The Monk Temple

[kukurumei]

So from what I am seeing I don't have to run all the way to the monsters side just shift my position a little bit. Damn wish I had known that sooner would have shaved a few seconds off my combos

Yes, and no. It may look like that but do not follow it.

the back is actually not perpendicular, just like the sides are not parallel.

There is about a 20 degree left/right that is considered rear, and after that a flank, so rather then thinking as square, think of it like a rather "X"

----rear---
flankXflank
---front---
So in practice, you want to be as centered as possible. armchairing aside, under server lag and battle frenzy, you're just going to screw up, trying to make the "minimum".

Trying to "pro" it will only screw you up, and nothing worse then a missed crit on boot.

So just keep doing what you're doing, it's saves a lot of hassle in the end, but you could try to do it if there's a whole bunch of nasties around (like Darkhold boss)

[Cynric]

Snip

Kuku is right. it's more like an X, but in soloing it's much easier to run through a monster to the side and tap your button and run back through than it is to lock on and spin around hoping you get the hit. If you do wish to lock on the best you can get are rear attacks which only require you to jump over the enemy and hit the button on pass over.

Also yes you didn't have to move all the way to the side.