Plinx

Corpus

Plinx
Untradeable
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General Information
Type	Pistol
Mastery Rank Requirement	6
Max Rank	30
Slot	Secondary
Trigger Type	Semi-Auto
Utility
Accuracy	50
Ammo Max	0
Ammo Pickup	0
Ammo Type	None
Disposition	●●●●○ (1.20x)
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Noise Level	Alarming
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	1.30 s
Reload Delay	0.80 s
Reload Rate	20.00 rounds/sec
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Normal Attack
26 ( 56.52%)
20 ( 43.48%)
Total Damage	46 (56.52%  Puncture)
Ammo Cost	1
Crit Chance	32.00%
Crit Multiplier	3.00x
Fire Rate	3.330 attacks/sec
Multishot	1 (46.00 damage per projectile)
Noise Level	Alarming
Punch Through	0.0 m
Range	100.0 m
Spread	2.00° (1.00° min, 3.00° max)
Status Chance	4.00%
Projectile Type	Hit-Scan
Miscellaneous
Compatibility Tags	PROJECTILE, BATTERY
Riven Family	Plinx
Exilus Polarity
Introduced	Update 24.2 (2018-12-18)
Polarities	None
Sell Price	5,000
Variants	Plinx  Tenet Plinx
Vendor Sources
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CODEX

Cultivate a meaningful relationship with this deceptively simple battery-powered pistol. The Plinx rewards attention and investment from the wise.

Plinx is a Corpus semi-automatic, battery-powered laser pistol with the ability to auto-refill its ammo passively similar to the  Cycron. Possessing excellent critical chance and critical multiplier stats, this comes at the cost of a low status chance and very low ammunition.

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20,000	2	4,375	575	10	Time: 12 Hour(s)
					Rush: 35
Market Price: 200			Blueprints Price:20,000

Characteristics

This weapon deals primarily damage and has innate damage.

Advantages

• High damage – effective against armor.
• Innate damage – effective against Cloned Flesh, Infested, and Infested Flesh.
• Second highest critical chance of all pistols, behind  Akbolto Prime.
• Tied with  Aksomati and  Spira Prime for the second highest critical multiplier of all pistols, behind  Nukor.
• Very high accuracy.
• Does not use ammo pickups; ammo regenerates over time.
  • Has a 1-second delay after the weapon stops firing before regenerating ammo.
    • Regenerates 10 ammo per second; takes 1 second to regenerate a fully depleted battery.

Disadvantages

• No and damage – less effective against health and shields.
  • Damage cannot be increased with or mods.
• Innate damage – less effective against Proto Shield.
• Very low status chance.
• Low magazine size.
• Shots have limited range.
• Does not benefit from mods that increase maximum ammo, due to lack of an ammo pool.
• Does not receive benefit from reload-triggered mods such as Pressurized Magazine.

Tips

• Because the 10 shots count as part of a single magazine rather than an ammo pool, mods like  Trick Mag have no effect. Magazine increasing mods like  Ice Storm,  Slip Magazine, or  Tainted Clip must be used, and these mods have far less potency.
  • In addition, the recharge rate is also fast enough to the point where increasing this recharge speed and delay has diminishing returns, offering little effect at the cost of a slot.

Trivia

• The name likely refers to "plinking," a slang term for recreational target shooting.
• The weapon’s gameplay is most likely modelled after the Derringer type of pistol, known for typically having a small caliber and low ammo capacity, which is reflected in its stats. However, the Lato Prime is more visually similar to the Derringer Pistol in design than the Plinx.
• Visually, the pistol is very similar to a modern foam dart pistol, as used by children, college students, and some office workers. Beyond this similarity, the design of the Plinx was also likely inspired by various late 19th century black powder pistols (muzzleloaders and early revolvers), early 20th century revolvers, some modern target pistols of various types and rifle-caliber single shot hunting pistols, as well as a plethora of modern target air pistols. Interestingly, the design of contemporary competitive air pistols has a very similar visual and functional design to that of the Plinx; the cylindar contains the "energy" for the pistol (which can be "recharged"), while the barrel and body surround the air/energy chamber. All of these similarities are likely more due to what is an effective form factor for target shooting, which the Plinx attempts to represent, rather than a simple emulation of a unique style. If this design were not so effective, we would not see so many pistols (and toys) that hold to this design.
•  The Plinx seems to have a reference to the weapon utilized by Spaceman Spiff from the Calvin and Hobbes comics. Though the common name of Spiff's pistol is called either "Death Ray Blaster," or simply "Blaster," both pistols are capable of dealing a fair amount of heat damage. Neither pistol needs ammunition, as both can recharge, though Spiff's gun can change intensity of damage with the switch of a lever on one side of his Blaster (Shake and Bake or Liquify), whereas Plinx's damage output can be increased by basic damage mods (i.e. Hornet Strike and Target Cracker).

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See Also

•  Exergis, the primary counterpart of this weapon.
•  Galvacord, the melee counterpart of this weapon.