Blox Fruits Fighting Styles Guide

Overview

Fighting styles in Blox Fruits are dedicated melee movesets learned from specific in-game teachers. Rather than scaling with your Sword or Blox Fruit stats, each style levels independently through its own mastery system. You begin every new game with the default Combat style, but learning any other style permanently replaces it. Because advanced styles require mastery milestones from earlier ones, tracking your progression and understanding how Melee stat investment impacts damage and energy will help you plan your builds effectively.

How Fighting Styles Work & Progression

Fighting styles operate on a mastery-based progression system. Each style features a set of melee attacks and ability moves that improve as you accumulate mastery points through use. This mastery is completely separate from your main combat stats; instead, your Melee stat directly influences fighting-style damage output and energy regeneration. Investing in Melee makes fighting styles viable for both fast NPC grinding and mobility-heavy setups.

When you purchase your first non-default style, Combat is overwritten and cannot be reacquired. This replacement rule means early style choices are permanent. Later styles build directly on earlier mastery and progression requirements. Keeping high mastery on prerequisite styles reduces backtracking when you eventually upgrade, as advanced styles like Superhuman and Godhuman require multiple earlier styles or mastery milestones. These are long-term progression goals rather than beginner purchases.

First Sea Styles

The First Sea introduces the foundational styles that unlock later content. Each is obtained from a different teacher with separate costs or requirements.

• **Combat**: The default style available upon joining. It consists of basic close-range punches and simple ability moves with low damage and limited utility. It is only useful in the very early stages before you unlock a replacement.
• **Dark Step**: Purchased for 150,000 Beli from the Dark Step Teacher in Pirate Village. It focuses on leg-based attacks and serves as the foundation for Death Step and several advanced styles.
• **Electric**: Purchased for approximately 500,000 Beli from the Mad Scientist on Skylands Island. Its C move provides a short stun of about one to two seconds, which source material notes can be useful for controlling engagements. It scales into Electric Claw later.
• **Water Kung Fu**: Purchased for 750,000 Beli from the Kung Fu Trainer in the Underwater City. Its M1 attacks have no cooldown, allowing continuous rapid strikes. Guides frequently pair it with the Buddha fruit for efficient NPC grinding due to the fast attack speed. It is required for Sharkman Karate and advanced progression.
• **Dragon Breath**: Purchased for 1,500 Fragments from Sabi in the Kingdom of Rose. It features slower attack speed but offers decent damage and range. It acts as the prerequisite for Dragon Talon.

Advanced Styles & Mastery Chains

Second and Third Sea styles require significant investment, mastery thresholds, and specific items. They are structured as upgrades or standalone endgame options.

• **Superhuman**: Costs 3,000,000 Beli from the Martial Arts Master in Snow Mountain. Requires 300+ Mastery in Dark Step, Electric, Water Kung Fu, and Dragon Breath. It is a mandatory prerequisite for Godhuman.
• **Death Step**: Costs 2,500,000 Beli and 5,000 Fragments from Phoeyu, the Reformed in the Ice Castle. Requires 400+ Mastery in Dark Step and a Library Key to access the teacher. Source material notes it works well in combos and is useful for PvP and bounty hunting.
• **Sharkman Karate**: Costs 2,500,000 Beli and 5,000 Fragments from Daigrock, the Sharkman on Forgotten Island. Requires giving Daigrock a Water Key dropped by the Tide Keeper boss. It is also required for Godhuman.
• **Godhuman, Sanguine Art, Dragon Talon**: These Third Sea styles are consistently highlighted in guides for high damage and utility. Godhuman and Sanguine Art are noted for strong PvP performance, while Dragon Talon features large hitbox AoE skills favored for grinding. Sanguine Art is documented as the most difficult fighting style to unlock.

Performance Considerations: Grinding vs. PvP

A style that excels at grinding is not automatically the best choice for PvP. Different tasks prioritize different mechanical traits. Grinding builds typically benefit from fast attack speed, no-cooldown M1 chains, and high combo compatibility. PvP engagements rely more on hitbox size, mobility, stun capabilities, and reliable combo flow. Source material observes that styles like Water Kung Fu and Dragon Talon shine against NPCs, while Godhuman and Sanguine Art are frequently recommended for player combat.

Balance patches regularly alter performance rankings without changing unlock requirements. The strongest style for a specific build depends on the live balance patch and player execution.

Acquisition Reference

Reference points:

• Combat — Default — N/A — None
• Dark Step — 150,000 Beli — Dark Step Teacher (Pirate Village) — None
• Electric — ~500,000 Beli — Mad Scientist (Skylands Island) — None
• Water Kung Fu — 750,000 Beli — Kung Fu Trainer (Underwater City) — None
• Dragon Breath — 1,500 Fragments — Sabi (Kingdom of Rose) — None
• Superhuman — 3,000,000 Beli — Martial Arts Master (Snow Mountain) — 300+ Mastery in Dark Step, Electric, Water Kung Fu, Dragon Breath
• Death Step — 2,500,000 Beli + 5,000 Fragments — Phoeyu, the Reformed (Ice Castle) — 400+ Mastery in Dark Step, Library Key
• Sharkman Karate — 2,500,000 Beli + 5,000 Fragments — Daigrock, the Sharkman (Forgotten Island) — Water Key (Tide Keeper drop)