Best Yoo Jinho Build Guide – Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE

Welcome to our Yoo Jinho Build Guide for Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE.

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

We will also include a build guide for Yoo Jinho. 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 Yoo Jinho Guide Table of Contents:

• Skill Overview
  • Basic Skills
  • Special Skills
  • Unique Skills
• How to Play Yoo Jinho
• Skill Upgrade Priorities
• Yoo Jinho Best Equipment

Yoo Jinho Skill Overview – SL Arise Overdrive

Here is an overview of Yoo Jinho’s skills in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE, and how to use them.

Basic Skills

Sword and Shield

Jinho swings his sword and shield unskillfully.

This is Jinho’s basic light attack, activated with left click. You can chain the attack up to three times – the third attack in the chain is a shield strike that staggers the target.

X-Slash!

Jinho attacks the enemy by swinging his sword and shield at the same time. 

This is Jinho’s heavy attack – press C to activate it. It deals more damage than Sword and Shield and can knock the target to the ground.

My Turn!

Jinho charges in with his shield, knocking back enemies, and slashes with his sword. He’s Invincible while charging. 

Press Q to activate this skill. It is good for quickly closing the gap to an enemy (and being briefly immortal in the process), and knocks them back when you hit them.

Trust Me!

Jinho takes his stance and creates a powerful burst of energy to increase his Defense. He powerfully knocks nearby enemies back, inflicting Provoke on them for a short period of time. 

Press E to activate. This skill allows Jinho to act as a tank, taunting enemies and bolstering his own defense.

Special Skills

Jinwoo, It’s Me!

Jinho charges forward with his shield in front of himself. After knocking the enemy back, he slashes them with his sword. There is a chance the active character will gain Attack Increase, Sustained HP Recovery and Sustained MP Recovery temporarily when this skill is used.

This is a Support Skill, which means it is only available when Jinho is supporting Sung Jinwoo, not when you are playing as him directly. It can be used when Sung Jinwoo uses a Deflect Combo Attack, or when nearby enemies are Staggered.

It’s My Turn!

QTE Skill. Jinho gathers energy in his shield while in the air. Next, he slams it on the ground, Stunning the enemy for a short period of time. Finally, he quickly drinks a potion to restore a portion of his HP.

Jinho automatically uses Shadow Waltz when you switch to him with Left Shift when prompted. Make sure you are in a good position to make the attack connect before making the switch.

Going In!

Synchro Chain. Jinho takes a firm stance and charges forward with his shield. 

This is Jinho’s Synchro Chain skill. He uses it when you press T (when prompted) to activate your Hunter party’s Synchro Chain; all Hunters in the party will then activate their Synchro Chain at the same time.

I’ll Protect You!

Ultimate Skill. Jinho releases a burst of energy to protect this strike squad, significantly increasing his Defense and inflicting Provoke on nearby enemies for a certain amount of time. 

Press R when your ultimate is charged to activate. Jinho’s damages, taunts and staggers all nearby enemies.

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 Yoo Jinho

Yoo Jinho is a support tank, great at buffing and protecting his team and staggering enemies, but having poor damage output of his own. Using Skills with the Provoke effect will encourage enemies to attack Jinho instead of his allies.

Yoo Jinho’s Overdrive works differently to other Hunters in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE. He starts each dungeon with all three Overdrive charges filled, but he cannot recharge his slots during the dungeon (until you craft his unique sword, see the Equipment section below).

His three Overdrive Slots correspond to three potions that provide powerful buffs to the whole party when used. These buffs are:

• Yellow Potion – Increase the entire team’s Attack for a long period of time.
• Blue Potion – Instantly restores the entire team’s MP.
• Red Potion – Continuously restores the entire team’s HP for a long period of time.

Yoo Jinho 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.

Yoo Jinho Best Equipment – SL Arise Overdrive

We will now review the best equipment available for Yoo Jinho 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.

Yoo Jinho 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 Yoo Jinho.

Weapon	Description
Sword (D)	To get the D-Tier Sword, start with the basic Sword and upgrade it twice. This weapon provides no special benefits but will increase your stats.
Nice to Meet You (C)	After crafting the D-Tier Sword, Craft the Steel Longsword and then Nice to Meet You (D-Tier). One more upgrade brings you to C-Tier. This increases your Attack and Defense and allows Yoo Jinho to slowly replenish his Overdrive slots.
Nice to Meet You (A)	Continue to upgrade Nice to Meet You until you reach the S-Tier. This rank has no additional effects but much better Attack and Defense bonuses. This is by far the best weapon available for Jinho in Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE.

Yoo Jinho Best Armour & Artefact Sets

Here are our recommended Yoo Jinho armor/artefact sets for early game, mid game and late game. Since Yoo Jinho is a support tank with low damage output, we’ve mainly focused our equipment choices on boosting his defensive and supportive capabilities.

Early Game Best Sets

In the early game, there aren’t many strong sets, so we just take whatever items we can get that will boost Jinho. The Palace Guard set decreases the Damage Taken and buffs your damage shields, which lines up well with Jinho’s tank role.

• Armour Set: Palace Guard
  • [2 Items] Decreases Damage Taken
  • [4 Items] Increases Shield Effect
• Jewelry Set: Put any spare items on Jewellery, none of the early sets are good for the Yoo Jinho Build.

Mid Game Best Sets

We’re using the a combination of the Holy and Gatekeeper sets in the mid game to boost Jinho’s defensiveness and allow him to support the team by boosting everyone’s Attack and Defense.

• 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 Defence of all team members, including the user.
• Jewelry Set: Gatekeeper
  • [2 Items] Slightly increases Attack, Defense and Max HP
  • [4 Items] When you are hit, there is a very high chance to deal additional damage to the target proportional to your Defense, and your Attack and Defense will increase very slightly, stacking up to 5 times.

Late Game Best Sets

The combination of the Archangel and Royal Orcs sets allows Yoo Jinho to heal both himself and his allies, as well as periodically restoring some MP to the team.

• 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 effect on team members, including the player.
• Jewelry: Royal Orc
  • [2 Items] Increases Max HP and Healing Received
  • [4 Items] Increases Max HP. If the user’s current HP falls below a certain threshold, has a high chance to trigger the HP Recovery effect.

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