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, Drop, Craft, Purchase, 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 1 - 100 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 promotional secondary weapon for the Spy. It is styled after the Diamond Back .357 revolver 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 but cannot deliver random crits. A potential critical hit is stored for each enemy backstabbed, and for each building that is destroyed while being sapped; regardless of if the Spy is credited, a crit is earned as long as the building is being sapped upon destruction.

As a drawback, the weapon deals 15% less damage compared to the default Revolver. 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 Crits to him upon respawn. No critical hits are stored for destroying Robots with the Sapper.

This item 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	50%	17
Point blank		46-51
Medium range		31-37
Long range		15-19
Critical		102
Mini-crit		46-69
Function times
Attack interval		0.58 s
Reload		1.16 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

Strange 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.

Unused content

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

Bugs

• Players will not earn any critical hits for sapped buildings destroyed with regular Diamondback shots.
• If a Spy performs backstabs or saps buildings with a different primary weapon equipped, the crits will be retroactively awarded as soon as the Spy switches to the Diamondback via a Resupply locker.
• Destroying a building with the guaranteed crits from the Diamondback will earn another guaranteed crit; however, the counter will not increment to display this. Firing once will set the counter to the correct value.
• The crits counter overlaps with the Cloak meter when using the Minimal HUD advanced option.
• 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.

Trivia

• The gun does not reload the same way as it does in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. In Deus Ex, the Diamondback Revolver uses a side-break action reload system with a removable cylindrical magazine based on the Dardick Tround concept, and not the traditional swing out revolving cylinder seen in Team Fortress 2.
• The Team Fortress 2 design appears to be based more on the gun's looks when it is upgraded with a Laser Sight and Explosive Rounds than its base design. There's an extra, tiny hole on the front of the gun which supports this, as it appears to be the hole for a laser sight.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  The Diamondback, as it appears in Deus Ex.

• 

  Promotional Steam pop-up for the Deus Ex items.

See also

• Diamondback strategy