Solo Leveling Arise Harper build guide: Best artifacts, weapons, and more

Harper is an SSR rarity Hunter who debuted in the Solo Leveling Arise September 12 update. She deals Dark-type damage and belongs to the Tank class. Players can summon her at a boosted drop in her dedicated Rate-Up banner, which will be available till October 10, 2024. This character can deal weak, medium, and almighty Break damage with her Basic and Core attacks and skills.

Harper can also buff her Critical Hit Rate, Critical Hit Damage, and damage-dealing abilities. Additionally, she can debuff enemies to take increased damage from the Dark-type Hunters’ Ultimate Skill.

Below are the recommended equipment, weapons, and skills-upgrading priority for a Harper build in Solo Leveling Arise.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the opinions of the writer

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Solo Leveling Arise Harper build guide: Best artifacts

Best artifacts for the SSR Hunter (Image via Netmarble)

Harper’s damage scales with her HP in Solo Leveling Arise, so players must use artifacts that boost her Health. The SSR Hunter also buffs her Critical Hit Rate and Critical Hit Damage when entering a battle.

Considering these facts, here are the best Solo Leveling Arise artifacts for the character:

Body set

Angel in White

• 2-set effect: This boosts the Hunter’s HP by 8%.
• 4-set effect: This equipment buffs the Healing Given by 8%. Additionally, the damage of the ally with the highest Total Power increases by 8%.

Noble Sacrifice

• 2-set effect: Noble Sacrifice’s 2-set effect also buffs the Hunter’s HP by 8%.
• 4-set effect: This decreases the user’s Attack but buffs team members’ attack by 8%.

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Accessories

Sylph’s Blessing

• 2-set effect: When she uses her QTE Skill, Support Skills, or Ultimate Skill, Harper and her team’s Elemental Weakness damage buffs by 5% for 30 seconds.
• 4-set effect: The duration extends to 60 seconds, and Elemental Weakness damage can stack up to three instances.

Burning Greed

• 2-set effect: When Harper uses her skills, which deal Break damage, the equipment applies the Greed effect. Greed buffs the character's Critical Hit Rate by 1% (can stack up to 10 times). The effect cools down in 1.5 seconds.
• 4-set effect: When the Greed effect reaches 10 stacks, it changes to the Enhance Greed effect. It buffs Harper's and her allies’ Critical Hit Rate and Critical Hit Damage by 10% and 15%.
• 8-set effect: Harper's Break effectiveness increases by 30% while dealing damage to enemies weak to the Dark element. Additionally, the Enhanced Greed effect changes to the Burning Greed effect. It buffs Harper and her team members’ Critical Hit Rate and Critical Hit Damage by 15% and 30%.

Players can also equip the complete Burning Greed or combine it with Sylph’s Blessing and Noble Sacrifice. They can even equip this Solo Leveling Arise Tank Hunter with Angel in White and Sylph’s Blessing.

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Solo Leveling Arise Harper build guide: Best weapons

Mischievous Exclusive Weapon (Image via Netmarble)

The best weapon for a Harper build in Solo Leveling Arise is her Exclusive Weapon, SSR Mischievous. This weapon buffs the character's HP by 4% at the base level. Additionally, it boosts her team members’ Dark damage by 4% for 30 seconds when she uses her Ultimate Skill.

Players can also use the following SR Solo Leveling Arise weapons instead of Mischievous:

• Steel Axe: Harper's Core Attack damage increases by 9% when equipped with Steel Axe at the base level.
• Steel Shield: This SR weapon decreases the damage the Hunter takes from bosses by 4.5% at the base level.

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Solo Leveling Arise Harper build guide: Skills-upgrading priorities

Solo Leveling Arise players can upgrade Harper's skills in the following order:

The Tenderizer! (Basic Skill 1) > Hammer Drift! (Basic Skill 2) > Hammer Dash! (Core Attack) > Harper’s Mjolnir (Ultimate Skill) > Hammer Attack (Basic Attack) > Hammer Rush (QTE Skill) > Harper’s Thunder (Support Skill)

Here are the details of this Dark Hunter's skills:

• Harper (Basic Attack): This skill deals 155%/160%/166% damage at stage 1/2/3. Additionally, it inflicts the Airborne effect and deals weak Break damage.
• Hammer Dash! (Core Attack): It deals 552% damage and medium Break damage. Harper also inflicts the Airborne and Paralyze effect when this skill hits. The Paralyze effect interrupts the target for three seconds.
• The Tenderizer! (Basic Skill 1): This skill deals 1249% damage, cools down in 15 seconds, and consumes 250 Mana Power (MP). It deals almighty Break damage and inflicts the Airborne and Porkchopped effects to the enemy when hit. The Porkchopped effect increases Ultimate Skill damage taken from Dark Hunters by 1% (can stack up to 12 times). This skill cools down in 20 seconds.
• Hammer Drift! (Basic Skill 2): This skill deals 704% damage, cools down in 15 seconds, and consumes 250 MP. It also deals medium Break damage and applies the Airborne effect. The skill’s first hit knocks down the enemy.
• Hammer Rush (QTE Skill): It deals 270% damage and cools down in 20 seconds. This skill deals medium Break damage and applies the Airborne effect when hit.
• Harper’s Thunder (Support Skill): This skill deals 300% damage and cools down in 25 seconds. It deals medium Break damage and inflicts the Airborne effect. When this skill hits, it applies the Paralyze effect to the enemy. The Paralyze effect interrupts the target for 3 seconds.
• Hamper’s Mjolnir (Ultimate Skill): This skill deals 1603% damage and cools down in 45 seconds. Its first hit applies the Airborne effect and knocks down the enemy when the final hit lands.

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Solo Leveling Arise Harper build guide: Passive effect and Best Advancement Tier

Harper's Passive effects (Image via Netmarble)

Harper’s Passive effect activates the Super Magic Booster at the beginning of battle. When she uses Hammer Drift!, it activates the London Drift effect.

The Super Magic Booster increases the character's Critical Hit rate and Critical Hit Damage by 5% (can stack up to four times) for infinite duration when she uses Hammer Drift! skill. The London Drift boosts her damage-dealing ability by 20% for 10 seconds.

Here are the effects of each Advancement Tier:

• Advancement Tier 1: When she uses The Tenderizer!, Harper gets a shield equal to 50% of her HP. The Tenderizer's max number of hits also increases by 4, and its damage increases by 120%.
• Advancement Tier 2: This increases her Break effectiveness by 20%.
• Advancement Tier 3: While using the Hammer Drift! skill, Harper instantly attacks enemies within a five-meter range. It also enhances the London Drift effect. The hammer also changes to Harper & Charlotte’s Mjolnir, and the Ultimate Skill’s damage increases by 70%. The enhanced London Drift increases the character's damage-dealing ability by 60% for 15 seconds.
• Advancement Tier 4: All team members’ Defense and HP increase by 8%.
• Advancement Tier 5: This enhances the Porkchopped effect, and the Super Magic Booster becomes the Twin Magic Booster. Porkchopped increases the Ultimate Skilll’s damage taken from Dark Hunters by 2% (can stack up to 16 times) for 30 seconds. The Twin Super Magic Booster increases the character's Critical Hit Rate and Critical Hit Damage by 6% (can stack up to 6 times) when she uses Hammer Drift! Skill for infinite duration.

The best Advancement Tier that F2P and P2W players can use for Harper is Tier 3. This tier significantly boosts the character's damage-dealing ability with an enhanced London Drift effect. Additionally, her Ultimate Skill’s damage increases by 70%, further increasing her damage-dealing ability.

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