How to Balance Punishment and Status Effect Attacks

I really wanted to as often as possible to make it not too much about the numbers. So whenever I try to think of a way to punish something or a way to increase the stakes on something, I always look at other stuff. They're not just everything isn't just knocking down the HP number. It's the consequences is very flexible and I can play with different ones. And sometimes some of them a lot feel a lot worse. Sometimes certain things can feel worse than just getting hit for damage,. Like getting trapped and not being able to move for two turns is devastating. If you're a KO'd, then you don't do anything. Now you're stuck and you can still play