Poise is one of the stats in Elden Ring.
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The degree to which you can resist collapsing under enemy attacks. - Elden Ring explanation.
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The Tarnished's Poise allows them to resist being staggered or knocked down by enemy attacks. Poise is granted through equipping armor and talismans, as well as other effects.
Non-Tarnished enemies have two separate systems of Poise. The regular Poise system, same as the one used by player's where they are interrupted if dealt more Poise damage within a short time span, and the Stance system, where they are stunned and become vulnerable to a Critical Attack (except for horse-locked enemies such as Tree Sentinels and Night's Cavalry) if dealt enough Stance damage in a short time span (the Stance "health bar" resets after between 8 and 20 seconds depending on the enemy, unless at least 1 Stance damage has been dealt to the enemy in which case the timer is reset again and the health doesn't regenerate).