Zenith



The Zenith is a weapon in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Background
The Zenith is a 10mm polymer framed semi-automatic compact pistol developed by Steiner-Bisley.

Characteristics
The Zenith is a modern, fully ambidextrous and ergonomic pistol. It's very modular, equipped with a Picatinny rail system and can also accept a sound suppressor. The magazine holds only 10 rounds but its capacity can be increased. The Zenith features orange Tritium-illuminated iron sights.

It is in extremely common use, so ammo will never be an issue, and its penchant for taking upgrades means it can eventually be a formidable backup weapon.

Combat Statistics

 * Damage / Round: 3 (upgradable to 7)
 * Rate of Fire: 4 (upgradable to 8)
 * DPX: 12 (upgradable to 56)
 * Ammo capacity = 3 (upgradable to 7)
 * Reload Speed = 5 (upgradable to 9)
 * The pistol is perhaps the single most useful lethal weapon in the game. Once upgraded with a silencer, laser sight, and armor-piercing ability, it allows you to silently 1-shot almost every hostile in the game. All 3 upgrades mentioned above are crucial. The silencer allows for silent kills, and thus allows you to avoid alarms and triggering situations where the pistol won't be a handy (against hordes). The laser sight allows you to hit targets at long range from behind cover. It provides more guidance than iron sights, and iron sights require you to be out of cover too, so the laser sight is doubly helpful. Finally, the AP upgrade allows the simple pistol to kill even heavy targets with a single headshot (NOTE: If you're playing on the Deus Ex difficulty, you will probably need a few Damage upgrades too).
 * In addition to all of the above, it also has a max DPX of 56, which is better than the Revolver, Machine Pistol, Shotgun, Combat Rifle, Sniper Rifle, and Plasma Rifle. Only the Heavy Rifle and Laser Rifle have a higher DPX. All for the cost of 3x2 in your inventory. 

Upgrades
The Zenith can be modified with a sound suppressor, an armor-piercing system, a laser sight, as well as common rate of fire, damage output, ammo capacity and reload speed upgrades.

Behind the scenes

 * It uses the powerful 10mm Auto bullets.