Originally posted by Breezie:

Warcheese,

The skeetos are a huge PITA. Best thing to do is be a sharpshooter to pick them off from a distance, or practice the block against them. Just because you don't full parry them doesn't mean you didn't block properly.

They also follow a pattern of attack. They'll try to circle you until the AI thinks they have a straight shot at a weak point. Exploit that.

Atgier is best really. You should always have it equipped because skeeters usually surprise you from out of nowhere. With the Atgier equipped, hit middle mouse button as soon as it hits you, end of skeeter. Atgier is hardly mentioned but its secondary attack can hit multiple targets with no penalty for the additional hits. It does knockback and yest it can be used to block also. The block was buffed on it in a update. Fulings can surprise you too. With a bow or sword and shield you can not instant retaliate like a Atgier allows.

I always have Atgier equipped and then switch to bow if I see something before it spots me. Mosquitoes are a very small target and difficult to see at range anyway. Only time I got in any trouble with a skeeter is when I was walking around with a bow. Cause it got 2 hits in before I could equip my atgier.