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When to: Use Medkits
By swift
Hello everyone, Ghost here with a new guide that I wanted to release for quite awhile. On expert mode, I've seen players go down ONCE and use a medkit, even when they have pills. In this guide, I will be discussing many situations when you should use a medkit.
   
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When to Use Medkits
1: When Black and White (B&W, BW)
This is pretty obvious, because once you're black and white, if you go down again, you're dead. So please, wait until you're at this point so you can save your medical supplies your team has.

2: When a Tank Appears
Unless you have pills or a shot, heal up right away. You're going to need the speed so you'll be able to juke the tank easily.
Juking means dodging attacks that an enemy throws at you, so you can avoid damage.

3: Right Before An Event
This is very important while playing on expert. Like I said in the last point, don't heal if you have pills or a shot. If you don't go ahead and heal up.
An example of an event is the second chapter of The Parish, where you must have to run to the tower and shut off the alarm. However, there are many med supplies in the trailer, so healing up there isn't likely.

4: Last Man Standing
All your teammates dead on expert? Have a medkit? Use it. Even at green, use it because they may have an extra medkit. If they don't, wait until you're on the permanent red bar.

NOTE: It IS possible to win the chapter alone without using the medkits, but it'll be difficult. So you're best off using the kit just in case a horde appears and you can run to a safe place more quickly.
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23 Comments
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German Empireball 23 Sep, 2020 @ 2:51pm 
Guild From ssgmoore: If You Are Hurt, Go Into a Room: Closet, Anything That Never Can Touch You, And Heal
Verostar 26 Jul, 2020 @ 11:26am 
u have the best guides!
KoreK 26 Jan, 2020 @ 9:06am 
And don't be greedy on medkits if your teammate is dying heal them if they died one medkit more don't be replacement on teammate :health:
Jay Abaddon 23 Nov, 2015 @ 6:37pm 
Same times in Payday 2 also.
Ashenone 21 Nov, 2015 @ 1:58am 
good
swift  [author] 20 Nov, 2015 @ 6:34pm 
@Ray7235
I agree, but I guess it's because players just don't know what they're doing. That's why I take the time to make guides. I just hope they get noticed enough that most of the players in this community will see it.
あらあら、うふふ！ 20 Nov, 2015 @ 1:01pm 
I don't use medkits. Medkits use me.
yar 20 Nov, 2015 @ 9:56am 
always. always use medkits. killyour teammate and use it.
Snapple 19 Nov, 2015 @ 7:24pm 
Hopefully people will look at this, because it gets obnoxious when people waste medkits when they have a ton of health.
joebiden gaming 18 Nov, 2015 @ 6:14pm 
You should add a section for pills and other medical stuff like defib and make rename this When To: Use Medical Supplies? or make a new guide. Anyways my suggestion is for pills. so you should use pills when you need to fight and are at low health you could take pills and get a little health and with the adrenline its useful for running through hordes at the end of the game and when you need some health and a speed boost like when you need to get to the helicopter in dark carnival, because we all know in that campaign at the concert theres a shit load of zombies.