Here, I recorded how I got him off. I probably got lucky in his positioning, but if it helps, it helps.
Hit and run with your light attack. Keep backing up, hit them then press circle a shitload while running away. Repeat till they die. Eventually you'll figure out the timings of various attacks, and then you'll start killing shit with ease. I would say, if this is your first "Souls" game ever, that you do not pick the waste of skin as your starting character. You start out with a lot lower physical resistance due to simply being underleveled, which means shit will almost one shot you a lot of the time. What I did with that group was walk up to gun range, hit one, then run like hell back up the stairs. If you are approaching from the alley and not the stairwells, you are going to get mobbed by the assholes, so try to put them on a stairwell where you can keep them focused and hit as many as possible.
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