Commando: when to use Supercharge¶
Supercharged Kolto Cell resets Advanced Medical Probe (AMP) and restores ten energy cells. The script checks whether that reset will let it heal again, and whether it can afford the next heal. Reaching ten stacks alone is not enough.
Source: commando/combat_medic.lua in the official Commando / Mercenary package. Bodyguard uses the same decisions with Healing Scan and Supercharged Kolto Gas.
Use the heal before resetting it¶
If AMP is ready and someone needs it, cast AMP first. Once its cooldown appears, use Cell to reset it. This gets a heal from the ready ability before spending the reset.
If AMP is ready but energy is too low, Cell can go first when its ten cells make AMP affordable. The script also checks that enough energy will remain after the heal. For example, with a 100-cell maximum, a 20-cell heal and a 30-cell reserve, starting at 45 cells is enough: Cell raises it to 55, and the heal leaves 35.
The script waits for the healing GCD to finish before using Cell, so the buff does not start while the next heal is still blocked. It also checks movement and the chosen ally before spending the stacks.
Build the last stacks with a useful heal¶
While AMP is on cooldown, the script looks for a heal that can finish the stack count:
| Current state | What it tries |
|---|---|
| Eight stacks and Potent Medicine learned | Medical Probe for the last two stacks |
| Nine stacks, with no need for a stronger direct heal | Med Shot for the last stack |
| Six to eight stacks and SC-4 Treatment Scanner active | Successive Treatment to build stacks during a needed channel |
Medical Probe still follows its setting for use above the direct-heal HP limit. The builder must be useful to someone who needs healing, and the script must have energy for both the builder and the AMP after Cell. Urgent healing comes first. Cell waits until ten stacks are actually observed, even when a channel is expected to produce them.
The energy check and builder choice¶
The first block checks energy after Cell and AMP. The second chooses a stack-building heal and includes its cost in the same calculation. Mercenary heat is converted to available energy with max - current before these checks.
Code from the class script
These extracts use the settings, current patient rows and helper functions in commando/combat_medic.lua. Use the full class package to run the rotation.
local after_refund=math.min(resource.max,resource.current+10)
local reserve=reserve_for(recipient)
if recipient.isSelf and hard_self then
reserve=math.min(healing_reserve(recipient,cfg),cfg.critical_floor)
end
if after_refund<amp.cost or (after_refund-amp.cost)/resource.max*100<reserve then
return nil,"insufficient_energy_for_amp_window"
end
stack_builder_plan=function()
if not cfg.supercharge or support~=false or gcd>0 or hard_self or not healing_observation.complete then return nil,nil,"scheduler_guard" end
local recipient=rows[1]
if not recipient or triage_band(recipient,cfg)<2 or recipient.hp>cfg.focused_hp or skips[recipient.handle] then return nil,nil,"recipient_not_routine_or_needed" end
local name,reason
if supercharge_stacks==8 and learned(loadout,"Potent Medicine") then
if recipient.hp>cfg.direct_hp and not cfg.medical_probe_bridge then return nil,nil,"probe_bridge_disabled" end
name,reason="Medical Probe","amp_stack_completion"
elseif supercharge_stacks==9 and recipient.hp>cfg.direct_hp then
name,reason="Med Shot","amp_stack_completion"
elseif sc4==true and type(supercharge_stacks)=="number" and
supercharge_stacks>=6 and supercharge_stacks<=8 then
-- SC-4 can supply the current 2-4 stack deficit during a useful
-- Treatment channel. The plan never credits those stacks early.
name,reason="Successive Treatment","sc4_stack_builder"
else return nil,nil,"no_single_builder" end
local amp=metadata("Advanced Medical Probe")
local builder=metadata(name)
if not amp or not amp_on_cooldown(amp.info) or not builder or not metadata("Supercharged Kolto Cell") or
not movable("Advanced Medical Probe",amp.spec) or not movable(name,builder.spec) or not energy_known then return nil,nil,"ability_cooldown_mobility_or_energy_unknown" end
-- Budget both actions using observed costs and the authored Cell
-- refund. No predicted regeneration, crit refund, SC-4 stack credit,
-- or extra Field Triage discount is used for admission.
local after_refund=math.min(resource.max,resource.current-builder.cost+10)
if after_refund<amp.cost or (after_refund-amp.cost)/resource.max*100<reserve_for(recipient) then return nil,nil,"followup_energy_budget" end
local advice=amp_target_advice(recipient)
if not advice or (advice.ok~=true and advice.reason~="cooldown" and advice.reason~="insufficient_resource") then return nil,nil,"amp_native_admission" end
return name,recipient,reason
end
Before AMP is sent, the script checks its current cost and whether Core will allow the cast. The energy calculation above does not change the observed resource value.