KF2: Surviving Without a Field Medic (Med Pistol Guide)

A short, lightly humorous guide on keeping your team alive when nobody plays Field Medic. The advice: almost everyone should own a medic weapon.

HMTech-101 pistol

Everyone should buy the HMTech-101 Pistol in the Field Medic section. It costs 200 dosh and weighs 1. If a teammate is not at full health, pull it out for a moment, press the middle mouse button twice and you are done until it recharges. The syringe recharges twice as fast when used on allies, and you earn bonus dosh for healing others (but not yourself). If your loadout fills all 15 weight slots it is fine to skip it, otherwise carry a healing pistol.

The HMTech-101 pistol in the Field Medic section of the trader.

v1049 multiperk weapons

With multiperk weapons, more classes can use Field Medic guns without giving up their XP gain or perk passives:

Medic weapons usable by other perks after v1049.

• Gunslinger: HMTech-101 Pistol
• SWAT: HMTech-201 SMG
• Support Specialist: HMTech-301 Shotgun
• Commando: HMTech-401 Assault Rifle

If you play one of these classes (or Survivalist) and your team lacks heals, or your Field Medic died, medic weapons are now fully viable. A commenter notes that on SWAT with tier 3 and 4 weapons you can fit both a med SMG and the med pistol.

v1063 weapon upgrades

Weapon upgrades add weight to weapons, which lets players reach 15/15 or 20/20 weight whatever their loadout, so fewer players now keep a med pistol. The advice is to use your judgement: decide whether +10 percent gun damage is worth more than healing someone for 40 health at a distance.

Upgrading the med pistol also speeds its recharge, and some upgrades add no weight. Only buy them if you are maxed out or still use the pistol to kill trash.

Upgrade	Cooldown	Weight	Damage	Cost
+0	15 s	1	20	200
+1	14 s	1	34	700
+2	12 s	2	40	1300
+3	10.5 s	3	51	2000
+4	9 s	4	60	3500

See also weapon upgrade system and Field Medic loadout guide.