If you are new to Gakuran, the best style is not always the rarest style. The best beginner pick is the one that lets you practice stance, M1 timing, M2 purpose, block, dash, and parry without turning every fight into confusion. Use this page before you spend rerolls because it can save you from chasing a style you are not ready to use.
Beginner choice index
Start with controls before style envy
Before you judge your style, make sure you can enter combat stance, use light attacks without panic-clicking, throw heavy attacks for a reason, block on reaction, and dash out when the trade turns bad. A new player with strong controls improves faster than a new player with a rare style and no timing.
Do not reroll after every loss. First ask what caused the loss. Did you whiff? Did you get parried? Did you forget to block? Did you fight three players like it was a duel? Those are control problems, not style problems.
Best first keep: Boxing
Boxing is the easiest style to recommend to new players who want to get serious. It teaches you that pressure is not just clicking. You learn when to keep a string short, when to threaten M2, when to wait for the opponent to panic, and when to punish after a clean defensive moment.
If you roll Boxing early, keep it for a while. Even if you later move to a flashier style, Boxing gives you habits that transfer.
Best simple pressure: Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a good comfort pick because it points you toward straightforward pressure. You can learn distance, timing, and how opponents respond to repeated aggression. The danger is becoming predictable. If every approach has the same rhythm, better players will parry you.
Keep Muay Thai if you like direct fighting and want a style that does not bury you in complicated conditions.
Styles to delay until you practice
Hakari, Capoeira, and Wrestling can be excellent, but new players often waste them. Hakari needs momentum and clean conversion. Capoeira can ask for movement confidence. Wrestling asks you to understand close-range reads. If you roll one of them, keep it if it feels fun, but spend time practicing instead of assuming rarity will carry you.
Beginner reroll rule
Only reroll when the style stops teaching you or clearly fights your body type. If you are still losing because of control mistakes, changing style only changes the animation of the same mistake. Learn stance, spacing, block, parry, and dash first. Then reroll with a purpose.