—📅 Update #5

Water Kung Fu

Fighting Style · Blox Fruits

How to Obtain

Water Kung-fu Teacher — Underwater City

Costs & Requirements

🧑‍🏫 NPCWater Kung-fu Teacher

📍 LocationUnderwater City

💵 Beli Cost750,000

🌊 Seas1/2/3

Description

Water Kung Fu is a Melee fighting style unlocked by visiting the Water Kung-fu Teacher in the Underwater City, a mid-game hub reached during the Second Sea. Like all fighting styles, it scales with your Melee stat and does not require a Devil Fruit — you equip it alongside any build and gain mastery by landing its four skills. The style's moveset centers on fluid, water-infused strikes: Aqua Flurry delivers rapid close-range hits, Steam-Charged Fist channels pressurized energy into a concentrated blow, Deadly Shower rains down a barrage of water attacks, and Heavy Water Punch lands a weighty finishing strike. Together they give the style a mix of sustained pressure and burst potential. Water Kung Fu is a solid stepping stone in the mid-game before players transition to higher-tier options like Godhuman or Sanguine Art, which dominate competitive PvP and endgame grinding.

Moves & Abilities

4 moves

Aqua Flurry

The user punches repeatedly with their water infused hands. There is no lag after the fourth M1, so this can be used infinitely without pause.

Steam-Charged Fist

✨ Mastery 70

The user fires a blue ring that releases steam, inflicting knockback.

Deadly Shower

✨ Mastery 130

The user shoots many fast projectiles out of their hands; this move deals decent damage. (Requires aim to be used effectively.)

Heavy Water Punch

✨ Mastery 250

The user charges water and lunges a powerful punch in the direction of the cursor, dealing high knockback. Can be used for movement.

Trivia

1
Water Kung Fu is the most expensive fighting style in the First Sea.
2
Additionally, it has the same price as Instinct and Soul Cane.
3
The unreworked version of [X] Deadly Shower is used by Sea Beasts but much larger.
4
The [X] Deadly Shower has almost the range of the ground of sea castle to the top of sea castle.
5
Water Kung Fu was reworked once again. (mostly visuals)
6
Water Kung Fu was reworked.
7
Water Kung Fu was released.

Best Combos & Pairs Well With

Pressure-based zoning style — best for kiting raid bosses.

Best Fruits to Pair With

Best Weapons

1
saber
Saber Z dash closes gaps Water Kung Fu opens.

Best Races

1
fishman
Fishman water buff stacks with Water Kung Fu — +25% damage.

Other Fighting Styles

Water Kung Fu — In-Depth Analysis

## What Is Water Kung Fu?

Water Kung Fu is a First Sea fighting style with longevity — available across all three seas and purchased from the Water Kung-fu Teacher at Underwater City for 750,000 Beli. Introduced in Update 5, it's the first water-elemental style players encounter, built around fluid, flowing strikes that carry actual water-type damage properties. It also serves as the mandatory prerequisite for Sharkman Karate, one of the game's top-tier PvP styles, giving it long-term significance beyond its own combat ceiling.

## Role and Progression Value

Water Kung Fu sits above Electric in purchase price but brings genuine elemental identity — the water damage type provides utility against specific enemy types across all seas. For players who know they want to reach Sharkman Karate, every mastery level on Water Kung Fu is direct progress toward that goal. It's a reasonable main style through late First Sea and even early Second Sea content, competitive enough to carry you without feeling like dead weight.

- Strengths: Water elemental damage; available across all seas; clear upgrade path to Sharkman Karate; no fragment cost - Weaknesses: Beli cost is moderate (750,000); outclassed by Second Sea premium styles; not a top PvP pick in its own right

Tip: Since Water Kung Fu is the prerequisite for Sharkman Karate (which itself requires 400 mastery), commit to maxing Water Kung Fu mastery as you travel through the Second Sea — the earlier you hit that threshold, the sooner you can invest in Sharkman Karate's 5,000 fragment unlock.

How to Get Water Kung Fu