Giant Mosquito

Description

These mosquitoes spawn in Blighttown. They are quite easy to dispatch with ranged attacks, although they can provide a nuisance for players engaging in melee combat. Mosquitoes can inflict Poison.

Location

Blighttown

Playthrough	HP	Souls
New Game	50	30¹
NG+	96	90
NG+6	120	113

General Information

They commonly attack in pairs
The Mosquitoes that respawn on the ground level do not respawn infinitely. Each pair that respawns will only generate 7 mosquitoes in total.

Attack Pattern

Short-ranged attack where they shoot blood at you that deals small amounts of damage and builds up Poison on hit.
Melee attack that deals larger amounts of damage and also builds up poison.

Strategy

Ranged attacks, like sorceries, arrows, bolts or Throwing Knives are highly recommended
Using the Ring of Fog or Hidden Body will allow the player to avoid or outrun most Mosquitoes easily
If using melee attacks, try using weapons that have a vertical slashing motion (e.g. Katanas' one- and two-handed weak attack, Straightswords' two-handed weak attack, Velka's Rapier's one-handed strong attack)

Footnotes 1. It is easy to obtain the overkill bonus on mosquitoes because of their low HP. They will typically drop 36 souls in NG as a result.