Life in Gakuran is different from most Roblox fighting games. Instead of following a long questline, you’re dropped into a Japanese school setting where you can socialize, challenge other players, learn fighting styles, and explore different parts of the city. Since there aren’t any required objectives, you are free to create your own experience. If you’re just getting started, this guide covers everything you need to know, from character creation and height stats to combat mechanics, fighting styles, and useful locations around the map.
How to Start Playing Gakuran
Before entering the game, you’ll need to join the official Gakuran Roblox group. After that, you can create your character by selecting a name and gender before spawning into the world.
Unlike many Roblox games, Gakuran doesn’t force you into missions immediately. You can spend your time hanging out with other players, practicing combat, exploring the city, or participating in PvP battles. Future updates may introduce more structured objectives, but currently the game is built around player interaction and fighting.
Character Creation and Height Explained
One of the first things you’ll notice is that your character is generated with random traits. You can keep the character you receive or reroll certain features using Robux. Some of the rerollable options include:
- Height
- Ethnicity
These choices aren’t just cosmetic. Your height directly affects combat performance.
Tall Characters
Choosing or rolling a taller character provides several advantages:
- Higher damage
- More HP
- Longer attack reach
- Larger hitbox
The downside is slower movement speed, attack speed, and cooldowns.
Short Characters
Shorter fighters receive the opposite benefits.
Advantages include:
- Faster attacks
- Quicker movement
- Faster skill cooldowns
- Smaller hitbox
However, they also have:
- Lower health
- Lower damage output
The HP difference isn’t huge around average height, but it becomes more noticeable at the shortest and tallest extremes.
How Ethnicity Works
Every character also receives an ethnicity during creation.
Possible ethnicities include:
- Japanese
- European
- African
- Middle Eastern
- Indian
- Latin
Japanese characters are by far the most common, with roughly a 95% chance of appearing. The remaining ethnicities make up about 5% of all character rolls.
Ethnicity also influences your possible height range, since each demographic has different average heights for both male and female characters.
If you’re looking for a certain build, you may need multiple rerolls.
How to Change Your Character
If you aren’t satisfied with your initial character, open the Stats menu on the left side of the screen. From there, you can spend Robux to reroll traits such as:
- Height
- Ethnicity
Keep in mind that every reroll is random, so there is no guarantee you’ll receive the exact character you’re aiming for.
Basic Combat Controls
Before fighting another player, press T to enter your fighting stance.
Once your stance is active, you’ll gain access to the game’s full combat system.
Light Attacks (M1)
M1 is your standard combo attack.
Features include:
- Up to four-hit combo
- Can tap repeatedly or hold the button
- Fourth hit launches enemies backward with a kick
- Combo resets after waiting too long between attacks
Most fights revolve around landing these combos consistently.
Heavy Attack (M2)
Heavy attacks deal significantly more damage than a normal M1 attack.
Important things to remember:
- Cannot be blocked normally
- Always breaks guard
- Must be dodged, parried, or interrupted
- Excellent for punishing defensive opponents
Throwing random M2 attacks is risky, so try using them after forcing your opponent into a mistake.
Dodging and Blocking
Gakuran rewards good defense just as much as offense.
Dodge
Dodging gives your character a brief period of invincibility, often called i-frames.
Use dodges to:
- Avoid heavy attacks
- Escape combos
- Reposition during fights
The cooldown is fairly short, making it one of the most important defensive tools.
Blocking
Holding block protects against many incoming attacks.
However, blocking consumes your posture, meaning you can’t rely on it forever.
Understanding Posture
Posture works like stamina in Gakuran. It affects two major systems:
- Sprinting
- Blocking
Every time you sprint or absorb attacks while blocking, your posture decreases.
Once it reaches zero:
- Your guard becomes much easier to break.
- You’ll become vulnerable to incoming attacks.
- Blocking will no longer protect you effectively.
Managing posture is just as important as managing your HP.
How to Parry
Parrying is one of the strongest defensive mechanics in the game.
Instead of holding block continuously, press block at the exact moment an attack lands.
A successful parry:
- Prevents damage
- Prevents posture loss
- Stuns the attacker
- Creates an opening for your own combo
Learning proper parry timing will dramatically improve your PvP performance.
Guard Breaks Explained
If your posture becomes too low, your guard can be broken.
When this happens:
- You become stunned for about two seconds.
- Your opponent gets a free combo.
- Heavy attacks (M2) always break a normal guard.
Because of this, experienced players rarely hold block against M2 attacks. Instead, they’ll dodge or attempt a perfect parry.
What Is Block Chip Damage?
Even successful blocks don’t always prevent all damage.
Every fighting style has a Guard Pierce stat that determines how much damage passes through blocking.
For example:
- Guard Pierce I may deal around 10% chip damage.
- Higher Guard Pierce levels deal even more damage through blocks.
This means highly defensive players can still slowly lose health if they block too often.
Grapple System Explained
Another mechanic you’ll occasionally encounter is grappling.
A grapple happens when two players attack almost simultaneously.
When this occurs:
- Both fighters lock together briefly.
- Usually, the player whose attack came first wins.
- The losing player gets pushed back.
- Certain fighting styles have better resistance against losing grapples.
Some styles even include bonuses that increase their chance of surviving these clashes, making them stronger during close-range combat.
Best Fighting Style
There are several fighting styles available throughout Gakuran, each with different strengths and passive bonuses. At the moment, Wrestling is widely considered one of the strongest fighting styles thanks to its excellent overall performance in PvP. While every style is usable, Wrestling is an excellent goal if you’re looking to compete against experienced players.
Important Places to Visit
The map offers plenty of locations outside of combat. Some places worth checking out include:
- School
- Basketball court
- Coffee shop
- Convenience store
- Gas station
- Fitness center
- Various city areas for exploration
The fitness center is especially useful since it’s a popular place for players practicing PvP and testing different fighting styles.
Tips and Tricks for Beginners
Starting Gakuran can feel overwhelming, but a few simple habits will help you improve much faster.
- Practice parrying before focusing on long combos.
- Don’t rely on blocking once your posture gets low.
- Dodge heavy attacks whenever possible.
- Learn the timing of the four-hit M1 combo.
- Experiment with different heights to match your preferred playstyle.
- Explore the city and meet other players since much of the game’s content revolves around social interaction.
- Save Robux rerolls until you’re certain you want a different height or ethnicity.
- Try unlocking Wrestling if you’re looking for a powerful combat style.
Gakuran combines roleplaying, exploration, and skill-based PvP into one experience. While the game doesn’t have a traditional storyline yet, its combat system offers plenty of depth thanks to mechanics like posture, parries, grapples, and multiple fighting styles.
Once you understand the basics and spend time practicing against other players, you’ll improve much faster than simply memorizing combos. Explore the city, experiment with different character builds, and keep refining your timing to become one of the strongest fighters in Gakuran.
