All of the attacks except the sword dance can be blocked. Nito's attacks often cause toxin and can be quite damaging, but almost all of them have a very long startup time and are easily avoidable. This makes large weapons and slow spells excellent candidates for dealing damage to him quickly. Nito is a very large, very slow boss with average HP. If Fall Control is unavailable, make sure to heal once landed, preferably with Estus as the other forms might not be fast enough to avoid Nito's ranged attack.

This can be negated through use of the Fall Control sorcery. When falling into Nito's domain, some damage will be incurred. The Fenito were created to ensure the deceased within the Undead Crypt rest undisturbed.

The Great Dead One created the Milfanito to comfort those bearing death and darkness, teaching the maidens a song for them to sing. It is told that he is the creator of the Milfanito and the Fenito found in the Shrine of Amana and Undead CryptВ respectivelyВ in Dark Souls II, being referred to as the 'Great Dead One'. Even with him dead, his soul persists, as it is the manifestation of a fundamental concept. In their attempt to fill the Lordvessel with powerful souls, the Chosen Undead intrudes upon the underground cavern that housed the sarcophagus of Nito, who awakens and defends himself from his attacker. These events are considered ancient history, in a timeline between the fall of Oolacile and the Chosen Undead's arrival. This power was also sought after by occultists who wished to abscond with the power of Nito, to destroy the Gods, and perhaps the other Lords, though their plot was foiled and they died in Nito's domain. In time before the player's mention, a being known as the ' Pinwheel' stole this power of Nito, holding on to it until the Chosen Undead meets the Pinwheel. It is thought that Nito possessed the Rite of Kindling, a power sacred to ancient clerics, which allowed them to strengthen the flame of Bonfires. In return for their service to him, Nito accepts these offerings, and presents his servants with more power While Nito sees all death, and induces all death, his servants return with Eyes of Death to prove that they have done their tasks. They would use the Eyes of Death to cause hostile spirits to invade other worlds, spreading death throughout them, which allowed the multiplication of the Eyes of Death, which in turn allows death to increase exponentially. Travelers brave enough to find their way into his tomb would pay their respects and become a Gravelord Servant. Even in that state, he could administer the de ath of all life and offered much of the energy of his own soul to death itself. ДЄfter the war with the dragons, Nito descended into the Catacombs, and slumbered within the Tomb of the Giants. He, along with the other Lords,В waged war against the Dragons, and helped issue the killing blow by unleashing a miasma of death and disease upon them. His soul turned him into a living manifestation of illness and death, a mass of skeletons held together. Nito, the first of the dead, is one of the original Lords who found a Lord Soul at the dawn of the Age of Fire.

His left hand is natural, his right is equipped with a triple bone forearm, which terminates in a sharpened bone blade covered with the miasma. When dormant, Nito did not seem to wear it until after generating a glowing fume of lavender white power, likely the 'miasma of death and disease' he is known for. What was once an all concealing cloak looking like black fur or feather, apparently conjured at will, is reduced to a tattered hairlike cloak. The other skeletons merely adorn him as armor, with his entire torso covered in ribcages and skulls, and arms and legs dangling all around him. His left leg is built like those on a dog or other four legged creature, while his right leg is humanlike, giving him a sort of handicap and reducing his movement to a slow limp. The torso leans forwards as well, giving him a hunchback appearance, and his true skull is tucked into the dead matter and bones. Looking through the game's files reveals that Nito's body is that of an immensely sized human skeleton, though the ribcage is packed with bits of dead matter, and blown open as a result. Gravelord Nito can be found at the end of the Tomb of the Giants.

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