Monks, Legacy Type Controls and Auto Attack

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I don't really understand what's being talked about here. I use Legacy controls, am I losing out on Damage or something when I strafe around enemies?

Yes, you lose some damage unless you are using the lock on mechanic to maintain auto attacks.

When you move your character isn't always facing the target. When you run left your character is technically facing left, even though you have the enemy targeted and your head is looking at the character. If you stop and do Bootshine or something, your character will automatically face the target and auto attacks will work. But if you're constantly moving this way, you won't be facing your target all the time and auto attacks will not occur.

When you lock onto the target (if you use a controller it should be L3 [left stick button] assuming PS3/4 or Xinput controller) your character will remain facing the target at all times and therefore autoattacks will continue uninterrupted. Your camera will still be moveable, but the enemy will remain in view at all times while locked on. You will also be circle strafing no matter what if you move left and right.

It can be hard to get used to, but it's worth it for boss fights since you get extra damage. You will have to get used to cancel the lock on (L3 again on a controller) in order to more effectively dodge AoE attacks as well. As said in the previous paragraph, you will be circle strafing the enemy moving left and right no matter what. Moving back will cause you to backpedal like in "standard" controls instead of turning and running as normal.