Red Death shouldn't be on the list. As for Legendaries though, I reccomend: The Messenger Spare Change.25 with stability perks Hopscotch Pilgrim http://www.destinydb.com/items/135862171-red-death http://www.destinydb.com/items/3478790848-hopscotch-pilgrim http://www.destinydb.com/items/3478790850-spare-change-25 http://www.destinydb.com/items/1768925825-the-messenger As you can see, they have more impact than Red Death, but slightly lower fire rate. The Messenger's Static perks are ridiculous having Perfect balance on an already high stability Pulse rifle just makes the weapon ridiculous. And with modifications, the other two Pulse rifles can be about on par with the Messenger. You are going to need two stability perks with Spare Change.25 Counterbalance and Braced Frame. With Hopscotch Pilgrim, the weapon has higher base stability than The Messenger, but less range. Even with Rangefinder the range really wouldn't be close, so you probably want to run counterbalance with this one as well. Smallbore or Rifled Barrel would be ideal for the weapon, preferebly Smallbore since the weapon already has a high mag size for a pulse rifle at 30. The bonuses of these two legendary pulse rifles against the Messenger is that they can have a perks other than Headseeker, which in itself is a really good perk but it gives you options for others. Overall your best bets are going to be The Messenger followed by Hopscotch Pilgrim. Although Three Little words is on par with The Messenger without the need of extra perks, plus it had the benefit of coming out in DB expansion so you don't have the burden of the perks with negatives. But it is near impossible to get now if you don't already have it. http://www.destinydb.com/items/1011266581-three-little-words