Solo Leveling:ARISE - The 10 Best Weapon Combos (2024)

Solo Leveling:ARISE is the latest gacha game by Netmarble, based on the Korean web novel and anime adaptation Solo Leveling. ARISE follows the same story as the novel and manhwa and chronicles the story of Sung Jin-woo as he levels up from a notoriously wimpy E-Rank hunter into the second Shadow Monarch. The game, however, does things differently and divides the story into two parts. While one part of the game focuses on Jin-woo, where other characters in the team only appear to aid him on the battlefield, the other part involves building a team with various hunters to fight enemies in dungeons.

The two aspects of the game are separate and work differently as well. This is especially noticeable in the game's weapons. The weapons in Solo Leveling:ARISE are separated into two different categories: weapons for the player, aka. for Sung Jin-woo, and weapons for the other hunters.

Focusing on the player's weapons, these can only be equipped by Sung Jin-woo, and they all scale with his attack stat. Before going into a battle, players can equip a combo of weapons to unleash a deadly barrage of attacks. The game is fairly new as of the time of writing, but despite that, there are plenty of player weapons available for players to try out.

However, some weapons have better synergy, and their combos work better in specific weapon pairings. At the end of the day, the effectiveness of a weapon combo depends on the stage and the player’s ability, but this list aims to help players with identifying the best weapon combos for Sung Jin-woo to safely traverse through the dangerous dungeons of Solo Leveling:ARISE.

10 Orb Of Avarice & Burning Demon’s Grimoire

Strong Flames From SR Weapons

The Orb of Avarice and Burning Demon’s Grimoire are two fire-type SR weapons that work together perfectly when used as a weapon combo. The Orb of Avarice’s special attack, Purgatory, can be used by players to launch enemies into the air and knock them back down, with damage that keeps on increasing with every advancement level that playesr unlock.

Burning Demon’s Grimoire comes in handy when paired with the Orb of Avarice, as its weapon effect increases the skill damage of the Grimoire when the player's MP is above 50%, and recovers MP at 5% of the user’s max for every target hit. The balance of raging mana consumption and a counter of mana recovery makes these two weapons great as a weapon combo, and players looking for a fire-type weapon combo should consider it.

9 Vulcan’s Rage & Orb Of Avarice

Good Dynamic Of Offense And Defense

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Another fire combo on this list, Vulcan’s Rage, an SSR weapon, and Orb of Avarice, an SR weapon, perform wonders when paired together. On the one side, the Orb of Avarice goes on offense to knock enemies up and down in the air, dealing lots of fire damage at the cost of increased MP consumption. Meanwhile, Vulcan’s Rage provides defensive support.

The SSR weapon has an effect called Vulcan’s Blessing, which activates when using a special attack and creates a shield equal to 5% of the user’s attack. Taking things further, the shield applies another effect called Concentration on every basic and core attack which adds an explosive effect, dealing damage equal to 300% of the user’s attack when the duration of the Vulcan’s Blessing shield ends. This fiery combination of offense and defense makes these weapons a great combination, and players who have their hands on both of these weapons should consider leveling them up and trying them out in the dungeons.

8 Vulcan’s Rage & Demon King’s Longsword

The Ultimate Shield

Vulcan’s Rage and Demon King’s Longsword are both SSR weapons of fire and wind types, respectively. While belonging to different weapon types, there is one similarity between these weapons which takes this combo to new heights: both of them have their weapon effects centered around the ability to create shields, which increases survivability on the battlefield.

While Vulcan’s Rage creates a detonating shield which scales with the user’s attack, Demon King’s Longsword creates a stronger shield equal to 20% of the user’s Max HP, making this combo the ultimate survival pairing. Despite their strong defensive abilities, both weapons have offensive optionsm as well, as Vulcan’s Rage has an exploding shield and powerful knockback abilities, while Demon King’s Longsword has the power to immobilize a target for 3 seconds, increase the user’s attack by 8%, and adds a short-range lightning attack that deals damage equal to 100% of user’s attack. The two SSR weapons are scary on their own, strong when put together, and provide great attack and defensive powers. This weapon combo becomes an enemy's ultimate nightmare in any dungeon.

7 Baruka’s Dagger & West Wind

The Gusty SR Weapon Combo

These two wind-type SR weapons, Baruka’s Dagger and West Wind, make up a weapon combo that is strong, fast, and is able to deal with enemies at both long- and short-range. Baruka’s Dagger can be used to fight enemies at close range, and when using its special attack, Nimbleness, an effect is activated that increases the user’s attack by 30% for 8 seconds.

These 8 seconds are the time to switch weapons. West Wind performs well at a long range, as when the special attack of the weapon is used, the user’s damage is increased by 75% when there are no targets within 5m. Since both are SR weapons, it is easier to find copies of these weapons, and with each copy, this weapon combo becomes even fiercer, making it one of the game's best combos. It is quite versatile, useful at multiple ranges, and doesn't lose its damage effectiveness as a result.

6 The Huntsman & Radiru Family’s Longbow

Light Element Combo Optimized For All Ranges

The light-type weapon combo of The Huntsman and Radiru Family’s Longbow can perform wonders when faced with waves of enemies. The combination of SR and SSR weapons is a strong one, where the Longbow increases the user’s damage by 4% every time the player uses its special skill. This skill can be stacked up to 20 times to increase the user’s overall damage.

Meanwhile, The Huntsman utilizes its weapon effects to destroy enemies at close range. This combo, when put together, becomes lethal against dungeon monsters. The core attack of The Huntsman can be used to destroy enemy shields as it deals light break damage. These two weapons, while working from opposite directions, perform well together, as they each cover up for the shortcomings of the other, making this light-damage weapon combo a solid recommendation for players.

5 Knight Killer & Kasaka Fang

Dual Wielding Lethal Daggers

These two SR daggers, Knight Killer and Kasaka’s Venom Fang, deal heaps of injuries to enemies in quick succession. The two daggers come with nasty effects that, when paired together, make for a lethal surprise. The Kasaka’s Venom Fang's special attack has a chance to inflict the Bleed status effect on enemies dealing damage equal to 0.8% of their current HP for 30 seconds.

To add more damage into this rotation, players can switch to the Knight Killer to increase their defense penetration by 2.4% for every 5 hits after using Telekinesis, the weapon's special effect. This effect is stackable up to 10 times and, when added to the bleed from Kasaka’s Venom Fang, makes for a solid weapon combo that can constantly take enemies’ HP away with every passing second.

4 Moonshadow

Slow Time Down

Dark SSR weapons are ridiculously overpowered in Solo Leveling:ARISE, and the overall best choice for players as of this writing. Moonshadow is one such dark-type weapon, and it performs so well that it can be paired with any other weapon to make an effective combo.

This shining dagger has some useful abilities that give it the title of a Universal weapon. Starting with Full Moon, the weapon's effect, which is activated when players use Moonshadow’s special attack. When the last swing of this special attack hits the enemy, it slows down time for 3 seconds and increases the damage taken by enemies and the dark damage dealt by the player by 10%. Moonshadow becomes even more powerful at Advancement 1, where the Full Moon ability can be stacked up to 3 times, making this weapon a great choice to combo with any other weapon.

3 Thetis’ Grimoire

Freeze And Stop Enemies In Their Tracks

The only non-dark type SSR player weapon that is on the Universal weapon list as of now, Thetis’ Grimoire works splendidly with all weapons thanks to its weapon effects. When players hit the enemy with Grimoire’s special attack, the Cold Ice effect is activated on the target, which interrupts their attack to deal further damage, and when the effect ends, additional damage equal to 10% of damage taken through the effect's duration is dealt to the enemy.

The weapon reaches new heights with its first Advancement, as a new effect becomes available that increases the damage taken by a target that has elemental weakness by 24%. Thetis’ Grimoire, with its weapon effects and ability to freeze enemies, becomes a solid choice for players to make when building a weapon combo.

2 Demonic Plum Flower Sword

Stack Critical Hits

Just below the top of the list is the Demonic Plum Flower Sword, the most overpowered weapon in the game as of the time of writing. This sword is truly great, because it can be paired up with any other weapon, and it works in harmony every time. The weapon, on top of having top-tier damage-dealing prowess, is also blessed with a great weapon effect.

The Demonic Plum Flower Sword increases the player's Critical Hit damage by 12%, and can be stacked up to 3 times with an infinite duration, every time the player uses the weapon's main attack. The Full Bloom effect adds the cherry on the top, as it increases main attack speed by 20% and the user’s attack and Crit rate by 4% for a duration of 8 seconds. Thanks to these useful effects and some solid damage output, the Demonic Plum Flower Sword is one of the best choices for players to make a weapon combo.

1 Shadow Scythe

Free, And Great To Pair With Anything

The Shadow Scythe is a dark-type SSR weapon that can be obtained by players for free via in-game challenges. This Dark weapon of the reaper is extremely useful, and players can obtain this weapon twice times. Thus, players can easily ascend the weapon one time to activate its Edge of Darkness ability.

The Edge of Darkness ability increases the user’s Critical Hit rate by 25% when running on HP lower than 70%, making it a universal weapon that can be run together with any other weapon in the game, even one with a negative debuff. On top of that, when using its special attack, the weapon consumes 5% of the player's current HP to increase its skill damage by 100%, proving its attack potency and making it easy to active Edge of Darkness. The Shadow Scythe’s easy availability and great weapon effects let it work in harmony in any combo, making it a universal weapon. Therefore, it can be paired with any weapon to make an effective combo as per the player’s needs.

Solo Leveling:ARISE

Platform(s)

Android , iOS , PC

Released

May 8, 2024

Developer(s)

Netmarble

Genre(s)

Gacha , Action

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