well seeing as I've played this game for ages and know most of the strategies of getting past mobs, i was just thinking there could be some new status effects that armour/ weapon lines can be based around.

First off: Waterlogged

Status against the player: after getting waterlogged by a mob, the player will struggle to move properly, in which a player will continue sliding in the direction they were moving in, and further will bounce off walls.

Status against mobs: this is where the fun begins. if a player waterloggs an enemy, if they are normal (not fire or heavy hitters) they will slide as the players do. if they are a trojan or a lumber, waterlogging will be beneficial, making them slide after their large swing attacks and continue the damage (kind of like the tortodones drill attack, but they cant stop until they hit a wall). if they are a fire type mob, every time a fire attack is thrown, the fire will turn into an ash cloud (perhaps if a player runs into it their screen could blur). oilers could be diluted and do less damage when on fire.

Other: an entire armour line (alchs, breaker armour, vaporizers etc) could also be based around this.

Second: spiral

Status against the player: when a player is affected by the spiral status, they will perform a flip and face plant whenever they go to shield (resulting in a loss of 1/2 seconds).

status against mobs: when a mob is affected by the status, it will make them occasionally trip over, or if they are a chroma, it will make them spin every time they attack (creating an effect like the caliburs charge att) which makes it beneficial to them.