I am the last person who would ever brag about their skills in this game (case and point - I've died 3 times trying to make it back to the Blight Town door after respawning at the Depths bonfire -- those big things at the beginning of Blight Town hit hard!), but I killed this thing in 1 try, on my own. Maybe this should have been the tutorial boss, rather than the Asylum Demon? That thing killed me like 10 times. Against the Gaping Dragon, I Estus'd four times but probably only had to do it twice in actuality.
I mean I guess it's not like it was the last boss of the game or something, but I've had a way harder time against several different common enemies.