A Guide to Heavy Medal

[KusoWat]

Hello people,

We are now 2 days into Season 5 and I think it's time we bring up this guide once more written by the illustrious Marshal Renew

https://pvpaissa.com/article/feast-heavy-medal-edition

Please read this and learn how to deal with Heavy Medal...For the sake of literally everyone.

[Korihu]

It should be noted that due to current damage, tanks ideally only want to pick up 2-3 stacks at most. That's 170-190 medals. Based on my experience, 4 stacks are actually too dangerous on tanks now due to less defensive cooldowns and much higher damage. Though of course a tank with 4 stacks has better survivability than a dps with 2 stacks if medals become too much to spread.

[SuperZay]

Update this guide to Season 5. Tanks no longer have passive 20% damage reduction, and only 2k HP more than melee. 4 stacks will get you killed pretty easily.

[Cleanse]

I reworded some stuff last night so it is less verbose.

How should medals be handled if your team gets 3 kills in a row?

[KusoWat]

I reworded some stuff last night so it is less verbose.

How should medals be handled if your team gets 3 kills in a row?

This is where it gets a bit complex. So far I've found the best to be: 4 stack tank, 1 stack healer or melee (I personally prefer healer for their more superior ability to los and avoid damage while still being 100% effective)

In high level games a 4 stack tank will die in half a second, so it will probably be better to spread 1 stack to tank/healer/melee.

However, at the highest level of play, you will probably maintain a healthy lead by strategizing your kills and pickups in a way so that the tank never goes over 2, and everyone else never gets 1

[SuperZay]

I reworded some stuff last night so it is less verbose.

How should medals be handled if your team gets 3 kills in a row?

Ideally,
1st kill 50 medals goes to tank = 1 stack
2nd kill 50 medals goes to melee = 1 stack
3rd, kill 1st or 2nd target second time for 25 medals, goes to tank for his 175 total = safe 2 stacks
However that scenario happens not often.
You'll not want to give that 25 to someone with 100 because, despite that they'll not get a stack now with 125, next 50 medals will force someone to overstack.