The Duviri Paradox: The Kullervo Fight has been Nerfed

It has been only a few days since the Seven Crimes of Kullervo update has been added to The Duviri Paradox expansion in Warframe. But as with every update, there are going to come a lot of changes and fixes over time. One such change is that the highlight activity for this new update has received some nerfs. These changes were added just yesterday, and here is what has changed with the Kullervo fight.

Adjustments for the Kullervo Fight in The Duviri Paradox

Senior Community Manager Danielle relayed the following changes on the official Warframe forums:

The difficulty of the Kullervo fight has been adjusted to be more manageable for the Drifter Melee combatants. This was done in two ways: by adjusting some of his mechanics, and tweaking the amount of damage he receives from certain sources. 

Changes to Kullervo’s mechanics:

• Decreased the frequency of ability casts and increased telegraph times slightly for several abilities so that they are easier to avoid. 
• Increased the duration of the window of opportunity after ability casts in Phase 3.
• Reduced the frequency of unparryable heavy attacks.
• Increased the usage of melee attacks, but reduced the attack speed slightly to encourage more melee engagement.
• Decreased melee attack damage slightly, and normalized some melee attack damage values. 
• Slightly decreased Kullervo’s health. 

Changes to Kullervo’s damage receival: 

In changing his mechanics, we have also made these alterations to how he receives damage, to encourage player melee engagement overall.

• Significantly increased damage taken from parry finishers. 
• Reduced the damage taken from Rifles and Shotguns (Transference Surge).

The Kullervo fight is one that has even given me some trouble when combating him. So much so that I was defaulting to using warframes throughout the fight to deal enough damage to him. While these changes are made to ensure newer players can handle him, these changes should alleviate frustration for veteran players in Duviri. If you would like to read the full hotfix details, you can do so here.

If you are still having trouble with this fight. You can visit our guide here for some tips on taking Kullervo down.