Medivac

Post-Brood War military analysis determined that 37% of Dominion troops serving in the field sustained heavy injuries and were removed from the combat zone for medical attention. This was an alarming statistic with disastrous implications: soldiers were in medical bays instead of en route to the front lines. Under Emperor Mengsk’s personal order, the Dropship was redesigned with medical technology to serve dual streamlined purposes – transportation and triage – thereby keeping Dominion Marines in the field longer, regardless of injury. It did not take long for the Umojan Protectorate and the Kel-Morian Combine to adopt this innovation as well.

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Unit Statistics

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Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	150
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (1)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 2.25 Turn Rate: 999.844
Attributes:	Armored - Mechanical

Production

Producer:	Starport
Hotkey:	D
Cost:	100 100
Supply:	2
Build time:	42

Combat

Upgrades:	Caduceus Reactor Increases the starting energy of Medivacs by 25. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 80
Ability:	Heal Heals a friendly biological target. Heals 3 life per 1 energy. Hotkey: E Ignite Afterburners Increases the Medivac’s movement speed by 70% for 8 seconds. Hotkey: B Cooldown: 20

3D Model

Basic information

Race:	Terran
Life:	150
Energy:	200 Starting: 50 Regeneration: 0.562
Armor:	1 (4)
Movement:	Normal Acceleration: 2.25 Turn Rate: 999.844
Attributes:	Armored - Mechanical

Production

Producer:	Starport
Hotkey:	D
Cost:	100 100
Supply:	2
Build time:	42

Combat

Upgrades:	Terran Ship Plating Level 1 Upgrades the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 150 150 Build time: 160 Terran Ship Plating Level 2 Further upgrades the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 225 225 Build time: 190 Terran Ship Plating Level 3 Maximizes the armor of units built at a Starport. Hotkey: P Cost: 300 300 Build time: 220 Caduceus Reactor Increases the starting energy of Medivacs by 25. Hotkey: A Cost: 100 100 Build time: 80
Ability:	Heal Heals a friendly biological target. Heals 3 life per 1 energy. Hotkey: E

Flight Manual

Armored transport craft that has the ability to heal biological units.
Use it to deploy squads of units on key enemy positions.
Before setting off on a mission, scout the enemy base and the map to see what defenses/obstacles you may come up against. Remember that sometimes the fastest route to the target is not the best.
Escort your Medivacs with a few Vikings on long flights.
If you are using Marines or Marauders, be sure to have Stimpacks. The Medivacs’ healing ability will allow you to use it often.
Press the M hotkey and then click on one of your infantry units to make the Medivac follow it. If you right click on any ground unit, the Medivac will pick them up instead.
Use the Ignite Afterburners ability to get to your destination quicker. It can also help bypass defenses or escape from danger.

Tech Lab Upgrades

Caduceus Reactor: Increases starting energy of all Medivacs by 25.

Countermeasures

VS Terran

Place Missile Turrets in key points around your base to prevent surprise drops. Building a Sensor Tower is an excellent idea too.
Use Vikings to destroy the Medivacs.

VS Zerg

Have Spore Crawlers in key points of your base to make it harder for the enemy to drop units on your base. Deploy spine crawlers at critical drop locations.
Spawn Mutalisks to intercept enemy Medivacs.
Get Hydralisks, and make sure to research the Grooved Spines upgrade.

VS Protoss

Build a few Photon Cannons behind your mineral line.
Get Stalkers and research Blink, then use them to focus fire the Medivacs down. Use Blink to cut them off if they try to escape.
Use the High Templar’s Feedback ability to drain their energy and destroy them. If they manage to unload units in your base, use Psionic Storm to kill them.
Phoenixes and Void Rays can take out Medivacs quite easily.

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* Requires Heart of the Swarm expansion pack

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LVrJMs #851

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LVrJMs

2/24/2012

if only medivacs only have 4 auto turnets the medic vac can atk

qwerties #196

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qwerties

2/13/2011

Terrans heres a good strategy if you hate your medivacs getting shot down but its costly. Make multiple medivacs and load only a few of them put the unloaded ones upfront so they will get targetted first.

ChoppyGamer #784

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ChoppyGamer

2/7/2011

i wish medivacs can attack

DodgeyDave #724

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DodgeyDave

4/19/2011

@ChoppyGamer: what if thay could attack then thay would a shoot b heal spenting most of the combat time healing if thay could shoot thay would be OVER POWERD if it wasent it wouldent be used
and to not be over powerd it would cost alot more

moon #738

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moon

12/3/2010

This Dropships looks smaller than a siege tank, how can they fit lol?

moon #738

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moon

12/3/2010

@moon: In the Armory in the Hyperion this dropship looks smaller than a siege tank

ChoppyGamer #784

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ChoppyGamer

2/7/2011

@moon: How bout a Thor

nfshaloscrox #698

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nfshaloscrox

5/17/2013

@ChoppyGamer: Doesn't the Thor "fold" into a box under the Medivac?

XKavalryMasX #154

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XKavalryMasX

12/2/2010

well because of this medic was replaced, god why did they replaced medic? i mean the terran bio is removed vecause of this freakin medivak , i knoe they r kinda good but what i can say is that eqven if we go medivac n mnm they already have freakin thors, shiegtanks or more stronger unit can spawn while goin 4 this tech in the old days u can go early bio marine , medic, firebats!!!. god blizzard what have u done? why remove those 2 units?

Wen #664

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Wen

10/5/2010

@CMF lol, i think queen is the fastest unit to made for anti air

DeathSpank #272

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DeathSpank

9/12/2010

2-3 of these babies loaded with M&M can easily end a battle.

CMF #957

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CMF

8/12/2010

as I play Zerg, very annoying when they load few marine with about 2 medivac. They could ends me sometimes because Zerg got anti-air quite slower then the Starcraft 1, specially H :( they put me into defend thought for a while