Sharkman Karate

Water Kung FuSharkman Karate

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Sharkman Karate
Type	Fighting Style
Source	Daigrock, the Sharkman
Release Date	March 20, 2021
Requirement
Mastery	Water Kung Fu Mas. 400+
Item	Water Key
Price
Money	2,500,000
Fragments	5,000

Sharkman Karate is a fighting style obtainable in the Second Sea and Third Sea.

It serves as an upgrade to its first sea counterpart Water Kung Fu. It's considered to be a great fighting style for combos mainly because its moves are faster, easy to hit, and deal much more damage compared to Water Kung Fu. It's also considered by many as one of best fighting styles for grinding, mainly because the M1s are very fast and do not cause the player to dash.

Obtainment

Sharkman Karate can be bought from Daigrock, the Sharkman at Forgotten Island after giving him a Water Key, which can be obtained after defeating Tide Keeper, and having Water Kung Fu at 400 mastery or more, 2,500,000 and 5,000. The player can also equip Sharkman Karate in the Third Sea, from Daigrock, the Sharkman near the portals in Castle on the Sea.

Mastery

• 400+ Mastery: Sharkman Karate is one of the requirements to obtain Godhuman in Third Sea.

Moveset

• Moveset
• Stats

Twelve Water Palms 100 Mastery + -
	The player rapidly dashes forward towards their cursor while striking the air with 12 water palms, pushing opponents along.
Twelve Water Palms
100 Mastery
The player rapidly dashes forward towards their cursor while striking the air with 12 water palms, pushing opponents along.
Pressure Vortex 200 Mastery + -
	The player fires a vortex of water, which deals damage as it grazes on enemies, and drags them upon direct contact, dealing additional damage. Breaks Instinct.
Pressure Vortex
200 Mastery
The player fires a vortex of water, which deals damage as it grazes on enemies, and drags them upon direct contact, dealing additional damage. Breaks Instinct.
Great Sea Spear 300 Mastery + -
	The player shoots out a vortex of water, pulling the enemy toward the user. Then, the user fires a beam of water towards the enemy, knocking them back heavily, similar to the Awakened Quake [Z] and T-Rex [X].
Great Sea Spear
300 Mastery
The player shoots out a vortex of water, pulling the enemy toward the user. Then, the user fires a beam of water towards the enemy, knocking them back heavily, similar to the Awakened Quake [Z] and T-Rex [X].

Tested on NPCs, results might not be accurate.
2550 Melee Stats, Mas. 600, No accessories, Full Body Aura

Move	Damage	Cooldown (In seconds)	Energy
Normal Attack (Tap)	2564	–	–
[Z] Twelve Water Palms	3752 - 4201	–	–
[X] Pressure Vortex	3100 - 4201	–	–
[C] Great Sea Spear	4290 - 4405	–	–

Instinct Chart

Move	Breaks Instinct	Instinct-Trickable	Notes
[Z] Twelve Water Palms	❌	✅	Cannot break Instinct in anyway.
[X] Pressure Vortex	✅	❌	Breaks Instinct no matter what.
[C] Great Sea Spear	✅	❌	Breaks Instinct no matter what.

Overview

• Pros
• Cons

Pros
General High damage. High combo potential. Moves are quick and are hard to punish. Easy to hit. Great range. Very fast M1. All moves can damage Sea Beasts. All moves are AoE. Great for grinding, especially with Buddha. One of the best if not the best for sea events due to every move being able to hit Sea Beasts and Leviathan.
[Z] Twelve Water Palms Big hitbox. Short cooldown. Great mobility. Decent knockback. Covers a great distance, almost as much as Death Step's [Z] move.
[X] Pressure Vortex Big hitbox. Good range. Decent knockback for PvP.
[C] Great Sea Spear Can grab multiple targets at once. High knockback for PvP. Quick start.

Cons
General It is hard to hit a moving opponent from far away so it may require some prediction. May be expensive in the Second Sea. Some moves have knockback, making it less viable for grinding.
[Z] Twelve Water Palms May leave the user vulnerable at longer ranges. Can sometimes "glitch out" and completely miss the target.
[X] Pressure Vortex Slow travel speed. High knockback if it hits a solid.
[C] Great Sea Spear Small range. High knockback (Can be considered both a pro and a con). Harder to aim, unlike other moves.

Trivia

• In Update 17 Part 3.5, [X] Pressure Vortex and [C] Great Sea Spear were reworked and buffed; [X] Pressure Vortex now drags the opponent further and [C] Great Sea Spear is now multi-target.
• Despite being unrelated, the Kilo Admiral and Fish Crew Member uses this fighting style's M1's as its melee.
• This fighting style is one of the only 3 fighting styles with no cooldown between M1’s, Water Kung Fu and Sanguine Art being the other ones.
• This is considerably the best way to grind for Aura levels, as all the moves are tick damage, especially [X] Pressure Vortex as it has lots of tick damage and can easily be followed by [Z] Twelve Water Palms.

Change History

Released in Update 14