Best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling Arise

best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo
The best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo to make your Solo Leveling Arise journey convenient. (Image via Netmarble)

Using the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo makes a huge difference in battles. It is one of the many factors in Solo Leveling Arise that makes one’s progression quicker. Over 15 Sung Jinwoo weapons are currently available in the game, and they have unique abilities. And some, when paired with others, give the best damage, utility, and survivability during fights.

This article looks at some of the best weapon combinations for Solo Leveling Arise's protagonist. It also includes some universal weapons that can be paired with any other weapon one desires.


Solo Leveling Arise: The best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo

1) West Wind and Baruka’s Dagger

West Wind and Baruka's Daggers' weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo can give up to 100% Critical Hit Rate. (Image via Netmarble)
West Wind and Baruka's Daggers' weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo can give up to 100% Critical Hit Rate. (Image via Netmarble)

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This is one of the best weapon combos for F2P players that includes both SR rarity items: West Wind and Baruka’s Dagger. The former deals damage from a long distance, whereas the latter from a short distance. One of the West Wind’s skills, Secret Bullet, deals 75% more damage when there aren’t any enemies within a 5m range.

The Baruka’s Dagger, on the other hand, increases Jinwoo’s basic attack damage by 30% for eight seconds. Additionally, it boosts the Critical Hit Rate by 20% for five seconds every five seconds at Advancement Tier 3. The Critical Hit Rate buff is triggered when Sung Jinwoo executes a back attack that applies the Surprise Attack effect. At Advancement Tier 5, the Critical Hit Rate buff increases to 40%.

Considering that both are SR rarity weapons, it would be easier to get their dupes and Advance their tiers. At the highest Advancement, these weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo can raise his Critical Hit Rate to 100%.


2) Orb of Avarice and Burning Demon’s Grimoire

Orb of Avarice and Ancient Demon's Grimoire is the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo against bosses weak to the Fire element. (Image via Netmarble)
Orb of Avarice and Ancient Demon's Grimoire is the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo against bosses weak to the Fire element. (Image via Netmarble)

Orb of Avarice and Burning Demon’s Grimoire are both SR weapons of Fire elemental damage. The former increases the damage of its Purgatory skill by 50% by boosting MP consumption by 10%. This damage buff increases at each Advancement tier.

The Burning Demon’s Grimoire helps Jinwoo recover MP by 5% whenever it falls below 50%. This MP-recovery technique will allow Jinwoo to deal more damage with the Orb of Avarice’s Purgatory skill. Moreover, when Jinwoo uses the Burst skill of the Grimoire, it boosts his skills’ damage by 30% by consuming 10% MP.

The Orb of Avarice and the Burning Demon’s Grimoire make one of the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo against enemies that are weak against the Fire element. Moreover, players can equip Skill Runes to Sung Jinwoo that deal Fire damage, as both the weapons increase the elemental damage by 8% at Advancement Tier 2.


3) Vulcan’s Rage and Demon King’s Longsword

Vulcan's Rage with the Longsword makes among the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo to deal lethal damage. (Image via Netmarble)
Vulcan's Rage with the Longsword makes among the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo to deal lethal damage. (Image via Netmarble)

The Demon King’s Longsword and the Vulcan’s Rage weapon combo for Sung Jinwoo help prolong his survivability in SLA. They both create shields, with the former granting 10% of his attack with the Vulcan’s Blessing effect that lasts for 10 seconds. Meanwhile, the latter grants a shield equal to 20% of his Max HP. Additionally, the Longsword can also apply the stun effect to enemies for three seconds.

The Vulcan’s Rage can also trigger another effect, Concentration, whenever Jinwoo’s Basic Attack or Core Attack lands. The Concentration effect deals damage equal to 300% of Jinwoo’s attack after the Vulcan’s Blessing effect wears off (in 10 seconds).


4) Radiru Family’s Longbow and The Huntsman

The Huntsman and Radiru's Family Longbow is one of the best weapon combos for bosses weak to Light element in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
The Huntsman and Radiru's Family Longbow is one of the best weapon combos for bosses weak to Light element in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

The Radiru Family’s Longbow is an SR rarity, and The Huntsman is an SSR rarity weapon in Solo Leveling Arise. Whenever Sung Jinwoo uses Longbow’s skill, Flash of Light, it penetrates the opponent and increases his damage by 4% (stacks up to 20 times). At Advancement Tier 1, it ignores 50% of the user’s defense, and Advancement Tier 3 causes Flash of Light to Stun the target and knock them down.

The Huntsman can increase Jinwoo’s Break effect and the damage enemies take at Advancement Tier 1 and interrupt them at Advancement Tier 3. Whenever Jinwoo uses The Huntsman’s Judgement Attack skill, it changes his Core Attack to Time to Hunt for six seconds. Jinwoo’s damage output boosts by 60% during this period.

Additionally, whenever Jinwoo lands his Core Attack, Basic Attack, or Time to Hunt to enemies within 4m, his damage boosts by 60%. The defense penetration effect from Longbow combined with The Huntsman's damage increase effect allows him to deal massive damage. It is one of the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo to fight against bosses weak to the Light element.


5) Knight Killer and Kasaka’s Venom Fang

Kasaka's Venom Fang and Knight Killer is one of the best SR weapon combos in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Kasaka's Venom Fang and Knight Killer is one of the best SR weapon combos in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Knight Killer and Kasaka’s Venom Fang are both SR weapons. They are easy to obtain and, when combined, can chip out massive damage from enemies. Kasaka’s Venom Fang can apply the Bleed effect (can’t be applied to world bosses), which deals continuous damage over time.

The weapon can paralyze enemies at Advancement Tier 1 and deal damage equal to 75% of Jinwoo’s attack every three seconds at Advancement Tier 3. Kasaka’s Venom Fang can also reduce the enemies' HP recovery for three seconds by 70%.

Knight Killer, on the other hand, increases Jinwoo’s defense penetration by 2.4% for 10 seconds (can stack up to 10 times). The weapon can also increase the damage enemies take by 5% up to five times for an infinite duration.

These weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo are the best against waves of monsters. They both will clear the dungeons swiftly, without much effort.


Alternate SSR weapons for Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling Arise

The above-listed weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo are the best players can use to progress faster. However, there are also other SSR weapons that one can pair with any weapon currently available in the title. Here is their list:

1) Shadow Scythe

Shadow Scythe in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Shadow Scythe in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Shadow Scythe is an SSR weapon that players can get by completing a mission in Challenge’s Chapter 9. It increases Jinwoo’s skill damage by 100% and Critical Hit Rate by 25%. Additionally, when Jinwoo’s HP falls below 60%, it recovers 0.4% HP of his current HP. This Solo Leveling Arise weapon deals Dark elemental damage.


2) Demonic Plum Flower Sword

Demonic Plum Flower Sword in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Demonic Plum Flower Sword in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Demonic Plum Flower Sword is one of the best weapons in Solo Leveling Arise that deals with Dark elemental damage. It can trigger the Plum Flower effect after Jinwoo uses the weapon’s Plum Flower: Swift Flight skill. The effect increases his Critical Hit damage by 12% (can stack up to three times) for an infinite duration.

Additionally, the weapon’s Full Bloom effect increases the usage speed of Plum Flower: Swift Flight, Jinwoo’s attack, and Critical Hit Rate. The Full Bloom effect is triggered every time Jinwoo performs a successful Dash, followed by Plum Flower: Swift Flight.

Triggering the Full Bloom effect can be a bit tough, so players must be skilled to use the weapon to its full potential. However, they can use Demonic Plum Flower Sword with any weapon once mastered.


3) Moonshadow

Moonshadow in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Moonshadow in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Moonshadow is an SSR rarity weapon that deals Dark elemental damage. It can trigger the Full Moon effect when Jinwoo uses its skill, Moonglow Shining in the Dark. Whenever the skill hits, it slows down enemies for three seconds and applies the Lunar Eclipse effect equal to the stack of the Full Moon.

Lunar Eclipse increases the damage enemies take and Jinwoo’s Dark damage by 10% for three seconds. At Advancement Tier 1, the percentage rises to 15%. Players can pair this with any weapon in Solo Leveling Arise.


4) Thetis’ Grimoire (SSR)

Thetis' Grimoire in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Thetis' Grimoire in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Thetis’ Grimoire is another SSR weapon that players can pair with any other and get one of the best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo. It deals Water elemental damage and can freeze enemies for four seconds. After the freeze effect ends, it deals damage equal to 10% of the damage enemies took when the effect was active for four seconds.

Additionally, it can apply the Deep Erosion effect at Advancement Tier 1. The effect increases the damage enemies weak to the Water element by 24% for 15 seconds.


5) Skadi

Skadi in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)
Skadi in Solo Leveling Arise. (Image via Netmarble)

Skadir is an SSR weapon that debuted in the May 29 update of Solo Leveling Arise. It deals Water elemental damage and players can use it with any other weapon. When Jinwoo uses the weapon’s skill, Winter Hunting, it activates the Last Hunt and applies the Skadi’s Blessing effect. On the other hand, the weapon applies the Skadi’s Curse effect when the Winter Hunting hits.

Last Hunt deals damage equal to 100% of Jinwoo’s attack with Skadi’s Curse effect that lasts for seven seconds. Additionally, it inflicts the Freeze effect and removes the Skadi’s Curse effect when enemies get hit.

Skadi’s Blessing increases Jinwoo’s attack and defense penetration by 3% for 10 seconds. The weapon also creates Skadi’s Domain when Jinwoo uses the Last hunt at Advancement Tier 1. Skadi’s Domain deals damage equal to 50% to enemies inside the domain. Additionally, the weapon deals 10% additional Water elemental damage when Jinwoo uses it within the domain.


That concludes our best weapon combos for Sung Jinwoo. Interested players can check out the best SSR weapons for Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling Arise here.

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