Solo Leveling: Arise — hunter builds & artifacts guide

How a hunter build works

Every hunter has four things to equip: one weapon, eight Artifact pieces, three Cores, and their Advancement (dupe) nodes. Get the first three right and a hunter performs; Advancement is the long tail.

Weapon: each SSR hunter has one exclusive weapon that is always their best — its passive is written around their kit. Until you pull it, any SSR weapon that matches their scaling stat (and ideally their element) does the job.

Artifacts: eight slots — four Armor, four Jewelry. You either run one full 8-piece Complete set, or two 4-piece sets (one Armor, one Jewelry). The 8-set is the goal; the 4 + 4 mix is what you run while farming it. Each piece also rolls a main stat and four substats.

Cores: three slots — Mind (offence), Body (survival), Spirit (utility). One core each.

The class → 8-set pairing below is the game's own: the 8-piece bonus text literally names the class it rewards ("when a Striker equips this…"). The budget sets, core picks and substat order are loadoutgg's synthesis from each hunter's scaling stat and kit — a solid start, not a rule.

Battle class → artifact set

Your hunter's battle class is on their page (the Profile line) and decides the set. It is not the same as the combat class (Fighter / Mage / Tank…) — a Fighter can be a Striker, a Tank is usually a Breaker.

What each 8-piece set does:

1. The Architect's Blue Poison (Striker) — Applies [Poison]: a permanent, stacking Attack/Defense ramp plus +30% Core / Basic Skill / Ultimate damage, and +20% Defense Penetration at 8 pieces. The 8-piece line adds "+50% damage dealt when a Striker equips this."
2. Glorious Arrogance (Breaker) — Boosts [Break] skill damage by up to 50% and gives the whole team Crit DMG whenever a Break hit lands; +30% Break effectiveness at 8. The 8-piece line adds a Crit-DMG and team Crit-Rate bonus "when a Breaker equips this."
3. Noble Flesh (Supporter) — A support set: team-wide stat and damage-taken-reduction effects that scale in [Team Fight] mode. The 8-piece line is written for Supporter-class units.
4. Kamish's Obsession (Elemental Stacker) — Feeds Elemental Accumulation and Overload damage; the 8-piece line calls out Elemental Stacker units for extra Overload damage.
5. Surtur's Flame (Elemental Buster) — Stacks Burst / Overload damage on a successful Overload; the 8-piece line reads "when an Elemental Buster equips this, +50% Overload damage."

Cores

Mind cores are offence, Body cores are survival, Spirit cores are utility — that split is the game's. The picks below are the safe default per class.

Swap the Mind core for Eyes of the Watcher on a Core-Attack carry, or Nameless Demon's Deception on an Ultimate-focused one. For a pure buffer (no healing) take Teeth of the Watcher on the Spirit slot instead of Ferocious Protector's Claw.

Stat & substat priority

"Scaling %" means Attack %, Defense % or HP % — whichever your hunter's damage (or heal) reads off. That's on their page. Rolling the wrong % is the most common build mistake on defence- and HP-scalers.

Striker hunters

Raw single-target Attack DPS. The class most modes are built around.

8-set: The Architect's Blue Poison. Everyone in this list runs it.

Hunter	Element	Scales on
Alicia Blanche	Water	Attack
Amamiya Mirei	Wind	Attack
Cha Hae-In	Light	Attack
Cha Hae-In, the Pure Sword Princess	Water	Defense
Charlotte	Dark	Defense
Choi Jong-In	Fire	Attack
Fern	Fire	Attack
Han Song-Yi	Water	Attack
Hwang Dongsoo	Wind	Defense
Jo Kyuhwan	Light	Attack
Kang Taeshik	Dark	Attack
Lennart Niermann	Wind	Defense
MINNIE	Dark	Defense
MIYEON	Light	Defense
Park Beom-Shik	Wind	Defense
Park Heejin	Wind	Attack
SHUHUA	Water	Attack
Silver Mane Baek Yoonho	Dark	Attack
Song Chiyul	Fire	Attack
Sung Il-Hwan	Dark	Attack
Tawata Kanae	Fire	Attack
Thomas Andre	Light	Defense
Yoo Soohyun	Fire	Attack

Breaker hunters

Staggers the boss into the [Break] state so the team's damage window opens; still does real damage itself. Scales on Attack, Defense or Max HP depending on the unit — that only changes which % main-stat you roll, not the set.

8-set: Glorious Arrogance. Everyone in this list runs it.

Hunter	Element	Scales on
Anna Ruiz	Water	Attack
Baek Yoonho	Light	Defense
Emma Laurent	Fire	Max HP
Esil Radiru	Fire	Attack
Go Gunhee	Light	Defense
Goto Ryuji	Wind	Max HP
Harper	Dark	Max HP
Hwang Dongsuk	Dark	Max HP
Kim Chul	Light	Defense
Kim Sangshik	Wind	Defense
Lim Tae-Gyu	Dark	Attack
Nam Chae-Young	Water	Max HP
SOYEON	Wind	Defense
Seo Jiwoo	Water	Max HP
Seorin	Water	Max HP
Son Kihoon	Dark	Max HP
Stark	Fire	Max HP
Woo Jinchul	Wind	Defense
YUQI	Fire	Max HP
Yoo Jinho	Light	Defense

Supporter hunters

Buffs, heals and shields. Builds pure scaling stat — crit does nothing for them.

8-set: Noble Flesh. Everyone in this list runs it.

Hunter	Element	Scales on
Elena Renault	Water	Defense
Frieren	Water	Defense
Gina	Fire	Attack
Han Se-Mi	Wind	Max HP
Isla Wright	Dark	Defense
Laura Walker	Light	Attack
Lee Bora	Dark	Attack
Lee Joohee	Water	Max HP
Meilin Fisher	Water	Max HP
Min Byung-Gu	Light	Max HP
Shimizu Akari	Light	Max HP
Sung Jinah	Wind	Defense

Elemental Stacker hunters

Fills the elemental gauge to trigger Overload windows for the team.

8-set: Kamish's Obsession. Everyone in this list runs it.

Hunter	Element	Scales on
Antoine Martinez	Light	Max HP
Christopher Reed	Fire	Attack
Meri Laine	Water	Max HP
Sian Halat	Dark	Attack
Sugimoto Reiji	Wind	Max HP

Elemental Buster hunters

Turns Overload windows into burst damage.

8-set: Surtur's Flame. Everyone in this list runs it.

Hunter	Element	Scales on
Agnes Rivera	Dark	Attack
Liu Zhigang	Fire	Attack

Hunters with no exclusive weapon yet

These hunters don't have a signature weapon released. Give them the best SSR weapon you have that matches their scaling stat and, ideally, their element — an off-element SSR still beats an on-element SR.

1. Baek Yoonho
2. Elena Renault
3. Lee Bora
4. Park Heejin
5. YUQI