Quote Originally Posted by kukurumei View Post
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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.