Turn off Step Up

[greycat]

If you're standing next to a monster, you probably want to attack it, or run away, rather than standing there like a moron. So you would typically be hitting a direction key, hoping that you will either move toward the monster (thereby attacking it), or move away from the monster (thereby burning off 1 turn of confusion and not getting hit in the meantime).

Standing still makes sense if the monster is 2 squares away, though.