Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments: Rune Skill and artifact

The Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments include changes to the Sung Jinwoo Runes and artifacts. Netmarble will introduce them in the forthcoming SLA September 12 update. The developers are set to buff certain Runes of seven Sung Jinwoo skills. As for artifacts, Netmarble will add a new option, Mana Recovery Increase.

Below are the complete details of Rune Skill and artifact adjustments in the forthcoming September 12 update. Note that the damage percentages of each Rune are at the base level in Rare, Heroic, and Legendary rarities.

Changes in the Rune Skill for the Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Changes to the Vital Strike skill's Runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Vital Strike skill with Decimate Rune. (Image via Netmarble)

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1) Rune: Decimate

Before: Damage equal to 450% / 580% / 760% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 905% / 1324% / 1938% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

2) Rune: Internal Wound

Before: Damage equal to 418% / 520% / 744% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 950% / 1335% / 2120% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

3) Rune: Hone In

Before: Damage equal to 640%/755%/892% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 802% / 1043% / 1350% of Jinwoo's Attack.

4) Rune: On Point

Before: Damage equal to 512%/622%/791% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 798% / 1143% / 1674% of Jinwoo's Attack.

Changes to the Mutilate skill's Runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Mutilate skill with Cold Storm Rune. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Cold Storm

Before: Damage equal to 410% / 480% / 586% of Jinwoo’s Attack. When this skill hits it applies the [Freeze] effect to the target, dealing damage equal to 30% / 50% / 80% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 883% / 1328% / 1992% of Jinwoo’s Attack. When this skill hits it applies the [Freeze] effect to the target, dealing damage equal to 150% / 250% / 400% of Jinwoo’s attack

2) Rune: Phantom

Before: Damage equal to 347% / 400% / 500% of Jinwoo’s Attack and Max HP.
After: Damage equal to 393% / 480% / 635% of Jinwoo’s Attack and Max HP

3) Rune: Strike

Before: Damage equal to 462% / 578% / 828% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 690% / 1012% / 1648% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

Changes to the Double Slash skill's runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Double Slash with Full Moon Wheel. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Full Moon Wheel

Before: Damage equal to 470% / 586% / 734% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 630% / 883% / 1230% of Jinwoo's Attack.

2) Rune: Flame Slash

Before: Damage equal to 364% / 450% / 583% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 424% / 567% / 787% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

Changes to the Dagger Toss skill's runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Dagger Toss skill with Detonation Rune. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Detonation

Before: Damage per dagger equal to 60%/72%/82% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage per dagger equal to 97%/136%/177% of Jinwoo's Attack.

2) Rune: Electric Shock

Before: Damage equal to 277% / 317% / 338% of Jinwoo's Attack. Every time this skill hits, he applies the [Electric Shock] effect to the target, dealing damage equal to 50% / 100% / 200% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 724% / 1084% / 1430% of Jinwoo's Attack. Every time this skill hits, he applies the [Electric Shock] effect to the target, dealing damage equal to 150% / 300% / 600% of Jinwoo's Attack.

3) Rune: Ascension

Before: Damage equal to 476%/507%/565% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 500%/545%/622% of Jinwoo's Attack.

4) Rune: Bombardment

Before: Damage equal to 460%/533%/628% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 735%/1028%/1432% of Jinwoo's Attack.

Changes to The Commander’s Touch skill's Runes in Solo Leveling September 12 balance adjustments

The Commander's Touch skill with Finisher rune. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Black Hole

Before: Damage equal to 22% / 25% / 30% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 30% / 37% / 50% of Jinwoo's Attack.

2) Rune: Finisher

Before: Damage equal to 736% / 878% / 1185% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 1193% / 1591% / 2406% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

3) Rune: Liberation

Before: Damage equal to 360% / 454% / 550% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 586% / 820% / 1095% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

Changes to the Crushing Blow skill's runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustment

Crushing Blow skill with Countering Break. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Enlightened Break

Before: Damage equal to 354% / 373% / 466% of Jinwoo's Attack.
After: Damage equal to 530% / 655% / 945% of Jinwoo's Attack.

2) Rune: Chained Break

Before: Damage equal to 400% / 455% / 582% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 697% / 888% / 1280% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

3) Rune: Countering Break

Before: Damage equal to 440% / 610% / 864% of Jinwoo’s Attack
After: Damage equal to 935% / 1528% / 2506% of Jinwoo’s Attack

Changes to the Armor Break skill's runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Armor Break with Iceberg. (Image via Netmarble)

1) Rune: Multishadow Strike

Before: Damage equal to 300% / 372% / 477% of Jinwoo’s Attack and Defense.
After: Damage equal to 643% / 910% / 1312% of Jinwoo’s Attack and Defense.

2) Rune: Decimation

Before: Damage equal to 900% / 1075% / 1313% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 1026% / 1280% / 1628% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

3) Rune: Iceberg

Before: Damage equal to 390% / 544% / 787% of Jinwoo’s Attack.
After: Damage equal to 790% / 1253% / 2046% of Jinwoo’s Attack.

In addition to the above changes to the Sung Jinwoo skills' Runes in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments, Netmable will fix known bugs in some skills' Runes. Here is a list of these fixes:

Sonic Stream: Fixed the issue where skill link effects can be stacked when using container weapons after equipping the Magnifying Slashes rune.
Mutilate: Fixed the issue where the defense ignoring effect is not applied normally in the first and last hit when equipping Stroke of Lightning Rune.

Changes in artifact for the Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments

Netmarble will replace Mana Recovery Increase with Healing Given Increase to the artifacts' sub options. (Image via Netmarble)

Here are the changes Netmarble will make to artifacts in Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments:

Netmarble will add a new sub-option, Mana Recovery Increase.
All Healing Given Increase sub-options of the artifacts will change to Mana Recovery Increase. Note that the Healing Given Increase main option of the artifacts will not change. Additionally, the developers will adjust the artifacts’ main option appearance rate for each part.
Netmarble will add a "% increase" in Defense to the main option of Armor, a "% increase" in Attack to the main option of Gloves, and a "% increase" in HP to the main option of Necklace.

That's everything you need to know about Solo Leveling Arise September 12 balance adjustments. Check out our other Solo Leveling Arise-related guides below:

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Edited by Abhishek Manikandan