Medic (Long War)

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The Medic is similar to a Field Medic specialized Support in vanilla XCOM. Their signature ability is Field Medic, which has the same effect as vanilla of making Medikit items usable 3 times.

Primary Weapon: Assault Rifles, Shotguns

Secondary Weapon: Pistols

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Field Medic Allows 3 uses of Medikit items.
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Lance Corporal	Steadfast Immune to panic, except Psi Panic.	Smoke Grenade Carry a smoke grenade. Deploying a smoke grenade as your first action no longer end your turn.	Covering Fire Allows reaction shots to trigger on enemy attacks, not just movement
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Corporal	Revive Allows medkits to revive critically wounded soldiers at 33% percent of maximum health instead of just stabilizing them	Smoke and Mirrors Carry two Smoke Grenades, Flashbangs, Chem Grenades, Ghost Grenades or Battlescanners in one item slot, also increases charges from Smoke Grenade and Battlescanner perks by 1.	Tactical Sense Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).
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Sergeant	Combat Drugs Smoke grenades now contain powerful stimulants that grant +20 Will, +20% critical chance, and +20 defense for all units in the cloud.	Dense Smoke Smoke Grenades have increased area of effect and further increase units' Defense by 20.	Lock N' Load +2 shots/bursts when taken as a perk tree perk; when conferred by Hi Cap Mags item, +1 shot/burst.
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Tech Sergeant	Suppression Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and reduces the range of all AOE attacks.	Opportunist Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits.	Ranger Primary weapon do one additional damage
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Gunnery Sergeant	Sprinter Allows the soldier to move 3 additional tiles.	Extra Conditioning Confers bonus health based on which type of armor is equipped. Heavier armor increases the bonus.	Resilience Confers immunity to critical hits
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Master Sergeant	Savior '	Packmaster '	Sentinel '
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Stat Progression

Rank	HP at level	Total HP	Aim at level	Total Aim
Specialist	1	1	3	3
Lance Corporal	0	1	2	5
Corporal	0	1	2	7
Sergeant	1	2	2	9
Tech Sergeant	0	2	2	11
Gunnery Sergeant	0	2	2	13
Master Sergeant	1	3	3	16

Tactical Advice

Role: Defensive Support.

Medics are support units and are geared towards defensive roles. Their titular Field Medic perk, makes them invaluable during longer operations, such as the Alien Base Assault or Battleship UFO missions. Unlike the Engineer, the Medic has very few offensive support perks, instead having access to both better medkits and better smoke grenades.

Medics can specialize in three different support roles. With Field Medic, Revive and Saviour they become the dedicated field medics, whose role is to keep other soldiers alive and heal any damage they sustained during fire fights, though they won't do much good during said fire fights. Smoke Grenades, Combat Drugs and Dense Smoke make them great at creating cover for advancing friendly troops and keeping them from getting hit. Opportunist, Sentinel and Suppression make them able to cover the flanks of advancing friendly troops and keep enemy agents from moving.

Due to their defensive support perks, it is highly advised to them keep away from the frontlines, working best when they can do reaction shots or lay down covering smoke. As a dedicated support unit, they lack the offensive versatility of other classes, but their wide variety of defensive and support skills make them execellent for holding the flanks or the rear.