Have you taken opportunity costs into account? Because in order to get one style, you need to sacrifice points you could be putting elsewhere.
This is why I like Brawling. It’s not fancy, but it comes packaged with Unarmed 2. Unless you take a specific class, require 2 points to buy a style, and that doesn’t even give you most of the benefits because you need training in Unarmed to get techniques. Brawling only requires 2 points AND you get some benefits automatically.
This, of course, only applies fresh out of Character Generation.
Krav Maga is a great style, because of how versatile it is. Ninjutsu is also nice because of those crucial moments when you absolutely cannot afford to let other zombies know your location. Those are my favorites for early game.
In theory, if you start with Bionic Assassin and get lucky/are persistent, you could end up with Bionic Combatives early on. Bionic Combatives/Biojutsu is straight up one of the best style because of the permanent bonus to dodge and the counter ability. If you’re playing with the Bionic Assassin, you already have the Monomolecular Blade, meaning you’ve essentially got one of the best combos in the game at your disposal.
Niten is awesome early game if you find a Katana (which you should make a priority). This is one of the styles that’ll keep you going till late game too.
I’ve found the Venom Mob styles a tad lacking. Granted, I haven’t played around with any but Toad early game. Lizard apparently does nothing anymore, which is sad.
I guess Tiger would be alright against a Crowd if you used standard kiting tactics. I’ve never really done this early game, so I’m not sure.