Solo Leveling: Arise tier list

A Light sword fighter built around Brand, a 15-second mark that raises the crit rate and crit damage the target takes by 12%.

A Defense-scaling Wind mage whose skills keep hurting after they land: Fenriszahn leaves a damaging zone for 5 seconds, Kaisers Rache rains mana for 7, and his Ultimate leaves a 7-second trail of strikes along his path.

A Dark scythe assassin with a skill for each kind of target: Acacia does 30% more to Bosses and Elites and can counter from a shielded stance, while Allium does 30% more to Normal monsters and builds Crit Damage on kills.

A Dark brawler who buffs himself and trades safety for damage.

A Fire mage who can't land critical hits at all, but gets 40% more Attack to make up for it.

A Wind assassin whose Ultimate puts her in a Possessed state and clears every debuff from the team; Possessed lasts until she tags out or falls to 10% MP.

A Light tank whose damage scales off Defense, with Break damage on every hit and heavy Break on White Flame Gale Kick.

A Water mage who builds Frost with Eternal Frost, Winter Storm and Ice Needle, then spends up to 3 stacks at a time on Bitter Cold Spear, her upgraded Core Attack, for 120% more damage per stack.

Every hit Antoine lands scales off his Max HP instead of Attack, and his skills build Light elemental accumulation while knocking enemies down or into the air.

A Water sword fighter whose damage scales off Defense.

A Fire mage whose whole kit is Zoltraak blasts, and every skill knocks enemies down or launches them.

A Water mage who scales off Defense and hits hard on both skills, up to 4530% and 5313% on 16-second cooldowns for flat MP costs of 150 and 200.

A Wind tank who scales off Max HP and fights up close with Super Armor and 30% less damage taken during both skills.

A Water fighter who builds Elemental Accumulation with every attack: weak on basics and her Core Attack, medium on her skills and QTE, heavy on her Support skill and Ultimate.

A Dark broadsword fighter who builds Elemental Accumulation with every attack and keeps Super Armor through his Core Attack and both skills.

A Dark dual-blade assassin who deals raw damage and keeps enemies in the air.

A Fire wire-and-sword assassin built on knockdowns, since most of her kit puts the target on the ground.

A Fire brawler and tank built for Break: heavy on Amp Crash, medium on Rising Spin Kick and her QTE, and almighty on a 4648-6972% Ultimate.

A Wind brawler who scales off Defense and builds it as he fights: his Core, QTE and Urge to Kill stack Impulse, and at 5 stacks it becomes Impulsive Revenge for 24% more Defense and a shield.

A Dark archer whose Ultimate puts him in Sniper Mode for 10 seconds, turning his basic attack into up to 8 Ultimate-strength shots of 1640-2460% each.

A Dark summoner who lays down an Enhancement Circle (10% more Dark damage for anyone standing in it, for 210 seconds) and then calls Phantom Foxes to shoot magic arrows.

A Light tank who scales off Defense and keeps buffing it: Fighting Spirit and his QTE give him Ruler's Aura for 30% more Defense and a shield, and his Support skill adds 20% Attack and 20% Defense.

A Defense-scaling healer whose cards hand the whole team a random buff: 12% more damage, a shield worth 12% of her Defense, or Wheel of Fortune.

A Light brawler whose kit revolves around shields: his Core Attack and both skills shield him for 2% of his Defense while he uses them, and his Support skill gives the whole team Steel Armor, which raises Crit Rate and Crit Damage whenever someone gains a Shield.

A Dark gunner with plenty of crowd control: Furia's bullet barrage launches enemies and makes her Invincible while she moves, on just an 8-second cooldown, and her Core, QTE and Ultimate all knock enemies down or into the air.

A Water mage who scales off Defense and has Super Armor on her Core and both skills.

A Dark tank who's mostly about Break: Hammer Drift and her Support skill deal heavy Break damage, and The Tenderizer deals almighty Break damage for as long as the button is held.

A Water ranger on a bike, built around Break: medium Break on her skills and almighty Break on her Ultimate.

A Wind swordsman who scales off Max HP and builds Elemental Accumulation with everything, from weak on basics up to heavy on his Support skill and Ultimate.

A Wind mage who switches between Lance Form and Umbrella Form, with her Core Attack and Converging Wind changing shape between them and shielding her when used.

A Light healer who mixes steady healing with a debuff: Light's Glimmer heals the whole team for 0.5% of his Max HP every second, and Conviction of Light makes the enemy take 5% more damage for 20 seconds.

A Wind healer with as much MP support as healing: Golden Meadow restores 250 MP to Wind team members and leaves a zone that keeps refilling it, while Sharp Sprouts heals the team for 2.25% of her Max HP every second for 3 seconds.

A Water tank who fights with her fists off Max HP and protects the team with shields: the Heavy Attack version of Water Dragon Rush shields everyone, and her Support skill adds a team shield worth 10% of her HP for 25 seconds.

A Fire tank whose damage scales off Max HP and who juggles two heat states.

A Wind boxer and tank who deals Break damage with every attack and keeps Super Armor on his Core Attack and both skills.

A Water healer who fights alongside her cat Berry, healing the whole team for 5% of her HP every time Rear Lash hits, on an 8-second cooldown.

A Light whip fighter whose kit is mostly large Attack-scaling hits that knock enemies down, capped by a 3022-4533% Ultimate.

A Water assassin whose kit is a string of Attack-scaling hits that nearly all launch the target.

A Wind gunner who deals Break damage with almost everything: medium Break on her QTE, both skills and her Support skill, and heavy Break on an Ultimate that hits for 5312-7968% of Defense.

A Fire tank who doubles as a Breaker, with medium Break on both skills and his Support skill and almighty Break on his Ultimate.

A Fire gunner whose Kill Shot always counts as hitting the target's weakness, whatever its element.

A Dark mage who fights with dolls and scales off Defense: Isla's Dance and her Support skill both throw a doll that splits in three, pulls nearby enemies' attention and explodes for an extra 1050% of Defense.

A Light fighter who places and detonates mana crystals: Descending Glissando drops Green crystals worth 250% of that skill's damage, and Doubletime Lunge (her biggest regular hit at 3730-5595% of Defense) blows crystals up and leaves Yellow ones.

A Fire mage who controls space with gravity: her Support skill and Ultimate both leave a Gravitational Field that deals extra damage (20% of the Ultimate's, for Liberation) and applies Halt to enemies.

A Light axe fighter whose kit leans on buffs for Light teammates: Light of Dawn gives them Holy Fire, which slowly charges the Power Gauge, and her Ultimate grants them Brilliance.

A shield tank who covers the team as much as himself.

An SR Water archer who leaves Poisonous Zones with her QTE, Poison Shower and Ultimate, and whose Ultimate also applies Corrosive Poison for steady Break and damage over time.

A Wind mage whose value sits mostly in her Support skill: Wind Blade refills the team's Power Gauge by 15%, removes their debuffs, and gives them Breeze, 15% more Ultimate damage for 20 seconds.

A Water healer who tops the team up in small amounts, with Healing Circle restoring 5-7.5% of her HP to everyone and leaving a circle that heals anyone standing in it.

A Dark Breaker whose damage all scales off his Max HP, so Enhancement (30% more Max HP and a 40% shorter Scorching Shield cooldown for 10 seconds) works as a damage buff too.

An SR Water assassin who scatters Umbral Weapons with her Core, QTE, Swift Flight and Ultimate, then pulls them all back with Retrieve.

A Fire mage who puts enemies on Burn and then punishes them for it: Red Lotus Flower and his Support skill apply Burn, while his QTE and Ultimate both do 30% more to Burning targets.

A Light mage built around Burn: his QTE, Support skill and Ultimate all set it on the target for 30 seconds, and Light hits Burned enemies for an extra 25%.

A Light sword-and-shield tank who looks after himself: his skills drop potions that heal him for 8% of Max HP, his QTE heals 5%, and Trust Me!

A Wind axe fighter with a plain kit: every skill is a Defense-scaling hit, and the extras stop at Knock Down or Airborne.

A Wind tank who plays more like a fighter, alternating Storm Split and Swift Shock: each one takes a second off the other's cooldown and fills half his Core Gauge.