Gakuran Fighting Styles: Every Style and How to Pick
Fighting styles in Gakuran determine your M1 attack animations, your special move, and your overall combat identity. You pick a style when you first set up your character — press T to activate your style's special move during a fight. If you don't like your starting style, you can reroll for 5 Robux from the Stats menu.
All Confirmed Styles
Twelve styles are confirmed in current gameplay footage and multiple community sources, including the Epic-tier Striker and the secret-tier Ali added in the August 2026 v8.009 update. Rerolling is random — you cannot choose which style you land on.
Hoop Demon S
Hoop Demon is widely considered the strongest style in the game right now. Its moveset controls space aggressively and punishes opponents who try to stay at range. If you're spending Robux on a reroll, this is the style most competitive players are hunting for. No confirmed full move list from official sources yet — community PvP footage shows consistent dominance in open-world brawls.
Muay Thai A
A kicks-and-knees style that controls the pace of a fight by pushing opponents into walls and mixing dash cancels with kick openers. Muay Thai dictates spacing better than pure punch styles, making it strong in both 1v1 and group fights. Broadly considered S or A tier depending on the matchup.
Boxing A
Fast punch chains at close range. Boxing excels at overwhelming passive defenders and guard-breaking opponents who rely on blocking. Strong in tight spaces like hallways and classrooms. Struggles against Muay Thai's kick pressure at mid range.
Boxing's confirmed perks: Untouchable gives its M2 iFrames — it cannot be damaged, only parried or dodged. Perfect Reflex reduces M2 cooldown by 1 second on a perfect block. Guard Pierce III deals 20% block chip damage.
Hakari B
A flashy, pressure-based style built around chaining light attacks into one devastating finisher. Hakari is viable in PvP but demands clean setup knowledge that most beginners skip — it's weaker in the hands of a player who hasn't learned its combo windows. B tier does not mean weak; it means the ceiling is high but the floor is lower than the other styles.
Hakari's confirmed perks: Powerful ragdolls opponents on M2. Momentum Rush — landing 4 M1s in a row grants a 7-second window where your next M2 deals 3x damage. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. See the full Hakari guide for the complete Momentum Rush combo loop and PvP tips.
Karate UNRANKED
A defensive, punish-focused style built around perfect blocking. Karate rewards patient, reactive play over aggression.
Karate's confirmed perks: Steady Nerves gives +15% posture regen for 3 seconds after a perfect block. Balanced Strike refunds 25% of your posture when your M2 lands. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. Resilience II gives a 25% chance to clash into a grapple.
Slugger C
An Uncommon/Rare-tier style built around trading damage for damage — high risk, high reward brawling that rewards players who can close a fight quickly.
Slugger's confirmed perks: Unstable boosts your own damage dealt at the cost of extra damage taken. Guard Pierce V (MAX) deals 30% block chip damage — the highest of any confirmed style. Resilience III gives a chance to clash into a grapple.
Capoeira UNRANKED
A Legendary-tier style built around mobility and ragdoll follow-ups, sharing its 1% roll bracket with Kure and Wrestling.
Capoeira's confirmed perks: Powerful ragdolls opponents on M2. Heavy Hitter I adds +5% guardbreak damage. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. Ginga shortens dash cooldown by 25%, letting you reposition faster than any other confirmed style.
Kure UNRANKED
Added in the July 11, 2026 map update (v7.400) alongside the MAPUPDATE code. It's Legendary-tier, sharing its 1% roll bracket with Capoeira and Wrestling. It's still fairly new for a settled PvP tier consensus, but early community reaction has been strongly positive on its damage output.
Kure's confirmed perks: Last Stand gives +15% total damage once you're at 25% HP or below. Takedown — M2 is a headbutt grab dealing 1.5x damage. Concussive — a landed M2 slam removes the victim's ability to parry for 2 seconds. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. Resilience I gives a chance to clash into a grapple. See the full Kure guide for the current PvP tier debate and reroll odds.
Wrestling UNRANKED
A grapple-focused heavy style built around its M2 takedown.
Wrestling's confirmed perks: Takedown Grab — M2 grabs opponents and slams them for 1.5x damage, with Hyperarmor that makes it uninterruptible unless parried or dodged. Heavy Hitter III (MAX) adds +15% guardbreak damage on M1/M2. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. Resilience V gives a 55% chance to clash into a grapple — the highest grapple chance of any confirmed style.
Basic UNRANKED
The default starting style most new players roll first. Counterstrike gives +5% damage on your next attack after a perfect block. Swift Recovery gives +15% posture regeneration rate. Guard Pierce II deals 15% block chip damage. Resilience II gives a 25% chance to clash into a grapple. Basic isn't flashy, but its perks are solid fundamentals — there's no rush to reroll away from it while you're still learning combat.
Striker UNRANKED
Added in the August 2026 v8.009 update alongside the karaoke bar and Dante's Yakiniku additions. Striker is Epic-tier (10% roll) and built entirely around unpredictable pacing — every hit in its M1 chain winds up faster than the last, accelerating from 0.35s down to 0.12s so the combo never lands on the same rhythm twice.
Striker's confirmed perks: Broken Rhythm accelerates each hit in the M1 chain from 0.35s to 0.12s. Feint makes its crit fake at 0.15s and land the real hit at 0.45s, baiting out early blocks and dodges. Guard Pierce III deals 20% block chip damage. Resilience II gives a 25% chance to clash into a grapple. See the full Striker guide for combo timing and how to punish the feint.
Ali SECRET
The rarest confirmed style in the game — Ali sits in its own secret tier above Legendary, with a roll rate of just 0.075%, and was added in an early-August 2026 update. It's a footwork-and-counter boxing style: fast M1 punches, and its M2 spawns afterimages of your character as you move, making your real position hard to read.
Ali's confirmed perks: Float Like a Butterfly gives its Shuffle dodge invincibility frames for the entire windup. Sting Like a Bee automatically fires a counter-shuffle when you dodge an attack. Counterstrike gives +5% damage on your next attack after a perfect block. Guard Pierce III deals 20% block chip damage. Resilience II gives a 25% chance to clash into a grapple. See the full Ali guide for reroll odds and the best build to pair with it.
How to Reroll Your Style
- Open the Stats menu in-game
- Find the Style option and select Reroll
- Pay 5 Robux per attempt
- The result is random — you may need multiple rolls to land on your target style
There is no way to choose a specific style directly. If you are targeting Hoop Demon specifically, budget for several rerolls.
Which Style Should You Pick?
If you are new to Gakuran, don't spend Robux on rerolling yet. Learn the core combat system — parry timing, weaving, and the slam/stomp combo — before worrying about which style you have. Style matters far less than mechanics at beginner level. Once you're comfortable with the fundamentals, Hoop Demon and Muay Thai have the highest PvP ceiling if you want to invest in a reroll.