Some bosses have a Break gauge and require the use of breakers in Solo Leveling Arise. Break gauges are shields that only those Hunters capable of dealing Break damage or breakers can shatter. Players can see the Break gauge below the HP bar of bosses who possess it. After breaking the shield, enemies become immovable briefly and take increased damage.
There are several types of break damage: weak, medium, heavy, and almighty. Of these, almighty deals the highest break damage and can deplete the gauge sooner. The title offers eight hunters with breaking capability as of this writing.
This article ranks the seven best breakers based on their breaking ability in Solo Leveling Arise.
Note: This ranking is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion.
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Ranking best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise
Here is a list of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise:
7) Seo Jiwoo
Seo Jiwoo in Solo Leveling Arise is an SSR Hunter who belongs to the Tank class and deals Water elemental damage. She can deal only weak and medium Break damage.
Her Core Attack: Twin Dragon Strike, Basic Skill: Water Dragon Rush and Lightning Kick, and QTE Skill: Burst Punch deal weak Break damage. Only her Support Skill, Water Dragon Lightning Kick, deals medium Break damage.
Although Seo Jiwoo can deal medium Break damage, it is only with one of her skills, which is not enough to take down bosses. Breaking their Gauge will take plenty of time.
However, Seo Jiwoo's Advancement Tier 2 does improve the effectiveness of the Break damage she deals by 10%. Additionally, her Break effectiveness increases by 50% when she uses Heavy Attack: Lightning Kick.
Seo Jiwoo is one of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise against bosses weak to Water elemental damage. Her damage output is also decent and can help the team survive by giving them shields. The character is the best fighter against Cerberus in Encore Missions.
Also read: Best Water characters in SLA
6) Woo Jinchul
Woo Jinchul, a Wind-type character, is one of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise. His Core Attack: Suppress and Basic Skill: Meditation of Power deal weak Break damage.
Woo Jinchul deals medium Break damage with his Basic Skill: Iron Fist, Support: Justice Enforcement, and QTE: Judgment. At Advancement Tier 1, his Break effect from the Meditation of Power increases by 100%. He can use the skill up to three times.
Woo Jinchul can be a decent choice against bosses due to the Break effect buff he gets from his Passive and his ability to deal maximum amounts of medium Break damage. However, his only contribution to the team is increasing the Dash count. Nevertheless, players can use him to deplete bosses’ Break Gauge and deal massive damage to them.
Also read: Best Wind characters in SLA
5) Baek Yoonho
Baek Yoonho, who deals Light elemental damage, is one of the best SSR breakers in Solo Leveling Arise.
He can inflict weak Break damage with his Basic Attack: White Flame Strike and Core Attack: White Flame Pummel. His Basic Skill: Ferocious Spirit, Support: White Flame Storm Kick, and QTE: Damnation inflict medium Break damage, while his Basic Skill: White Flame Gale Kick deals heavy Break damage.
Baek Yoonho allows players to deal damage with all of his skills, and his damage is also one of the best in the game. His White Flame Gale Kick, which deals heavy Break damage, inflicts damage equal to 1730% of his Defense. Additionally, his Break effectiveness also increases by 20% at the Advancement Tier 2.
Baek Yoonho’s massive damage and his ability to deal the maximum amount of medium and heavy Break damage make him one of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise.
4) Emma Laurent
Emma Laurent in Solo Leveling Arise is an SSR Tank who deals Fire elemental damage. She deals weak Break damage with her Basic Attack: Sword of Revenge, Core Attack: Flare Strike, and QTE Skill: Flame Judgement. Her Basic Skill, Burn Up, and Support Skill, Roaring Flames, deal medium Break damage, while her Basic Skill, Flame Cleave, deals heavy Break damage.
All her skills inflict the Break effect, and her damage output is as good as, if on par, with that of DPS characters like Choi Jong-In.
In Emma Laurent, players have a decent Supporter, damage dealer, and breaker. Her Advancement Tiers also directly or indirectly buffs her Break damage. At tier 1, the Break damage of her Burn Up skills increases by 77.77%. The tier 2 Advancement increases her Break effect by 10% and the damage she deals to enemies in the Break state by 20%.
At Advancement tier 5, Emma Laurent's Power Gauge and Core Gauge recover 100% when enemies enter the Break state. This character is one of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise and is effective against bosses and mobs alike.
3) Yoo Jinho
Yoo Jinho, an SR character, is one of the best breakers in Solo Leveling Arise. His Core Attack: X-Slash, Basic Skill: My Turn, and QTE Skill: It’s My Turn deal weak Break damage. He can deal medium Break damage with his Basic: Trust Me! And Support Skill: Jinwoo, It’s Me.
In addition to dealing Break damage, Yoo Jinho contributes significantly to a team by increasing defenses, recovering a small amount of HP, and stunning enemies. His damage is based on his Defense. His skills can apply the Defense Increase buff, adding more to the damage he deals.
Players can use Yoo Jinho as a support hunter for Sung Jinwoo to deal additional Break damage or in any Light content. Moreover, building him with Solid Analysis gives him more utility as one of the breakers in Solo Leveling Arise.
Also read: Best Light characters in SLA
2) Nam Chae-Young
Nam Chae-Young, the SR Water-type character in Solo Leveling Arise, belongs to the Ranger class. Her Core Attack: K13 - Reactive Type Ice Grenade deals weak Break damage, and her Basic Skill: Icy Step deals heavy Break damage. She deals medium Break damage with Basic Skill: K63-Ice Grenade, Support Skill: Icy Wind, and QTE Skill: Tip of the Iceberg.
Nam Chae-Young's Advancement Tier 1 increases her Break effectiveness by 20%. She can also freeze targets with her skills, except for Basic and Core Attacks and Basic Skill: Icy Step. She deals 20% more damage to frozen enemies.
Nam Chae-Young is one of the best Water-type breakers in Solo Leveling Arise, making her a must-have against bosses who are weak to the elemental type. Moreover, her freeze effect and damage buff add more to her Break damage.
1) Go Gunhee
Go Gunhee is one of the top breakers in Solo Leveling Arise. He is a tank-class hero of SSR rarity and deals light elemental damage to enemies. Gunhee can deal weak Break damage with Chairman’s Will (Basic Attack), Abdominal Crush (Core Attack), Fighting Spirit (Basic Skill 1), and Power of Brilliant Light (Basic Skill 2).
His Instant Destruction (Support Skill) and Clean Sweep (QTE Skill) deal medium Break damage. He can also deal almighty Break damage with Supernova (Ultimate Skill). However, players must upgrade him to Advancement Tier 3 to deal the almighty Break. Players can improve Go Gunhee's Break effectiveness by 20% by upgrading him to Advancement Tier 2.
Go Gunhee is one of the best support units for a team with light-type hunters. In addition to breaking bosses’ Break gauge, he can deal massive damage with his skills. Players can equip the Burning Greed artifact to boost Gunhee's breaking abilities. Its 8-set effect boosts his Break effect by 30%. Additionally, the artifact also buffs his critical hit rate and critical hit damage.
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