PvP

For all possible perks, check out Cold Denial over on light.gg

Cold Denial is a 340 RPM “High-Impact Frame” Kinetic Pulse Rifle introduced in Season 11. See how it compares to the existing High-Impacts. The major difference might seem like a minor one, but check out the Zoom:14 compared to the others with Zoom:18. The lower zoom means you’ve got a wider FOV while zoomed in, and that small(er) thumbstick movements don’t kick your reticle as much. It makes way more of a difference than it might seem like on paper.

Everyone is covering this Pulse Rifle because it’s absolutely amazing. Check out Drewksy, Mtashed, and Aztecross and I’m sure you’ll see more coverage in the coming weeks as more folks get their hands on various rolls.

The headline perk here is Killing Wind. The decent Stability and low Zoom factor downplay the need for the only other alternative: Zen Moment. Check out CoolGuy’s review of Killing Wind Here’s are the benefits as he describes them:

  • Killing Wind has a five second duration. Additional kills refresh the duration.
  • It adds roughly five tiers of Mobility with the attendant benefits (strafe speed, etc.).

  • It adds roughly a 4m increase in damage falloff.

  • The Range boost it provides “is like a sustained version of Opening Shot”.

  • Handling increase is on par with Snapshot and vastly improved stow speed.

The last column is interesting. A handful of perks elevate the roll but in my opinion, none are essential. Headseeker might seem strange but with the High-Impact buff in S11, it means a 4H2B kill instead of 5H2B on 6 resilience or less. Think about it as making your initial engagement more forgiving whereas Multikill Clip and Swashbuckler make your follow-on engagements more forgiving.

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔🏔🌟 Collector’s Edition - 0.2% chance: You have to see Cold Denial with 100 Recoil and bumped up Stability to believe it. It will require that you use a Counterbalance mod, which is par for the course on Scattershot weapons (Autos, SMGs, etc.). It’s completely vertical and barely moves during the burst. This roll even without the Stability MW, felt broken when I used it; really nuts.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Masterwork) - 0.7% chance: The core of this roll is so amazing that it honestly doesn’t matter nearly as much what the Masterwork is.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Perks) - 0.2% chance: As I stated in the intro - the perks in this column are just icing.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Perks and Masterworks) - 0.9% chance: Same as the above with relaxed masterworks.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Magazines) - 0.3% chance: We’ll take a little less Stability; that’s still amazing.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Magazines and Masterwork) - 1.4% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔🏔CE (Relaxed Magazines, Perks and Masterwork) - 1.7% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Perks and Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔CE (Fully Relaxed Magazines) - 0.7% chance: We’re going to have an absolutely phenomenal roll regardless of what we get in this column.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔CE (Fully Relaxed Magazines and Masterwork) - 3.0% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Verticality 🏔CE (Baseline) - 3.7% chance: Being fully vertical, I think you’re in a real good place.

    Barrels [ 22%]: Arrowhead Brake
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤🧤🌟 Collector’s Edition - 0.7% chance: Similar to the Verticality set, this has a practically gauranteed set of barrels to play off of, drastically increasing your chances.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤🧤CE (Relaxed Masterwork) - 2.8% chance: The core of this roll is so amazing that it honestly doesn’t matter nearly as much what the Masterwork is.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤🧤CE (Relaxed Perks) - 0.9% chance: As I stated in the intro - the perks in this column are just icing.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤🧤CE (Relaxed Perks and Masterworks) - 3.5% chance: Same as the above with relaxed masterworks.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤CE (Relaxed Magazines) - 1.3% chance: We’ll take a little less Stability; that’s still amazing.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤CE (Relaxed Magazines and Masterwork) - 5.2% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Best Grip 🧤🧤 (Relaxed Magazines, Perks and Masterwork) - 6.4% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Perks and Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 83%]: Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 46%]: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Killing Wind
Perks 2 [100%]: *
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvP) Foundational 🏠Baseline - 4.6% chance: With all this Stability, this is a phenomenal roll. Zen Moment would be your next best bet to Killing Wind in column three, but Cold Denial has so much Stability that I don’t think having Zen Moment makes or breaks it.

    Barrels [ 91%]: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
Perks 1 [100%]: *
Perks 2 [ 80%]: Headseeker, Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

    PvE

    For all possible perks, check out Cold Denial over on light.gg

There’s not much to puzzle out here. In PvE you’re going for as much Range as you can get with sustained damage upkeep. I think Unrelenting is a super interesting perk, I would just prefer to have the large damage bonuses active from damage-boosting perks.

  • (PvE) Classic Pairings 🍷🍷🍷🌟 Collector’s Edition - 1.1% chance: All Range and all damage.

    Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 78%]: High-Caliber Rounds, Ricochet Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds, Light Mag
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Feeding Frenzy
Perks 2 [ 60%]: Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW

  • (PvE) Classic Pairings 🍷🍷🍷 (Relaxed Masterwork) - 4.6% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Masterworks.

    Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [ 78%]: High-Caliber Rounds, Ricochet Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds, Light Mag
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Feeding Frenzy
Perks 2 [ 60%]: Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) Classic Pairings 🍷🍷 (Relaxed Magazines) - 5.8% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Magazines.

    Barrels [ 58%]: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Feeding Frenzy
Perks 2 [ 60%]: Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *

  • (PvE) Classic Pairings 🍷 (Relaxed Barrels) - 10.0% chance: Same as the above with relaxed Barrels.

    Barrels [100%]: *
Mags    [100%]: *
Perks 1 [ 16%]: Feeding Frenzy
Perks 2 [ 60%]: Multikill Clip, Swashbuckler
MWorks  [100%]: *