Ishin Fighting Styles

Fighting styles are the spine of Ishin. You pick (or roll) a kit that changes your M1 rhythm, skills 1–4, and how you want to approach hallway skirmishes in a ~60-player school battleground. This encyclopedia expands the letter grades on the Tier List Hub with roster notes, rarity callouts, and practical advice for rerolls and first fights.

Ishin currently advertises fourteen unique styles. Community memory of “twelve styles” is outdated — plan inventories and tier talk around fourteen. Styles discussed widely include Wrestling, Nekoashi, Aikido, Boxing, Vampire, Kendo, Destroyer, Sarah, Persona, Scra, plus the remaining kits that fill out the fourteen-style pool as luure ships cosmetics and balance passes.

How styles are obtained

• Character creation grants around twenty free rerolls.
• Codes such as fixedlol, COOKING, COOKING2, and DELAYSRY add more rerolls — see Codes and How to Redeem.
• School dealer paid rerolls cost about 1,400 Yen each.
• Locking a style you enjoy beats infinite gambling if apartment money (~12,050 Yen) is not banked yet.

Read Reroll Tips before you torch a stack chasing a 0.33%-class roll.

Video guide

Full guide video

The video embedded in the middle of this article walks a broad Ishin overview with style context. Use it to hear kit names pronounced and to see combat examples, then return to the text for rarity and reroll planning.

Style roles and notes

Destroyer

Destroyer sits in the S-tier pressure conversation for a reason: it forces respect, converts advantage into scary confirms, and pairs well with players who already understand wall slam routes. Learn stamina discipline so you do not empty the clip in neutral.

Vampire

Vampire is the headline rare — community roll discussion often cites roughly 0.33%. Expect envy, targeted challenges, and a high learning tax. If you hit it early, record the clip, then still practice combat fundamentals so the rarity is not wasted.

Scra

Scra thrives in scramble pressure and multi-target chaos where Flow State can activate (fight three, knock one, under 10% HP → heal + speed). Great for aggressive temperaments; punishing if you panic-weave every red flash.

Kendo

Kendo is a premier A-tier anchor: readable power, strong fantasy, and cosmetics buzz including a Keyblade-style skin talked about near the ~2% range. Excellent first “serious” main while you learn height matchups.

Boxing

Boxing rewards clean M1 timing, dash discipline, and classic punch-out footwork. It teaches habits that transfer to other styles. If you are new, Boxing plus the Controls page is a kinder teacher than a rare kit you do not understand.

Aikido

Aikido leans into redirects and punishing commits. Against button mashers it looks brilliant; against patient footsies players you must earn every throw attempt. Study bait patterns in quiet corners before taking apartment courtyard fights.

Wrestling

Wrestling sells the grapple fantasy — clinch spaces, tosses, and “get off me” tools. Closing the gap is the homework. Pair with sprint management (Shift) and do not run in straight lines at Kendo reach.

Nekoashi

Nekoashi emphasizes tricky steps and angle breaks. High expression ceiling, high whiff potential. Short height builds can lean into its speed fantasy; tall builds should avoid playing it like a pure turtle kit.

Sarah / Persona / remaining roster

Sarah, Persona, and the rest of the fourteen-style set rotate in community favor as animations, skill hitboxes, and sticker-season distractions shift attention. Hold what you love. Reroll what you actively dread fighting with — life is too short for a main that makes you skip logins.

When luure adds a newly named kit or reworks an old one, check Updates and adjust your personal tier notes instead of trusting a month-old thumbnail.

Height and style synergy

Ishin’s height system changes every kit:

• Taller — more reach and damage, slower swing cadence. Synergizes with styles that already want space control (many Kendo / Destroyer plans).
• Shorter — faster attacks, less range. Synergizes with infighters (Boxing / Wrestling flavors) and mobility tricks (Nekoashi).

Rerolling style without considering height is how players invent fake “tier list is wrong” narratives. Adjust expectations in the Players Hub and Character Customization pages.

Skills, fight mode, and style expression

Default combat loop regardless of style:

1. M1 for basics.
2. Skills 1–4 for kit identity.
3. T to enter fight mode when your community layout uses that bind.
4. Defend with block / weave timing covered in Combat.
5. Chase Flow windows carefully instead of inting under 10% HP without a plan.

Styles change how those buttons feel, not whether fundamentals matter.

Rarity versus strength

Callout	Approx. community figure	Meaning
Vampire	~0.33%	Ultra rare flex
Kendo Keyblade-style skin	~2%	Cosmetic chase on a strong base kit
Starter rerolls	~20	Creation bank
Dealer reroll	~1,400 Yen	Paid roll at school

Rarity is not a free win. A practiced Boxing main deletes an unpracticed Vampire more often than TikTok admits.

Suggested learning path per style tier

• Hit S-tier (Destroyer / Vampire / Scra): Drill neutral on dummies or willing friends, then take mid-pop servers — not empty places where bad habits form.
• Settle on A-tier (Kendo / Boxing): Complete Getting Started, buy apartment, then lab combos for a week.
• Enjoy B-tier (Aikido / Wrestling / Nekoashi): Record losses; note whether range or timing caused the death; adjust height or approach.

Related pages

• Tier List Hub — letter grades and caveats
• Reroll Tips — stop conditions and Yen budget
• Combat — Flow, wall slam, defense
• Codes — free reroll income
• Updates — balance and cosmetic patches

Mastery is a loop: roll with intent, learn the kit’s hurtboxes, respect height, and only then argue tier letters. The fourteen-style roster is wide on purpose — there is room for pressure demons and stylish underdogs in the same sixty-player server.