Understand Catabolyst
Useful when…
- Firing the corrosive primary attack at close range.
- Considering reload timing when using the weapon’s distinct partial and empty reload profiles.
Primary and reload profiles
Primary fire is held hitscan at a listed 12 attacks per second. It deals Corrosive damage with 11% critical chance, a 2.9× critical multiplier, and 43% status chance. Falloff is listed from 9 to 19 meters, with a 98.11% reduction at the 19-meter endpoint. Partial reload lists an 11 Impact projectile and a 203 Corrosive explosion, with falloff from 0 to 5 meters and a 50% reduction. Reload from empty lists an 11 Impact projectile and a 1,997 Corrosive explosion, with falloff from 0 to 7 meters and a 50% reduction. The partial reload attacks list 11% critical and 43% status chance; the empty reload attacks list 31% critical and 59% status chance.
Magazine and reload timing
The pistol holds 31 rounds and takes 1.7 seconds to reload. The description says the empty ammo bladder delivers the largest punch, and the detailed profiles list distinct partial and empty reload attacks. No intermediate values or scaling equation are supplied. It requires Mastery Rank 11 and has one Madurai polarity.
Other pistol mechanics
Azima can fire its magazine into a spinning airborne device that shoots lasers at nearby enemies. Tenet Diplos offers auto-lock-on homing projectiles and holster-based reloading; Athodai Prime gains temporary fire rate and infinite ammo after weak-point kills. These descriptions cover mechanics distinct from Catabolyst’s reload attacks.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The listed empty-reload explosion profile is stronger than the listed partial-reload profile.
- Primary-fire falloff is listed across 9–19 meters, with the 98.11% reduction at the 19-meter endpoint.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Do not treat the partial and empty reload profiles as a complete scaling formula for intermediate magazine levels.
- Do not describe the 98.11% reduction as applying immediately beyond 9 meters; it is listed at the 19-meter endpoint.






