400 Mastery📅 Update #14

Sharkman Karate

Fighting Style · Blox Fruits

How to Obtain

Sharkman Teacher — Forgotten Island

Costs & Requirements

🧑‍🏫 NPCSharkman Teacher

📍 LocationForgotten Island / Castle on the Sea

🔑 Item RequiredWater Key

💵 Beli Cost2,500,000

💎 Fragments5,000

🌊 Seas2/3

Description

Sharkman Karate is a water-infused fighting style unlocked by training with the Sharkman Teacher on Forgotten Island. Unlike Devil Fruit abilities, this martial art builds purely on the Melee stat — you earn mastery by landing its skills repeatedly in combat. The oceanic setting fits the style's identity: every technique channels the raw force of the sea. Its moveset includes Water Combo, Twelve Water Palms, Pressure Vortex, and Great Sea Spear, a toolkit that mixes rapid strikes with heavy, impactful attacks. Equipping and grinding Sharkman Karate takes genuine field time on Forgotten Island, making it a deliberate progression step rather than an instant pickup. While top-tier styles like Godhuman and Sanguine Art dominate endgame PvP, Sharkman Karate offers a satisfying mid-game melee option for players who enjoy martial arts combat and want a style with clear oceanic flavor.

Moves & Abilities

4 moves

Water Combo

The user performs a hook punch followed up by a spinning hook kick before executing a slide forward and a ground slam with their fists.

Twelve Water Palms

✨ Mastery 100

The user summons six water bodies and rushes forward. If hit, the enemy will be caught in an onslaught of palm strikes by all six figures and the user. * If upgraded, the user will condense the water figures into a shark, shooting it out onto an enemy, carrying them after the rush.

Pressure Vortex

✨ Mastery 200

The player fires a shark made of water, which on hitting an enemy, traps the enemy in a water bubble for about 1 second, before exploding. * If upgraded, the user will be able to control the position of the bubble, and the bubble will last longer. The unheld version is similar to Sand , while the upgraded version is similar to old Barrier .

Great Sea Spear

✨ Mastery 300

The player launches a vortex of water and draws it towards their body. If hit, the vortex pulls in the enemy, followed up by a barrage of aquatic strikes and a finishing double-palm strike. * If upgraded, the move also grants a temporary shield, which provides a 35% defense buff. It is quite similar to the shark race's Water Body.

Trivia

1
Both Kilo Admiral and Fish Crew Member uses Sharkman Karate Old's M1's as its melee.
2
Sharkman Karate is considerably the best way to grind for Aura levels, as almost all the moves are tick damage, especially as it has lots of tick damage.
3
Sharkman Karate is the second V2 Fighting Style to have an upgraded version, the first being Dragon Talon.
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Before Update 27.2, Sharkman Karate was obtained from Daigrock, the Sharkman.
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Despite being an upgrade to Water Kung Fu, Sharkman Karate's M1’s are not considered worth using by the community due to its dash. It is recommended to use Sharkman Karate solely for PvP, and Water Kung Fu for grinding since it’s spammable.
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Currently, the Sharkman Master's final belt in the Fish Fight battle training is excruciatingly hard to obtain, as it requires a 100% critical hit ratio, and involves luck over the Sharkman Master misses his final hit.
7
Sharkman Karate shared very similar visual effects with awakened Flame's [Z] Burning Blast, (prior to it's revamp) as it shared the same meshes and almost seemed like a recolored version.
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This also applies for old Sharkman Karate's [C] Move having similar effects to awakened Flame's , most likely due to it being a very old fighting style.
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Currently, a bug exists that when the Shark Anchor [X] Armor Breaker is used on sea beast after using [Z] Twelve Water Palms upgraded version, it can deal enormous amount of damage.
10
Sharkman Karate received a small change.

Best Combos & Pairs Well With

Underwater PVE king with strong AoE and bubble shield gimmicks.

Best Fruits to Pair With

Best Weapons

1
shark anchor
Shark Anchor flavor combo + +15% damage in water.

Best Races

1
fishman
Fishman race lets you breathe + Sharkman bubble = unkillable in sea.

Other Fighting Styles

Sharkman Karate — In-Depth Analysis

## What Is Sharkman Karate?

Sharkman Karate is a premium Second and Third Sea fighting style purchased from the Sharkman Teacher at Forgotten Island for 2,500,000 Beli and 5,000 fragments. Added in Update 14, it requires 400 mastery on Water Kung Fu, positioning it as the natural high-tier evolution of the water-based fighting style line. The Water-imbued strikes carry a distinct aquatic identity, with moves that channel pressurized water blasts alongside close-range karate combos.

## Role and Combat Identity

Sharkman Karate is recognized as one of the top-tier options for PvP in the Second Sea and remains competitive into the Third Sea. Its moves carry strong stun and knockback properties, and the style's burst window is fast enough to punish opponents who mistime their Instinct. It's explicitly named in the Blox Fruits meta as one of the premier PvP burst styles alongside Godhuman, which is high company.

- Strengths: Top-tier PvP burst; strong stuns; available across Sea 2 and Sea 3; water-elemental damage type - Weaknesses: Requires 5,000 fragments plus a large Beli cost; Water Kung Fu 400 mastery gate; can struggle against high-mobility opponents who avoid its burst windows

Tip: Sharkman Karate's water-type moves deal enhanced damage to fire-based fruits and NPCs with fire properties — keep this in mind when choosing it for boss hunting, as certain Third Sea bosses have elemental weaknesses that play directly into this style's strengths.

How to Get Sharkman Karate