Status effects on weapons are absolutely useless and I'm unable to see the reason why would anyone want them on their crafted stuff. Throughout the entire game, I've seen a status effect from a weapon being applied exactly two times (and I'm constanly running with debuffing weapons). They are useless because the chances are still affected by saving throws so e.g. if you've got a 20% chance to apply some debuff this way, then all it takes to make it absolute zero chance is mere two points in Willpower / Bodybuilding and almost every enemy has that many, especially mid- and late game. To make it work, the percentages would have to be very high and if they were, this would probably be way too overpowered.
Of course I can. I'm a Planewalker, berk. I've seen everything. I've met everything. I've done everything."
- Fendril the Missing, before entering Ilsensine's Realm.
