Upgrade it fully and try it out. I typically do really well with it unless the other team is all using thorns and tlw. Even then i can hold my own. Personally i think its a tank and my favorite pulse rifle for PVP, even better than red death. Red death has a quicker ttk, but it fires too slow for my liking. I think it will personally come down to your own preferences, but for me, after a few games of getting used to it, i started wrecking.