Summary
Despite the release of the highly anticipatedShadow of the ErdtreeDLC forElden Ring, some players are shifting their focus away from the new playable content and toward a smaller patch that brought some quality-of-life (QoL) improvements to the entire game. It just so happened that this patch was released alongside the debut of the expansion, so a lot of its contents seem to have gotten mixed up. The free update for all, for instance, brought forthnew inventory settings forElden Ringfor players, allowing them to better understand which items they recently obtained.
The patch added several minor updates to the game and one of them is catching the eye of players. As seen in a post made by the user Hurtucles onReddit, who jokingly mentions “who cares about the DLC anymore?,”one of the additions is the ability to summon the spectral steed Torrent during the boss battle with the Elden Beastat the end of the base game. This has been a long-requested feature among players of the community and it seems developer FromSoftware took notice of the pleas by givingElden Ringplayers exactly what they wanted.
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Why The Torrent Summon In Elden Ring’s Last Boss Fight Is Game-Changing
Players Can Now Use Their Spectral Steed To Have Increased Mobility Against Elden Beast
With the new free patch, all players that reach the Elden Beast can now use theSpectral Steed Whistleto summon Torrent in battle. This is a superb addition to the game for a few reasons rather than a single one. The first is thatElden Beast’s boss arena is quite large, and traversing it on foot can take a lot of time– especially if the boss slowly heading toward the player. The second is that Torrent gives players increased mobility across this arena. With Torrent inElden Ring’s final battle, players can close the distance with Elden Beast.
“Players looking for an extra challenge are not obligated to use Torrent against Elden Beast.”
Likewise, it is possible to use Torrent to instead move away from the boss, giving players enough time to recover HP and FP, for instance. By using the Spectral Steed Whistle to summon Torrent,players can possibly even avoid some of the attacks utilized by Elden Beast with a lot more easewhen compared to how they would normally avoid them on foot. In essence, the possibility of using Torrent drastically changes how players can tackle the final challenge in the base game.
This is particularly good due to the fact that the Elden Beast battle occurs immediately after the fight withRadagon of the Golden Order. As such,players have to essentially beat two strong bosses back-to-backwithout the possibility of using a Site of Grace inElden Ringto recover. With Torrent, players could have an easier time surpassing the final challenge without feeling that the experience is being too punitive, for example. Of course, those who constantly seek increased challenges are encouraged to not use the Spectral Steed Whistle during the battle.
With Torrent, players can keep up with Elden Beast’s high mobility, as the creature is set to attack and quickly move away to strike from afar.
While the addition of Torrent to the Elden Beast fight may have been one of the most noteworthy aspects of the patch, several other details were added to make the gameplay experience a lot smoother. ThefreeElden Ringupdatealso includes bug fixes, the aforementioned inventory features, and a tweak to the Colosseum experience where players do not lose their consumables.
