Medivac

Medivac After the Brood War ended statistics showed that over 30% of the troops had to leave their place on the battlefield and go to hospitals, in order to get their injuries treated. Emperor Mengsk didn't like this number and ordered the carrying ships to be equipped with high-tech lasers that could heal injuries on the spot. That’s how the first Medivacs were created.

Unit Type: Mechanical Armored

Use of Medivac

  • This unit cannot attack and is fragile.
  • The Medivac can not only heal, but also transport units. This way you can get them to important position and perform surprising assaults.
  • The best way to support and protect the Medivacs is with Vikings.
  • The Medivacs tend to cooperate extremely well with Marines and Marauders with researched Steam Pack ability. The war machines gain attack speed, but lose some health points, which are healed by the Medivac.

Abilities

 

Heal

Heal – Heals a friendly non-machine unit by 3 points of life at the cost of 1 energy.

Upgrades

 

Terran Ship Plating 1

Terran Ship Plating 2

Terran Ship Plating 3

Terran Ship Plating – Increases the armor of units created from the Starport. Has three upgrades.

Terran Ship Weapons 1

Terran Ship Weapons 2

Terran Ship Weapons 3

Terran Ship Weapons – Increases the damage of units created from the Starport. Has three upgrades.

Caduceus reactor

Caduceus Reactor – Medivacs are created with 25 more maximum energy than normal.


StarCraft 2 WCGCompetitive play with Medivac

 

VS Terran

The main usage of Medivacs in these matches is to heal the biological Terran troops.

VS Protoss

They are extremely helpful to heal bio army and to make surprising Hellion drop attacks to devastate the enemy’s Probes and in such way - his economics.

VS Zerg

Great support in Marine/Tank builds for the front line bio army of Marines. Also can be used for fast drop attacks in the enemy’s base for killing Drones.

 

Countermeasures

 

VS Terran

  • The Vikings are very effective against enemy Medivacs.
  • Build many Turrets to prevent surprising attacks by the Medivac’s deployed troops.

Countermeasures Medivac

Countermeasures Medivac

VS Protoss

  • Phoenixes and Void Rays can crush the Medivacs in a second.
  • Build some Cannons near your minerals, to protect them from deployed troops.
  • Stalkers with researched Blink ability are perfect for bringing down the Medivacs.
  • The Feedback ability of the High Templar is lethal for the Medivac.

VS Zerg

  • The Mutalisks are capable enough to exterminate the Medivacs very quickly.
  • The Hydralisks can also do the job, but their ability, Grooved Spines, is vital.
  • Spawn your towers in key positions to prevent the Medivacs from deploying units right in your base.

Countermeasures Medivac