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* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series have certain Heartless that heal their allies. Some examples are the "Green Requiem", (which float around, are resistant to magic but lack any means of offense), and the Crescendo/Loudmouth (which can also [[EnemySummoner summon other Heartless]], at least in certain games).

* White Magikoopas, Medi Guys and regular Magikoopas in ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' with Medi Guys being able to heal all enemies while White Magikoopas and regular Magikoopas can heal one enemy for a lot of health or all enemies for a lesser amount of health. [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The sequel]] has X-Naut [=PhDs=], the [[EliteMook Wizzerd line]] and White and regular Magikoopas. These can heal all enemies (except the regular Wizzerd) for massive amounts of health (8-10 HP in most cases!)

* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'': enemies in the game use the same classes that players do, including healing specced enemies who fill this role.

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%%* White Magikoopas, Medi Guys and regular Magikoopas in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''. [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The sequel]] has X-Naut [=PhDs=], the [[EliteMook Wizzerd line]] and regular Magikoopas. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has Life Spell Punks in most games (with them being the only Spell Punk in ''Giants'') and Broccoli Guys in ''Trap Team''. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

%%* Several in the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series - mostly Slimes. They tend to have very obvious names, such as Healslime, Cureslime, Sootheslime and King Cureslime. Anytime they appear grouped with other enemies, you'd do well to take them out first. Conversely, in the ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' series, where you use classic ''Dragon Quest'' monsters as {{Mon}}s, having one of those in your party at all times is a good idea for most of the game's duration. %%Example needs context to make sense on its own.

* In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', there is a robot who randomly heals all mooks onscreen (including himself) at once. If flipped over, he'll turn into a BanditMook and steal your rings.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{SemperFi}} One team, one fight.]]]]

Their inclusion in a game will often lead to players crying [[MoralMyopia That's cheating!]], then proceeding to ShootTheMedicFirst.

* The Monks (and their elite mounted version, Missionaries) of ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' will automatically heal all allied troops around them, though at a slow rate. They were usually a priority target not because of their healing but due to being able to [[HeelFaceBrainwashing convert troops to their side]] or instantly destroy ships or war machines with the right upgrades.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'' had the human Monks and their High Elven counterparts. While they usually specialised in shooting powerful magic projectiles, they also were able to heal one ally per battle with their staff (i.e. they had to physically touch them.) To compensate for that, it "always" restored them to full health, regardless of how little they might’ve had remaining.
* ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'': Amongst the HECU's cadre include a number of [[CombatMedic corpsmen]], who can and will heal wounded Marines whenever possible, and also drop health kits in the event they're killed by the player.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''

* There's a funny example in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', with the [=ZombieDr=]. He casts powerful all-targeting healing on his party, unfortunately [[ReviveKillsZombie they're all zombies too]].

* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' has "atomic reanimators" in the desert zone who not only blast you with radiation, but can raise mutants you've just slain back from the dead and send them rampaging towards you. And unless you're ramped up to the point you can one-shot them, they WILL reanimate something before they bite the floor....
* ''VideoGame/ChickenWarrior'' had the healer chickens appear during some matches, which granted health regeneration to all allies in their vicinity. Luckily, they were also the [[SquishyWizard most fragile enemies in the game.]]
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', we are given the Tsoo "Sorcerer" minions. These little bastards not only heal their fellow mooks, they also TELEPORT OUT OF RANGE when they're not healing your enemies, so that you're forced to either track them down (And get slaughtered by their mainstream mook allies) or just focus on their allies, and wait for them to come back and heal them, making it all futile. Oh, and they're just as likely to teleport ahead where there are more mooks as back in the area you cleared, so tracking them down could draw more fire. Not too bad if you have some sort of immobilization or hold, but if you're a standard melee class, you're pretty much screwed.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' and ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' has the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Medic]]. Left to their own devices, they'll extend the life of any infantry based enemy considerably. The ''Aftermath'' expansion for ''Red Alert'' added the Mechanic, which functioned like the Medic but for vehicles instead of infantry.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'' had the alien Corruptor unit, which was usually used to flush infantry from buildings by spewing streams of acid. However, it would [[HealingShiv heal the alien vehicles]] if it was ordered to fire on them.

** Allied Engineers in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' could deploy into medical tents, healing any Infantry nearby.

* The Cleric Grablins in ''VideoGame/CostumeQuest''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' has a few of these: Zakarum Priests, Council Members and Overlords, and Unravellers counted as well.
* There are many such enemies in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', both healers and revivers. The reviver enemies tend to be more powerful.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' , the Arch-vile can resurrect almost all slain monsters. Notably, they’re powerful fighters in their own right, possessing considerable health and attacking by engulfing your character in flames, which does plenty of damage and rather difficult to avoid. Mercifully, Arch-viles can only use their flames in a line of sight fashion on Doomguy and take a whole 3 seconds for their attack animation. It should also be noted that Arch-viles can't revive enemies that don't leave corpses (like lost souls and pain elementals), can't revive bosses or special monsters (like Commander Keen), nor can they revive other arch-viles.
* Humanoid enemy mages will sometimes possess healing spells in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. This is one of many [[DemonicSpiders reasons]] they're a top-priority target for a party that wants to stay alive.
** Hurlock Emissaries will always specialise in healing and buffing other darkspawn (including [[RegeneratingHealth Regeneration]] and Glyph of Warding spell, which makes enemies practically arrow-proof) with only basic attacking spells. This is in contrast to Genlock Emissaries, which can also heal, but prioritise [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], [[PlayingWithFire Flame]] and [[LifeDrain Entropy]] spells, including the area-based Tempest.
* Several in the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series - mostly Slimes. They tend to have very obvious names, such as Healslime, Cureslime, Sootheslime and King Cureslime. Anytime they appear grouped with other enemies, you'd do well to take them out first. Conversely, in the ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'' series, where you use classic ''Dragon Quest'' monsters as {{Mon}}s, having one of those in your party at all times is a good idea for most of the game's duration.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' had a level consisting of facing five of these. It's not that hard, but it gets to be ThatOneLevel just out of sheer annoyance.

* In ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', Hydro Samachurls, Fatui Hydrogunner Legionnaires, and Hydro Specters use [[MakingASplash water-based abilities]] [[HealItWithWater to heal]] nearby allies. The Fatui also have Anemoboxer Vanguards, who can revive other Skirmishers who have been stunned by having their elemental shields broken, and Geochanter Bracers, who can create shields around their allies.

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic 3'' had the Medical Tent as something that an army could buy to follow them around. It would randomly heal one of your units every turn, unless the hero has invested into the First Aid skill, which let them control it directly and heal more than once. It wasn't much use, though, because it couldn't restore those already dead in a unit, and so it barely had an effect on dozen-strong unit stacks. It was an entirely different matter if used on high-level uber units, though.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' has Atlantean Champions and Shaolin Monks.
* Some powerful geth in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' have repair drones that hang around near them. Fortunately, the repair drones are both uncommon and easy to kill.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has the Cerberus Combat Engineers, which repair the Atlas Mechs or their turrets to full health, and the Reaper Marauders, which buff common Husks and Cannibals with a layer of armour.

* ''VideoGame/Payday2'' has the Medic unit, which spawn rather frequently among waves of basic enemies on Overkill difficulty and above. While not especially powerful attackers, and sporting a slightly higher-than-average health pool, they fully heal any enemy that is killed near it, including other special units, from the more basic Shield to the almighty Bulldozer and its HP in the several thousands.

* White Magikoopas, Medi Guys and regular Magikoopas in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''. [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The sequel]] has X-Naut [=PhDs=], the [[EliteMook Wizzerd line]] and regular Magikoopas.

* ''VideoGame/RedFaction Armageddon'' had some plant-like aliens which would heal and buff others around them.

* The scarab in ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'', which automatically shoots healing energy at any injured ally within range.
* The ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'' series also has this, preferably with the words "dark" and "evil" to describe the healers. The second game (as well as the Sega CD version of the two Gaiden games) make it more clear by having an evil bat-wing fairy show up whenever a healing spell is cast.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has Life Spell Punks in most games (with them being the only Spell Punk in ''Giants'') and Broccoli Guys in ''Trap Team''.

* Shaman Goblins in ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'''s expansion, the Tauren Spirit Walker's third-tier ability is to bring back any Tauren unit to life (that is, Tauren and Spirit Walkers, the Tauren Chieftain can respawn by himself at high levels). In the orc campaign, this ability is mostly seen with some centaur enemies ([[FridgeLogic who gain the "Tauren" designation]]) who respawn their comrades.

** In allied games, two or more of the same hero with a healing spell can quickly become this. Especially Paladins, with a big single target heal and temporary invulnerability.

* ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}'' has mook healers in several flavors. Infested Ancient Healers emit waves of healing energy to regenerate the health of infested units; if a Healer is [[SetAMookToKillAMook mind-controlled by a Nyx]], the healing waves will restore player health and instantly revive downed players. Corpus Shield Ospreys float above groups of Corpus enemies, giving them a massive boost to their shield capacity and regeneration rate. [[EliteMooks Eximus enemies]] of all factions give area-of-effect buffs to their nearby allies, such as resistance to damage types or shield regeneration.

* ''VideoGame/Skylanders'' has Life Spell Punks in most games (with them being the only Spell Punk in ''Giants'') and Broccoli Guys in ''Trap Team''.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' and ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' has the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Medic]]. Left to their own devices, they'll extend the life of any infantry based enemy considerably.

** ''VideoGame/Halo4'' introduces Prometheans Watchers, little flying things that can shield and head their allies. In ''4'', they can even revive Promethean Knights!

* White Magikoopas, Medi Guys and regular Magikoopas in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''. [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The sequel]] has X-Naut PhDs, the [[EliteMook Wizzerd line]] and regular Magikoopas.

* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series have certain Heartless that heal their allies. Some examples are the "Green Requiem", (which float around, are resistant to magic but lack any means of offense), and the Crescendo (which can also [[EnemySummoner summon other Heartless]], at least in certain games).

* White Magikoopas and Medi Guys in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' also had the Cerberus Combat Engineers, which would repair the Atlas Mechs or their turrets to full health, and the Reaper Marauders, which buffed common Husks and Cannibals with a layer of armour.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' , the Arch-vile can resurrect almost all slain monsters. Notably, they’re powerful fighters in their own right, possessing considerable health and attacking by engulfing your character in flames, which does plenty of damage and rather difficult to avoid. Mercifully, Arch-viles can only use their flames in a line of sight fashion on Doomguy and take a whole 3 seconds for their attack animation. It should also be noted that Arch-viles can only revive monsters that leave corpses (i.e. no cyberdemons, spiderdemons, Commander Keens, and other arch-viles), which means gibbing demons makes it impossible for the Arch-vile to have back up.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' the roles of DamagerHealerTank are acknowledged InUniverse, and as such groups of enemies from both nations commonly include healers. They are called Rescuers for Keves, and Medics for Agnus. Both of these types of soldiers carry mace-like {{Magic Sta|ff}}ves as their weapon.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' has the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Medic]]. Left to their own devices, they'll extend the life of any infantry based enemy considerably.

** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' had the Chinese Propaganda Towers, which would heal everyone around them and could be mounted on the Overlord tanks and helicopters. ''Zero Hour'' expansion also added the American Medical Humvee, which would heal any infantry unit around, as well as de-toxify the land affected by radiation or chemical poisoning (staples of Chinese and GLA, respectively).

A dead warrior is useless in battle. That is why in combat-based video games there will always be significant focus on restoring health. It might be strictly controlled through the use traditional FirstAidKit, HealthFood or [[VideoGame/MaxPayne painkillers]], obtained [[LifeDrain directly from enemies]] or happen [[RegeneratingHealth any time you’re not being damaged]]. It might even be impossible unless there’s a [[TheMedic dedicated healer present]]. Sometimes, it goes as far as reviving [[OneUp an already dead character]]. In any case, it is always something restricted to the player’s side.

* There are many such enemies in ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', both healers and revivers. The reviver enemies tend to be more powerful.

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