channel.

[@marcellustenberge5870]

As medic can advise you that you bind your map on your mouse and use it often, maybe more then your gun. Keep overview...How often I see other medics ignore downed players.

[@pagannova3621]

I keep running into a problem where I'm medic..but the only one "trained" to use mortars, lol. but the rest is good advice. two medics double healing one person is fine after-action, as well, when only one person is injured and no firefight is going on, as rare as that is..

[@spartanwarrior961]

Medics always get the worst sass. Guy I was trying to get to was at a crossroad. I simply asked where the shooter was so my escort could cover me and get to him. He simply shouts "if I knew where he was I would've killed him" and then gave up with 3 quarters of his timeout left.

[@kakajohn9108]

đón chờ những ca khúc tiếp theo của Phúc, càng nghe càng thích giọng ca của Phúc ❤

[@JetJockey87]

Don't forget this pro gamer move- You can revive and heal players through walls. If someone is outside a building or inside a building and they're right against the wall, you can revive like a ghost through the wall.

[@brentwafc]

Im a new player, ive noticed this is a great role to play. You make alot of friends 😀😂

[@kouhaimongo9126]

This video really helpfull for new players. I wish i was watched before

[@Anthony-pb2ed]

1200 hours ingame and i just know about that Us smoke grenades going right

[@sturmstorm]

Don’t forget you can also take your pistol out to grab a player, giving you the ability to shoot as you drag your team mate😅

[@thebffs473]

Yeah now make a guide for people who have trouble starting conversations saying they're new but have trouble talking to people that would be my cup of tea so I can start playing this game

[@sierrahallinan8711]

id love to find a team that actully works with their medics and listen xD you got it good!

[@Sneeper1234]

are you going to do a squad lead guide?

[@javierjayden4718]

My tactics is to had assistant medic and use a car like MRAP and any other armored cars and then when spotting an wounded I would use the armored cars infront enemy fire while the assistant medic get suppressing fire to enemy and then i would healed the soldier I would take him to the armored car first and then when safe I would heal him you basically know the tactics :p

[@jcnruad5810]

Thankyou for the tips

[@adjbutler]

are technically a rilfeman has more than 2 bandages as well... (in the magical ammo bag)

[@bradwright8611]

Hello I just started playing. I watched your tutorials and they have been most helpful but I am struggling. I find it hard to distinguish friend from foe sometimes and can never figure out where I am getting shot from. Although that has improved a little. Any tips to distinguish friend from for and figure out where the shots are coming from. Also, how do you know where to dig to build cover or anything else. Thanks

[@rubadubdubb]

Did they change the icon visibility? Last time I played I could see downed players without opening the map even from far away, now I practically have to be on top of them before it shows up.

[@xD1904]

I played this game for 4 or 5 rounds. Its amazing, but I'm completly lost. Everyone is talking to me and I have no Idea haha. But the game is amazing. And your tutorials are great and helpful. Best greets from Germany.

[@Chezboii]

Is the pistol good for anything else except switching to it when out of ammo? I mean it's still slow to switch to it.

[@therazgriz0079]

Sometimes it's better to draw a pistol if you have a ranged optic and get into a close firefight. They're nowhere near as powerful as the rifle is but I often find it easier to aim and hit someone with the close range irons than sight in through a 4x and panic thinking "fuck, I gotta scroll left!"

[@Chezboii]

@@therazgriz0079 I think that depends on what you prefer. When i get in cc with 4x i usually use hip fire i stead of aiming with the pistol. I think it's always better to hipfire an AR on Auto in cc than to aim with pistol. And thats the point of my question: Why should i use the pistol? :D (Of course there are people using it, but there should be any effective benefit for using pistol in cc, for example a quicker pull of it. Makes me sad that it's not implemented.

[@therazgriz0079]

@@Chezboii Aye, that does make sense. Personally I'm straight up atrocious at hip firing, haven't got the hang of it yet so I find the pistols a decent alternative for me. I can imagine when I improve though I'll end up not using them. Other than that, maybe it's a good balance for the marksman to have a cc weapon? I rarely play that kit so I don't really know 😂😂

[@jaehun33]

Moidawg, I want to add korean subtitles to your medic guide video and AT guide video. after they're subtitled, I'm going to share those videos on a korean squad community. To add subtitles, I can make .srt files and send them to your business e-mail. you can add subtitles on your video by uploading them.

[@MoiDawg]

If you can create that file I'd be happy to upload them!

[@Rikleon]

As well if you do get revived by a medic please don't stare at them as they heal you, be on the lookout for other enemies. To many times I have revived someone only for them to watch me as I heal them and someone comes around the corner and kills us both.

[@Overxpossed]

Nice thing to be a medic when new to the game is you can heal the ones you've TK 😅

[@hojingzun6384]

im a good medic but i dont last long in a match because my team cant kill. so i have to change to rifleman sometimes if they cant advance or they just dont check rooms

[@jerardgroling]

200 hours as a medic and i didn’t know about the tapping thing

[@adrianocuevas8599]

Will you make one for Automatic Rifleman/Machine gunner

[@lavaandaa]

Can you do a marksman guide aswell ?

[@adrianocuevas8599]

Can you do a guide for machine gunner/Auto rifleman

[@brunoodle]

hey MoiDawg! could you please make a marksman tutorial? thanks!

[@nocommentaryvr1666]

Im gonna getting a gamimg laptop for christmas but im gonna have to wait a little bit to get squad, i have an astro a 50 wireless headset a razor mouse and im getting an msi laptop, cant wait to play

[@noeg3095]

good shit bro i built my pc to play squad a few years ago and it definitely worth it

[@johnchristian664]

I hope they implement fireman carries.

[@KyleMeyers7]

Tap heal, Good tip!

[@catthomas3097]

I might just like being a medic simply for the pistol