Best Yoo Jinho Build Guide – Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE

by JFFK · December 5, 2025

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.

Please note that this guide is currently a work in progress. It will be updated over the course of Arise Overdrive’s early access period and following on from the full launch of the game.

ARISE OVERDRIVE Yoo Jinho Guide Table of Contents:

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.

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.