Field Medic
If you’re the type who likes to hang back and cover your teammates rather than be on the front-lines, you may want to consider going the healer route. Being able to keep allies alive is an important responsibility that someone should carry on every team. This does mean, however, that you’ll sacrifice two of your valuable skill slots for abilities that don’t do damage to the enemy. In the long run, it’s worth it to be a team player, especially XP is shared and you’ll be doing just as much good as that player lighting everyone on fire.
The Skills you’ll want to focus on for this particular build are:
- Support Medic with Ammo Cache or Immunizer – This is a bit different from the First Aid, but the fact that it lasts for a longer period of time is very useful, especially when moving as a unit. The mods that really make this a standout are Ammo Cache and Immunizer. Being able to restore ammo to your comrades, as well as keep them from obtaining any nasty status effects is crucial. Life Support will auto revive any fallen teammates who crawl into or fall within its range. But since you can only pick one mod, make sure your team is good at staying alive so you can utilize either Immunizer or Ammo Cache. Purchasing all upgrades in the Medical Wing will earn you the Discharge skill, allowing for a last ditch effort to top everyone’s health off.
- Pulse with Tactical Scanner – Pulse doesn’t provide any healing at all, but it is useful for keeping your team alive. Being able to pinpoint threats is just as important as healing allies after the fact. If you throw on the Tactical Scanner Mod, you can even enjoy increased damage against marked enemies. Threat Detector (obtained by purchasing all Medical Wing upgrades) is even better since it keeps you aware of whether or not you’ve been scanned. Scrambler is very useful in the Dark Zone, but if you’re focusing on PvE, don’t waste a slot on it.
- First Aid with Booster Shot – While the Support Station is easily the best for managing your squads health, First Aid with Booster Shot is one of the best skills available to a healer who also wants to help with the fighting. If other members of your team have a pulse mod on one of their abilities, you should replace your pulse with this. You’ll get the quick healing effect, as well as increasing the damage output of anyone who receives its help.
You can wrap up your Field Medic with some solid talents to make you a fool-proof doctor with a gun. Battle Buddy lowers all incoming damage by 50% after a revive. Combat Medic allows a single Medkit to be used on a group, making this one of your most valuable skills as a Field Medic in The Division.
