[Roy!]

Originally Posted by VadenX

Sharpmind is pretty worthless, you just need to learn what each skill looks like.

Smash - running
Counter/Windmill - standing still
Defense - walking
Range attack - walking with bow
Magic - you can see it casting

deathlydude, here's your answer

[Mikaris]

Is it weird that I like it for the extra HP? >>

[shadowfuryix]

sigh...ill explain. when it runs at you without flashing, it is normal attack hopefully you have defense/counter/windmill on. when it flashes then runs at you, it is smash. cancel your skill and hit it with a normal attack, because normal>smash. when it flashes then walks toward/around you, it is defense because defense forces you to walk. smash it. when it uses a skill and stands still, it is counter or windmill. now it the time to bolt it or shoot it full of arrows.

[Creative]

Reading purely the movements is a very beginner's way of reading skills.
Dont read the monster movements as much as the skill load up times.

Train urself by using ur own skills as reference.


For instance stand still and take turns loading up the 4 basic melee skills. Smash, Defense, Counterattack, and Windmill. U'll notice that smash has a noticeably longer load time than the other 3, u will also notice that windmill has a noticeably shorter load time than the other 3. Lastly u will see that defense and counter have the same load times, faster than smash but slower than windmill.


Do it until u get a good sense of how long the skill bubble flashes before each skill is ready. That way when ur facing a monster, all u have to do is focus on his skill bubble when it surfaces and u can get an immediate read as to what the skill is. This way will give u a much faster initial read on the situation and in turn translates to more time to react.


If u see that the monster's skill is taking a longer time to ready than usual, its smashing, if u see that its taking a much shorter time to load and the monster is standing still, its windmill. If its anything inbetween those 2 extremes its either defense or counter, in which case u then go to the movements. Slow walk = defense, stillness = counter.


Now as u progress u will learn that there are exceptions to even this rule that will trick ur judgement such as:

(read carefully and try to see what im saying)

-Some monsters will show a defense/counter skill load time, be standing still, but in actuality be doing defense and not counter.

-Some monster can show a smash load time, then run towards u and cancel it and be doing a normal attack instead.

*always be on ur toes*


Use this as ur foundation towards more accurate reads and start to develop a strategy for every monster. U should be catering to monster AI's more so than trying to just judge by their movements.

Gl and hope this helps (:

[shadowfuryix]

lol when your an archer, its much simpler. when its standing still, magnum it. when running, use ranged attack. when its walking, magnum it again. when you miss, and its COMING AT ME RIGHT NOW!!! charge windmill. this is balanced by the fact that you tend to die more :P

[ashturil]

I just realized that by the time one has mastered killing skeletons... sharp mind becomes completely trash-able. O_O

[Mikaris]

One thing about sharp mind that's useful, at least, is that it lets you see when something drops a move.

[shadowfuryix]

you only need rank f for that though and that costs 0 ap

[Axzem]

Meh. I get HP from it, and at one AP per rank, it's not really worth the Skill Reset Capsules to de-rank.

I looked it up, and I don't think the success rate actually goes up for higher ranks. You only get it for the HP, I guess, unless future n ranks will actually raise success rates. But even Korea only has it up to rank A.

[snowful]

Originally Posted by VadenX

Sharpmind is pretty worthless, you just need to learn what each skill looks like.

Smash - running
Counter/Windmill - standing still
Defense - walking
Range attack - walking with bow
Magic - you can see it casting

there is time when they walk slowly towads you with a smash or standing still with a smash waiting for you to moving near them with defence