An Elden Ring player has shared a genius trick that will gamers a huge advantage when fighting trolls. The open world of Elden Ring is filled with dangerous enemies, and like FromSoftware’s other titles, it’s possible for users to die to regular foes.
Many Elden Ring fans have shared clips and videos of how to better deal with tough enemies while exploring the world. As an example, one Elden Ring player showed how to parry almost all the enemies and bosses in the game, dealing a massive amount of damage with this attack. Gamers can also use the wide variety of tools available to them to deal with these opponents, as one user shares a genius trick that will help in taking down trolls.
A Reddit user named TheEyeOfLight has shared a short clip featuring their encounter with two trolls in Elden Ring. The player hits each troll with their torch, putting them to sleep with just a single swing of the weapon. TheEyeOfLight states that trolls in Elden Ring have almost zero resistance to the sleep status effect, so gamers can take advantage of this tactic and deal with this enemy type with relative ease.
Gamers will come across several trolls throughout their playthroughs of Elden Ring, and some of them can be seen pulling carriages with a treasure chest. Players can find different kinds of weapons inside these carriages, such as the Greatsword and Giant-Crusher colossal weapons in Elden Ring. The item used by TheEyeOfLight, called St. Trina's Torch, is from one of these chests, and it appears to be incredibly good at inflicting enemies with the sleep status effect.
Many users in the comments section make jokes about how the trolls have been pulling the cart for miles, reducing their resistance to sleep even further. One player also mentions that TheEyeOfLight did these trolls a favor, as they can finally get some rest. Another fan states that FromSoftware will make trolls resistant to sleep in the next patch, as the developer has released several updates for Elden Ring, making all kinds of balance changes and other improvements to the game.
While this tactic may prove to be highly useful, a few gamers claim that fighting trolls in Elden Ring is not that difficult. One fan also mentions that sleep is even more effective against Runebears in Elden Ring, which may help a ton of users given that this enemy can be extremely annoying to deal with.
Elden Ring is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.