Solo Leveling: Arise Hunter Tier List (January 2025)

Looking for a Solo Leveling: Arise hunter tier list? Updated for the latest meta where some characters are far more or less useful than others, this quick and easy ranking will tell you the ideal SLA hunters to roll for and which to avoid.

Solo Leveling: Arise Hunter Tier List

The complete hunter tier list in Solo Leveling: Arise can be found below, listing all 37 characters in their rank in the same order as the image above with their rarities and the reason for their placements. The list starts with Alicia Blanche in the S-tier, one of the best-tiered hunters in SLA, and ends with Kim Sangshik in D-tier, the lowest ranking.

Updated with SLA’s latest patch on 14 January 2025, we’ve added and tiered 10 new hunters including Thomas Andre, Go Gunhee, and Isla Wright:

S-tier

• Alicia Blanche (SSR) — Her shields, DPS, and interrupts make for one hell of a kit. Alicia’s best traits are on A1, A3, and A5, though. So, you’ll need to ascend her to really see her shine.
• Cha Hae-In (SSR) — Cha might be the best DPS in SLA. If you want to go all-in on a single unit, she is the way to go. Her weapon is also crazy good. The only thing she lacks is survivability.
• Choi Jong-In (SSR) — Choi is one of the best mage DPSs in the game, with a lot of CC in his kit. He is very good at launching combos against enemies and dealing with packs in general. His single-target DPS is solid as well.
• Lee Bora (SSR) — Lee is a dependable de-buffer and DPS, making her an effective combo of a character who factors in support capabilities. While she doesn’t have incredible defensive support, her prowess in destabilizing powerful bosses makes her a top-tier asset.
• Seo Jiwoo (SSR) — She has a lot of skills with break and airborne in her kit. Plus, Seo has the best hunter weapon in Solo Leveling: Arise, and with it, boy, does she clap. Not like she doesn’t do that without it, either.
• Thomas Andre (SSR) — A beasty Fighter character of the Light element, Thomas is a monstrous attacker who is the pinnacle DPS character.
• Go Gunhee (SSR) — This grizzled veteran of a hunter isn’t just one of the best in our Solo Leveling tier list just for his experience; his monstrous kit, decent buffs, high damage, and massive survivability make Go a force to be reckoned with.
• Isla Wright (SSR) — As a Dark-type Healer, Isla works as one of the best units you can use in Arise, being well worth the investment required.
• Charlotte (SSR) — If you’re after a high DPS character who excels in the Mage class, Charlotte’s potential to deal tons of damage when manually controlled makes up for her technical hiccups when playing her on auto.

A-tier

• Emma Laurent (SSR) — She is supposed to be a tank, but Emma is really a DPS with a lot of CC and burn in her kit. All of Emma’s attacks also break, so she is good both at opening the fight and chunking broken enemies.
• Hwang Dongsoo (SSR) — Almost all of Hwang’s skills are just raw damage, but the skill to increase his defense makes him a reliable tank hybrid. However, those buffs don’t help him massively. Currently, there isn’t much of a reason to take him over the higher-ranked SSRs on this tier list.
• Meilin Fisher (SSR) — She’s a Water support that buffs other Water hunters, making her good on a team with Seo or Alicia. However, Byung Gu provides Meilin with better overall heals, which becomes more important as you progress.
• Baek Yoonho (SSR) — Baek is the best tank in the game overall. The stats on his skills are just ridiculous. However, his DPS leaves a lot to be desired.
• Yoo Soohyun (SSR) — This high-DPS hunter excels in multiple ways like being able to inflict a great amount of damage from a distance. Plus, you’ll always be able to deal fire damage with her second skill. However, Yoo’s low amount of mobility and high cast time for skills that can easily be interrupted hold Yoo back from being at the top.
• Park Heejin (SR) — Because Park packs multiple support quirks that are quintessential to SLA gameplay, like buffing ultimate damage and cleansing debuffs, you can’t go wrong with having this Wind-element Mage in your arsenal. However, where she is useful in some stages, there are higher-ranked characters who can perform to their similar strengths far better.
• Amamiya Mirei (SS) — A fun class-and-element combination of Assassin and Wind, Amamiya is a decent glass cannon of a character with a strong DPS, although the need to be careful of how much MP you use lowers her reliability.
• Harper (SSR) — Being a dependable contender from the Tank class, Harper is an exemplary support unit, despite being a little bit too expensive for what you get in return.

B-tier

• Lim Tae-Gyu (SSR) — Extremely good break and DPS (might even be the best breaker in Solo Leveling: Arise). Lim even has some buffs in his kit; a solid choice for almost any comp.
• Min Byung-Gu (SSR) — He is still a solid support in Solo Leveling: Arise as of the current meta. You can do without Min, but the game is easy mode if you do have a healer.
• Woo Jinchul (SSR) — Being a free character of the Wind element and tank class, Woo is a solid early hunter for new Solo Level: Arise players who are after characters that can inflict decent damage from the get-go. Be that as it may, he is ultimately a watered-down version of Yoonho, Seo, and Emma, along with being one of the least impressive SSR characters — enough to potentially make you want to reroll your account.
• Kang Taeshik (SR) — Kang is probably the purest DPS among the SR hunters. He is a good option if you can’t get your hands on one of the strong DPS SSRs.
• Anna Ruiz (SR) — She is similar to Lim Tae Gyu but with less break and overall DPS. However, Anna can reduce enemy armor with poison zones, which gives her extra value.
• Kim Chul (SR) — He is among the best SR tanks in Solo Leveling: Arise, with a lot of breaks and shields in his kit. When it comes to Kim, you can consider him a Walmart version of Yoonho.
• Lee Joohee (SR) — As one of the limited number of healers in Solo Leveling: Arise, Lee meets the minimal requirements for half-decent support, but her usefulness doesn’t extend much beyond that.
• Han Se-Mi (SSR) — With both strong healing and buff capabilities, Han Se-Mi has a dependable Wind specialty. This holds her back when you’re using a team of different elements, though.
• Shimizu Akari (SSR) — While Shimizu can be a solid go-to unit for shield support, her unsatisfactory performance disqualifies her from being useful outside of using Light teams.

C-tier

• Han Song-Yi (SR) — Han works well with Anna and has a lot of combos in her kit. If you like to play rogues in MMOs, you’ll like her. However, her damage output is just plain bad.
• Hwang Dongsuk (SR) — He is more tanky than Kim Chul but worse in all other aspects. Still, Hwang is an option if you can’t get any other tanks early on.
• Jo Kyuhwan (SR) — He has a lot of burn in his kit, which benefits some other hunters. He is okay for the early game, but try to swap him out as soon as possible.
• Nam Chae-Young (SR) — Chae-Young has a lot of breaks, DPS, and interrupts — making her great against skill-spamming enemies.
• Yoo Jinho (SR) — He is easy to play and fills the role of a tank nicely in the early game. However, you shouldn’t use Yoo over Kim Chul or SSRs.
• Gina (SSR) — Gina is an all-rounder that can be handy support for Fire teams and various battle types, but she isn’t specialized in any areas enough to make her stand out compared to similar units who are far more worth rolling for.

D-tier

• Park Beom-Shik (SR) — An unfortunate Jack of no trades, there is no reason to use Park unless you have no other hunters.
• Song Chiyul (SR) — He has a lot of burn, which works with some of the other burn-stacking hunters. Be that as it may, Song’s gameplay is still underwhelming altogether.
• Kim Sangshik (SR) — He has less break but more damage than Kim Chul. If you need a DPS, there are better options than Kim, and the same goes for tanks.

That does it for our Solo Leveling: Arise hunter tier list. Knowing which characters to roll for should make your early game much easier. We’ve also got details on the game’s reset time if you didn’t know it by now, so be sure to check it out.

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