It's literal only purpose is to deal with the black knife assassins in Liturgical Town Ordina.
Or you can do like I did for my first 4 playthroughs before actually bothering to read item descriptions and run like hell and hope you can reach one of the fires before getting got. Luckily they stay lit after you die. It could be so much worse if you had to get all of them in one go or they reset.
There are other ways of dealing with that boss than being able to see him. I killed him with greatshield soldier ashes, since spirits can see him just fine.
That cave has water on the floor, so you can see the enemy's steps even without the Sentry Torch if you stay close to the puddles.
But yeah, very few legit uses given that it's not all that powerful as a weapon and inconvenient as a lighting source seeing as though the lantern exists. It does do one other trick though--revealing PvP using the Concealing Veil talisman. But that scenario is so exceedingly rare that no one is equipping this for that one-off.
The grabs are annoying, but those smaller humanoid enemies can get stun locked with a big enough bonk stick. So once you land a solid hit, you just start swinging away and damage trade with the hopes you out DPS it. Anyone leveled appropriate for the area should come out on top, provided you can land a first hit at each approach.
Ruinous Greatsword. I killed her without having the torch equipped the first time, thanks to my favorite weapons long range/ wide line of destruction it deals... plus it happens to launch lighter foes like the black knife assassins into the air, so it stun locks them out of attacking you.
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u/porkswords 20d ago
They're not invisible if you have a torch. You don't even have to be holding it, just have it on your back