The target was immune. After Defiance a player has Tenacity: status effects can't land for a while. Some other skills make the caster immune too: Skills that grant immunity.
The chance was for NPCs only. A skill line like "100% chance to inflict Stun on NPC targets." counts only on NPC targets, not on players: Chance on NPC targets.
The target was a boss. Some bosses have Incapacitated Immunity. Some crowd control that lands on normal monsters doesn't land on them. Stun, Knockdown, Airborne, Grab, Frost, Sleep, Paralyze and Polymorph don't land on these bosses. A skill that needs one of these effects on its target still has a small chance to work. Incapacitated Immunity.
A skill that raises an Impact-type, Mental-type or Ailment-type Chance counts for every effect of that Type.
Status Effect Chance
Increases the chance of landing Status Effect skills by a certain rate.
Intelligence
Increases Status Effect Chance.
Some effects also have their own Chance stat, like Stun Chance. A tag like "Skill level 12" means the line needs the skill at that level. When the tag also says not on Global yet, Global can't reach that level yet. Stagger and Double Chance have their own pages.
Every effect, or a whole Type (7)
These count for each effect below, or for each effect of the Type they name.
Doesn't land on bosses with Incapacitated Immunity. The skills below raise its chance, and so do the Impact-type Chance skills under Every effect. 13 skills have a chance on NPC targets only.
Doesn't land on bosses with Incapacitated Immunity. The skills below raise its chance, and so do the Impact-type Chance skills under Every effect. 6 skills have a chance on NPC targets only.
Doesn't land on bosses with Incapacitated Immunity. The skills below raise its chance, and so do the Impact-type Chance skills under Every effect. 3 skills have a chance on NPC targets only.
Doesn't land on bosses with Incapacitated Immunity. The skills below raise its chance, and so do the Ailment-type Chance skills under Every effect. 2 skills have a chance on NPC targets only.
Reduces the target's Defense by 74% and Status Effect Resist by 42% for 10s when landing an attack on a target afflicted with Stagger or an Impact-type status.