*When They're Done Right

Ze healing is, sometimes, as rewarding as ze hurting.

Animated segments by Koosha Karimi

Sound sources:
Bamboo Swing, B3 by IspectorJ

Mario/Sonic video from Team Level UP

Music in order of appearance:
A Little Heart to Heart - TF2 OST
Payload Progress - Paladins OST
March of the Moa - Warframe OST
Dapper Cadaver - TF2 OST
MEDIC!!! - TF2 OST
Archimedes - TF2 OST

[Rycluse]

Hey Rycluse did you know about the Sunflower from PvZ

[bubbaloobub]

using silhouettes to obscure tf2 characters is like hiding by covering your face with your hands

[alizard]

As a scout main, I can confirm any moment in my life where that number in the bottom left doesn’t read 125 is pure agony.

[blacklight]

"Healing is not as rewarding as hurting"
-literally the medic in tf2

[Duskets]

There’s also the effect of looking at the scoreboard. A good Medic in TF2 will always be at or near the top of the scoreboard, meaning the player recognizes that their contribution to the team helped distinguish them as a key player.

[shrubman]

"crisis management" is actually one of the most exact descriptions for medic. You have to babysit children that use the worst weapons for the game, whilst trying to keep yourself alive from the pyro that completely ignores the five teammates he walks past just to turn you into ash.

[Volthoom]

To this day, i have no idea how TF2 came to be. Like, seriously, the game design for that one was literal decades ahead of its time.

[avery]

To me, my biggest love for the medic is his personality. So many healers often seem to be super loving/selfless goodie two shoes like Mercy. He heals so he can prolong the bloodlust/carnage of himself and his teammates to see if any battle outcomes can benefit his morbid curiosity.

[rexosaurus]

I do believe the crusaders crossbow is a notable factor in why medic is so much more fun to play than you'd expect from a healer.

[Maxler]

I love tf2 because its both an intentional and accidental masterpiece.

[senabecool]

To think the best healer in PvP games is one who is insane and actively performs "Frankenstein" experiments on his own team

[Mattschoe]

I also like how the medic is the only tf2 character that has a "ultimate". Really shows how important it is to have him on your team

[alexk]

i love how powerful the medic feels. getting an assist with mercy feels like giving a high five to whoever got the kill. getting an assist with medic feels like getting the kill through whoever got it

[Toopys]

I love the way you said that heavy is about situational awareness at 5:40 and show a clip of a heavy completely unaware that both of you are in danger from the pyro 10/10 joke, love it!

[Cheesemeister]

Supports are made to support your teammates, not just healing. Thats why engineer is also a support class. He builds turrets to draw attention away from temmates, dispensers for healing AND ammo, and teleporters for a quicker way to get to the front lines.

[thegloriousryan]

For me personally, one of the biggest parts of medic that makes him so satisfying is the IMMEDIATE fight swing that turning on an uber causes. Your team could be on the backfoot, a scout moments away from a fatal meatshot on you, but if you pop that ubercharge, you haven't just given your team an advantage; it feels like you physically DEMAND that the enemy team back up or be curbstomped by your patient. It's such a feeling of power, and most games don't have abilities that even come close, leading you to chase that ever possible dopamine surge through building your ubercharge.

[blushingralseiuwu]

I love being a healer too, the god complex you have is insane. That moment when you can heal that toxic teammate, but you just stare them down doing nothing, making them realize their foolish decision to make the healer angry.

[trinitroid]

In the Garden Warfare series, healers and supports are known to cause more destruction than what they seem to do, and I found it funny that seeing a healer charging at you is considered terrifying at most.

Most of the time they tend to heal themselves than their teammates.

[cloamker]

One of the loading tips in tf2 should be “always thank your medic!” Because even if it’s small, just two keys to say thanks, it’s nice for them to know you appreciate them.

[Arcae]

I’d say Lucio is the my favorite healer character because of how fun they made being a high priority target for him.