When there's bikes around you obviously know what style to choose

Lmao I remember Breaker was so overpowered because you’d just spam the spinning and it would even hit the opponents on the ground. Shit was so op. I loved it. Majima’s fighting styles are more fun than Kiryu’s.

i seem to be one of the rare players who adore slugger the most... i really love that with slugger you get those nearly insane, creepy vibes that i love majimas character for

I think my favorite is actually thug, or breaker. I overall found Majima's styles much more fun to use than Kiryu's

Main thing I like about Breaker is how it looks almost like modern Capoeira, which was a fighting style simulated to look like dancing.

I like how the only downside of beast is that it ends fights too fast lmao

I swear, if the RGG team confirmed Majima was stronger than Kiryu in this game, who'd doubt them?

You mentioned Dragon of Dojima's unique taunt but not Mad Dog of Shimano's Anyone whose played the other games, should remember Majima's signature cackle

I used thug a total of 0 times after unlocking anything else for majima

“Top 8 Fighting Styles in Yakuza 0” you make it sound like there’s more than 8 fighting styles. Which, I guess technically there is, if you count the AI fighting styles.

I began my Journey with Yakuza Kiwami and.. I was blown away and Angry at myself for not being interested back in 2005... Thanks to Sony, I got to know one of the best series. I might even try and Platinum Kiwami... Well. If not, I'm coming for Yakuza 0 and then for Kiwami 2 anyway!

In my opinion, rush is really weak in this game compared to Kiwami. You’re way too slow for the style unless you’re in third heat mode

4:17 *me on the toilet after eating chipotle :*

I love Kiryu's beast style for it's power, and Majima's breaker style for its fun. I also like Kiryu's brawler style as it feels natural and like a proper style lmao

0:43 - Wait, that's Majima wearing Kiryu's suit and Kiryu wearing Majima's tux.

Dragon of Dogma and Beast= Wrestling Slugger and Mad Dog = Dao sword style Breaker = Caporeia and Break Dance Rush = Kickboxing Brawler and Thug = Brawler

Damn fine list! Here's mine: 8 - Rush (Really good in 3rd Gear, but almost useless if below, so using Heat Actions is, sadly, not recommended) 7 - Beast (Fun to watch and good counters, but a bit overpowered/slow) 6 - Slugger (Awesome combos, but wall-bouncing is annoying, too few Heat Actions for such an otherwise creative style) 5 - Thug (Heat Actions are fucking BRUTAL, very versatile, but counters are a bit of a pain to use, sometimes) 4 - Brawler (Heat Actions are radical, also very versatile, great counters, but feels a bit slow in lower Gears) 3 - Dragon (Classic, badass combos, counters are crazy, cool Heat Actions, but we've seen it before, and also a bit easy to use) 2 - Mad Dog (Fucking epic, previously unplayable, lives up to expectations, amalgam of his other styles, but few Heat Actions) 1 - Breaker (LITERALLY THE COOLEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN, awesome speedy combos and counters, but recovery a bit slow) Fun fact: Watching the Breaker Style has inspired me to start breakdancing, myself! In fact, this whole series has inspired me to practice unarmed martial arts (previously a swordsman). Specifically in this game, I absolutely adore the style shifting, and I'm working on adopting a similar combat methodology. Truly, this franchise is fucking amazing. Anyway, congrats on the 3k subs, Devilleon! Can't wait for more!

8:24 "MaJiMa HaS nEveR KillED AnYoNe beForE"

10:58 WRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

God I love the breaker style- it’s so op and fun to use

Damn, imagine Yakuza 0 having an online fighting game ver.

I can't even begin to express how badly I want to play as Majima...And I'll likely use the shit out of Mad Dog of Shimano. That being said, I'd kind of like to see all of the Yakuza game fighting styles analyzed and discussed. In Yakuza 4, for example, I caught myself playing as Tanimura more than the others, and leveled him up first. There's also plenty of bosses who's fighting styles I often think of in regards to how they would translate into gameplay mechanics if playable. For example, Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3.

Imagine instead of completing the business story to get the 4th style you instead need to beat Jo Amon

I thought you're gonna put Breaker style on the first. But nevermind, Thug also cool too. Nice video btw, keep the good work Dev!

not to mention that the song that plays when you are in the thug style with Majima is an absolute banger.

I love brawler simply for the square, square, triangle combo. It's quite satisfying

(Kiryu spots a bike) Silent contemplation followed by violent gorilla sounds.

I understand why you ranked Dragon of Dojima as low as you did, but Yakuza 0 was my first game in the series, so finally getting the style and hearing the music and trying the combos... Ahhhh, it felt so good... I'll probably miss the different styles by the time I finish Kiwami, though.

"That's Rad!"

And now, for the Top 20 bosses of the series! ;)

My favorite fighting style is G U N

I look forward to playing this for my birthday!

My ranking. 8 - Beast I love the brutality that Kiryu displays in this style, but the form is so insanely broken that it made the game way too easy. It removed a lot of fun for me. 7 - Rush I love the fast and counter based gameplay of Rush, but I really hated how slow you were below 3rd gear. Throughout most of my time using this, I struggled to get to 3rd gear with Rush during normal encounters. Once you get to 3rd gear, it’s amazing, but I don’t think it’s worth much effort. 6 - Breaker The wackiness of this form was super pleasant to watch. Seeing Majima dance on his opponents was cool and hilarious. My only problem was that for me, the gameplay was a bit wonky. 5 - Dragon of Dojima Kiryu’s iconic fighting style. I love the new heat actions and the counters. I also love the taunts, the animations, and especially the counters. My biggest problem with it was that it sadly had the same problem as Rush, but even worse. 4 - Slugger The ability to use different type of weapons for different heat actions was cool, and I loved that it wasn’t like Beast and it’s brokenness. My only problem is that once you level Slugger up more and more, I found that creating new bats for it was useless. 3 - Brawler The insane amount of heat actions present here and it’s versatility alone brings it up this high. Brawler was what I hoped Dragon of Dojima was like. The only thing that I had an issue with was that the dodge was wonky. 2 - Thug The sleekness of the form combined with its versatility, multiple abilities, and heat actions make it the best overall form in terms of fun. 1 - Mad Dog of Shimano Only here for personal bias. I have so much fun with the counter and the unique heat action. The animations are gorgeous, and it feels so good to finally play this form. Only issue is that it has one unique heat action when there was potential for a lot more.

I always like to go for the “fast” fighting style (Breaker and Rush) since they’re just so fun to use....not to mention they’re the only two styles with some basis in real-life martial arts (boxing and capoeira)

I haven't even finished watching this video and I already can tell that you did a pretty good job analyzing all of the fighting styles! 👍

I just realized that the styles from 0 is essentially lifted from some other playable characters in the previous entry; Breaker Style has some elements of Akiyama fighting style in 5, where he starts using dance moves in his style Slugger Style is definitely Shinada's from 5 Rush Style has some elements of Tanimura from 4, especially with the dodge and counters Beast Style is clearly even more unkempt and robust version of Saejima in 4-5 Brawler and Thug is the only original style for the game, even then it's basically the less refined and more potent version of each character's famous fighting style as depicted in the Dragon of Dojima and Mad Dog of Shimano style.

11:57 How do you do a regular triangle move when the heat action icon pops up?

Agree with the list, except for Rush, as I would put it on the first place. 8 - Dojima no Ryu: The legendary old style... Cons: TOO SLOW below 3rd gear, and his badass iron fist counter no only misses sometimes but also uses too much Heat gauge... Pros: 3rd Gear Heat is so much badass, and the theme played is the best of all 8 styles. 7 - Beast Cons: Too much powerful when full upgraded, and not that fun to use, to me. Pros: Very useful against multiple foes. 6 - Slugger Cons: Unless you unlock the specific upgrade, the bouncing bat on wall is really annoying, making it frustrating to use in beginning... Slow too, and as a hand to hand player type, I don't often use weapon, making this style less fun for me. Pros: Nunchaku bat ! 5 - Breaker Cons: Dashes and Square combos really weird to me, and bad style against bosses. Pros: Very useful against multiple foes. 4 - Brawler Pros: Jack of all trades style, and stronger than Dojima no Ryu, except for counters. Brillantly reflects young Kiryu. Badass Heat moves ! Love the grab follow ups. Cons: I don't like the Square combos, weak counters, and fight backs should start faster, Kiryu takes little too luch damage before fighting back, and these moves sometimes misses. 3 - Mad Dog of Shimano Pros: AT LEAST !!! Strongest counter of the game, fastest mobility, very fun to use, useful against several ennemies, badass Heat move... Cons: ... But the only unique Heat move. Spinning Knife drains the Heat Gauge too fast. Not that great against bosses. 2 - Thug Pros: BADASS. The Heat moves are the best looking of the game, especially the ennemy grab escape when Majima lands a fuckin' flying high kick and the wall back grab, with the backfist followed by an awesome wall back flip. Square combos is cool, best style against bosses, good against several foes too (!), good counter... Cons: ... Only on 3rd Gear, and consumes Heat... (But Badass !) Fight backs awful. 1 - Rush As an counter fanatic (I love Tiger Drop !), I'm suprised myself to love Rush style (The style with no counters at all). It's the funniest style to me, as your literally play with your opponents. I love speed like Akiyama, and Rush is so cool. Love that weaving builds Heat. To be able to quickly get out and in. The "counter" is actually useful too. The Square combo is badass. The Heat counter (Both) are badass. And the fact that you can cancel combos into dashes is really awesome, as you can combo dash then combo again ! The cons... Bit repetitive, and really bad wakeup attack. Need to be 3rd Gear to be really fun to play... And lacks a punch while weaving. Of course, It's my opinion ! Sorry in case of bad writting, I'm French. PS: I follow this channel since years, and never wrote a comment before. Devilleon, keep the good work, it's because of people like you that we finally got the chance to have Yakuza at home. Thank you.

Devil lion some of the styles are different names like dragon of dojima was called master of dojimas fist and beast was called destroyer in other videos and breaker was called dancer I think boxer would be better then ruah

Ok, so hear me out, what if you use one fighting style for each situation? Open World fights: Brawler & Breaker Side quests: Dragon & Slugger Rampages (those times where you run from room to room fighting thugs): Beast & Mad Dog Bosses: Rush & Thug

I’ve been a fan of Yakuza series since 2011. The first Yakuza game I played , on PS4 , was Yakuza 0. It made such a huge difference. Thanks for making this video. So far I find I most often employ different fighting styles based on situation rather than preference. I just started the game and have only unlocked 3 of Kazuma’s fighting styles so far. Your video has given me so much to look forward to. Thanks man , from your Newest subscriber .

The heat draining taunt is required for any First Gear abilities so it helps you decide the flow of the fight

I loved using breaker it was fun

7:06 love that heat action

"kiryu never killed anyone" literally stabs a dude with beast mode twice, then picks him up and throws him. Yeah... Sureee

I love how sloppy and unrefined Brawler looks and feels while still being a powerful style

Breaker is OP. Everything else is meh. You can basically spam a certain combo and you win every fight with ease.

8 • Dragon of Dojima 7 • Rush 6 • Slugger 5 • Beast 4 • Mad Dog of Shimano 3 • Brawler 2 • Thug 1 • Breaker Now we're talking

this is one of my favorite channels you deserve 200k subs

Thug has an amazing unlockable attribute where you can repeatedly press square and it'll continually hit them and stun lock them and it won't knock them down until you press triangle basically meaning that you can just drain there health in one combo. Brutal. Great choice for number 1.

My personal favourite style is DoD but your reasons for putting it at 8 are completely understandable. For me i think it’s just cause I slighter prefer Kiryu over Majima (but only slightly)

ever have I told u that u had a cool voice

I'm late. I like your stuff. I have now subscribed :)

One thing to note about Majima's MDOS style is that after you do a combo attack and mash Triangle (PlayStation gamepad), he proceeds to dash towards enemies and does so multiple times in succession to do consecutive damage.

If you see a mr shakedown and have mad dog of shimano you know what attack to spam

Kiwanis and zero were my first yakuza games, so I didn’t have the same problem of dragon of dojo a style being used before

slugger is my fav style...the combos are just too satisfying

the only way to have any use from dragon of dojima is by leveling up the heat accumulation passives a crapton

Have to agree with you. The more I play as Majima the more i’m growing in love with his battle styles. I find the Dragon of Dojima, Beast and Sluggers have slow and heavy impact on enemies. Less appealing but if get it right, it’s massive. Whenever in battle, I tend to switch back to the first battle style; either Brawler for Kiryu or Thug for Majima because it’s more practical and easier to dodge from the enemy’s attack. The Break style looks interesting and could easily spam those moves against a lot of enemies. Kinda reminds me of using Eddy Gordo in Tekken series or even Chun Li in Street Fighter lol. Thank you for the video 👍🏻

I love Rush for 3 reasons. 1. The ability to stun opponents after a specific number of hits. 2. The 2 upgrades that let you charge your finishers for bigger damage. 3. The upgrade that deals double (or more) damage to stunned opponents. Combine all 3 together, and you get a sick ass combo of hits that finish of with some MASSIVE damage. Seriously, charged kick on stunned boss = half their health bar or more. The evasiveness allows you to get behind the opponent much easier and preform the combos that will stun, so it's sort of like a memorization game, how many times do I think I need to hit him so he gets stunned? It's slow in 1st and second gear, but using your parry to get a cheeky 1 hit into finisher combo builds up a surprising amount of heat.

The breaker style is basically just called the hey yo/wryy style when fighting the breakdancing gang

I know this might sound crazy but could you do a summary of the yakuza games for fans just now starting in the series

Majima takes the phrase "Spin to Win" to another fuckin level

I love how the legends styles have shrouds instead of heat auras

As a combat sports athlete a mix of Rush and Brawler reminds me of an MMA fighter mixed with dirty street fight/martial arts movie moves.

The breaker style is my most favourite. I had so much fun with that.

Nice list Dev! I've yet to get the Legend styles for Kiryu and Majima, but for my personal list, I'm gonna go with... 6) Beast 5) Breaker 4) Brawler 3) Thug 2) Slugger 1) Rush

Mad dog of Shimano actually has another heat move I discovered when Majima and an enemy are close to a wall. Majima will put the hand of the enemy on the wall and then stab his dagger into the hand. Pretty brutal and awesome if you ask me.

I didn't like playing as Kiryu in the beginning of the game, and shifted to Majima for how quick and flashy he is. Later on, I started prefering Kiryu's damaging attacks and some speed in heat. The huge and really only problem with Beast mode, is just how slow you move around as opposed to all the other styles. Other than that, the sheer power and throwing people overhead is hilariously fun

You know what i love in this series? How the moves can be realistic....or totally awesome to see.... I mean, Rush looks like Muay Thai, my favorite martial art(and the one i train) and Breaker is something i would LOVE to see in a real fight. I just love ALL the fighting styles, but my favorites are: Rush and Dragon of Dojima for Kiryu, Breaker and Mad Dog of Shimano for Majima. And man...thank you for all the videos. And i hope your channel grow even more. Cheers!

I gotta say, thugs my favorite, mostly due to less ending lag from combos, allowing you to retreat easier, and makes Mr. Shakedown a little easier to beat.

As long as you have 3rd or 2nd heat before starting the fight, you can absolutely decimate Mr Shakedown if you’ve invested in Rush.

I love playing Majima and mixing up the styles, especially with the Slugger style’s opening bat attack so I can hit enemies while switching to it, but most of the time I use Thug because it’s just so fun running around and breaking people’s necks (not killing them).

Breaker is such a fancy ass thing. Brawler, Rush and Thug makes sense.

But to be clear. Beast is only good at crowd control. And many people uses it for its counter and resist guard. Including having the ability to hold heavy objects like bikes to overwhelm crowds of enemies.

Slugger has to be my favorite one. It's just so easy and fun to use, especially with the nunchuck move.

Majima became my favorite character for any beat 'em up ever, his 3 main styles just clash so perfectly, and Breaker is just fantastic through and through. I'd have it (not yet playing Yakuza 5): Majima (Yakuza O) Kiryu (Yakuza 1-4) Akiyama (Yakuza 4) Tanimura (Yakuza 4) Kiryu (Yakuza 0) Saijima (Yakuza 4)

12:05 i have a question, how do you increase your heat without doing nothing? I want to know because i already have the mad dog of Shimano style

I understand ur point on why u put dragon of dojima style in number 8 But it’s a amazing style it’s a mix of Rush, Beast, Brawler and ofc some extra things u get from the style. U also get heat actions that do a lot of damage with is very good for bosses with lots of health I kinda feel like dragon of dojima style was put to low on the list. Good Vid Tho!

Like many others I got Yakuza Kiwami on PS+, and I couldn't be happier that I finally got into this amazing series. The juxtaposition between a story that treats death extremely seriously, and gameplay that has your character beating enemies within an inch of their lives is just hilarious. Not to mention the countless sidequests, minigames, that fact that you get to go on a virtual sideseeing tour in Tokyo, all the zany sideactivities... The whole ordeal is just quintessential videogames!

My personal Meta was just Beast whenever there was an object around, thug in emergencys, Slugger Nunchuk combo spam move for boss fights ( my absolute favorite btw) and breaker for hordes Got me through the Game quite easily

7:08 I just noticed how that guy sounded like the soldier from TF2 when they get hurt

Nice video once i finish 0 ill make a top 8 fighting styles of mine as well :3

I liked Brawler just because of the kickass music for it during fights

Loved breaker and beast. Crowd control plus it's just fun

Beast is the perfectexample of "Kiryu has never killed anyone"

I didn't realize how fun majima is until I finished his 3 styles upgrade and unlocked legend style before prison nishitani fight, but kiryu still haven't unlock blocked upgrade at finale chapter.

Thug is crazy fun to use.

Ah yes, my favorite fighting style, "HOOLIGANS"

For both Kiryu and Majima they're heavy styles (Beast and Slugger) were my favorite styles for crowds of goons whike their legend styles were my favorite for boss fights. I liked all the styles and used them all quite a lot though. Maybe Breaker the least since I just couldn't get the hang of it but I plan on doing a second playthrough soon and want to use a lot of the moves I feel like I overlooked originally

For me, Worst to Best it would go: 8. Rush 7. Dragon of Dojima 6. Thug 5. Brawler 4. Mad Dog of Shimano 3. Beast 2. Slugger 1. Breaker But I love them all in their own unique ways.

To be honest, Thug would be on part with Brawler if its counter wasnt that hard to pull off. The fact that Brawlers body counter allows you to perform it from block makes it easily OP as you cant be hit if you mess it up(your block will still be active unless enemy breaks it) and if you perform it correctly, you gain 2 heat bars and down enemy to the ground(or heavily wound Shakedown) On other hand, Majimas Thug counter needs you to press grab in moment with enemy attack to do it, and if you mess up you accidentally grab them or get hit(both suck as Shakedown will bitch slap you for half health). Even though the damage from it is big on critical health with damage upgrade, its risks are bigger than rewards compared to Kiryus counter.

Thank you so much :D

honestly i think brawler might be my favorite, also because of the guard counter and the counter hook. DOD would be my favorite, but its slow when you don’t have heat

the dragon of dojima suplex was recycled from yakuza 5. before, it was shinada's move.

All of my favourite styles (Breaker, Beast and Slugger) have bottom places, lol

Just curious were you from Leon But great video you have a cool voice

my top 8 are: dragon of dojima, slugger, rush, breaker, brawler, beast, mad dog of shimano and thug. p.s: you sound awesome. 👍

I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS MORE THAN 3 FIGHTING STYLES FOR EM!!! WTF!!?? Now I'm gonna replay the game on Legendary mode n fully upgrade the fuck out of em man.

2:49 this heat action was in yakuza 3,4, and 5 though.