The best skills for Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling: Arise include The Commander's Touch, Mutilate, Death's Dance, Crushing Blow, and Multistrike—all of which should be swapped depending on what type of enemies you'll be facing.
Best Skills for Sung Jinwoo in Solo Leveling: Arise
As you can see from the image above, Sung Jinwoo has three skills that you can customize:
- Skill 01 (Basic Skill)
- Skill 02 (Basic Skill)
- Ultimate
When it comes to selecting Sung Jinwoo's best skills, keep in mind that it depends on whether you're fighting bosses, a mixture of mobs and bosses, or just mobs exclusively.
Here are some of the best skills we recommend equipping for Sung Jinwoo depending on the type of battle you're looking to clear:
| Battle Types | Best Skill Loadouts |
|---|---|
| Against Bosses (Breakable units) |  Skill 1 (Death's Dance) |
 Skill 2 (Multistrike) | |
 Ultimate Skill (Truth: Mutilate) | |
| Against Mobs & Bosses (Breakable + Non-Breakable units) | Skill 1 (Death's Dance) |
 Skill 2 (The Commander's Touch) | |
Ultimate Skill (Truth: Mutilate) | |
| Against Mobs (Non-Breakable units) | Skill 1 (Mutilate) |
Skill 2 (The Commander's Touch) | |
Ultimate Skill (Truth: Mutilate) |
Best Basic Skills for Sung Jinwoo
Here are the Basic Skills that you should consider investing in and equipping Sung Jinwoo with when it comes to pure damage:
| Best Basic Skills for Sung Jinwoo (Pure Damage) | Skill Description |
|---|---|
Mutilate | Jinwoo quickly slashes in front of himself multiple times while hiding. When this skill hits, it inflicts the [Airborne] effect. |
The Commander's Touch | Jinwoo extends his hands and pulls enemies together in front of him while inflicting continuous damage to them. When the first attack in the combo hits, it inflicts the [Airborne] effect. When the last attack in the combo hits, it [Knocks Down] the target. |
These Basic Skills specialize in dealing damage—more specifically AoE damage, which makes them the best skills to equip for mob-heavy or mob-exclusive battles that have little to no boss fights.
When it comes to boosting Sung Jinwoo's performance against bosses, on the other hand, make sure you check which Basic Skills deal [Break] damage by checking their tags and descriptions, like so:
Here are the best Basic Skills for Jinwoo in Solo Leveling that can deal [Break] damage, making them perfect for boss fights:
| Best Basic Skills for Sung Jinwoo (Breaking) | Skill Description |
|---|---|
Death's Dance | Jinwoo performs a spinning attack while moving forward. Next, he jumps into the air and then hits the ground powerfully. Deals [Break: Heavy] damage. When the last attack in the combo hits, it [Knocks Down] the target. |
Multistrike | Jinwoo charges forward and deals a one-two punch with both fists. Deals [Break: Medium] damage. When the last attack in the combo hits, it inflicts the [Airborne] effect. |
 Crushing Blow | Jinwoo charges in quickly and strikes with his fist. Deals [Break: Medium] damage. When this skill hits, it inflicts the [Airborne] effect. |
TIP: We highly recommend equipping two Break skills as Jinwoo's Skill 1 and Skill 2 whenever you're fighting only bosses, like Igris in Chapter 8. Remember, when it comes to beating tough bosses, breaking them as frequently as possible is the way to go!
Best Ultimate Skill for Sung Jinwoo
Last but certainly not least, is Sung Jinwoo's Ultimate Skill, which deals a ton of damage but can only be used once his Power Gauge charges fully in battle.
The best Ultimate Skill for Sung Jinwoo can only be unlocked when he changes his Job to Necromancer, which can be done after clearing Chapter 9 – Back to the Grind:
Sung Jinwoo's best Ultimate Skill, which he unlocks upon his Job Change to Necromancer, is:
| Best Ultimate Skill for Sung Jinwoo | Skill Description |
|---|---|
Truth: Mutilate | In an instant, slashes the enemy several times, then dashes behind the enemy and stabs them with a powerful blow. |
TIP: Feel free to level up the first Ultimate Skill that Sung Jinwoo unlocks (Shadow: Tragedy) to Level 4 if you're having trouble clearing Igris. Every bit of damage helps in that battle, and you need to win it so you can unlock Truth: Mutilate!
Conclusion
Now that you know what the best skills are for Sung Jinwoo, you should learn what his best artifacts and best stats are as well if you want to optimize his performance in every battle!
