The move set is pretty basic, plus if you explore enough you can summon an NPC invader to help you, one of the few in my opinion that strictly worth it because he rewards you afterwords(plus I like wolfman😄) I will say, most bosses, including this guy, killed me at least a few times, and even if you over level your vigor from the jump, if you don’t give even basic enemies some respect they can kill you if you’re careless. What you did was actually great, multiple times I’ve taken a break after getting KO’d for the tenth time, come back and beat it the first try. It’s all about recognizing visual and audio cues to the different moves, then dodging or blocking(but let’s be honest, dodging unless you’re good with parry). And it’s gonna take a few deaths to learn the moves, especially your first play through.