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

Shimizu Akari is the latest SSR hunter to debut in the Solo Leveling Arise December 19 update. She belongs to the healer class and deals Light elemental damage. Her skills grant Shields to allies, buff Light-type allies, and debuff enemies. She can also restore HP to Sung Jinwoo based on her max HP with her support skill and stun enemies with her passive.

This article lists the best artifacts, weapons, skills-upgrading priorities, and the Advancement tier for the Akari build guide in Solo Leveling Arise.

NOTE: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinion.

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Solo Leveling Arise Shimizu Akari build guide: Best artifacts

Burning Blessing artifact (Image via Netmarble)

Shimizu Akari benefits from items and weapons that boost her HP, light damage, and critical hit damage. Here is the list of Solo Leveling Arise artifacts that complement her kit:

Body-set

Burning Blessing:

• 2-set effect: Akari applies the Blessing effect to herself and her allies, increasing damage dealt by 8%. It lasts 10 seconds and cools down in 25 seconds.
• 4-set effect: The Blessing effect becomes Enhanced Blessing. She can activate the effect while tagging out or using her Support skills. It increases damage dealt by 10% and recovers 0.2% every second.
• 8-set effect: The Enhanced Blessing effect becomes the Burning Blessing effect. It triggers while tagging out, using Support or Ultimate Skill. Her damage dealt increases by 20% and recovers 0.2% HP every second.

Noble Sacrifice:

• 2-set effect: Akari’s HP boosts 8% when equipped with two sets.
• 4-set effect: Her teammates’ attack boosts 8%, but her attack decreases by the same value.

Guardian:

• 2-set effect: Akari’s Shield effect increases by 30% when equipped with two sets.
• 4-set effect: When she or her team members activate a shield, each member’s damage dealt boosts by 10% for 10 seconds.

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Accessories

Sylph’s Blessing:

• 2-set effect: When Akaris uses her Support, QTE, or Ultimate Skill, the entire team deals an additional 5% damage to the enemies that are weak to their elemental type. This effect becomes active for 30 seconds during battle.
• 4-set effect: The additional damage dealt can stack up to three times and its duration increases to 60 seconds.

Burning Blessing artifact is one of the best for the Shimizu Akari build in Solo Leveling Arise. It compliments her ability to buff light-team members, increasing their damage up to an additional 20%. Players can use its full set or mix with Sylph’s Blessing. They can also use Sylph’s Blessing with Noble Sacrifice or Guardian based on the content and team members.

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Solo Leveling Arise Shimizu Akari build guide: Best weapons

Akari's Exclusive weapon (Image via Netmarble)

The best Solo Leveling Arise weapon for Shimizu Akari build is her Exclusive, The Price of a Promise. It boosts her HP by 12% at the base level. Moreover, when she activates the Echo of Light effect, the Light-type team members get an 8% buff in their damage-dealing ability for 8 seconds.

Here are the best weapon alternatives for the Akari build:

• Steel Longsword (SR): It buffs the Light damage she deals by 12% at max level.
• Ghost Candy Bar (SSR): It increases her HP and Power Gauge Acquisition rate by 10% at the max level.

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Solo Leveling Arise Shimizu Akari build guide: Skills-upgrading priority and rotation

Akari's skills (Image via Netmarble)

Below are the skills-upgrading priorities for Shimizu Akari build in Solo Leveling Arise:

Light of Dawn (Basic Skill 2) > Ring of Fire (Ultimate Skill) > Devastate (Basic Skill 1) > Judgement Strike (Core Attack) > Heart Strike of Blazing Fire (QTE Skill) > Axe of Punishment (Basic Attacks) > Guiding Light (Support Attack)

Here is the recommended skill rotation for Akari:

Light of Dawn (Basic Skill 2) > Judgement Strike (Core Attack) > Dash > Deastate (Basic Skill 1) > Ring of Fire (Ultimate Skill)

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Solo Leveling Arise Shimizu Akari build guide: Passive, tier effects, and the best Advancement tier

Shimizu Akari’s passive activates the Truth-seeker of Divine Flame at the battle’s start. When she uses Light of Dawn, her Devastate skill becomes Heavy Attack: Devastate that buffs her damage by 100%. Using Dash while she gets hit triggers the Extreme Evasion effect, dealing damage to nearby enemies and stunning them.

Here are the effects of her passive at each Advancement tier:

• Advancement tier 1: The Truth-seeker of Divine Flame and Holy Fire enhances.
• Advancement tier 2: It buffs Shimizu Akari’s HP and Shield the Light-type allies gain by 5%.
• Advancement tier 3: The Divine Flame effect and Ring of Fire are enhanced.
• Advancement tier 4: The elemental damage of Light-type members increases by 3% for every Light-type hunter present in the team.
• Advancement tier 5: The Brilliance effect enhances.

Explanation of effects:

• Truth-seeker of Divine Flame: It inflicts two stacks of the Divine Flame on the enemy when Akari uses Light of Dawn or Heavy Attack: Devastate. Moreover, it activates the Echo of Light effect when a Light-type ally lands their hit (cools down in 20 seconds). This effect lasts indefinitely.
• Holy Fire: It activates the Echo of Light effect, charges her Power Gauge by 1.6% every second, and decreases damage taken by 12%. This effect lasts 24 seconds.
• Divine Flame: It increases the enemies' Light damage taken by 1.6% (can stack up to 10 times). At max stack, it activates the Ring of Fire effect. This effect lasts 24 seconds.
• Ring of Fire: It increases the enemy’s Light damage taken by 20% and removes all Divine Flame effects (cannot be reapplied). Akari gains five stacks of the Divine Flame effect after the Ring of Fire effect ends.
• Brilliance: The damage dealt and the critical hit rate of her Basic and Ultimate Skill buffs by 16%. Moreover, it restores 16% HP of Akari’s health to Light-type members. This effect lasts 24 seconds.

F2p players can use her at Advancement tier 0. However, pay-to-win players can advance the Light-type character to the Advancement tier 5.