Cold Denial god roll & best perks

Cold Denial — Destiny 2 Pulse Rifle
Legendary · Pulse Rifle
Where it drops: Source: Season Pass Reward

“A familiar tool in the face of failure.”

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Built from 107 curated wishlist rolls for this Pulse Rifle. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

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Eye of the Storm Arrowhead Brake Ricochet Rounds Killing Wind Swashbuckler Headseeker Feeding Frenzy High-Caliber Rounds Smallbore Chambered Compensator

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Essential perks

Feeding Frenzy

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Arrowhead Brake Armor-Piercing Rounds Swashbuckler Unrelenting Appended Mag Multikill Clip Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Smallbore

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High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Killing Wind Swashbuckler Headseeker Eye of the Storm Feeding Frenzy Ricochet Rounds Extended Barrel

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Essential perks

Feeding Frenzy

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Community wishlist roll

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(PvP): Mercules904 (pretty good PvP) - "Interestingly the second kinetic High-Impact weapon we can get out of the Pyramid focused engrams, this one part of the recently buffed pulse rifle archetype. [...] I'd argue that in the right hands they're one of the most rewarding weapons in the game, in terms of TtK."

Essential perks

Ricochet Rounds Chambered Compensator

Strong alternatives

Multikill Clip Feeding Frenzy Killing Wind Pulse Monitor Zen Moment Eye of the Storm

Community wishlist roll

pve 6 wishlist rolls

(PvE): Mercules904 (pretty good PvE) - "Interestingly the second kinetic High-Impact weapon we can get out of the Pyramid focused engrams, this one part of the recently buffed pulse rifle archetype. [...] I'd argue that in the right hands they're one of the most rewarding weapons in the game, in terms of TtK."

Essential perks

Feeding Frenzy Chambered Compensator

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Swashbuckler Appended Mag Multikill Clip Unrelenting

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Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Armor-Piercing Rounds Multikill Clip Feeding Frenzy

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Essential perks

Headseeker Arrowhead Brake Ricochet Rounds Killing Wind

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god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Eye of the Storm High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Killing Wind

What these Cold Denial perks do

Multikill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of scoring 1|2|3 Weapon Kills within 3.5 seconds of each grants 17%|33%|50% increased damage for 5 seconds. Buff is overwritten every time it is triggered and is removed on stow.

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 30% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 30% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met.

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Headseeker

Dealing non-Precision Direct damage grants the following benefits for 0.55 seconds: • 20% increased Precision Bonus (complicated, see specific damage increases below) • 3% increased Aim Assist Cone size Precision damage increases by weapon type/frame: • Pulse Rifles: Adaptive: 7.1%, Aggressive Burst: 10%, Heavy Burst: 9.5%, High-Impact: 8.74%, Lightweight: 6.3%, Rapid-Fire: 10.3% • Sidearms: Adaptive Burst: 8.46%, Heavy Burst: 7.36% • Scout Rifles: Precision: 8.66% [Bug] Heavy Burst Hand Cannons: 7% increased Weakspot damage. The distinction between Weakspots and Critspots is complicated and we might write an explainer blog post about it eventually. For the purposes of PvP, the two are equivalent.

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

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