Sanguine Art
Sanguine Art is a dark, vampiric themed fighting style obtainable in the Third Sea. It specializes in high damage, life leech, and powerful utility, allowing users to sustain themselves while dealing heavy damage to opponents.
The fighting style is known for its easy to hit attacks, auto aim features, and excellent combo potential, making it effective in both PvP and PvE. Its life stealing abilities also provide extra survivability, allowing players to stay in combat longer than most other fighting styles.
Because of its versatility, Sanguine Art is considered one of the best all around fighting styles in the game. It performs exceptionally well in general grinding, boss fights, Sea Events, and PvP, making it a reliable choice for nearly every activity.
Its only real competition comes from other top tier fighting styles such as Godhuman and Electric Claw, as all three offer strong damage and combo potential. Even so, Sanguine Art stands out for its mix of damage, sustain, and ease of use, making it a favorite among many players.
Obtainment:
Sanguine Art can be learned from Shafi, who is located in a hidden base connected by a tunnel near the Island Boys at the Tiki Outpost.
To unlock the fighting style, players must first give 1 Leviathan Heart to Shafi. The heart is obtained by defeating the Leviathan, collecting the heart using a harpoon from the Beast Hunter ship, and successfully bringing it back to Tiki Outpost. If the player does not have a Leviathan Heart, Shafi will respond with "You lack a cold heart...".
Players must also collect the following materials:
20
20
2
After providing all of the required items, players must pay
$5,000,000 and 
5,000 to obtain Sanguine Art.
Due to its Leviathan requirement and rare materials, Sanguine Art is considered one of the most difficult fighting styles to unlock, requiring significant preparation and cooperation with other players.
Sanguine Art
Strengths & Weaknesses
A quick breakdown of where this build shines and struggles.
Strengths
One of the best fighting styles for grinding, raids, and Sea Events.
Extremely high damage and excellent sustain through life steal.
All moves break Instinct.
Strong combo potential.
All moves can damage Sea Beasts.
Fast, long-range M1s with no hit delay.
Can solo raids efficiently, especially with Angel V4 or Ghoul V4.
Excellent PvE performance while still being strong in PvP.
Bloodbane Drain [Z] provides reliable healing, good range, and low end-lag.
Scarlet Tear [X] can manipulate enemy positioning for combos.
Devourer of Worlds [C] has auto-aim and excellent pull utility, making it a great combo starter.
Weaknesses
One of the hardest and most time-consuming fighting styles to obtain.
Requires defeating Leviathan and collecting numerous rare materials.
Poor mobility compared to other endgame fighting styles.
High mastery requirements.
Some moves have shorter range than competing styles.
Doesn't synergize particularly well with Buddha.
Bloodbane Drain [Z] leaves the user vulnerable while casting.
Scarlet Tear [X] can disrupt certain combos due to knockback.
Devourer of Worlds [C] has high end-lag and can be easily avoided at long range.
Verdict
Sanguine Art is arguably the king of PvE and one of the strongest fighting styles in the entire game. Its life-steal mechanics, high damage, and long-range M1s make it exceptional for grinding, raids, and Sea Events, while still being highly effective in PvP.
Although its obtainment process is extremely difficult and its mobility is lacking, the sheer amount of utility, sustain, and damage it offers easily justifies the effort needed to unlock it.
Abilities
Dashes toward the target and drains their life force.
Functions as a gap-closing grab attack.
Summons bat-like creatures that damage the target.
Restores 20% of the user's maximum health on a successful hit.
Knocks the enemy away after the drain.
Travels farther when targeting distant enemies.
Dashes toward the target and drains their life force.
Functions as a gap-closing grab attack.
Summons bat-like creatures that damage the target.
Restores 20% of the user's maximum health on a successful hit.
Knocks the enemy away after the drain.
Travels farther when targeting distant enemies.
Launches a series of claw-shaped slashes toward the cursor.
Fires six energy claws that travel forward.
Creates a scarlet explosion when the claws hit a surface.
Deals higher damage if both the slashes and explosion connect.
Can push enemies away or bounce them back toward the user, depending on the angle used.
Fires a dark-red leech-like projectile with two possible outcomes.
On Hit:
Pulls the enemy in and attacks them with multiple energy spheres.
Temporarily disables dashes, Flash Step, and moves.
Can affect multiple nearby enemies.
On Miss:
Creates a sphere of darkness that explodes after a short delay.
Spawns a homing leech that chases nearby enemies.
Dissipates if no targets are within range.
Dashes toward the target and drains their life force.
Functions as a gap-closing grab attack.
Summons bat-like creatures that damage the target.
Restores 20% of the user's maximum health on a successful hit.
Knocks the enemy away after the drain.
Travels farther when targeting distant enemies.
Dashes toward the target and drains their life force.
Functions as a gap-closing grab attack.
Summons bat-like creatures that damage the target.
Restores 20% of the user's maximum health on a successful hit.
Knocks the enemy away after the drain.
Travels farther when targeting distant enemies.
Launches a series of claw-shaped slashes toward the cursor.
Fires six energy claws that travel forward.
Creates a scarlet explosion when the claws hit a surface.
Deals higher damage if both the slashes and explosion connect.
Can push enemies away or bounce them back toward the user, depending on the angle used.
Fires a dark-red leech-like projectile with two possible outcomes.
On Hit:
Pulls the enemy in and attacks them with multiple energy spheres.
Temporarily disables dashes, Flash Step, and moves.
Can affect multiple nearby enemies.
On Miss:
Creates a sphere of darkness that explodes after a short delay.
Spawns a homing leech that chases nearby enemies.
Dissipates if no targets are within range.
Showcase Video
Update Logs
- Major Changes
- Sanguine Art was added to the game.