What am I missing with this tiger!?

[BossLackey]

Just started the demo. Mobs are hyper easy. Then this tiger feels INCREDIBLY hard, yet no one is talking about it. I'm a bit confused here and feel like I'm missing something obvious...

EDIT: Nevermind. Of course I beat him the second I post this. Just needed to adjust my parry timing then I just parried all his attacks. It almost feels like there is some input delay. Feels like I have to hit it before I get hit, whereas Nioh is AS you get hit. Weird.

[Chickensalad]

He has a high morale level, so either come back later or get ready for a tough fight. You can start things off with a sneak attack to get a little advantage but then after that you just gotta get good.

[Archbishop Desmond Calorie]

Basically what Chicken Habibi said.

Sneak attack will remove about 50% of its health, but after its parrying (or dodging) time. And yea, try to get your moral level up.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

I actually approached it from behind and sneak attacked him. Took half his hp and then killed him.

[Balm]

you can kill him almost instantly with the jade spirit attack

[Narnach]

Its high morale level made me realize what the morale level system actually means: it's a power level boost for both you and enemies.

You can ignore it and come back later, or you can grind the enemies before it, level up a few times (which unlocks the magic system) and then tackle it when you're similar morale level. Grinding enemies in the earlier part helped me get much more comfortable with the combat system, magic and backstabbing enemies.

[FreshRevenge]

I actually kill the tiger with a morale of 3, while he was like 15 or so. So it can be done, Just need to learn the tiger dance