Squad Medic Guide | Keep Your Team Alive and Kicking

[@tomkmb4120]

I've found that a lot of the time when playing as Medic you just have to take charge of most situations in terms of awareness. I'll always tell the guy im healing/picking up "Just cover the door/south/east/west/north" etc etc.

[@Gorlami14]

Exactly! Giving simple orders makes it easy for your teammates to follow them and it'll save both of you sometimes.

[@FizzleIsGaming]

then they stare at you anyways and you both die to a guy peeking the door

[@shangri-leicht8923]

One important aspect i want to add is talking: talking to your teammates a lot makes them feel more comfortable with you being doc. For example, i always tell them what im doing while theyre downed, that way they know im not just messing around. Heres a scenario to illustrate what im trying to explain. Ive got one or especially multiple casualites. Ill be talking to them constantly like: "Alright guys, dont give up, medic's here. Ill revive the at first, because hes in a safe spot right now. Ill come to you next, Carl69, but youve been hit in a precarious spot, so im gonna revive the at first, then ill throw a smoke so i can get you up safely alright?" kinda like that, just to let them know what youre doing and youre definitely getting them up.

[@HunterJoe010]

Playing as a medic can be fun, I don’t know why a lot of people don’t like too

[@Gorlami14]

Don't want the responsibility more than likely.

[@robrobusa]

@@Gorlami14 Or they just wanna fight without having to run from downed/injured guy to downed/injured guy. I like playing medic. I also like MG or AT. I like supporting the squad.

[@kaikaitbsat]

i just started this game, and the only thing I can play is the medic!

[@MandyWilson235]

"...they are down for a reason, either a player, vehicle, or emplacement downed them." I wish that were always the case. ( Thinking of how many people i have had to revive that jumped off a building. Awesome video though!

[@Gorlami14]

Lol that's hilarious. Thank you!

[@dsheshin]

or from a heli

[@_Meriwether]

One thing I'd like to add which is medic related, is you can also drag _enemy_ bodies. You can pull them into compromising positions so that enemy medics can't get to them, or they are putting themselves in greater danger coming for them. Enemy medics in particular are good targets for this, an enemy medic dragged into your compound and behind your barbed wire is pretty much stuffed.

[@TommyCubed]

Most will just give up

[@CmdrFlemming]

This is a really great guide... I love playing as medic and have done so a lot so i would like to mention the smoke grenades - they are a medics best friend in a tight spot. Of course they are not a magical wall to put up and must be deployed so they obscure the enemy insight NOT yours / your teammates ;-) but they are very usefull IMO Thank you for the fresh content and please keep up the good work Gorlami14

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Yeah thought about that when I was finishing things last night. I can summarize the use of smokes. Smoke them not yourself. Don't drop them at your feet, throw them at where you're being shot from. It forces your enemies to move rather that blocking your teammates vision and allowing the enemy team to push you unseen.

[@CmdrFlemming]

I agree with you @@Gorlami14 . . . and in fact there is to my knowledge NO situation where smoking your self is a smart move no matter what kit you are using?!?

[@dirtyhoneybadger9783]

I'm always playing the medic and this video confirmed I'm doing it right. Hell yeah.

[@Gorlami14]

Great stuff dude!

[@mimikal7548]

Very good guide, great detail! Only thing I think was missing was smoke grenades

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Yeah thought about that when I was finishing things last night. I can summarize the use of smokes. Smoke them not yourself. Don't drop them at your feet, throw them at where you're being shot from. It forces your enemies to move rather that blocking your teammates vision and allowing the enemy team to push you unseen.

[@sirwinterofwinterland9901]

I personally love playing medic it's so fun. Another thing, as a medic I've almost consistently been in the top 10 of the individuals with the highest score, simply from healing and reviving, it's great fun.

[@TeeJayPlays]

since bfpr all i ever enjoyed was playing medic. being a driver for a vehicle or piloting an aircraft or chopper is cool. but being a medic and having revived mates cap a point makes you feel important in the match. love it.

[@EcchiRevenge]

Too bad Squad really ruined the medic role with permanent rally, lack of kitdrop on death, and bandage fully stopping bleeds.

[@TeeJayPlays]

@@EcchiRevenge coolest shit ever was the update where you could drag people to safety. feels like a movie sometimes.

[@EcchiRevenge]

@@TeeJayPlays Yeah PR did it first, which shat on squad(which was extremely janky/unintuitive to use before the more recent change) completely.

[@RemedyRooty]

I'm here for a refresher :-) I love playing medic but they're like flies over a body! I'm out there clearing the area and dragging you to safety and out pops 3 other medics all scrambling for the same heal...

[@vortexkek1077]

Mom! I made it to the thumbnail! Amazing vid gor

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! And I really appreciate the help dude!

[@PossumMedic]

Thanks for the great vid! :D I like playing medic because a good revive to death ratio is the same as a k/d to me (like you said when safe to do so not just to chase stats) and I like helping others enjoy the game! Especially in squad because people actually wait for revives (unlike Battlefield) and are VERY thankful when you get them back up! :D Another good tip is to have your team mates drag when they can! oh and to warn friendlies about their legs clipping walls!

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@happypatibanda9265]

Engineer/sapper next?

[@Gorlami14]

Possibly here soon!

[@apsky886]

Ty 4 the guide, and also 4:44

[@Gorlami14]

My pleasure! Hey we all whiff our shots from time to time lol.

[@disc3698]

Good video! I play medic almost all the time I play this game but I still learned quite a bit, Thanks!

[@Gorlami14]

Super glad to hear it! Thank you!

[@kingchaos5404]

Great video love the detail🤙

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@6gunbeaufordiii514]

1 thing you missed.... Medics tend to gravitate to each other. I will see 4-6 medics all within 50 meters while half the team a grid away has zero medics and is in heavy contact. I hate it when I'm down and I see that on the map. And the medic kit without optic is good for urban combat because of the grenade and quicker ADS

[@deliciouslybrutal]

I think this is largely the result of clumping. Medics are attracted to high-casualty situations, so if you got multiple squads pushing an objective from the same direction you'll end up getting multiple squads' medics in one area to attend to the wounded in their squad.

[@K.Dilkington]

This was a great video. I am already employing all of these tactics you mentioned, as medic if my favorite and most commonly played class in Squad. There are 2 things I would like to add to your points, which kind of go together as well. 1. Always move with your rifle out. If you aren't actively healing someone, then you need to have your rifle ready. I've seen plenty of medics getting shot running from casualty to casualty unable to react because they were running with their field dressing in their hand. You may think why not just keep the field dressing handy if you have multiple casualties around, but that puts you at a higher risk if enemies are still in the AO. 2. Always switch back to field dressing BEFORE switching to your rifle. If you have your med bag out and then switch to your rifle, once a squad mate goes down and you run over to revive them, you'll press 5 (default) and will switch to your med bag first. This will require you to click 5 again and switch to this field dressing. It might seem mundane, but these extra seconds of animation may be crucial. So, make the revive with field dressing, switch to med bag and heal, then switch back to field dressing, and then to your rifle and charlie mike. That's all I wanted to add, good job on this one, mate.

[@BlukeSun]

Nice video! How do you drag soldiers?🙏

[@Miffidurf]

Love the thumbnail my dude ;)

[@Gorlami14]

Thanks dude!

[@harris9446]

Great info as usual, Gor! Thank you so much for being such an asset to this game for me

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Its my pleasure to be able to help so many in the community!

[@Theskilledone]

Another fantastic guide.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@steinigunason5926]

Solid guide as always

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@BenCadorette]

If it’s a big fight, and you see me over there doing my medic thing, and you get that blueberry urge to come revive all the people over by me, don’t. Stay on your side of the street, they’ll be dropping over there soon enough. I’d much rather have your gun up than double team a heal.

[@LawnDartzStudios]

Great video. Well done!

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@Talons001]

Great work as always. I feel bad for the downed dude that is being dragged in the thumbnail though.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Yeah he drew the short straw.

[@kimmiita]

You are not going to find any better medic guide than this

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! I appreciate the high praises!

[@ExquisiteTopHat]

Yall just an update for a year later (from a medic main): Gorlami isn't WRONG, per se, but he is definitely overly-cautious and over-thinking. Probably so that he can pad the video or get a point across better. Still, don't worry about "clearing" irrelevant areas (across a street, in another building, over a berm) before reviving. Don't worry about cover so much, going prone behind a rock is enough. Dragging isn't that necessary, crawl in their body if they are a little exposed. If they are really exposed, just don't revive them until you know for sure it is safe. And the list goes on... this is good starting ground though for new medics.

[@effen_aey_man]

I wish when you tell people "Don't give up, I'm a medic!" that they would listen because every ticket counts after a while

[@jrlx86]

I love the medic role. I'm the best god damn medic there ever was.

[@EcchiRevenge]

The most important thing is: stop telling newbies to take medic. They can take rifleman kit which will usually be guaranteed optics and have ammobag to support the squad.

[@Gorlami14]

Yeah that's a good point. I personally think having an experienced player as your optic medic is good and then a newer player as your second medic.

[@kusti1285]

I want to try Squad leading but im too scared to ruin other's game , my brain stops working when im going to do callouts because english is not my native language , i dont know map basics, so does it mean i need to play more to experience SL?

[@Gorlami14]

No need to rush into it. Gain some more confidence in game and then try it out. When you do squad lead, you don't have to have a full 9 man, just run a 4 or 5 man squad to take some of the stress out of the equation.

[@mr_fraggle2880]

@Kusti12 I am late to the chat, but my tip for you is, try to find mostly empty servers, which are playing the seeding mode. Open a squad in this mode and try to learn it :)

[@artwithchaabar6380]

How about a video explaining hoe to get more Action? Some games I just don't see any enemies or just 1 or 2. Would love more Action!

[@Gorlami14]

Honestly you'll have games that are slow and others that are full of action. Your squad's mission will dictate how much or little action you see throughout a game. The best thing I can recommend is stay with your squad. If you're tasked with the defense, don't run off, enemies will eventually show up and you'll get to fight off waves of attackers.

[@artwithchaabar6380]

@@Gorlami14 alright thanks! Its true though. Some games are insane! Enemies everywhere! And others are boring af lol

[@caolkyle]

Don’t about putting your healing hand through your teammate while healing them and blocking their vision. I’ve started to just fire and if I end up tk’ing the guy then he’ll learn next time. I’ve no idea how many times I’ve had to tell medics to stop doing this as it just stops the person shooting actually see in front of them

[@Gorlami14]

Yup one of the more frustrating things that I see in-game and was honestly one of the contributing factors to me wanting to make this guide.

[@caolkyle]

@@Gorlami14 I’ve seen a few medics guides and was actually mid type and then you mentioned it and it made me happy hahaha :)

[@AlexBell1991]

I am not good at the game itself but I am a decent medic and I find being a team player is more fun than going for kills.

[@hjvdb6829]

good guide

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@justinpepe9862]

I learned something!

[@Gorlami14]

Glad to hear it!

[@jamesfletcher9032]

do the opposite 3.50 if they've just been downed ask them where they were shot from, if they've been downed for a while chances are the guy who killed them ain't around or ain't looking a this dead guy, go pick him up heal and move on quick, time = heals

[@jamesfletcher9032]

you can heal players through floors too.

[@bachisbacktoblack]

Good aim ACOQ Medic = The Slayer

[@ivormlf]

Great guide man, when I'm not SL I run medic and personally I wish they would removed the acog or equivalent from the medic kit. Too many times I see medics out front not reviving/healing squad mates.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Yeah its always one of my go to's! I'm guilty of that sometimes, but I just have to remind myself what kit I'm using.

[@deathwish-gg8wz]

I certainly wish they don't. Just because I'm playing medic doesn't mean I want to be incapable of fighting.

[@ra9788]

I will say medic without optic is suitable in closed combat in frontline while another medic more suitable to provide support in mid range

[@StraitD2]

Gorlami!

[@luftwaffles274]

The wall heal/revive is a good tactic but can get you banned on alot of servers where higher play is the game, it's seen as a glitch or cheating in a way and highly frowned upon to do so.

[@FizzleIsGaming]

its my 5th favorite os server player

[@confusedgnome4269]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@jordirex7711]

As squad leader I have more succes with 1 medic than 2 for some reason

[@shawnmcauliffe5072]

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em...

[@lmaogottem5984]

i always end up playing as medic because no one wants to, and its not too hard

[@dr.sick6969]

when i play as a combat medic (and im the only one who is skilled enought to play ) me: dont worry i will heal you squad mate: yeah kick this guy hes not helpfuil at all me: wtf u tlaking abt im the medic healing yuou so we dont lose gets kicked from squad

[@deathwish-gg8wz]

Why did I watch this? I'm a professional Squad medic.

[@ville-veikkokokkonen5560]

90% of my gametime in squad, I have played as a medic and I usually get the most kills with it

[@AeroFix94]

11:00 that needs to be patched NOW...

[@Spray_jus]

last tip can get u banned in some servers :)

[@Gorlami14]

It's part of the game and not against server rules, so no it cannot.

[@christopheryeung7222]

medic is no longer viable because everybody instantly gives up

[@CommissarSpectre]

But Muh stat padding Gor

[@Gorlami14]

Lol no more!