Diamondback

Diamondback
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Basic Information
Used by:	Spy
Slot:	Secondary
Contributed by:	Larolaro Mr. Bunce
Released:	August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)
Availability:	Promotional (expired), Purchase, Drop, Craft, Uncrate #41 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	6
Ammo carried:	24
Reload type:	Clip
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Diamondback Level 5 Revolver Gives one guaranteed critical hit for each building destroyed with your sapper attached or backstab kill -15% damage penalty No random critical hits

“

I murdered your toys as well. Click to listen — The Spy gaining crits from sapped buildings

”

The Diamondback is a community-created promotional secondary weapon for the Spy. It is a futuristic metal revolver, styled after the Diamond Back .357 from Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Similarly to the Frontier Justice and the Manmelter, the Diamondback has the ability to store up to 35 critical hits for later use. One critical hit is stored for each enemy backstabbed, or for each building that is destroyed while being sapped (regardless of whether or not the Sapper is what actually destroys the building). However, any stored critical hits will be lost upon death, and any buildings destroyed with the Spy's Sapper attached while he is dead will not grant any critical hits. In addition, the weapon's base damage is 15% lower than the Revolver, and it cannot roll for random critical hits. In Mann vs. Machine mode, sapped Robots do not grant critical hits upon their destruction, but can still be Backstabbed to store a crit.

The Diamondback was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Steam before August 26, 2011.

The kill icon for the Diamondback was contributed by Ani .

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	150%	51
Base damage	100%	34
Maximum fall-off	52.8%	18
Point blank		46-51
Medium range		31-37
Long range		18-19
Critical		102
Mini-crit		46-69
Function times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Reload		1.133 s
Spread recovery		1.25 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Frontier Justice		Dead Ringer		Diamondback
	+		+		=

Class Token - Spy		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

The Diamondback Strange Revolver - Kills: 0 Gives one guaranteed critical hit for each building destroyed with your sapper attached or backstab kill -15% damage penalty No random critical hits

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Spy

A Cut Above Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.

Update history

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• The Diamondback was added to the game.

August 23, 2011 Patch

• Fixed an infinite crits exploit using The Diamondback.
• Added draw/recoil forces for The Diamondback.
• Added crit fire force for The Diamondback.

September 6, 2011 Patch

• The Diamondback now correctly gets guaranteed crits if an Engineer changes class while their buildings are sapped.

March 22, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• Added Collector's quality.

December 20, 2013 Patch

• Changed attribute:
  • Backstab kills now gains a critical attack.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed the Diamondback accumulating crits for backstabbing ÜberCharge players.

Bugs

• Players will not earn any critical hits for sapped buildings destroyed with non-critical Diamondback shots.
• If a Spy performs backstabs or saps buildings with a different secondary weapon equipped, the crits will be retroactively awarded as soon as the Spy switches to the Diamondback via a Resupply locker or by picking up a dropped Diamondback.
  • However, picking up another secondary weapon while having a picked up Diamondback will result in the stored crits disappearing.
• Destroying a building with a guaranteed-critical Diamondback shot will earn another guaranteed crit; however, the counter will display as having 0 stored crits. Firing once will set the counter to the correct value.
• Like all of the Spy's secondary weapons except the Revolver and the Enforcer, the Spy does not actually put any bullets into the cylinder while reloading.
• The crits counter overlaps with the Cloak meter when using the Minimal HUD advanced option.

Unused content

• There are unused particles that resemble the particles used for Marked for Death.

Trivia

• The Diamondback's design in Team Fortress 2 resembles how the Diamond Back .357 looks when it is upgraded with a Laser Sight and Explosive Rounds, instead of its default, unmodified appearance.
• In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the Diamond Back .357 uses a break-action reload system with a removable cylindrical magazine based on the Dardick Tround concept, and not the traditional swing-out revolving cylinder it uses in Team Fortress 2.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  Promotional Steam pop-up for the Deus Ex items.

• 

  The Diamondback, as it appears in Deus Ex.

See also

• Diamondback strategy
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution