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Torrent the Spirit Steed is a mount in Elden Ring. He will be your constant companion, used for travel, exploration, and combat.
Torrent cannot be ridden within dungeons, nor can he be called upon during PvP or Co-op.
Unlock Torrent in Elden Ring
To unlock Torrent in Elden Ring, speak to Melina at the Gatefront Ruins Site of Grace. Agree to have her act as your maiden, and she will give you the Spectral Steed Whistle which you can use to summon Torrent. Put the whistle in your quick items or your pouch for easy access, since you'll be using it frequently!
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| Mount | Use Spectral Steed Whistle | ||
| Dismount | Use Spectral Steed Whistle | ||
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Torrent, Spirit Steed in Elden Ring
Maneuvering on Torrent
Torrent can run faster and jump further than you can on foot, and learning to ride him effectively will make your time in the Lands Between much easier.
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| Jump | ✖ | A | F |
| Double Jump | Jump → Jump | ||
| Dash | ⭘ | B | Space |
Torrent's normal walking speed is about as fast as your running speed on foot, and repeatedly dashing will double your speed again. Although Torrent's dash doesn't provide any invulnerability frames, it's fast enough to outpace almost any enemy, especially if they're winding up an attack.
Torrent's jumps go further than yours, but his most potent power is the ability to double-jump. This allows you to reach areas that would otherwise be totally inaccessible and even jump over some attacks. You can also change direction as you double-jump, which makes it the quickest way to turn Torrent around while running as well.
Mounted Attacks
Attacks on horseback differ from those on foot. You can only hold one weapon at once, although you can switch between your right- and left-hand weapon. You can't two-hand a weapon either, so avoid using weapons whose Strength requirements you can only meet while two-handing.
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| Swap Weapon | △ + (R1, R2, L1, or L2) | Y + (RB, RT, LB, or LT) | E + (Left or Right Click) |
| Left Light Attack | L1 | LB | Right Click |
| Right Light Attack | R1 | RB | Left Click |
| Left Drag Attack | L2 | LT | Shift + Right Click |
| Right Drag Attack | R2 | RT | Shift + Left Click |
| Cast (with Staff or Seal) | L1 | LB | Right Click |
Each attack has a left- and right-side counterpart, which determines which side of Torrent you swing your weapon on. The light attacks are simple swings of your weapon, while the drag attacks can be held to drag your weapon along the ground, releasing it with a powerful swing. Although the timing is tricky, this is an excellent way to approach an enemy. Larger weapons' drag attacks can even launch foes into the air!
If you're wielding a Sacred Seal or a Glintstone Staff, you'll cast a spell instead of doing your right light attack. If you're wielding a Light Bow, Bow, or Crossbow, you'll use the normal control scheme for that weapon instead, with the exception that you still can't use its Skill. Shields, Greatbows, and Ballistas are ineffective on horseback, and act as melee weapons instead.
How do you make a Horse Elden Ring Faster?
There currently is no stead way to increase the speed of Torrent or other mounts and horses. In Elden Ring players can only sprint on foot. The only other option while mounted is to dash. Although there are some speed running players that claim that mashing your run button while mounted will actually result in a faster run. This will still burn through your stamina quickly if you are engaged in combat.
Mounted Combat
You can do battle while riding Torrent, and in many cases this may be easier than fighting on foot. Torrent's speed makes it easy to outmaneuver most foes or quickly back off to safely heal or attack at range. He also has a hefty health bar of his own, and incoming attacks that are lower to the ground may hit him and leave you unscathed.
There are some situations in which mounted combat isn't the best option, though. In enclosed spaces, Torrent's speed can be more of a hindrance than a benefit, especially given how long it takes him to turn around. Torrent also has a Stance bar of his own that repeated attacks can quickly fill, causing you to fall off. If this happens, it'll take a long time for you to get back on your feet, and you'll be vulnerable to attacks until then. Enemies wielding Torchpoles are particularly problematic on horseback, since each attack connects multiple times from a relatively long distance.
If Torrent takes damage (or if you just want to give your good boy a treat), he can be healed with Rowa Raisins, Sweet Raisins, Frozen Raisins, and the Flask of Crimson Tears. If Torrent dies, you will fall off and be stunned for multiple seconds. You can still summon Torrent even after he dies, but doing so costs a charge from the Flask of Crimson Tears and requires navigating a confirmation dialog. (If Torrent was merely stance-broken, he can be resummoned at no cost.)
Mounted Tactics
- Against larger enemies with slower attacks: Ride in, get in a few hits, and dash back out before you take damage. Because mounted attacks have a short delay, it's a good idea to start attacking as you approach the enemy. After the attack lands, continue past the enemy, using a dash or two if necessary to avoid an attack. Once you're clear, turn around, wait for your stamina to recover, and repeat. Getting distance is essential, since you can neither dodge nor guard on horseback.
- Against hordes of weaker enemies: Stay outside the group and use your Drag Attack to hit multiple enemies at a time. If you get caught in the middle, you'll quickly be knocked off.
- Against ranged enemies: Lock on and spiral in towards them so you can get closer while dodging their projectiles.
- Against enemies with faster attacks: Get in close as safely as you can and hit them repeatedly to keep them staggered. If you can't kill them with a single stamina bar, make sure to save some to ride away to safety.
Spiritspring Jumping
During your journeys through the Lands Between you'll come across large, twister-like columns that are constantly spinning in place. These are Spiritsprings. You can jump into a Spiritspring while on horseback to ride its current high into the air and land safely nearby. Even if you jump down from a great height, landing near a Spiritspring will ensure you take no fall damage. They're often found near high cliffs and make it easy to pass between areas that differ greatly in altitude.
Spirit Steed Notes & Tips
- When using a crossbow while galloping on horseback, the player can fire their crossbow while in mid-air without unloading the crossbow as firing it normally would, allowing the player to fire their crossbow a second time immediately upon landing, without needing to reload (the Pulley Crossbow is excluded). This behavior is similar to the rapid follow-up shot the a player can achieve with a shortbow after jumping and firing it, albeit with stricter requirements.
AnonymousAlso Imagine if you could summon Torrent for the Elden Beast fight. Its seems so perfect: The huge Arena, the Boss always pissing off, Elden Stars.
This would also end the game on a high note. Torrent doesnt really get summoned after the Firegiant. ER pretty much plays like a Souls Game the last few hours. (which is totally fine dont get me wrong)
FROM could even make it bittersweet by making Melina say a line to encourage Torrent to ride with you one last time. Just let Elden Beast automatically cast Elden Stars at 75% Health or something.
Sorry for halucinating for a bit there, this game is already a 11/10, was just wondering what the community thinks about this
Screw the fast travel system.
I just want to slowly horsewalk to my destination and enjoy the view.
By the way is there a mod that replaces his texture with ludwig?
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Just so you know you can 2-hand on Torrent, you just have to do it before getting on him. It *looks* like one hand, but menu numbers and the little red X confirm that it is two-handed.
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Torrent should have upgrades for his 0 poise and 0 defence.
Also dexterity does not increase your poise on him, so that should be fixed.
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I haven't seen anybody talk about it, and it's not listed here, but thrusting swords and heavy thrusting swords are the only weapons to have unique follow ups for the heavy attacks while on horseback!
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Is it true that if you over feed Torrent he slows down and can no longer jump?
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It seems torrent doesn't heal when resting at sites of grace, but it's inmune to status effects, inmune to damage between appearing and disappearing, etc. I believe it has something to do with that spirit cult in siofra, the mausoleum compound, the consecrated snowfield's frozen trees, etc... i think those trees are an offspring of the crucible, different from the erdtree. It's worshippers are more leaned towards magic in a spiritual way, from wich torrent draws for it's summoning, double jumps and jumpsprings. I believe this is why torrent has horns, as they show a connection to the crucible.
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FYI you can to hand while on torrent you just have to do it before you get on him. The developers were having difficulty and bringing animations to all two handed weapons so I heard they just scrapped it and Valhalla likely held in rain was going through something similar and instead of scrapping it they just sacrificed a little visual quality with keeping the numbers minus the animations. I'm not sure if you can switch between weapons while you have one of them two-handed I'm not sure if it converts it back to one handed as you cycle through but know that if you have low level character that you're not putting in strength points and you need that two-handed buff you can use it on horseback
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Y'know, I do wonder why Torrent has horns. Because he is just a horse; in-game he's just referred to as a horse, even in dialogue, and he looks and moves exactly like a horse... but also he has horns. And no other horses in the game have horns afaik, so it's not like horns are a normal horse feature in this universe that don't bear mentioning. The devs could definitely have handwaved this--oh, he has horns because he's not technically a horse, he's a "spirit steed", something like that, but no. Torrent is just a horse. Who has horns. Why's he got horns? Eh.
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It would be cool to give torrent some customization in this up coming dlc. Different saddles, Different hair colors, a button designated for you to say “you’re alright girl” in Arthur Morgan’s Voice, horse armor but it’s just armor you wear to look like torrent, some saddle bags. I dunno just thinkin.
Torrent is your best friend.
He doesnt care if you take the frenzied flame, if you (accidentally of course) jump off cliffs with him or test fall damage. He just wants to be your friend
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Goofy goat horse , should have given us the option for customization, wanted one of those nights cavalry horses
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Torrent seems to be connected to the Ancestor Spirits. They're both called "spirits", and they both have that cyan colour (as seen when you summon Torrent).
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I just wanna know why Torrent's health doesn't always fully heal when I rest at a grace
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It's amazing how many people hate Torrent. He's game breaking good if you have any skill at riding him, being slightly faster than the boss for a change puts the bosses at an awful disvantage, as the big thing making the fights difficult in souls games is that the enemy always controlled ranging.
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typo in "Stay"
"Against hordes of weaker enemies: 'Atay' outside the group"
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Clearly not a goat. His breed registry says "Welsh Pony / Danzig cross." Check the info tab in your inventory.
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This thing was just put here as a piracy reference, much funny, but I'd prefer a giant rat to ride
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you can obtain torrent at any grace doesnt have to be gatefront.
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Wouldn’t it be cool if the dlc added horse armour that increase your horses defense or like a special type of seed you can feed to him to increase his hp. Or even like add a headbutt move when both your hands are not equipped with weapons, I think that’s be a cool feature.
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Status effects from poisonus swamps? Scarlet rot buildup? Torrent ignores all of it.
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She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro
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I hate that dismount and crouch are the same. SO many times, when there's a fight, i grip the controller tighter and then dismount and get killed. Isn't really anywhere else I can switch it without ruining what I swapped with, the only option is to disable it.
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Does anyone know for sure if your equip load has an effect on torrent? I'm pretty sure it does but I have no idea how to test that. I noticed very early that if I had fat rolls Torrent wasn't jumping as high and a bit more sluggish generally but earlier on I had the light equip load and it did seem faster than usual, especially the speed boost.
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I wish i could give him horse armor, with different functions and aesthetics, mosttly because i want him to match me but also equip him for the area like magma resistance if i need him to run through a whole lotta lava
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I love that you can change from left to right hand weapons while you're riding Torrent. OH WAIT. YOU CAN'T.
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wish you could get armor for torrent from like the different horse mounted knights in the game.
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The most useless animal companion of any game I've played. Why he doesn't level with you is baffling. Anything one shots him and the long animation to get back up is just the icing on the cake. Guaranteed death.
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This good boy hauls fat Tarnished ass almost all day and every day. The least you can do is show him respect and give him a raisin. He's a good boy.
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They really shouldn't have made the sprint cost stamina, its not like rolling, which is actually useful in combat, and it's only marginally faster the walking speed, and to top it off, it's the ****ing horse running, not me, so why the **** does it drain my entire stamina pool to make my horse run from 1 spot I was fighting a dragon to the spot it flies to in a single attack animation? That's ****ing stupid, horse sucks in general, why keep giving us thousands of reasons to hate it even more?
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Small edit here with regards to two handing requirements: while you cannot two hand a weapon whilst on torrent, you CAN two hand the weapon prior to mounting torrent and keep the two handed bonus.
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me : "Torrentino, why can't you do hip checks and stomps like other horses we fought the other day?"
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can you feed the Seeds to Torrent? you know, to make it faster >_>
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an Elden Lord soon-to-be...riding a donkey.
anyway, i think its double jump purpose only to jump, well, higher and farther. but apparently it can't mitigate fall damage. i tried jumping from a high hill (that the drop would kill me), then do a second jump just about 2 meters above the ground, i was dead. does this happen to anyone?
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Something that I was a bit disappointed about was the fact that Torrent was the only mount. Imagine having like a lizard mount, an ostrich-like mount, maybe even a spider mount.
Each could have their own attributes. The lizard regens on its own during combat, the ostrich can perform a triple jump, the spider has better maneuverability, while Torrent remains faster and well rounded.
It would have also been nice to accessorize Torrent.
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When I'm in a Get Stunlocked To Death by a Butter Knife competition and my opponent is Torrent
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Easily the worst part of the entire game that this idiot can't turn any sharper than a locomotive. Cause horses obviously aren't capable of precise movements in reality............. it even seems to be some sort of goat hybrid... and everyone knows goats are totally incapable of sharp turns
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Torrent i love you, and you're a great horse, but for the love of god could you not sit completely still for a whole 5 seconds everytime something so much as gently caresses you please?
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What species is torrent, I say goat/horse my friend says ox and I've seen people compare similarities to an animal called a puku, discuss
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Whoever put a confirmation screen whenever you must use a crimson flask to revive him is an evil man
The horse balls don't shrink in the cold regions. Is this a bug?
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Some weapons are better suited to mounted combat than others. Straight Swords and other swiping motion weapons have a nice R1 because they cover a 180° fan around your sides will have an easy time hitting multiple opponents. Most piercing weapons do a poke that has just an objectively terrible small hitbox that will only hit something standing basically right next to Torrent’s 1/11 o’clock. Ironic given that spears were used in actual horse combat. Some weapons like Twinblades and Flails have a nice multi-hitting R2 that is great for groups and can knock them into a riposte on the finally swing and are good for stat proccs. Greatswords aren’t bad but colossal weapons tend to be too slow to be worthwhile since they have a long recovery and narrow hitbox. Halberds have a decent sweep which is shared with Great Spears, making them the only poking weapon with a mounted sweep. Carian Greatsword is a great pick for sorcerers since it covers almost 360° and can be repeated rather fast. It goes without saying but weapons with a really short range aren’t worth using either.
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Big fan of the 240 frame recovery animation after taking literally any hit
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I haven't seen it mentioned but you can also heal torrent by drinking a crimson flask while riding him
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It would be nice if you could have a customizable saddle and bridle. Maybe horse armor? Idk the fact that he never changes through the entire game makes him look bland. Just an idea…
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Torrent is almost as annoying to ride as that braindead horse in shadow of the colossus
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Actually, when mounting or dismounting torenterera, you are invulnerable during animación
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My only problem is that the double jump does not reset your fall distance. This goes for all the games that do this: you literally go UP, your downwards momentum is cancelled. All I mean is, I wanna escape fall damage with a well timed jump.
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I wish this boy could inherit your Poise so he doesn't get stunlocked by a torch
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Fairly confident his sprint speed is less than 2% faster than his walk speed. Literally just increases the fov to look like your going faster lol.
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I think we don't appreciate enough how comfortable mounting Torrent is. Mounting always kind of sucked in other games because they try to be too realistic and make horses get stuck on everything. Hopefully this sets a new standard for the industry.
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i know he is a spectral steed and all but i kind wish we had the ability to put some armor on him in fights needing torrent torrent gets the blunt of the damage and once he dies you need to rev him i just want some armor so he doesn't take an absurd amount of damage
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I would like to see more Torrent lore in a DLC. There seems to be some connection between him and the ancestral spirits. They have the same magical effect when they double jump
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"Do you want to use a Crimson Flask to heal Torrent?" Nah mate. I rather get ****ing rolled on by Fire Giant and get oneshot. OF ****ING COURSE I WANNA UEMY FLASK TO REVIVE TORRENT?!?!?!?!?
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As a tool, Torrent becomes a liability mid to late game in combat and the game rarely makes use of him as a character outside of one cinematic and being mentioned by Melina. Seems like they could've done more with him, maybe in the DLCs.
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Man, I would’ve loved to cosplay as the Night’s Cavalry. If only I had their steed as well.
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It is criminal that this game has no Co-op horse riding. They could even just disable combat while doing so and I would be beyond satisfied if it's some kind of worry about balance
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To be honest I only use Torrent to travel and that's about it.
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Very good addition to the game, only gripes is that he can get stunned a bit too long after getting hit.
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While fun Torrent really sucks late game, with his set HP & 0 poise, he's more of a liability to the player, we need a way to level him up & maybe even armour him
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Would be a nice touch to add certain upgrade materials to the loot of night cavalries to upgrade Torrent's hp or something like that. Would be another reason to hunt down those bosses.
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Great where he's great. Terrible where he's terrible. Fantastic for bosses like Rahdan and Dragons. Great for travel and not having to take the EXTREMELY long road around.
Terrible for precision battles as he's a bit bulky and has a large turning radius for fights that require precise movement.
I found that having previous Souls-like game experience with dodging made me less reliant on Torrent and sticking to the tried and true, roll-like-hell method even against bosses I'm pretty sure Torrent was the intended method (Calvary Knights, Tree Sentinel/draconic sentinel, Erdtree/Putrid Avatars) when compared to my gaming partner who's never played a Souls-like game and swears by Torrent at every opportunity to use him in combat. Different methods, same results, both have beat the core game.
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I fing the animation of mounting the steed to be incredibly fulfilling.
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Torrent is a revelation for the movement and traversal of the world of elden ring. He opens the game up more than any other tool in a soulsborne game, and the freedom and accessibility he grants is revelatory. While i wish he was faster and more maneuverable, he is an absolutely brilliant addition that dramatically changes the core loop of exploration
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i just wish fromsoft would work the bugs out of their game. torrent sprints off when you summon him every time. except when an enemy is preparing a one-shot kill attack. then mid-jog, you stop and let torrent spawn under you just in time to get killed. he's absolutely worthless as a speed boost option in battle. i guess the auto target program makes you stand still so it can hit you. evading is not allowed. what a disgrace.
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torrent is such a useless sack of **** late game. The garbage control of him, how much health he DOESN"T have, and how long he gets stunned for will get you killed more often than not. Why would the devs pigeon hole and incentivize you into using this janky and barely working game mechanic?
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One of the worst mounts I've ever seen in a game with mounted combat. It controls like a semi-truck towing two full trailers and all of its wheels are blown out. If any enemy so much as gives it a mean look, it will despawn, dropping you on the ground where you then have to slowly, painfully stand up. During that time, you cannot roll to end the standing animation, you just have to watch it, and at any point during it, an enemy can walk up and do a critical hit to you. You cannot armor or upgrade the horse, meaning after Limgrave, you might as well change its name from Torrent to Death Trap. The only bosses you should ever use this cow of a horse against is certain dragons and the night's cavalry. The only good things I can say about it is that it has a nice double jump and it's technically a bit faster than walking everywhere.
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There's a theory out there that Melina is the Gloam eyed queen, who is, as I understand it, something like the daughter of the Rune of Death itself. Sooo would that make Torrent something like Death's Steed? thus the devil-like horns and sharp ears, and spectral nature. Is so, that would be awesome as heck.
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It’s so annoying when I try to dismount while torrent is sprinting to do the leap forward into a jump attack, but torrent just stops and slowly dismounts, leaving me wide open to attack. It happens so randomly.
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I get a kick out of Torrent’s stature. Rather than some tall stallion, he’s built more like a pony or donkey.
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Smart move! Search Elder Ring Torrent and it will bought you here. Well play sir! Well play!
Am I the only one who wants to feed my boy some carrots and comb his mane? I know this is not Sims but cmon Torrent deserves some love!
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