Introducing crit heals, an incredibly important part of being a great medic. Expect much more medic content in preparation for matchmaking! I'll be damned if the medics in matches are going to suck.
***** Your videos made me a better medic, now the medic is my favorite class and I have the most playtime with him. AND I'm copy-ing you I almost got the same cosmetics as you >:D [EDIT] Well as your outro medic cosmetic' tho...
Parker Matchett I think he meant the "I wish you all the greatest luck in your future medic endeavors" as Mr. Paladin says "I hope this helps you in your future endeavors" although I may be wrong.
ArraySeven, I just wanted to thank you for making these Medic guides. I recently decided to make Medic my main, despite Medic being my least played class (with fewer than 20 hours out of 1000+ total), so these guides as well as others have really helped me improve my game. Just today, I was playing Medic in a server and got called a really good Medic. Then I received a shocked reaction when I told them how little I've played Medic. Regardless, thank you for the wonderful tips and I hope you continue to make more. :D
3:47 You heard it here first, folks! Only heal the black person minimally, but heal the big strong white man as much as you can! Thanks for the advice, ArraySeven! (Yes this is a joke)
IHE Fan 97 that's because black man fights better even being drunk, while big white fatty has to be looked after non stop, otherwise he may decide that eating his lunch in the middle of the battlefield is a good idea.
It probably adds to the joke that that's pretty much how a lot of doctors act in real life, habitually under-prescribing black people while getting white people hooked on opiates.
I'm the invincible, undefeated, Champion Mount Zion's my ancestors' camp of Lions Star of David? Nah, The Thought of Stardom Martyrdom undone, crumbs left of the dumb, thumb To the play button, glutton of words, Mutt and mutton, birds'll fly, apply to you, dropping turds Hopping up on ignorance to feel high and mighty Prop up the reel, dance to the visual, cry to diety Pious Piety, might it be to see is truly to be?
Im Surprised how you took a little thing that all medics should know and turned it into a entertaining video even for people who already know about this!
Oh neat, I did't know about this boosted heal rate, and i've been playing for years. Infact, just 20 minutes ago in a dustbowl game, I waited outside of spawn on defense while the fire fight was calming. Two of our medics had died, I was sitting with 8hp left, and I had wanted to give them some uber right out the door. Gibus-Doc got hold of me first, a cutie he was. I took instant notice of the fast healing dished out as I was pocketed, I figured it was a quick-fix. I was surprised when it was a stock medi-gun. So yeah, I had a subconscious question of mine answered tonight while also watching some entertaining videos, rad. Thanks Array, for the videos.
I'm so glad you talked about buffing the sniper. No one ever does it, but in competitive, that can be crucial. Surviving the one headshot is absolutely amazing. Sending that enemy sniper to the respawn timer for 15 seconds will not only help your own survivability, but will keep others on your team alive as well.
I've been thinking of joining a Highlander team, and this is a Godsend. Thank you ArraySeven! I had a basic inkling about crit-healing, but this gave me the full rundown.
As a counterargument, healing a freshly damaged patient also produces more Über as you're healing them longer without it being an overheal, thus building Über more rapidly. So in some situations it may still be more useful to heal without the "crit heals".
This is why I like your channel more than most, Its entertainment, but with actual facts and useful data, like stats and playstyles. Learn me some AND have fun with it.
Thank you for making me conciously aware of this, I only noticed this as I've seen targets get healed for more that 24 points. I didn't think there was a term for it or mechanics!
Star just made a JFK joke on his newest vid. Array makes a JFK joke on his new vid... Conspiracy theorists it's all up to you now! Also they both said something in spanish in both vids .3.
Speaking of crits, did you know if you're engineer and you're kritz'd or if a soldier uses a buff banner near you, your sentry will also deal critical (or mini-critical) damage.
Array, thanks for making a video on this, not enough people know about this. In pubs when there are 8 people about to die, they all yell at me for not healing them, but i was trying to wait a couple seconds so I could heal them all instantly (or much quicker regardless)
I'd say this is pretty much pointless. If someone gets damaged badly, they are VERY unlikely to survive for another 13 or 18 seconds. Even the 8 second respawn timer can seem like forever to some people. 13 is like a century and 18 is a millenium.
Everybody plays for themselves. But if you get lucky and find the one or two capable people, as a medic you're fine. + when anyone sees a friendly medic, they run to them for healing. Also as 32marmarmar said, if he doesn't heal them, they'll just run to a healthkit. At least what I'd do. (Then write in chat what a prick they are.) Fact is, that when I'm a medic and healing a heavy who's being shot at badly, I'm not going to change heal target to a soldier who just rocket jumped to me behind a corner where he should be relatively safe. Maybe after the heavy mows down some of them and it's a sure win for him I'll heal the soldier. But that's about it. The entire concept is totally pointless. I'd say it just rewards you for surviving a long journey to a medic. A journey you really DON'T have to take.
Lovely video as ever Array. I knew of 'crit heals', but not the mentality of why medics would hold off when I'm about dead. Now I can rage less in pubs and when that lone medic in a sea of spies and snipers on my team looks like he knows what he's doing, I can properly thank him. :D
Thank you for making this. It's been cancerous calling for a med to heal me or other players cause they have crit heals and the med having no idea what crit heals are.
Insert pootis meme here They aren't really called anything, this is just what ArraySeven is calling them. It's just a mechanic that players that were hurt a while ago heal faster. The same applies to dispensers.
Crit heals are also really useful in 6s when you are at a stalemate and on offense after you have gotten a pick because you can buff your teammates much faster leading in a faster push and less of a chance of the dropped player respawning fast enough to aid in the end of the enemy team's defense, so if you are planning a push try to tell your teammates to take spam so you will in turn be able to buff them much faster and push much faster.
Very interesting. I knew about crit heals, but I thought that self damage didn't count for the time since being damaged. Good to know, this will make me a slightly better pocket for my medic friend.
I knew about this, but I never found a use for it other than saving a teammate who has been hiding with 10HP out of fear from being shot down. But doesn't the Crossbow allow you to use the "Crit Heals" mechanism faster? I know it doesn't buff, sure, but if someone is on the verge of dying and the normal Medigun heal won't do, you can just stick a bolt in their ass and they live.
The post on the tf2 blog (from 2008!) says that the heal amount ramps up linearly. Meaning that it doesn't suddenly jump at 12.5 and 15 seconds, but it increases over time from 10 to 15. Knowing Valve, they might have just messed up and done it in increments instead. The tf2 team seems to not have this whole "creating software that's not broken" thing down.
Array, I'm a tried-and-true anti-Lime-Scout. I NEVER ask the Medic to heal me. And yet, your videos are so interesting... I look at deep medic mechanics. Because of your commentary.
"This is the Medigun."
"Dear God....."
"The Medigun Heals People."
"No...."
The Devious Duplighost I love how that could apply to any TF2 noob
+The Devious Duplighost I have done nothing but teleport bread for three days.
Mr. Worldwide
teleport scouts*
migueeeelet It is a reference to the "Expiration Date" SFM made by valve when the Love and War update came out.
Mr. Worldwide I know, but noob scouts take the teleporter when there's another class trying to catch it.
There's nothing more annoying for a medic when you have a soldier calling "+" and they keep rocket jumping away from you.
The crossbow exists for a reason...
@@xyzzy-dv6te what if you don't have it
sandwich- kun then wait to get it
@@replynator5774 Pi! (Or if you suck with it)
@@megaagentj2248 or get one from scrap.tf, its only half a scrap
"The Medigun heals people."
My eyes have been opened.
Like 3k hours and I didn't even know about this.
Volvo pls stop keeping secrets I thought we we're better than that .-.
daEaglesTouch same
TheHiddenClues Oh hey.
Macamac2000 hey bb
daEaglesTouch wiki.teamfortress.com ...
daEaglesTouch It's not even hidden XD. it's on the wiki I think (not sure) and you should notice it when playing med.
Introducing crit heals, an incredibly important part of being a great medic. Expect much more medic content in preparation for matchmaking!
I'll be damned if the medics in matches are going to suck.
***** Hot damn dude, you go from zany psychotic insanity to psychotic but ridiculously effective teacher quickly!
Awesome video also I love ur streams and ur a great person and ur AWESOME keep it up array!!
I love your voice
Michael Leem aw shucks man :D
***** Your videos made me a better medic, now the medic is my favorite class and I have the most playtime with him. AND I'm copy-ing you I almost got the same cosmetics as you >:D
[EDIT] Well as your outro medic cosmetic' tho...
So... The longer it has been since someone took damage, the faster they heal?
Levi Campbell yep. thats basicly it
felix grun k
Levi Campbell yes, this guy is just cheap. A lot of people know about this, I don't know why he is trying to explain so hard.
kunatip7 Because he has to make a video that's not 30 seconds long?
willkurr ive noticed it while playing, because they somehow healed faster than usual :P
I bet Mr Paladin loves the outro.
His outro sounded so familiar, I just couldn't put my finger on it. :D
Parker Matchett I think he meant the "I wish you all the greatest luck in your future medic endeavors" as Mr. Paladin says "I hope this helps you in your future endeavors" although I may be wrong.
Well they did play a game together.
Nice Admiral Urun profile picture.
BTW if anyone was wondering the outro song is CNN-Invincible
Future medic endeavors? Okay Mr. Paladin.
ArraySeven said this before Mr Paladin.
Sheamus McKerney nope. Mr.P says that for like 3 years, when Dr. Array wasn't around.
I was gonna say, Mr. P's been around for a while.
Gabriel Pozada Doesn't matter who was first. Mr Paladin started off with no commentary at all.
Sheamus McKerney Lol, "doesn't matter who was first".
Then why did you start the "No, this guy said it before this guy!" argument?
ArraySeven, I just wanted to thank you for making these Medic guides. I recently decided to make Medic my main, despite Medic being my least played class (with fewer than 20 hours out of 1000+ total), so these guides as well as others have really helped me improve my game. Just today, I was playing Medic in a server and got called a really good Medic. Then I received a shocked reaction when I told them how little I've played Medic. Regardless, thank you for the wonderful tips and I hope you continue to make more. :D
Medic; the class everyone loves but no-one plays,
Spy; the class everyone plays but no-one loves
+BurningFox Honest trailers?
So Lame No Name don't remember where I heard it from, but it is all too tru
wow 2 jfk jokes in a day
k
SAM star also made one on his channel.
Teanu Tamayo yes that was the first one
Oh, Star_. I was wondering where I heard that recently.
SAM Too soon.
I love playing medic and engie but I get targeted more than a wedding cake in a fat camp
thank you, friend! :)
XD got some critikals shit going on here
You have been gifted with arraysevens ability of comparisons
I respect your sacrifice. Mainly because I am forced to make it EVERY round, and I recieve the same treatment as you.
3:47
You heard it here first, folks! Only heal the black person minimally, but heal the big strong white man as much as you can!
Thanks for the advice, ArraySeven!
(Yes this is a joke)
IHE Fan 97 that's because black man fights better even being drunk, while big white fatty has to be looked after non stop, otherwise he may decide that eating his lunch in the middle of the battlefield is a good idea.
Егор Свежинцев exactly!!!
IHE Fan 97 Well... Why wouldn't you heal a russian? He's Russian, he fights bears for sport (Canon fact).
It probably adds to the joke that that's pretty much how a lot of doctors act in real life, habitually under-prescribing black people while getting white people hooked on opiates.
KingOfElectricNinjas bullshit
I'm the invincible, undefeated, Champion
Mount Zion's my ancestors' camp of Lions
Star of David? Nah, The Thought of Stardom
Martyrdom undone, crumbs left of the dumb, thumb
To the play button, glutton of words,
Mutt and mutton, birds'll fly, apply to you, dropping turds
Hopping up on ignorance to feel high and mighty
Prop up the reel, dance to the visual, cry to diety
Pious Piety, might it be to see is truly to be?
OOOH, that's how it goes. And here I was wondering why Array censored the N-word even though the rap says "hopping up on n****s"... I feel dumb now.
*****NO, FAK OF
Lacaze Marius ?
ur profile Pic Is Scaring Meh
***** all the lyrics are in the song's description on soundcloud
"He whips out the *EQUALIZER* to run as fast as everybody else" And that's when I realized how old this is.
Im Surprised how you took a little thing that all medics should know and turned it into a entertaining video even for people who already know about this!
This makes so much sense now, I sometimes would heal someone and it would be instant full health. I thought it was a bug but apparently it's legit.
Would you ever consider uploading a full video on a 6's match with your squad?
Id love to see that.. Plus a live commentary with his squad
Poliphobia I do it occasionally on my stream. Everytime there's a scrim and I'm streaming I'll broadcast it.
Luigi Scout "He's in taco"
***** HES TACO
***** well i dont really watch live streams that often so it would be lovely if you upload some of those here in youtube.
Oh neat, I did't know about this boosted heal rate, and i've been playing for years.
Infact, just 20 minutes ago in a dustbowl game, I waited outside of spawn on defense while the fire fight was calming. Two of our medics had died, I was sitting with 8hp left, and I had wanted to give them some uber right out the door.
Gibus-Doc got hold of me first, a cutie he was. I took instant notice of the fast healing dished out as I was pocketed, I figured it was a quick-fix. I was surprised when it was a stock medi-gun. So yeah, I had a subconscious question of mine answered tonight while also watching some entertaining videos, rad.
Thanks Array, for the videos.
Good video Mr. Array Paladin 7.
ArraySeven said 'good luck in your future endeavours' before Mr Paladin.
Sheamus McKerney Yep, nope. MrPaladin has been around for three years, Array has been around for two.
Moose Mr. Uncle Array Tits Paladin Dane Seven
No.
Have you ever seen Mr. Paladin and ArraySeven in the same match at the same time?
God, just... The way this guy talks... I love it!
Ffs array, how many unusual bucket helms do you have o.o
Yes
B-RAD 9000 he is the reason no one ever sees unusual bucket helms he just hoards them all
B-RAD 9000 He has 6 unusual bucket helms
misty
phantasm jr
arcana
the ooze
secret
and bonzo
Chasenote and frostbite
Newin he has 7, his name is arraySEVEN, 🤔
I'm so glad you talked about buffing the sniper. No one ever does it, but in competitive, that can be crucial. Surviving the one headshot is absolutely amazing. Sending that enemy sniper to the respawn timer for 15 seconds will not only help your own survivability, but will keep others on your team alive as well.
ArraySeven thank you for being such an amazing medic teacher!
Thanks array, u really are helping me to become the ultimate combat medic, but still stay on top of the healing.
thanks to you, I have become a good medic main because of your videos, thanks a lot!
i knew about the healing rate when not bieng shot at, but never thought of it this way. Great video!
Thanks, Array, you've been a _huge_ help.
I ate a barbecue pizza burrito.
Was it good?
Pootis Power It probably tasted like ogre enchiladas
IMPPSSIBRU
I've been thinking of joining a Highlander team, and this is a Godsend. Thank you ArraySeven! I had a basic inkling about crit-healing, but this gave me the full rundown.
As a counterargument, healing a freshly damaged patient also produces more Über as you're healing them longer without it being an overheal, thus building Über more rapidly. So in some situations it may still be more useful to heal without the "crit heals".
Good to know, Medic's my favorite class so good to know.
This is why I like your channel more than most, Its entertainment, but with actual facts and useful data, like stats and playstyles. Learn me some AND have fun with it.
As a starting Medic main, I thank you!
ArraySeven's videos are like Roosevelt's fire-side talks. He doesn't do them often, but when he does, everyone watches them.
Thank you for making me conciously aware of this, I only noticed this as I've seen targets get healed for more that 24 points. I didn't think there was a term for it or mechanics!
I was wondering why I could heal faster at certain times, thanks for the info dude!
I knew about this from the wiki, but didn't knew when is good time to crit heal and its significance in-game. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the info! That explains some of the questions I had with this game for quite some time now
Wow.
First STAR_ makes a JFK joke (I had no idea what he was talking about at the time), and now Array.
Nice there, m8.
You turned me into a combat medic... I couldn't be happier.
He's a combat.. medi..c but his ..picture is a... sco..ut... AGHHH *Head explodes*
Thx your helping me a lot on becoming a better medic and I'm also becoming a better combat medic
Star just made a JFK joke on his newest vid. Array makes a JFK joke on his new vid... Conspiracy theorists it's all up to you now! Also they both said something in spanish in both vids .3.
I've always wondered about this mechanic... Thanks for the info Array!
Idk why but i love the music at the end xD
Great video, Professor Array :)
I've thought of a concept weapon where it reverses the crit heals, so you heal faster if someone recently took damage, but slower if they haven't.
Thank you for this information! You did a great job of explaining it!
Im a medic main, all my tips are from you, thank you.
I knew about the mechanic, but still i had no idea how to effectively use it. Thanks for some food for thought.
Definitely something I'm going to need to keep in mind. By the way, the MvM Medic guide actually helped me tons when teaming up with some friends.
Finally, I understand the principles of MEDICINE!
I love how you said "BOOYAH".
I was not aware of this mechanic. Thanks for informing us!
This was very educational
Wow, I never knew about crit healing! This was really helpful!
Informative. For a veteran TF2 player, I was quite shocked to realize this mechanic.
Heh I consider myself an alright medic and I did not know about this...cool vid!
Been playing TF2 for 4 years .-. never noticed that heal change at all
Thanks for showin it Array
Another JFK joke, hmm.
Aqueous Water Somebody call Jake Epping!
Aqueous Water *cough* *cough* STAR_ *cough*
i always hear about crit heals but never knew what it really is but thanks to you mate i know now
This video just cured cancer.
Heh, three years of hospitalization... Get the MediGun... I’m gonna be famous...
Speaking of crits, did you know if you're engineer and you're kritz'd or if a soldier uses a buff banner near you, your sentry will also deal critical (or mini-critical) damage.
Wow cool, thxs. I've just gotten into medic recently so this will help me out
As a person who plays an insane amount of medic. When casual came out and I'm not kidding I cried for 2 hours
thanks for the vid. I honestly never knew this
Thank you for the video, I used it as a reference in a Medic guide I made! And yes, you got full credit for the video. xD
Array, thanks for making a video on this, not enough people know about this. In pubs when there are 8 people about to die, they all yell at me for not healing them, but i was trying to wait a couple seconds so I could heal them all instantly (or much quicker regardless)
Gamer Dude wouldn't it be quicker healing them while the time comes? hmmm?
34marmarmar what do you mean?
I already know this mechanic, but Array's jokes are so funny I just had to watch it anyway :3
When you’re a medic on Valve 6v6, and none of you care about winning, so they all become hoovie, and heavy spam our way to victory
"WE LOVE THIS, DOKTOR!"
Array has the best metaphors
Your voice is so soothing
I liked before watching video.
ArraySeven nick is like quality mark.
I'd say this is pretty much pointless. If someone gets damaged badly, they are VERY unlikely to survive for another 13 or 18 seconds. Even the 8 second respawn timer can seem like forever to some people. 13 is like a century and 18 is a millenium.
newgrounder2 exactly! what is stopping the person from walking to a medkit and ignoring the medic that refuses to heal them
newgrounder2 I'd say regularly playing is sorta useless, because everyone usually just plays for themselves. But in comp, this can be really useful.
Everybody plays for themselves. But if you get lucky and find the one or two capable people, as a medic you're fine. + when anyone sees a friendly medic, they run to them for healing. Also as 32marmarmar said, if he doesn't heal them, they'll just run to a healthkit. At least what I'd do. (Then write in chat what a prick they are.) Fact is, that when I'm a medic and healing a heavy who's being shot at badly, I'm not going to change heal target to a soldier who just rocket jumped to me behind a corner where he should be relatively safe. Maybe after the heavy mows down some of them and it's a sure win for him I'll heal the soldier. But that's about it. The entire concept is totally pointless. I'd say it just rewards you for surviving a long journey to a medic. A journey you really DON'T have to take.
Speciality How is this useful in comp? The enemy team is actually going to wait 18 seconds and not kill them so doc can crit heal? lel...
Huh, I've never heard of that... It's been three years and I never knew of htis mechanic... Amazing
I had no idea this existed. Thanks a lot! :-)
*heavy voice* 2:18
LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME!!!!
This has made me a way better medic, thank you :P
Every player needs to see this...
The more ArraySeven videos you watch, the less you're focused to what the video is all about and more on waiting for the puns.
1:33 he picks up the other medics medigun and gains that medics Uber percentage. I never knew that
I love combat medic, and u helped me a lot, here's a sub
I knew about critz-healing myself, as I've noticed and work my way around them. Just not the specific second-counts themselves.
Yay 2nd comment. Love your video's Array, keep 'em coming.
Lovely video as ever Array. I knew of 'crit heals', but not the mentality of why medics would hold off when I'm about dead. Now I can rage less in pubs and when that lone medic in a sea of spies and snipers on my team looks like he knows what he's doing, I can properly thank him. :D
Lol that heavy with the buffalo steak sandwich and KGB from the lobby.
100% sure, Mr. Paladin LOVES that outro :D
Thx for the info! I’ve always wondered why the medigun heals low health scouts that don’t pickup health packs soo fast
Thank you for making this. It's been cancerous calling for a med to heal me or other players cause they have crit heals and the med having no idea what crit heals are.
What about crit potatoes?
I knew about them long ago, but I didn't know they were called crit heals.
Insert pootis meme here They aren't really called anything, this is just what ArraySeven is calling them. It's just a mechanic that players that were hurt a while ago heal faster. The same applies to dispensers.
Oh ok, thanks.
the_rabidsquirel It's what MOST competitive players call the mechanic, not just ArraySeven
Thanks, this was very very! Helpful.
Crit heals are also really useful in 6s when you are at a stalemate and on offense after you have gotten a pick because you can buff your teammates much faster leading in a faster push and less of a chance of the dropped player respawning fast enough to aid in the end of the enemy team's defense, so if you are planning a push try to tell your teammates to take spam so you will in turn be able to buff them much faster and push much faster.
Kritzkreig:
+25% Uber
Heals 10% faster
Uber gives people crits
No random crits
Very interesting. I knew about crit heals, but I thought that self damage didn't count for the time since being damaged.
Good to know, this will make me a slightly better pocket for my medic friend.
I needed this.
I knew about this, but I never found a use for it other than saving a teammate who has been hiding with 10HP out of fear from being shot down. But doesn't the Crossbow allow you to use the "Crit Heals" mechanism faster? I know it doesn't buff, sure, but if someone is on the verge of dying and the normal Medigun heal won't do, you can just stick a bolt in their ass and they live.
The post on the tf2 blog (from 2008!) says that the heal amount ramps up linearly. Meaning that it doesn't suddenly jump at 12.5 and 15 seconds, but it increases over time from 10 to 15.
Knowing Valve, they might have just messed up and done it in increments instead. The tf2 team seems to not have this whole "creating software that's not broken" thing down.
Array, I'm a tried-and-true anti-Lime-Scout.
I NEVER ask the Medic to heal me.
And yet, your videos are so interesting...
I look at deep medic mechanics.
Because of your commentary.
well done ArraySeven
Wow, JFK jokes in both yours and Stars latest video... Illuminati
I had no idea of this, thanks
that was actually really helpful
wow THANK you for this video.