Pandemonium

Oh my lord. I don't know how many people I see sitting in town bragging about how high of a level their sharp mind is. All I see is a bunch of morons who wasted a bunch of AP that doesn't come at ease later on. I will personally help you guys to learn how to read monsters so you don't waste countless AP on Sharp Mind.

So here I'll explain what they do so you know what mode they are in.

Defense
You know the monster is in defense if the monster starts walking slowly to you and around you, also has a bubble ontop of their heads.

Smash
If the monster has the pop up thing ontop of their heads and they are charging at you. Even if you don't see it at the top of their heads(like golem because they are so tall) you know they are in smash if they stand there for a second, then just charge you. It's common sense to see that they were charging the skill.

Counter
This is the most obvious, if I ever see one of you run and attack a monster just standing there you are a moron.
Counter is when they just stand there. That's it, it's pretty obvious to call out.

Windmill
Windmill is also pretty simple to call out. Not many monsters our level do it, but the bosses and field bosses all do it. You can call it out because what I found they all do a starting action. Like Dark Knight put up his sword, and Golem put up his arm. You'll also notice that they stand still like counter also, but they are pulsating(powering up) as they do a action so you know that they are going to pull something out and kapwn your ***, so run back.

Normal Attack
You know they are going to normal attack you if they are circling you without that box on top of their heads. Or if they are just running at you with nothing on their heads, or never stopped to power up or nothing.

Aggro
You know you pull aggro when they have 2 exclamation marks above their heads. If they have one then they spotted you and are waiting for a opportunity to strike.

If you get Sharp Mind past rank F, then your stupid.

End story.