Dark Souls: 10 Most Disgustingly-Programmed Boss Fights

5. Gravelord Nito

He's a giant skeleton made of loads of little skeletons. Nice. Fighting Nito was terrifying. First, you fall down into an oppressively dark room which oozes horror and malevolence, the drop itself costing you half your health, so naturally you drink an Estus. You hear a tortured scream which sends shivers down your spine, then a red spike shoots straight up out the ground and up your jacksie regardless of where you are. Again, you drink an Estus. Following that a bunch of skeletons run at you and give you a bit of a battering, prompting you to kill them, and drink another precious Estus. Finally you behold the utter malice and horror of the Gravelord himself, only to find that not only is he surrounded by a horde of other skeletons, but the ones you earlier dispatched of have come back to life. You get hit a bunch of times, run away, and drink a...well you get the idea. I'd say that's an accurate account of most people's earliest experiences of the Nito boss fight. Before you've even begun to think about dealing damage to the boss itself, you've used four, maybe five of your valuable health potions. And it doesn't get any easier from there - more red spikes, more invincible skeleton minions, and more of just generally being slapped about for Nito's sadistic amusement.