Meticulously Measuring Medics | Arknights

[@HiImYii]

minor correction: for chain caster medics, the heal reduction is multiplicative meaning their healing goes like this 1st target: 100% 2nd target: 75% 3rd target: 56.3%

[@bikerhomi]

Another minor correction: Lumen does not increase his healing to 200% normally, only if he use his ammo to cleanse status effect

[@Jukantos]

@@bikerhomi At least the permanent +55% atk more than makes up for the 20% penalty on wide range heals :)

[@bikerhomi]

@@Jukantos never said he's bad because of it, just corrected the mistake he made in the video

[@Mr_Rhodey]

Kal approaches medicine with the philosophy that if nothing is left alive to harm her Operators then she doesn't have to heal them. Having an on demand, exploding Space Rayquaza is handy for backing up this claim.

[@denden6316]

except said rayquaza can't freaking tank some devil dude's sword slash, absolute joke

[@SilveryBlue1010]

Kal is healing Dokutah morals by killing those pesky elite mobs :)

[@romantheblack-cat]

Premptive healing. We do this in dnd too

[@anzyroadside2374]

That's the approach surgeons do in every "-tomy" operation except vasectomy. An example of this, lobotomy, might sound weird but there are cases when parts of the brain need to be removed like when tumors occur. I think this is what Rhodes Island's core medical philosophy is since most operations they do involve surgically removing tumors from the face of Terra.

[@ajanis95]

I feel like space rayquaza is a bit repetitive

[@DylanoRevs]

I still can't believe we went from regular Medics, to Medics that can attack enemies and deal damage, to Medics that could artillery strike enemies that you can't even consider them Medics anymore. What a world we live in. Also, appreciated the usage of TF2 Medic theme. If he were to appear in Arknights, he'd definitely be a complete harmacist

[@miakodakot7359]

Oh, 6* Medic from Team Fortress, codename "Medic". First skill is just a increasing the healing to 50% at max level, second skill is suringe gun with a mag, just like Ash or Lumen has, that deal damage to enemies. Third skill is invincibility to him and the toughest ally in his range for like 15 seconds. That would be actually cool

[@kosmosXcannon]

We gotta meet the medic

[@GilliamYaeger]

I'd imagine he'd be a Harmacist using the Syringe Gun to shoot people, and his skill pulls out one of three Mediguns which constantly heals a single target. The skill can be deactivated at any time but double charges while it's activated, and using it again when it's fully charged will activate its Ubercharge. Stock Medigun makes the target and the Medic invulnerable for a short amount of time, Kritzkrieg doubles the targets attack, and Vaccinator increases the def and res of the Medic and the target while the skill is double charging but takes longer to charge.

[@garytee8945]

Add a talent where the closest enemy within 4 tiles, he'll use a melee than gains sp. And a "small" chance to deal triple damage

[@mercce6750]

Maybe a skill that has the effect of the "Mad Milk Syringe" from MvM? Like applies a debuff that allows your operator to heal from enemies mark by it, prioritising enemies with the most HP.

[@Teylahime]

My immediate use case for Lumen as a newer player was smacking Specter awake every time she self-stunned from using her S2. Good to know he'll stay useful for later content too from his sheer numbers, I like the sad fish boy.

[@815TypeSirius]

Wait will this unstun self stun? Dooooood what...?!

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

Yes

[@ahmedfalahy9337]

And works with other self stun like Amiya S2 and Eunectus S3

[@miffedmeff7302]

the point of the stun is to protect specter since she will likely have low hp after S2 and the stun allows her to self-regen back some of her hp before being able to block enemies again. This can backfire sometimes and cause Specter to leak minions sometimes so it relegates her to a boss-killer/elite wave clearer Lumen changes the way she can be used and allows for more flexibility most of the time for sure (unless she gets unstunned and is forced to block a high damage enemy with less than optimal HP) but the original design of the stun isnt purely as a drawback for her insane DPS and immortality in S2 but is rather, essential to her longevity

[@HellecticMojo]

I think everyone should start drinking seawater, because Aegyr for some reason constantly provide solid operators of some kind off their depths.

[@char1194]

There's nothing quite like ending a map with exactly 1 ammo left on Lumen's S3. MAX VALUE

[@NigelNikoba]

"ze healing is not as rewarding as ze hurting" -Old Well, Aka Kal'tsit

[@Vadikus2424]

Meet the Kal'tsit

[@annguyenlehoang7779]

@café damn it LazyPurple

[@luca5cuyi]

Make him do the specialist one then

[@adamantiux9750]

People, I can't implore you enough, build your healers. You haven't known true pain until you attempt to beat chapter 8's Talulah and Lugia stages without a decent healer roster. They are the type of class that, when you need them, you REALLY need them. Skalter alone won't save you from Kreide's global attacks... But a certain sad fish boy may.

[@FirriApril]

Oh yeah, god the implication that healers are mostly useless and you don't need them is so bad. ESPECIALLY for early game players. Nobody who's just starting out has Skalter, and very few have Saria. Build your healers people.

[@Cr3zant]

Why would I use the sad fish boy when I have the lazy dragon detective?

[@bucketofcopium]

@@Cr3zant Lee doesn't heal others (which you really need for certain things, like JT8-3) sad fish boy also cleanses stuns from *others*

[@Castersvarog]

@@FirriAprilplus Saria is the best defender healer, but even she has her limits. It’s not a matter of should you build a healer it’s, _which_ healer you’re building. Personally I prefer an AoE healer especially when an there’s alot of enemied or they have Aoe

[@wheelotime2581]

What do medics do? Huge arts or true damage DPS, that's what they do 😎

[@broadbandislife]

I think it safe to assume by this point that the equivalent of the Hippocratic Oath simply doesn't exist on Terra. ...yeah it's that kind of place. -primo vacation spot to take your kids to in other word-

[@bogbody6128]

@@broadbandislife man it's in the company logo we're just flagrantly choosing to ignore it at this point

[@broadbandislife]

@@bogbody6128 That part's from the very end of the Oath and _an sich_ is applicable to any demanding craft anyway. Make what you will of the detail that no obvious allusion to _primum non nocere_ is made...

[@bogbody6128]

@@broadbandislife RI Pharmaceutical seems to have its own motto about doing harm, anyway, as Amiya delivers in chapter 0...

[@hipunpun]

😂

[@crisperstorm]

Fully expect Kal to get her own class in the future in the same way Blitz and Liskarm get moved into Sentinel Defenders in a future update

[@romantheblack-cat]

They do? Thats cool and it actually makes sense.

[@randomcatname7792]

Did that actually happen yet? I remember people were talking about how obvious it was that it would happen, but I don't remember it actually happening

[@VeryNormalGuy9]

That…might not happen. This green cat harmacist already got her ST medic module to solid her position as (fake) ST medic and on the top of that, she most-likely is one of a kind in Arknights. We might get summoner who can some how heal his/her summon but I doubt there will be another medic who can summon like Kal’sit unless that second one is Kal’sit herself but alter

[@KuroeNezumi]

​@@VeryNormalGuy9 ...SILENCE HAS EXISTED SINCE THE START OF THE GAME. It's just her drone isn't an offensive summon.

[@KuroeNezumi]

I almost wish they moved both her and silence into a branch dedicated to medics who can summon units, so they could do something more with that besides making Kal'tsit a healer that can turn into a harmer when deploying her summon, and actually giving any kind of love to Silence instead of leaving her at the bottom of trash bin (God, time and map design haven't been kind to the narcoleptic bird woman).

[@gitaristing]

7:22 "It (Lumen S3) gives him some atk and aspd, and *increases his healing effectiveness to 200%*" The healing effectiveness increase is *only* on the attacks that consume ammo, not on every attack. The atk and aspd increase makes him heal so much already, though.

[@towldllr4854]

Kal'tsit and Reed Alter have the same relationship with the rest of the medic class as the Air-2 Genie does with puny concepts like "accuracy"

[@crimson_mage]

yii must be a medic bc he heals my heart

[@mike81356]

That Yii and Zafang Art tho

[@ecthelionalfa]

do the specialist one but call it something like "not analizing specialist" or "that other class aside from the previusly analized"

[@broadbandislife]

That misspelling is *really* making it sound like a H-doujin you know...

[@HellecticMojo]

@@broadbandislife push stroker

[@broadbandislife]

@@HellecticMojo giggity ...the localization isn't exactly helping, I'll give you that.

[@SajinRouen]

The fact that Lumen will have a second module soon that will erase the "reduced healing" thingy its crazy

[@janlamicz]

But... His first module, "Spyglass", already does it on first upgrade.

[@SajinRouen]

@@janlamicz isn't his first module give him not being target by attacks? I think Purestream is the module i'm talking about

[@HittingBandy]

It's kinda funny cause Lumen's s3 also is similar to Wisperain's s2 with the increased attack speed. The whole reason why I use and s2m3'd Wisperain was because of that and the unlimited skill duration, and Lumen is basically an upgraded version of her.

[@slonik0002]

Except funnily enough when you actually need the status cleanse, then depending on how much you get hit by it Whisperain could actually be better.

[@dinobro4273]

I love using Lumen's S1 because it can technically hit tiles on his back. It is not that useful but I used that skill pretty often on IS2 because of his titanic range (and my atrocious luck). Also I'm tired of using Perfumer as my IS2 medic all the time.

[@naru2k4]

Ok Lumen sustaining himself against Manfred now you got my attention

[@mananrocks24]

man your content always delivers! It’s funny and informative 😂

[@syokaaihara5750]

"I don't have children to feed you please stay away" -yii

[@joellera]

My favorite use of Shining is her S3 so you can have Aak shoot a thousand syringes at your squishy ranged unit. This uses three (or even four with like Nian) deployment slots for something that possibly only needs one but you get to make your snipers go brrrr

[@0bscurelight689]

@birdno it's not, it's manual activation

[@slonik0002]

@bird It's got a 5s helidrop time, is manual activation, and lasts a full minute. That's probably one of the easiest skills to use.

[@iloveknife8798]

@bird You probably mistake it with S2

[@niceshotd9130]

Loving how you use the Meet the Medic theme song from tf2 as background music

[@xenunon]

Great choice for the BGM

[@TChunky]

I cant believe you forgot to mention that kaltsit prioritized healing herself and monst3r. To the point at which an operator could have less than 50% hp and if she takes even 1 hit, 1hp worth of health loss she heals herself. I learnt this the hard way in IS2, the ow-this-air-not-cool map

[@SH1NK1R01]

kal is a medic in name only. Not even memeing she really is not a medic at all and you should never bring her to fulfil that role. They just didnt really know what class to put her in since there was nothing like her and she technically could heal the same way as a "medic". Its better to just think of mont3r as the operator rather than kal herself.

[@shwedoo-6035]

@@SH1NK1R01 I would absolutely put her in the specialist summoner class, but I suppose it doesn't even matter haha

[@chernovbelinski3684]

1:49 Eldrich horrors beyond comprehension: 8:05 Lumen👍

[@Sydfxs]

I think we all can agree the best medic in existence is TF2 medic

[@Texan_Ranger]

been waiting for this one for a long time.

[@duncang3062]

Always a good day when yii uploads

[@95matilost]

I love your reviews of the operators. They were already very helpful and informative but I feel like the recent ones have been great since you've added more memes and puns in between haha. Thank you so much for your work!

[@steinsschrodinger8688]

I hope Shining gets a new fabulous skin some day...

[@delix1670]

I like how the titles of this series starts with the first letter of each class name in each word

[@AzureBashXIII]

Man can't wait for the Specialist guide. It's not like anyone would threaten Yii not to make one.

[@coldcallerloopy]

2:55 Breeze my beloved

[@romantheblack-cat]

Ptilopsis my chobit

[@coldcallerloopy]

@@romantheblack-cat huh?? what's a chobit

[@broadbandislife]

@@coldcallerloopy Can't see the comment you're replying to, but all I can associate that word with is a robot waifu anime from around the turn of the millennium called _Chobits..._ Wasn't half bad actually since it actually spent a decent bit of time on the whole problematic of emergent AI and such instead of the usual fuccboi harem fanservice bullshit.

[@coldcallerloopy]

@@broadbandislife Yeah seems the dude either privated or deleted his old comment lol

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

3:45 Wibbly woobly moist Ceylon

[@St33ldancer]

Uses a Kaltsit as a thumbnail and then doesn't even review Kaltsit. 0/10 video, I'm crying and screaming

[@thereddeads]

That medic theme tho, good god pepp is cultured

[@broadbandislife]

"The Medic archetype really does consist of Medics!"

[@Nazuiko]

Coincidentally, we just this month got a new Chain medic, the second one ever. She's a Welfare operator, and another 5* like Paprika. Also named Papyrus, another similarity. Anyway, she seems fairly decent; overall decent stats, and a talent that grants 12(22 at e2)% of her attack as a shield when healing targets. So in addition to healing multiple targets, she'll also give them 42 at e1 max, up to ~100 hp as a barrier every attack intvl. Skill 1 doubles the barrier size and heals for a large ratio of her attack, so not only does she give a good burst heal, it allows for some overhealing via small barrier; or you can treat it as additional healing if not getting to full, as long as you take damage in the next 8s. S2 allows her to focus heal the tank, increasing her attack and bringing her speed up to 1.75s, but also expanding the heal to a 4th bounce, resulting in a 4th shield application- and since the shield strength scales on her attack, NOT the heal output, all 4 operators healed get the full, boosted value of the shield without bounce penalty applied. Chain medic archetype has a decent future; they seem to stick to a bonus healing passive to counteract the reduction in strength on bounces, and healing faster rather than harder. Good for keeping lower health friendlies topped off through continuous damage rather than the burstier healing of someone like Purestream or Perfurmer

[@microwavechan5164]

Thank you Yii arknights for using TF2 music for this

[@jonnevitu4979]

1:49 Time passed and I learned more about Arknights and Yii's memes I now fully understand all the images on the right lol And yea, I watched this video more than twice cuz why not?.

[@knownanonymous5829]

I'm pleased with the "meet the medic" theme ☕

[@tejoadi4349]

i barely hear the TF2 medic theme, and i only realized it late

[@kyleeeeeeeee9030]

Kalt’sit would definitely use the schadenfreude taunt in team fortress 2

[@airedice]

Zafang like the guy in the painting thats like making out with the chao?

[@quieness]

My very convoluted way of making use of his S2 has been buffing Rockrock with Whisperain's S2 and then cleansing after the overdrive S2 of Rockrock ends LOL

[@jayu2806]

Okay we're talking about medics that can deal damage (Hibiscus Alter, Kal'tsit, Reed Alter) but then nobody talks about Folinic

[@TokinoSora10thApostle]

For some reason I am not able to unsee Zafyii fanart during the skits anymore

[@selensewar]

I love Jordy so much, he's such a good boy.

[@strawberryfloptart958]

Bit late to fix it now, but for ring healers you have an inconsistency by emphasising the nickname and putting the official archetype name as the subtitle.

[@loafofocean2289]

Can't wait for Super Something Specialist video 👍

[@V1Boulder]

i do believe the reed alter goes in eldrich horrors beyond comprehension, Source: LS-4 gaming

[@dedqwum9327]

lumen's second talent actually works in cases where an operator with regen takes a status effect under his range, synergises well with skill 3

[@tetragon2137]

Love that you used TF2's "MEDIC" theme from "Meet the Medic".

[@gpsradar.]

SHINING MY BELOVED

[@kotyara85]

Oh god. That tf2 medic theme playing the background

[@anzyroadside2374]

Clearly, Harmacists are the exemplary operators of Rhodes Island. They are the ones who show the world how Rhodes Island approaches operations in the field.

[@crypto66]

I thought everyone knew that's how you use Lumen. I consider the status removal to merely be a nice bonus.

[@dokutahblob]

Kal went the obligatory: "I'm a medic... but" route.

[@catcatcatcatnip]

Man I can't wait to see Yii's takes on spec- 😔

[@nad4243]

The thing about using lumen in general content is you out him down and press skill 3. After you win the stage you would never realize that the enemy did any debuff because everything went smoothly. I smoothly won LE-8 because he keeps surtr not stunned long enough for the boss to die

[@Alexandragon1]

TF2 Medic theme for the win! Thx for the video!

[@kayobee604]

The medic class is really made up of medics!

[@thealmightyduck5743]

Killing the enemy means they do more damage. Which means that it counts as a form of damage mitigation. And if the mitigation causes your operators' health to be higher as a result, surely that classifies as a kind of healing. So in that train of thought, every operator is some kind of medic.

[@GrimmShane]

Lumen sustaining himself against fucking Hard Mode Manfred That's my son. Look at him go!

[@VCE4]

Showing some love for Zafang. What a cutie. Yii's Kya continued series when?

[@thelink9959]

Definitely Describing Defenders Cumbersome Caster Comments Seriously Sorting Specialists Vindicatively Visualizing Vanguards

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

Yii trying to coax Shining into the Zafang fanclub might result in him getting to experience some of her old swordmaster skills XD

[@dragichav2810]

Elrdrich horrors Amiya Fumo, The big Rock and Kal in one place Hmm maybe

[@chork83]

omg ultrakill reference ((paprika)) 🤯

[@AmoreyYaoiSecks]

woah the medics sure are meticulously measured

[@wrisenderman]

My first three 6-Star operators are as follow: Nightingale, Shining, Nightingale (Again). Needless to say, I had a hard time not having a single 5 star DPS early.

[@rizreighnand6471]

i can't believe you don't slip a slight of meme for Reed alter being a cracked harmacist

[@lemozeo]

New video means news me and that means i can die happy

[@blahtoblahtoto6441]

Can confirm Shining is indeed a Sarkaz Hobo... that's my nickname for her xD

[@tsf9600]

Bruh I didn't realize there were only 4 AOE Medic until Yii pointed it out. I only ever use NG and sometimes Ptilo these days when I need one.

[@iang257]

I still use at least 1 normal medic for that extra healing on an operator I want to not die. My go to is Gavial.

[@xLuis89x]

Her skills are pretty good to prevent that , lol, given if the character is not getting 1-2 shotted or bursted down Fkin autocorrect

[@xoyv]

...i mean the "elemental" bar is more of a gauge than a bar, tbh

[@lanceknightmare]

I tend to build my medic as my 3rd to 5th tower. I have been replacing my Vanguard with Tanks later on.

[@InsaneWolfTH]

Medic class is really made of medics...

[@arcasus4913]

Don't cry I am just a fish

[@pixelatedpug2174]

ah yes the magical e key MEEEEEEEDIIIIIIIIIIIC

[@MegaDragon1983]

I read 4 comments saying you should build a medic. I have listened to the demand and shall be using medic bot from now on for ALL my healing.

[@Keikoatr72]

Where i can get Zafart shirt? Would love to buy one for Kazemaru (maybe 2)

[@NikkiTheViolist]

iirc Shining has a swimsuit so I suspect that's what she wears while doing laundry for her other outfit

[@broadbandislife]

As someone who permanently keeps her in that one instead of the hobo rags, can confirm.

[@notfake3248]

Lumen OST best one yet, anyone says otherwise is wrong

[@momsaccount4033]

The one thing I took away from this video: Do not ask Yii for fashion advice

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

0:38 I like to imagine that weird pause when he said "medics.... heal" was because Kal'tsit glared at him

[@c0ntgn]

Meet the Medic.

[@CoyotesMoon]

Putting best girl in the thumbnail for the video, wise decision.

[@slonik0002]

Beloved Mon3tr

[@biotechpsycho4849]

And there is a healer tank called reeds alter considering hibiscus alter barley heals up other operators when hit

[@paradoxzealot3685]

Yii mentioned best crab 0_0

[@nikarifffahmi31]

8:27 Shining more like Dripping

[@menekenkack]

Kal'tsit from Rhodes Islands Pharmaceuticals. The "P" is silent in her case.

[@lawgx9819]

how can Lumen be underrated he's considered the most OP medic in general

[@randomcatname7792]

He is free so a lot of people who aren't super into meta ignore him assuming he is bad

[@broadbandislife]

@@randomcatname7792 Also known as "stupid is as stupid does".

[@luchin7742]

@@randomcatname7792 Really? A lot of people? I have never heard of anyone skipping building him even the non meta people i see so that's surprising to hear

[@lawgx9819]

@@randomcatname7792 that's so bizarre, from what I heard people were flocking and shitting on him for basically too strong

[@randomcatname7792]

@@lawgx9819 tbf theres also his biggest issue, he's a boy

[@popindonut3207]

Atleast he mentioned my boy ansel

[@goodyfive]

my favorite operator water tiles!!!

[@DadDoStuff]

Shining other clothes is a one piece swimsuit and i would love to see her in that one

[@bladehawk232]

A whole video just to pump Lumen? That's how it's done.

[@Mr.Dempsey115]

Ever since folonic got introduced i knew medics were going to be pharmacists but the p is silent