Sanguine Art

Shafi — Tiki Outpost

Sanguine Art is a blood-themed fighting style purchased from Shafi at Tiki Outpost, placing it among the higher-tier melee options available in the Third Sea. Like all fighting styles it scales with the Melee stat, requires no Devil Fruit, and builds mastery by landing its skills in combat. Its four moves — Vampiric Slashes, Bloodbane Drain, Scarlet Tear, and Devourer of Worlds — lean into a predatory, sustain-heavy kit that appeals to players who want aggressive close-range pressure. The drain-focused naming suggests a style built around staying in the fight rather than bursting from a distance. Sanguine Art sits alongside Godhuman as one of the stronger PvP and grinding choices in the late game, making the trip to Tiki Outpost worth the investment for players pushing high-level content.

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   The first part of the name “Sanguine Art” derives from the Latin word sanguis, meaning “blood,” and in literary and heraldic usage denotes denotes “blood-red”, reflecting the style’s aesthetic.

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   Sanguine Art is the only fighting style to have a life-stealing move. ([Z] move - Bloodbane Drain)

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   Likewise, the bats can damage large objects (Such as Sea Beasts), but it does not restore the user's health or grab. In simple words, the life leech ability simply doesn't work on them.

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   Additionally, this move features aim assist that enables the user to grab enemies within the attack path directly ahead, provided they are at a close enough distance. This effectively extends the range for grabbing enemies to approximately 1.6 times farther along the straight line in front of the move.

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   The [C] move is a multi-target AoE move, meaning it can grab multiple targets at the same time if directly used.

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   Even if it misses, it can still track multiple enemies.

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   Sanguine Art and Water Kung Fu possess the fastest M1 attack speed among all fighting styles.

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   Sanguine Art has the highest [C] move damage of any fighting style in the game.

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   The player is not required to have mastery on any other fighting style to learn Sanguine Art. It is possible to learn even if the user is still using Combat.

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    Haunted Crew Member, Red Commander, and Ghost's move [V] Ghost Busters NPCs (Ghost NPCs only when the user has Sanguine Art equipped) are the only NPCs/enemies in the game that uses this fighting style.