Understand Tenet Diplos
Useful when…
- Use hip-fire for conventional automatic pistol handling.
- Use lock-on mode when you want to mark targets for homing projectiles.
- Holster it to take advantage of its described reload system.
Separate firing modes
Normal Attack is an automatic projectile attack listed at 9.67 speed, 50 projectile speed, 36% critical chance, 2.2× multiplier and 14% status chance. Lock-on Mode is a separate projectile entry at speed 1 and projectile speed 200, with the same damage split and critical/status values. The weapon deals 28 listed damage per shot, split across Impact, Puncture and Slash, and has a 92-round magazine.
Reloading and investment
The description says the Granum Attaché System reloads the pistols when holstered; the listed ordinary reload time is 2.8 seconds. Use holstering as the described reload behavior rather than assuming the lock-on mode reloads the weapon. The 36% critical chance and 2.2× multiplier support considering critical mods. It requires Mastery Rank 16 and has a rank cap of 40, with one Madurai polarity listed.
Alternatives with other targeting
Sepulcrum's secondary fire locks onto multiple targets after primary fire fuels it. Catabolyst is described as a short-range bile stream whose ammo bladder becomes a grenade on reload, with potency tied to how empty the bladder is. Plinx is described as a battery-powered pistol. These offer different targeting and reload interactions from Diplos's hip-fire, lock-on and holster reload.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The large magazine is paired with a long listed conventional reload time.
- Lock-on mode has its own slower attack-speed entry; do not assume it fires at the hip-fire cadence.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating lock-on mode and hip-fire as having the same speed or projectile behavior.
- Reloading conventionally by habit while overlooking the described holster reload.