Talk:Sydon/@comment-184.162.33.117-20160106222755/@comment-89.169.181.142-20160107185252

No. Physical damage has increased weight in terms of status proc calculation. At least 3-4 times higher than elemental damage. That's simply how the game currently works. Having even one single physical type of damage severely undermines status chance of weapon, even if its 30+%. Case and point - why Dual Ichor is a better status weapon than Prisma Dual Cleavers, even if they have 10% less status chance in comparison. So no, Sydon is vastly inferior to Serro as a status weapon for the sole reason that it has physical damage by default.

As far as positioning go - I would say it is below Bo Prime, which is considered by many as the current best Staff in the game. Why is it below? It has noticeably lower attack speed, which in conjuction with only Impact damage having the Primed version of the +% damage mod, makes Puncture type almost irrelevant as far as upsides go. You won't be using Puncture as your main source of damage, you will use elemental damage. And Bo Prime will apply it faster, as well as make more status procs per second. Still, Bo Prime is a top Staff weapon, and Sydon isn't that bad compared to it. Solid weapon.