Weapon Tier List - Solo Leveling: Arise Guide

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Sung Jinwoo Weapon Tier List
Hunter-Exclusive Weapon Tier List
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Sung Jinwoo Weapon Tier List

Before reading the breakdown on Sung Jinwoo's Weapons, remember that your kit should be catered to your playstyle, goals, and the enemy you're up against. For this reason, you should use this tier list as a cheat sheet and make adjustments to give yourself a leg up on your opponents.

Jinwoo Weapon Tier List
Weapon	Description
OP-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Skadi	Jack of all trades that provides value regardless of your opponent because of its multifaceted Winter Hunting ability. Winter Hunting deals devastating AoE damage that can carve through armies of monsters or chunk down bosses. Winter Hunting's secondary snap move provides a two-second long Freeze that can interrupt even the strongest boss-level enemies. Increases user's Attack by 3% and increases user's Defense Penetration by 3%.
Demonic Plum Flower Sword	Arguably the best and most versatile Weapon in the game because of its Plum Flower effect that permanently increases your Critical Hit damage by 12-36%. By Dashing immediately after using the Swift Flight Skill, you can apply the Full Bloom effect that increases your Attack and Critical Hit Rate by 4% for eight seconds. The Plum Sword attacks relatively fast on its own, but attacks 20% faster with the Full Bloom effect active.
The Huntsman	Provides substantial buffs to your Basic and Core Attack damage. Base Huntsman is equipped with two weak Break Skills but Advancing this ranged weapon just once increases the Break effect by 25%.
Thetis' Grimoire	Thetis' Grimoire is equipped with the immensely powerful Water Spray Skill that is pound for pound one of the most valuable attacks in the game. Dishes out an insane DPS output and has a 100% chance of applying the Cold Ice effect. Cold Ice freezes targets, and after the effect wears off, your target takes additional damage equal to 10% of the damage taken while affected by Cold Ice. With crowd control, great DPS, and bonus damage built-in, Thetis' Grimoire is one of the best and most flexible weapons in the game and can be used with almost any weapon pairing.
Demon King's Longsword	Lightning Skill has an impressive damage multiplier that deals damage equal to 1470% of Jinwoo's Attack. Can create Shielding equal to 20% of your Max HP. The Demon King's Longsword also grants an 8% Attack buff and can stun targets for three seconds.
Shadow Scythe	Another weapon with elite damage multipliers that scale based on Jinwoo's Attack. Consumes 5% of your HP to increase Skill damage by 100%. Can be obtained for free by completing Challenges which is ideal because the Shadow Scythe greatly benefits from Advancement. A1 provides a 25% Critical Hit Rate buff and A3 unlocks a life-steal mechanic that helps you recover 0.4% of your HP every time Essence Harvest hits.
West Wind	West Wind is inarguably the best SR weapon and can contend with some of its SSR counterparts with investment. West Wind's Secret Bullet has a best-in-class damage multiplier. Landing Secret Bullet with no enemies within a 5m range increases your damage by a whopping 75%. At A3, this sniper applies the West Wind effect to increase the damage of Secret Bullet by 30% (stacks up to 5 times).
S-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Moonshadow	Moonshadow's central attack provides an impressive damage multiplier that can stack up with, or surpass many OP-Tier weapons. At the cost of extra damage taken, you can increase your Dark damage by 10%. Though Moonshadow, is a fantastic weapon to own, it falls down a tier because it falls behind the other SSR Dark weapons.
Vulcan's Rage	Provides Shielding equal to 10% of your Attack. When your Core or Basic Attacks land, they apply the Concentration effect which explodes and deals damage equal to 300% of your Attack. With just one Advancement, Vulcan's Blessing explodes to increase your Attack by 12% and Attack Speed by 6%.
Demon Knight's Spear	The Demon Knight's Spear is a rapid weapon that gets even faster after applying the Corrupted Spirit effect to remove Holy Spear's Cooldown. At A3, Holy Spear can essentially be spammed after applying the Corrupted Spirit debuff.
Lustrous Dragon Sword	Unlocked for free by completing the first Chapter 5 Challenge. This greatly heightens your chance of securing duplicates to Advance this sword. A1 unlocks a 30% Critical Hit damage buff. So long as your HP remains above 80%, you'll enjoy an 8% Attack increase, making it ideal for players who have mastered Extreme Evasion timing.
Radiru Family's Longbow	When Flash of Light penetrates a target, your damage increases by 4% (stacking up to 20 times). At A3, this long-range weapon can Stun targets for two seconds and get knocked back.
Orb of Avarice	Purgatory packs a heavy punch and is a great AoE ability despite its relatively short range. Though it's already one of the best SR Fire Weapons, the Orb receives significant damage buffs when Advanced. At A5, the Orb triggers the Raging Black Flame effect upon entering stages and drastically increases your damage.
A-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Black Falcon	Hunting effect can increase your Attack by 7-21% for 30 seconds. At A1, using Hunting Hawk reduces the cooldowns of your powerful QTE abilities.
Frostbite Falchion	Grants a 20% chance to Freeze targets hit by Bitter Cold Wind, which may seem low but you can hit several targets at once. Despite providing decent damage and crowd control, it's difficult to recommend investing in this weapon when Thetis' Grimoire and Skadi are infinitely better options.
Naga Guardian Dragon's Trident	Grants a 75% chance of creating additional water explosions when using Basic Attacks. The Dragon's Trident excels at attacking rapidly which is great for taking on waves of grunts. Significant Advancement can significantly increase Water damage and Attack Speed.
Knight Killer	Though the Knight Killer provides decent damage, it's not the best choice unless you're willing to invest in Advancement. At base, the Knight Killer provides stacking Defense Penetration buffs.
Kasaka's Venom Fang	Has a 30% chance of inflicting Bleed which provides a marked bump to your damage totals. At A1, Kasaka's Venom Fang can briefly Paralyze opponents. Kasaka's Venom Fang is unlocked very early, giving free-to-play players ample time to draw or earn duplicates for Advancement.
Burning Demon's Grimoire	The Burning Demon's Grimoire has a rather slow Attack Speed but makes up for it with impressive damage. This Grimoire also has two passives Mana-focused passives that change depending on your MP. At 51% MP or higher, the Grimoire consumes 10% of your Max MP and turns it into a 30% Skill Damage buff. At 50% MP or lower, you'll recover 5% MP per target hit by Burst.
B-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Dragonscale Broadsword	This Broadsword provides exceptional Core Attack damage but is limited by needing to be within Dragon's Domain. Dragon's Domain is a field created by Fire Dragon Slash and it provides defensive buffs for allies. Needing to fight within Dragon's Domain combined with a slow Attack Speed makes this weapon difficult to use against high-mobility bosses.
Baruka's Dagger	Though Baruka's Dagger provides a substantial 30% damage buff, it only takes effect when performing a back attack. However, with just a single Advancement this weapon becomes substantially stronger because the Slayer of Ice skill will teleport you behind your target for an easy back attack.
C-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Rock Golem Hammer	Great for free-to-play players early in their playthrough, because it's unlocked by completing the first Chapter 3 Challenge. Can create Shields equal to 40% of your Defense, but this weapon is ultimately weighed down by its snail-like Attack Speed.
Orc's Broadsword	The Orc's Might buff provides a 40% damage increase and can cut the cooldown of Orc's Broadsword by 8 seconds. Despite decent damage, the Orc's Broadsword is significantly outclassed by the rest of the SR and SSR Dark weapons.
D-Tier Jinwoo Weapons
Knight's Sword	The base Knight's Sword provides some Defensive bonuses but can augment your damage with a few Advancements. Defensive improvements are arguably the least valuable weapon buffs because of the strength of Shadow Step.
Grave Keeper's Scythe	This Rare Scythe increases your Attack by 2% for 20 seconds after killing an enemy and its basic attack has some of the best damage multipliers for Rare weapons. If you only have Rare weapons, this is likely your best pick.
Sandstorm Cube	This unique Weapon can decrease your opponent's Precision to limit their minimum damage threshold.
Lizard Glaive	After landing the Lizard Pierce Skill, you'll increase the damage of follow-up Lizard Pierce attacks by 0.3% (stacking up to 999 times)
Razan's Blade	Can inflict Burn damage equal to 44% of your Attack every three seconds for 30 seconds.
Ice Elf's Bow	Ranged weapon that deals insignificant Water damage but can Freeze targets for half a second to interrupt incoming attacks.
Lycan Slayer	Landing the Lycan Hunting Skill on an opponent increases damage taken by 50%.
Kim Sangshik's Sword	Like Kim Sangshik, his sword is rather disappointing. But if you reach A1, the Sword can provide an 8% Critical Hit Rate buff.
Arachnid's Hand Crossbow	Allows you to inflict Poison Damage with the Poison Needle Barrage Skill, but doesn't add much more to your kit.

Hunter-Exclusive Weapon Tier List

As a reminder, when paired with their corresponding Hunter, all Hunter-Exclusive Weapons provide powerful buffs tailor-made for their owners and their unique Skills and Passives. With this in mind, you should always pair Hunter-Exclusive Weapons with their matching character or you'll be wasting the item's potential.

While you may consider handing duplicate Hunter-Exclusive Weapons to different Hunters, this is not recommended for a few reasons. Firstly, while some Hunter-Exclusive Weapons like Seo Jiwoo's Unparalleled Bravery may grant partial bonuses, other Hunters won't have the Skills needed to fully benefit from the SSR Weapon. Secondly, if you have a duplicate and hand it to another Hunter, you'll miss the opportunity to Advance your Hunter-Exclusive Weapon and unlock additional bonuses including 2000 Precision Points.

Hunter-Exclusive Weapons
Weapon	Description
S-Tier Hunter-Exclusive Weapons
Unparalleled Bravery	Increases Critical Hit damage by 5-20% depending on your current level of investment. When using most of Jiwoo's abilities, Unparalleled Bravery increases Critical Hit damage by 1% (stacking up to 20 times). Though you'll only see max results if your Jiwoo build focuses on Critical Damage, Unparalleled Bravery at its full potential is a boss-slaying beast that is firmly amongst some of the best Hunter-Exclusive Weapons in Solo Leveling: Arise.
Ice Witch	Alicia Blanche is among the best damage powerhouses in the game, so spending your resources to craft Ice Witch is immediately a worthwhile investment. Increases your Core Attack by 10-40% depending on your weapon level. After activating Alicia's Ice Body Armor status effect, your Water damage dealt increases by 5% for 20 seconds, making it ideal for pairing with additional Water Hunters.
Eternal Slumber	Increases your HP by 2.5-10% depending on your current weapon level. After using Heavenly Blessing, Eternal Slumber provides a team-wide damage buff for 16 seconds. The damage buff scales based on your weapon level and ranges from a 2.5-10% global damage increase. Eternal Slumber is an elite support tool that grants additional team-wide benefits as you invest. Like Min Byung-Gu, Eternal Slumber provides some of the best support of all Hunter-Exclusive weapons.
Night-Thoughts	Increases damage dealt to targets affected by the Break effect by 4-12% depending on your weapon level. When Heat Absorption activates, your damage dealt increases by 1.5% and stacks based on your weapon level. Emma's Heat Absorption is a versatile status effect that can increase your Defense, help you recover HP, and create Shields for extra survivability.
Sword of Light	Similar to Alicia's Ice Witch, the Sword of Light benefits from having one of the heaviest-hitting Hunters in Solo Leveling: Arise. Increases your Basic Skill damage by 5-20% depending on your weapon level which is especially powerful with Hae-In who already has some elite Basic Skill multipliers. As if that wasn't impressive enough, Sword of Light increases your Basic Skill Critical Hit damage by 2-8% (stacking up to 6 times). If you can craft any Hunter-Exclusive weapon, Sword of Light should be at the top of your list.
Equivalent Exchange	Increases Attack by 5-18% depending on your weapon level. When attacking Burned targets, Jong-In decreases the target's Defense by 7-20%. These combined bonuses drastically amplify Choi Jong-In's already absurd damage output.
Intercept	Increase your Dark damage by 4-12% based on your weapon level. After using Tae-Gyu's Ultimate with Intercept equipped, Basic Attacks used within 10 seconds of your Ult increase your Attack by 6% (stacking up to 2-8 times). Tae-Gyu's Ultimate is already a preeminent damage dealer and this Attack buff will only further incentivize using his incredible Ult.
Howling White Tiger's Soul	Increases Basic Attack damage by 8-30% based on your weapon level. When using Basic Attacks, the user takes damage equal to 0.5% of current HP but deals damage equal to 0.2% of current HP to targets. When paired with Silver Mane's Extreme Attack: Beast Form Skill, this Hunter-Exclusive weapon further cements Silver Mane as one of the best boss slayers in the game.
A-Tier Hunter-Exclusive Weapons
Hook, Line, and Sinker	Meilin's signature weapon reduces her Ulitmate Skill cooldown, which is great because her Ult the Big Meow! provides a hefty amount of damage, an Attack increase, buffs to Defense, a Critical Hit Rate Buff, and more. However, the decrease to her Ultimate cooldown begins at 5%, meaning you'll need a few Advancements before seeing your Ult build noticeably faster. Secondly, Meilin's weapon turns her Side Whip Basic Attack into a great support ability. With Hook, Line, and Sinker equipped, the damage of the Hunter with the highest Attack is increased by 1% per 2000 of Meilin's Max HP for 12 seconds.
Suppressed White Tiger's Soul	Increases Light damage by 4-12% based on your weapon's level. When attacking targets afflicted by the White Flames effect, your Defense will increase by 5-20% depending on your weapon's level. While we've frequently mentioned the shortcomings of the Defense stat, it's vital to note that Yoonho's Attack scales based on his Defense. Thus, the Defense buff will make Yonhoo naturally tankier while helping pack a bigger punch.
Solid Logic	Increases the user's Attack damage by 2.5-10% depending on your weapon's level. With some Advancement, targets hit by Strengthening Charm have an increased chance of receiving Critical Hits and receive more Critical Hit damage.
B-Tier Hunter-Exclusive Weapons
A Gentle Touch	Increases Wind damage by 4-12% depending on your weapon's level. Grants a 3% Basic Skill damage buff when the Impulsive Revenge or Madness effects are active. A Gentle Touch's cohesion with the Impulsive Revenge effect increases Wind damage while increasing your Attack because Dongsoo's Attack scales based on his Defense.
C-Tier Hunter-Exclusive Weapons
Another Level	User's attack ignores 2-6% of the target's Defense. Using Meditation of Power while wearing Another Level will increase damage dealt to the target by 5% for three seconds. Despite being a solid Hunter-Exclusive weapon, Another Level unfortunately belongs to the worst SSR Hunter, Woo Jinchul. For this reason, we recommend not using your Weapon Designs and Mana Power Crystals to craft this weapon.

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Sung Jinwoo Weapon Tier List

Hunter-Exclusive Weapon Tier List