Melees and Fighting Styles

Current melee tier list

Style	Tier	Role	Main route
King of Heroes V2 (Gilgamesh V2)	S+	King Update melee route tied to Hero Kingdom; requirements captured and full moveset awaiting capture	Requires King of Heroes V1, 1M Gems, 5 Calamity Seals, and 15 Lapis Cores. F move mastery requires King clan, King of Heroes V2, 10M Gems, 25 Gate Fragments, 15 Lapis Cores, and 1 Sword of Rupture.
Cosmic Being (Garou)	S+	New Sea 2 world-boss style whose latest reported buff wave pushes both burst and full-kit damage back into top-tier range	Punch Island NPC trade or direct Garou world boss route
The World (Dio)	S+	Sea 2 AFK-heavy style whose V and F loop carries the whole damage route	Bizarre Island Dominion Brand route and The World Boss
Spirit Warrior (Goku)	S+	Bottom S+ late-game melee after the Ghoul Update damage buff; still placed below Cosmic Being and The World until the buff is tested more deeply	Blue Planet Empyrean Trainer questline; Spirit Stones from Blue Planet NPCs; Training 1 consumes 3 Spirit Stones, Training 2 requires the Empyrean bloodline, Training 3 requires 15 World Bosses using a Melee, Training 4 requires wave 75+ in Crystal Defense 4 times, Training 5 requires 10 Sea Beasts, and Training 6 requires 50 Spirit Warrior/Goku boss kills. The separate Spirit Warrior/Goku boss summoner is on Blue Planet / Goku island, on the right path by the spaceship, and uses 1 to 4 Spirit Keys by difficulty.
Black Reaper	S+ watchlist	Ghoul Update Isolation Island melee, also searched as Kaneki, gated by One Eyed King, Reaper Keys, Black Reaper Boss materials, and a Black Reaper Master mastery quest route	Unlock Isolation Island through the Blood Flower Quest, farm Reaper Key from level 18500 Ghoul Members at a 0.0955% drop rate, summon Black Reaper Boss with 1 to 4 Reaper Keys by difficulty, then buy Black Reaper with One Eyed King title, 65K Gems, 20 Black Shard, 12 Reaper Remnant, 5 Rinkaku Core, and 2 Ghoul Essence. Black Reaper Master on top of Isolation Island gives the mastery quest for the F move and 30% damage buff route: 25 Medium Black Reaper Boss kills, Ghoul bloodline, and level 250 Mastery on Black Reaper.
Moon Slayer (Kokushibo)	S	Low cooldown burst style	Boss Island trainer with title and boss materials
Strongest Shinobi (Madara)	S	High burst and endgame scaling	Ninja Island trainer with title gate
Demon King (Anos)	S	Very high damage and strong scaling	Academy Island trainer with clan and title gate
Corrupted Excalibur (Saber Alter)	S	Corruption-based burst melee	Boss Island trainer with title and boss materials
King of Heroes (Gilgamesh)	S	Excellent farming efficiency and AoE	Boss Island trainer
Blessed Maiden (Cartethyia)	S	Balanced AoE and strong scaling	Boss Island trainer with title gate
Strongest in History (Sukuna V2)	S	Top-tier endgame AoE style	Shinjuku Island trainer after consuming Awakened Cursed Fingers
Strongest of Today (Gojo V2)	A	High AoE farming style	Shinjuku Island trainer after consuming Six Eyes
Love Maiden (Madoka)	A	Burst style with support lean	Valentine Island trainer
Qin Shi	A	Balanced AoE and steady damage	Boss Tickets plus Boss Island trainer
Vampire King (Alucard)	A	Lifesteal-heavy sustain style	Sailor Island trainer with race and title gate
Curse King (Sukuna)	B	High burst with strong PvP pressure	Shibuya Station trainer and questline
Limitless Sorcerer (Gojo)	B	Strong AoE with crowd control and burst	Shibuya Station trainer and questline
Cursed Vessel (Yuji)	B	Fast combo melee with quick cooldowns	Shibuya Station trainer
Combat	C	Default starter melee	Unlocked by default
Toji (Toji Fushiguro)	Unplaced	New Sea 2 fighting style with a timed Toji NPC task route, 10 different player defeats, 3 Toji Blade Pieces, and a final Toji challenge	Talk to Toji at the Slayer Island docks. Complete 4 random non-world-boss tasks, each received 15 minutes apart and due within 5 minutes; defeat 10 different players, collect the pieces on Punch Island, Slayer Island, and Dante Island, then defeat Toji.

How melee progression works

How to read the melee tiers

• Spirit Warrior now sits at the bottom of S+ because the Ghoul Update buffed its damage, but it stays behind Cosmic Being and The World until more post-buff testing is captured.
• King of Heroes V2 is placed as an S+ King Update melee. Its base requirements and F move mastery bundle are captured, but move names, cooldowns, and live damage testing still need capture.
• S+ styles are the strongest current endgame picks and usually define the meta for burst, farming, or both.
• King of Heroes V2, Cosmic Being, The World, and Spirit Warrior sit in S+ on this wiki; Black Reaper remains the separate Isolation Island / Kaneki S+ watchlist route until its live damage testing is fully confirmed.
• Toji remains unplaced until the new style's moveset and live performance are captured, but its obtainment route is now documented.
• S tier styles are still elite and often come down to whether you want easier farming, better bossing, or specific build synergy.
• A and B tier styles are still fully usable, but they fall behind the top styles once you move deeper into late-game content.
• Combat stays at the bottom only because it is the starter style, not because it is unusable in the early game.