If it is inflicted on you or an enemy, they cannot cause elemental status effects.

Thanks

Just as an example, if you have purgewater inflicted onto you, fire arrows would deal damage but you couldn’t set them on fire. Same with other enemies

Also if purge water is inflicted on enemies then they are more vulnerable to shock and freeze, according to the tutorials.

For example, tiderippers spray purge water and the are weak to freeze. I can’t freeze em if they are spraying me with purge water like a 5 year old wielding a super soaker hopped up on half a can of Mountain Dew.

Purgewater makes all elemental reliant machines useless. Sorchers? Useless. All Bellowback variants? Useless. Slaugtherspine? Useless.