Rapid Reaction is the first of the overwatch skills, which form an alternate path at CPL through TSGT ranks. Though it can be done with 2 Engineers, it is more optimal to split the job equally between an Engineer and a Medic as that will give each soldier better specialization. You can also get Dense Smoke from Engineers, but if you want your squad to have dense smoke, as well as grenades, chem grenades, battle scanners, a medikit, and maybe flashbangs or an arc thrower, you will need 2 soldiers dedicated to gear. The Shadow Device offers even better defense, but it is single use, so Dense Smoke remains meaningful during long missions, or prolonged encounters.
You can get the same defense from Telekinetic Fields, but by the time that is available, the campaign should almost be over. I go Smoke on all my Medics, allowing them to carry 4 dense smoke grenades using a single inventory slot, for most of the campaign. This is the first of the smoke skills, and the best path, in my opinion. The Medic can take Suppression and play backup to the Gunner, or instead take Steadfast which will make them excellent officers or psionics. This is still only a modest role for a soldier, so it is important to give them something else to do. When things go wrong, and they will, the Medic will be there to give all your soldiers a much better chance of surviving. Every smoke skill that is available to the Engineer, is also available to the Medic. This class should be called the Smoker as that is what they will be doing the most, and they are great at it. But the Medic does excel at one role, and it isn’t healing. The Medic is not a great shooter, and can only acquire multiple shots via overwatch perks. Its tempting to leave them out of your squads because of their weak offensive abilities.
This soldier only matters when things go wrong, and sometimes things wouldn’t have gone wrong if the Medic had been replaced with a better combat soldier.
Is there a less glamorous role than Medic? I don’t think so.
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