Both Phlogiston Rod and Phlogiston Cane were mentioned in the back and forth, so I was just clarifying. Phlogiston Cane vs Lifestealer's Cudgel was the correct comparison. The chromatic damage is significant if your target is susceptible to it. I asked Ngreth about the missing chromatic damage, and he said he'd look into it. I also asked him about the lack of proc mirroring between some of them, and he said those were intentional.
High quality shitpost I feel like if they added the chromatic damage, they'd almost certainly lower the physical ratio to compensate.
Am I the only bard that realizes our melee dps is so bad that minutia between weapons really doesn't matter lol. Bellow and shout is where its at lol.