Gakuran Ali Style: All 5 Perks, Odds and the Short-Height Build
Ali is Gakuran's rarest S-tier style: five perks led by Float Like a Butterfly, 0.025% odds, dual M2 heavies, and an official short-build recommendation.
FAQ
Is Ali good in Gakuran?
How rare is Ali in Gakuran?
What height is best for Ali in Gakuran?
What are Ali's perks in Gakuran?
What Is the Ali Style in Gakuran?
Ali is the elite boxing archetype at the top of the September 2026 tier consensus — fluid footwork, rapid strikes, devastating counterpunches — and, at 0.025% per roll, the rarest pull in the game alongside WingChun and CQC. It arrived with the August content wave (added as the first style in the new Secret ”???” band above Legendary, per the official card transcriptions), and it is one of the few styles with per-style heavy-attack keybinds published rather than the universal one-button heavy.
| Quick fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Secret (???) — 0.025% per roll in the September full list |
| Tier | S (September 2026 consensus) |
| Added | August 2026 content update (v2.679 era) as the first ???-band style |
| Perks | 5, named in prose on the official card |
| Official height | Short, around 4’11”–5’3” (tall stays viable; medium not recommended) |
| Heavy attack | Dual heavies — Left Hand Heavy and Right Hand Heavy, ~7s cooldown |
Ali’s 5 Perks, From the Official Card
The card names all five perks in prose, and three of them (Counterstrike, Guard Pierce III, Resilience II) are independently corroborated by the board’s own Combat cards plus the community wiki’s Ali page:
| Perk | Effect |
|---|---|
| Counterstrike | +5% damage on your next attack after a successful parry |
| Float Like a Butterfly | I-frames through the crit windup — shuffle straight through whatever is thrown at you |
| Sting Like a Bee | Dodging an attack with your evasive opens your own counter immediately |
| Guard Pierce III | 20% of your damage chips through a raised block |
| Resilience II | 25% chance a simultaneous-attack clash becomes a grapple |
The heavy-attack system is where Ali stops resembling the rest of the roster: the Left Hand Heavy is your standard M2, while the Right Hand Heavy (performed with D or S+R held) ragdolls the opponent — and the community wiki adds that a perfect dodge triggers a counterattack that lands automatically. Every piece rewards reading the opponent: parry, dodge, punish, repeat. That is the whole identity, and it is why the kit demands more of the player than a pressure style like Kure.
Is Ali Good in Gakuran?
S-tier by consensus, with one honest asterisk: community Mishima comparisons report that Mishima’s M1 chain is faster than Ali’s, with a safer critical — and Mishima is the style September chatter keeps calling the real meta peak. Against the rest of the field, Ali’s mix of i-frames, counter windows, and chip damage is as complete as kits get. The real barrier is the roll: 0.025% per roll with no pity system means the reroll guide math, not the matchup chart, decides whether you ever land one.
The Height Call Worth Knowing Before You Roll
Ali’s card carries the most aggressive height recommendation of any style: short, around 4’11”–5’3”, with tall builds called viable for reach and medium builds explicitly not recommended. Since rerolls redraw appearance alongside style, an Ali roll on the wrong body is a real possibility — the height guide shows how every style’s official build compares before you commit.
Ali FAQ
Ali vs Kure — which S-tier should I chase?
Ali has the higher ceiling and the far worse odds: 0.025% versus Kure’s 0.20%. Kure’s kit is also more forgiving — stacked passives versus Ali’s timing-driven counters. If you cannot afford a four-thousand-roll average, the Kure guide is the realistic S-tier plan.
What is Ali's dual-heavy system?
Two heavies on one style: the Left Hand Heavy is the plain M2 that stuns, and the Right Hand Heavy — thrown while holding D or with S+R — ragdolls instead, per the card transcription and the community wiki. It is the only kit reviewed here with that split, so relearn your heavy timing after switching styles.
Do Ali's perks punish spam?
They punish everything, but especially parry-bait: Counterstrike pays you for parrying, Sting Like a Bee pays you for clean dodges, and Float Like a Butterfly lets you force the issue through an opponent’s defense. The fight loop guide covers the inputs each perk keys off.
Sources
Perk names, dual-heavy keybinds, the short-build recommendation, and the August ???-band addition: the official Ali card as transcribed by GakuranTools’ style cards (card re-read August 29, 2026), cross-checked against the community wiki’s Ali page (checked October 11, 2026). Tier placement and the 0.025% odds: the September 2026 tier list consensus and the fighting styles list (Roblox Den full list, checked September 11, 2026). The ???-band retune claim is single-source and flagged above.
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