I literally MLB ' ed Varuna two weeks before the nerf was announced . I am somewhat annoyed , but not too greatly for two reasons I only have three MLB Fimbul so double Varuna wasn ' t really viable for me since you will need 45 plus a couple of 20 % primal weapons to make that work . In any case , MLB Varuna with three Fenrir axe still provide 46 % base DA which is pretty decent and unlike other elements , water gets two Celestial weapons that are actually good so almost all the pieces are there for Varuna to be viable in the long term . Others have mentioned that this change is partly to pave the way for ATKStamina weapons to be introduced later and I have to agree . The hard nerf notwithstanding , Fimbul ' s intended role was to be something like Cerberus Order something you ' d want to have a couple to optimise a grid , not to make it half of a grid .