Solo Leveling Arise tier list: Best hunter characters ranked

Here’s the ultimate Solo Leveling: Arise tier list that ranks every hunter character you can get in the game from best to worst.

Netmarble launched Arise with 24 hunter characters to clear high-ranking Gates and defeat Solo Leveling bosses. Since then, six new characters have been added, including Han Se-Mi and Go Gunhee on August 22, bringing the total roster to 30.

However, it has been tricky to know which characters are the best for use to assemble the strongest hunting team possible.

Solo Leveling: Arise best hunter character tier list

S-tier hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise

S-tier Hunter Character	Skills & abilities
Cha Hae-In	Cha Hae-In is the second strongest DPS unit compared to every other hunter, with Amamiya Mirei having narrowly taken the crown. She can deal exceptionally high amounts of normal damage and critical damage combos on your enemies.She can also use a unique ability that stops enemies from healing themselves, which can be key against tough monsters.
Alicia Blanche	Despite being technical to use, the Ice Mage hunter deals massive Water damage and has unique abilities relating to her Freezing effect that make her a standout character to use at your disposal.Not only is she one of the best DPS dealers in Arise, but her Shield and Freeze abilities make her remarkably versatile during your fights and when constructing your hunting team. However, she heavily depends on character and weapon dupes to level up her Advancement Tiers and grant OP benefits.
Amamiya Mirei	Amamiya Mirei scales of her Attack stats and since she was added on July 31 has became the best DPS hunter in Arise. However, her abilities are not as superior as Cha Hae-In, which slightly weakens her in comparison.Her gameplay centers around using her Ultimate Skill, which along with her skills is able to grant herself buffs to inflict insane amounts of Wind Damage and Critical Hit Damage.

Cha Hae-In, Alicia Blanche, and Amamiya Mirei are by far the best hunter characters you can get in Solo Leveling: Arise and therefore are ranked as S-tier characters.

Hae-in previously was our only top-ranked hunter since launch, however, following further updates, both Blanche and Mirei have proved to be just as strong.

A-tier hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise

A-tier Hunter Character	Skills & abilities	
Yoo Soohyun	Yoo Soohyun has instantly become the best Fire Damage dealer in the game, finally knocking off Choi Jong-In from the top spot. This has also made her the third-highest DPS dealer in Solo Leveling: Arise.Her simplistic, but effective abilities, will make her an asset to any hunting team, especially when leveled up.
Min Byung-Gu	Min Byung-Gu is the most formidable support character in Arise, who can weaken enemies, as well as heal and buff characters in your hunting team quickly.
Choi Jong-In	Choi Jong-In is a strong hunter in Arise, who can deal high amounts of Fire damage at range. His ability to use Burn attacks to constantly weaken enemies, as well as his Ultimate to issue insane amounts of damage make him one of the best damage dealers.Despite him being unable to deal critical damage, his damage per second far makes up for it, especially with upgrades.
Emma Laurent	Emma Laurent is the best all-around hunter character in Arise, offering a wealth of support, breaking and damage-dealing benefits.All her skills can break bosses, as well as deal enormous Fire damage. This combined with her ability to use Burn attacks to weaken enemies, while increasing Fire damage and Defense Penetration for your hunting team, makes her incredibly useful.
Seo Jiwoo	Seo Jiwoo is a diverse character that, thanks to her skill reset abilities, allows her to deal damage while solo for long periods.This compared with her strengths in breaking enemies, such as bosses, and her ability to also give shields to your hunting team, makes her a top-tier character.
Meilin Fisher	Meilin Fisher has proved to be a fairly strong support character, who as a Health-based unit scales Attacks and buffs for teammates off her Health.With her also boosting Water Damage for her and others, then she is best suited with Alicia Blanche or other Water hunters to be most effective. However, her support skills and abilities are less superior to Min Byung-Gu, who remains the best support character in Solo Leveling: Arise.
Lim Tae-Gyu	Lim Tae-Gyu is another strong hunter for boss fights due to his breaking abilities, but mainly for his Ultimate being able to deal the highest damage potential in Solo Leveling: Arise.Despite his damage per second still being reasonably strong, it is fairly hard to hit enemies with his ranged attacks.
Han Se-Mi	Han Se-Mi is a similar character to Meilin Fisher, providing major Health buffs to her and teammates via some healing abilities and skills. This Wind Element unit is a strong support character for any hunting team, especially when paired with Wind hunters due to her unique buffs granted to fellow Wind characters.

B-tier hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise

B-tier Hunter Character	Skills & abilities	
Silver Mane Baek Yonhoo	The best Gate boss killer in Solo Leveling: Arise, Silver Mane boasts insane bleeding damage and the ability to buff himself.As his health decreases, he will only get stronger during your fights and will be able to deal increasingly high amounts of Dark damage.
Kang Taeshik	Kang Taeshik’s strengths come from his high damage per second compared to others, and his ability to deal damage by Bleeding enemies.If you haven’t got Silver Mane at your disposal, who has very similar abilities and strengths, further upgrades make Taeshik a decent pick.
Lee Bora	Lee Bora is strong as an off-field support hunter, who can deal a reasonable amount of Dark damage, as well as the ability to weaken opponent’s damage.She is especially useful against bosses, due to her debuffing abilities, which allow her to reduce the attack and movement speed of enemies.
Nam Chae-Young	Nam Chae-Young is impressive at taking down enemies’ guards with her ranged Water damage attacks, but needs considerable upgrades to give her damage a boost.She also has the added ability of being able to freeze opponents, which is especially useful as a support when fighting bosses to let your stronger damage hunters attack.
Hwang Dongsoo	Hwang Dongsoo is a fairly strong Wind-type hunter that is especially strong against bosses that have armor, due to his unique ability to remove it. He is also a great Tank character who can increase his defense, all while being able to deal decent damage.
Park Heejin	Another support option is Park Heejin, who can help your hunting team in various ways. These include increasing Ultimate damage, overall damage, and removing debuffs from your team.
Baek Yonhoo	Baek Yoonho is the best breaker in the game for defeating bosses, as well as one of the best all-rounder hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise.All of his attacks, abilities, and skills will allow you to break opponents quickly. This is paired with reasonably strong support skills, defense, damage, and the ability to passively weaken enemy defenses.

C-tier hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise

C-tier Hunter Character	Skills & abilities	
Go Gunhee	Go Gunhee scales all of his attacks off his Defense stats as a Light Damage dealing Tank unit. He has strong Break capabilities and can deal some heavy critical hit damage.However, his skills and abilities are fairly simple, his DPS dealing is alright, but there are plenty more far superior hunters.
Kim Chul	Kim Chul is a great Tank hunter who can create a shield for himself and your hunting team. By using his Ultimate, he can reduce the damage dealt to your allies and provide more shields.He also can stun enemies for a few seconds, making him a good support character.
Yoo Jinho	Sung Jinwoo’s best friend, Yoo Jinho, is easy to use and has the benefits of being able to break and stun enemies, as well as being able to heal, provide defense boosts, and give attack increases to your team.
Woo Jinchul	Woo Jinchul’s weakness is his damage, which is the lowest of all SSR rarity hunters in Solo Leveling: Arise. His only real strengths come from his skills of being able to dodge and evade attacks easily.
Hwang Dongsuk	Hwang Dongsuk is a hard-to-beat Tank hunter who can heal and give shield boosts to himself. He also deals a fairly decent amount of damage, as well as being able to break and stun enemies.
Ann Ruiz	Ann Ruiz’s strengths come from her unique ranged Water attacks that can inflict waves of damage, debuffs, and can even break her enemies. But, she will need a lot of upgrades to give her damage a boost.

D-tier hunter characters in Solo Leveling: Arise

D-tier Hunter Character	Skills & abilities	
Song Chiyul	If you don’t have Choi Jong-In, then Son Chiyul is another option who shares similar skills and abilities. However, he is severely weak against bosses and is best to keep upgrading to wipe out Gate monsters.
Han Song-Yi	Despite her damage per second being okay, she is still one of the worst overall and is best avoided if you need a Water hunter. If you have no choice, then make sure you upgrade her damage and critical damage.
Lee Joohee	Lee Joohee is only good for healing, but it is not that useful in Solo Leveling: Arise. Her damage lacks and so does her and support abilities to give attack increases and mana recovery boosts to your hunting team.
Jo Kyuhwan	Jo Kyuhwan is fairly lackluster overall, with his damage, range, skills and abilities being average. He does have the ability to break and stun enemies when upgraded, but again it is nothing special.
Park Beom-Shik	Park Beom-Shik’s skills are not the worst and his damage is reasonable, but his health is severely lacking. His knockdown abilities are only his real standout positive.
Kim Sangshik	Kim Sangshik is the worst hunter character of all you can choose in Solo Leveling: Arise. He has considerably low damage, ineffective skills, and short skill range. The only positive is his ability to break, which many have.

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