u4gm Strategy to Defeat Torvian Hand of the Saviour in Path of Exile 2
When you finally step into Torvian’s arena, you’ll quickly realise this fight isn’t about raw damage – it’s about knowing his patterns and staying calm under pressure. His first phase is fairly straightforward once you’ve seen it a couple of times. He leans heavily on a slow, three-hit sword combo that’s easy to spot coming. You can dodge through him or simply back off until it’s over. What catches a lot of players off guard is his wide ground slam. The moment he lifts that weapon for the slam, you need to be moving – the consecrated ground left behind will chew through your health faster than you think, and it’s not somewhere you want to stand. He’ll also toss out slow holy orbs that tail you across the room. You can’t smash them, so the safest play is to drag them to a corner and keep Torvian away from that side. It’s a constant bit of positioning, a little like juggling, but with a boss who doesn’t forgive mistakes. For those farming PoE 2 Currency, learning these rhythms can save you a lot of wasted runs.
Keep chipping away until he’s down to half health, and that’s when things start getting messy. Torvian’s swings get faster, heavier, and harder to read. That glowing ground he drops now slows you too, which means stepping into it is basically signing your own death certificate. You’ll barely have time to clear it before he’s on you again, so your movement skills become non-negotiable. His new trump card is a divine beam attack – you’ll see a thin strip of light appear on the floor a moment before it fires. That’s your cue to dash or teleport instantly. Hesitation here usually means you’ll be picking yourself up from the checkpoint.
On top of all that, he starts summoning angelic adds. These guys aren’t tough individually, but if you ignore them for long, they pile up and start doing two dangerous things – swarming you and healing Torvian. You’ll want to burn them down as soon as they spawn. Clearing them quickly stops the fight from snowballing out of control and gives you breathing room to put damage into him when the window opens. It’s a fight where losing control of the arena means losing the fight entirely.
The trick to beating him lies in balancing all these threats. Dodge the swords, don’t linger in the glowing ground, lead the holy orbs away from your main path, and react instantly to the beam. Clear adds before they become a problem and only commit to attacking Torvian when you’re sure it’s safe. The whole fight feels more like a survival test than a straight-up damage race. Stay patient, keep your positioning smart, and in time you’ll land that final blow – and maybe walk out a little richer with an exalted orb in your stash.
