Welcome to our Min Byung-Gu Build Guide for Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE.

In this guide, we will explain how each one of Min Byung-Gu’s skills work and how best to use them. We will provide more general tips for how to get the most out of Min Byung-Gu.

We will also include a build guide for Min Byung-Gu. While Hunter builds aren’t as widely customisable as Sung Jinwoo, you can still customise your equipment and level up your skills. We’ll walk you through these so you can find the best items and prioritise the best skill upgrades first.

ARISE OVERDRIVE Min Byung-Gu Guide Table of Contents:

Min Byung-Gu Strengths

  • HEAL AND SUPPORT ALLIES
  • STAGGER ENEMIES
  • VERY GOOD AT STAYING ALIVE

Min Byung-Gu Weaknesses

  • SUPPORT FOCUS = LOW DAMAGE

Min Byung-Gu Skill Overview – SL Arise Overdrive

Here is an overview of Min Byung-Gu’s skills in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE, and how to use them.

Basic Skills

Judgment of Light

Byung-Gu attacks the enemy by swinging his made powerfully. 

This is Byung-Gu’s basic attack, activated with a left click. It can be chained up to three times – the first two attacks are quick slashes and the final one is an overhead slam that deals minor AoE damage.

Holy Mace

Heavy Attack. Byung-Gu attacks the enemy by powerfully striking down with his mace.

Activate by pressing C. This is an overhead slam similar to the third stage of Judgement of Light, but deals a bit more damage.

Light’s Glimmer

Byung-Gu unlocks the power of light to attack enemies and continuously restores the entire team’s HP proportional to Min Byung-Gu’s Max HP.

Press Q to activate Light’s Glimmer. It will attack nearby enemies in an AoE and heal your entire team. If you’re struggling with a particular level, including Byung-Gu in your Hunter Party may be worth it just for this skill.

Conviction of Light

The summoned divination circle of light moves forward slowly and attacks the enemy. Inflicts the Damage Taken Increase effect on targets for a certain amount of time.

Press E to activate Conviction of Light. One thing not mentioned by the skill’s description is that the AoE grabs any enemy it comes into contact with and pulls them slowly away from you. This is great for getting more space to cast another skill, for example Light’s Glimmer.

Special Skills

Judgment of Righteousness

Byung-Gu attacks the enemy by creating a divination circle with his mace. The HP and Power Gauge of allies within the divination circle are restores.

This is a support skill, meaning it can only be used when Byung-Gu is supporting Sung Jinwoo. It can be activated when Sung Jinwoo is at low HP or when he is immobilized.

Divine Punishment

QTE Skill. Byung-Gu attacks the enemy with multiple flashes and divination circles, restoring the HP and MP of all party members and increasing Attack for a certain amount of time. 

Divine Punishment is automatically activated when you switch to Byung-Gu when prompted with Left Shift. Make sure you are in a suitable position to hit an enemy with the skill.

Heavenly Wave

Synchro Chain. Byung-Gu creates a large divination circle to attack enemies. 

When prompted, press T to activate your Hunter party’s Synchro Chain. All three Hunters in the party will use their Synchro Chain skill simultaneously, typically resulting in a large burst of extra damage.

Heavenly Blessing

Ultimate Skill. Byung-Gu attacks the enemy by creating a large divination circle of light, and he grants a blessing to all party members. 

Heavenly Blessing increases Attack proportional to Min Byung-Gu’s attack and increases damage dealt to Staggered targets. 

Press R to use your Ultimate when it is fully charged. Byung-Gu’s ultimate is completely support focused, boosting the damage of your party members.

Unique Skills

Dash Combo Attack

When tapping the Basic Attack Button after performing Dash, the user can use Dash Combo Attack. 

Back Dash Combo Attack

When tapping the Basic Attack Button after performing Back Dash, the user can use Back Dash Combo Attack. 

Deflect Combo Attack

When tapping the Basic Attack Button after performing Deflect, the user can use Deflect Combo Attack. 

How to Play Min Byung-Gu

Min Byung-Gu is extremely support oriented, and the damage dealt by his attacks is very low. He is typically included in a party for his healing, crowd control and buffs to your party’s damage as a whole, rather than for his own damage output.

Byung-Gu’s Overcharge Gauge passively boosts the Critical Hit Rate of your party members when it is filled. Using your Overcharge will remove this buff but instead grants all party members a HP shield for a few seconds, protecting them from damage. This makes for an excellent combo with Light’s Glimmer, shielding your HP bar while you get a big chunk of healing.

You can recover his Overcharge quite quickly by using Holy Mace or the third stage of Judgment of Light.

Beware that many of Byung-Gu’s skills, such as Light’s Glimmer, Conviction of Light and also his Overcharge take a second or two to cast, and if you get stunned or manually move away before the skills have finished casting then they will do nothing but still go on cooldown. Make sure you have enough time and space to use them!

Finally, Byung-Gu’s skills can be enhanced by performing a back dash. This will also reduce his threat level, making enemies less likely to target him. The effect ends when Byung-Gu gets hit.

Min Byung-Gu Skill Upgrade Priorities – SL Arise Overdrive

As mentioned above, Hunter skills in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE are split up into Basic Skills, Special Skills and Unique Skills. Of these, only Basic and Special Skills can be upgraded. The upgrades are done in groups – for example, you upgrade all Basic Skills at once, rather than upgrading the skills individually.

It is generally more important to upgrade the Basic Skills rather than the Special Skills, because the Basic Skills are used much more often (this group includes your Basic Attack, Heavy Attack and the skills activated by pressing Q or E). So if you have to make a choice between the two, always go for Basic Skills.

In practice, however, it is usually easier to upgrade them in a balanced manner, upgrading both groups to rank 2, then upgrading them both to rank 3, and so forth. This is because each tier is significantly more expensive than the last, so rushing a full set of Basic Skill upgrades usually isn’t possible unless you’ve played through the whole game without doing any upgrades.

Min Byung-Gu Best Equipment – SL Arise Overdrive

We will now review the best equipment available for Min Byung-Gu in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE, including the best weapons and the best armour & artefacts. To help you progress through the lengthy level up and equipment grind, we have included setups for the early, mid and endgame.

Min Byung-Gu Best Weapons

The table below shows you the best weapon progression from early, mid and endgame. We have not included every upgrade tier along the journey, just the most important milestones so you can see which path to take and what benefits the most important weapons offer for Min Byung-Gu.

Weapon Description
byung gu early weapon SL ARISE OVERDRIVE

Steel Axe (D)

 To get the D-Tier Steel Axe, start with the basic E-Tier Hatchet and upgrade it twice to reach D-Tier. You can then craft the Steel Axe.

This weapon provides no special effects, but gives a boost to Byung-Gu’s Attack and Defense stats.
byung gu midgame weapon SL ARISE OVERDRIVE

Eternal Slumber (B)

 After crafting the D-Tier Steel Axe, upgrade it to C-Tier and then B-Tier. You can now craft Eternal Slumber at B-Tier.

This gives a bonus to HP and Attack. Using Byung-Gu’s Overdrive will now grant a special bonus to all party members, depending on their class.

There is no bonus for the Healer class, however.
byung gu endgame weapon SL ARISE OVERDRIVE

Eternal Slumber (S)

 Upgrade What Never Was three times more and you will reach the S-Tier. This further improves HP and Attack stats.

It will also increase the Overdrive bonuses from the previous tiers.

This is by far the best weapon available for Min Byung-Gu in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE.

Min Byung-Gu Best Armour & Artefact Sets

Early Game Best Sets

In the early game, there aren’t many strong sets available. However, the Cleric set is a good starting point for our Min Byung-Gu build because it provides a good boost to his healing output. For the jewelry you can use the Shining Star set to slightly boost his Light Damage, but this is of low importance because Byung-Gu isn’t a DPS-oriented Hunter.

  • Armor Set: Cleric
    • [2 Items] Increases Max HP
    • [4 Items] Greatly increases Healing Given
  • Jewelry Set: Shining Star
    • [2 Items] Very slightly increases Light Damage
    • [4 Items] When the user deals Light Damage, there is a very small chance it will apply the Illuminate effect.

Mid Game Best Sets

Since Byung-Gu is primarily a support-based Hunter, the Holy set is a good choice. It allows him to buff the Attack and Defense of his whole team by using Basic Skills. The jewelry set is of low importance – we chose Viridescent to reduce skill cooldowns and give a small damage boost, but it’s fine if you use something else here.

  • Armour Set: Holy
    • [2 Items] Increases Defense and Max HP
    • [4 Items] Using the Basic Skill triggers a moderate chance to slightly increase the Attack and Defense of all team members including the user for a certain amount of time.
  • Jewelry Set: Viridescent
    • [2 Items] Very slightly reduces the user’s Basic Skill cooldown, but slightly increases their MP Consumption.
    • [4 Items] Using the Basic Skill very slightly increases the user’s Basic Skill Damage Increase effect for a certain amount of time, stacking up to 10 times.

Late Game Best Sets

We’re using the Archangel set to apply extra healing and mana restoration to the whole team. The Royal Orc jewelry set offers a big boost to Byung-Gu’s survivability.

  • Armour Set: Archangel
    • [2 Items] Increases Defense and Max HP
    • [4 Items] Increases Healing Given. Upon using the Basic Skill, there is a moderate chance to trigger the HP Recovery and MP Recovery effects on all team members, including the user.
  • Jewelry Set: Royal Orc
    • [2 Items] Increases Max HP and Healing Received
    • [4 Items] Increases Max HP. If the user’s HP falls below a certain threshold, you have a high chance to trigger the HP Recovery effect.

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