In a team game, the Support should try to avoid taking down the Scrake unless it becomes enraged, and should instead mop up the surrounding mobs that often accompany them to take some pressure off the Sharpshooter or Berserker. Before approaching at him, Support Specialist must be sure that there is enough room to backpedal constantly and kite Scrake when he's enraged. Unless sufficiently levelled, it can take an entire AA-12 drum to take one down, and while the Hunting shotgun deals tremendous damage, the lengthy reload leaves the Support class vulnerable to one or more slashes from the enraged Scrake. The Scrake is a bit of a damage-sink, something Support classes will quickly notice at nearly every difficulty. In solo play, if the Medic has a good sharpshooter weapon or the M7A3, the Scrake is of little difficulty and can often be safely kited while the Medic picks off its supporting mob. With few enough players on the server, a high-level medic armed with the MP5 and hunting shotgun can solo a Scrake while taking minimal damage.

The main issue a Medic will have in a team-based situation is either healing the Berserker faster than he can be damaged, or keeping the Scrake's attention long enough to prevent it from tearing into the rest of the squad's more expensive, less reliable body armor. While the Field Medic lacks any weapon perks to speak of, his large armor bonus allows him to at least handle the damage output of the Scrake, and his speed bonus is enough to outpace a calmed Scrake on any difficulty.

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