Cold Denial - Legendary Pulse Rifle

Cold Denial is a Pulse Rifle Kinetic Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Pulse Rifle - Kinetic - Primary - High-Impact Frame

Source: Season Pass Reward

A familiar tool in the face of failure.

Weapon frame

High-Impact Frame

Slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact33
Range57
Stability44
Handling24
Reload Speed34
Aim Assistance32
Zoom14
Airborne Effectiveness10
Ammo Generation46
Rounds Per Minute340
Magazine28
Recoil Direction73

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • Arrowhead Brake
    Lightly vented barrel.
    • Greatly controls recoil
    • Increases handling speed
  • Chambered Compensator
    Stable barrel attachment.
    • Increases stability
    • Moderately controls recoil
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Corkscrew Rifling
    Balanced barrel.
    • Slightly increases range and stability
    • Slightly increases handling speed
  • Extended Barrel
    Weighty barrel extension.
    • Increases range
    • Decreases handling speed
    • Moderately controls recoil
  • Fluted Barrel
    Ultra-light barrel.
    • Greatly increases handling speed
    • Slightly increases stability
  • Full Bore
    Barrel optimized for distance.
    • Greatly increases range
    • Decreases stability
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
    Durable ranged barrel.
    • Increases range
  • Polygonal Rifling
    Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
    • Increases stability
  • Smallbore
    Dual strength barrel.
    • Increases range
    • Increases stability

Magazine or battery options

  • Extended Mag
    This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
    • Greatly increases magazine size
    • Greatly decreases reload speed
    • Increases airborne effectiveness
  • Alloy Magazine
    Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
  • Appended Mag
    This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
    Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets.
    • Slightly increases range
  • High-Caliber Rounds
    Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
    • Slightly increases range
  • Ricochet Rounds
    Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
    • Increases stability
    • Slightly increases range
  • Flared Magwell
    Optimized for fast reloading.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Greatly increases reload speed
  • Light Mag
    Improved reload and range.
    • Increases reload speed
    • Slightly increases range

Left column perks

  • Grave Robber
    Melee final blows or dealing damage with a charged melee reloads this weapon's magazine from reserves.
  • Feeding Frenzy
    Each rapid kill with this weapon progressively increases reload speed for a short time.
  • Zen Moment
    Causing damage with this weapon reduces recoil and flinch over time.
  • Pulse Monitor
    Automatically reloads the magazine and improves weapon handling when wounded—even when this weapon is stowed.
  • Killing Wind
    Final blows grant increased mobility, weapon range, and handling for a short duration.
  • Threat Detector
    Increased reload, stability, and handling when enemies are in close proximity.

Right column perks

  • Headseeker
    Body shots landed with this weapon increase precision damage and aim assist for a short time. Body shots landed while the perk is active refresh the time.
  • Swashbuckler
    This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
  • Unrelenting
    Rapidly defeating targets triggers health regeneration. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one kill.
  • Eye of the Storm
    This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.
  • Multikill Clip
    Reloading grants increased damage based on the number of rapid final blows made beforehand.
  • Sympathetic Arsenal
    Reloading after a final blow also reloads stowed weapons.

Masterwork options