| Private Practice | |
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Attributes
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| Übercharge provides mini-crits and defensive buff | |
On Assist: +15% Übercharge
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-25% Übercharge rate
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-25% faster overheal decay
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| “ | The more well-rounded Medigun for pocket Medic-style players. On every kill you assist in, you gain a whole 15% Ubercharge meter bonus. The Kritzkrieg you deploy with this weapon, instead of full crits, deals mini-crits instead; but you and your patient are refunded with a 35% damage resistance defense buff instead. Neat, huh? Though, even though the effect still looks like a full crit Kritzkrieg, the mini-crit effect is there.
— Weapon announcement on the official Slag Forum
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The Private Practice is a secondary weapon for the Medic. It was ment to be a February 2012 Weapon of the Month, but due to it not working properly it was removed the next day of its introduction and replaced by the Cauterizer.
Compared to a standard Medigun, it charges its Übercharge slower and its overheal decays faster, but the wearer is granted a significant amount of Übercharge on each assist it does. Its Übercharge grants both mini-crits and a 35% damage resistance to both the wearer and the patient, making this an intermediate between the standard Medigun and the Kritzkrieg.
Damage and function times[]
| Healing and function times | ||
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| Healing (in combat) | 24 / s | |
| Healing (out of combat) | 72 / s | |
| Function Times | ||
| Effect duration | 8 s | |
| Charge fill speed (normal) | 1.875% / s | |
| Charge fill speed (reduced) | 0.938% / s | |
| Maximum charge time (normal) | 53.3 s | |
| Maximum charge time (reduced) | 106.7 s | |
Gameplay[]
- As the announcement implied, this weapon is best for Medics who focus on a single target, as the faster overheal decays makes it unwise for buffing multiples allies.
- The slower Übercharge rate coupled with the bonus Übercharge on assists makes it suit better aggresives patient that can afford to decimates enemies.
- Each assist will effectively grants as much Übercharge as 8~16 seconds of continual healing (depending on if the patient is above the 142.5% health treshold).