Hwang Dongsoo Guide: Best Build

Hwang Dongsoo is a Wind Element SSR Fighter in Solo Leveling Arise. Learn the best build, best weapon, and best artifact for Hwang Dongsoo, as well as stats, skills, passive, and advancements.

Hwang Dongsoo Basic Information and Stats

Hwang Dongsoo Basic Information

Hwang Dongsoo Basic Information
Rarity	SSR
Role	Fighter
Element	Wind
Exclusive Weapon	A Gentle Touch
Voice Actors	EN Voice Actor: Matthew David Rudd JP Voice Actor: Junichi Suwabe

Hwang Dongsoo Stats

Base Stats

Max Stats

Hwang Dongsoo Best Build

Hwang Dongsoo Best Artifacts

Set	Set Bonus
Dragon Knight Set	Solid Foundation 2-piece: Increases the user's Basic Attack damage by 18%. 4-piece: Increases the user's Core Attack damage by 18%, and when an attack hits, charges the user's Core Gauge by 60.
Black Lion Set	Armed 2-piece: Increases the user's Attack by 5%. 4-piece: When attacking, the user ignores 15% of the target's Defense.
Behemoth Set	Executioner 2-piece: When attacking enemies with 40% or less HP. increases the user's damage dealt by 8%. 4-piece: HP condition changes to 70% and Damage Increase effect increases to 20%.
Crimson Knight's Set	Warmonger 2-piece: Attack and Defense by 4%. 4-piece: When the user's attacks hit their Attack and Defense increases by 3% for 6 second(s). (Stacks up to 8 times.) (Cooldown: 0.5 second(s))

Hwang Dongsoo is a damage character, so any artifact that improves his damage will fit him well.

All Artifact Sets and Bonuses

Choose Artifacts with Stats that fit Hwang Dongsoo's Strengths

Hwang Dongsoo's skills scale with their Defense stat and they specialize in the Wind element. So, if you have several options for the best artifacts, choose ones that further buff the mentioned stat and element.

Hwang Dongsoo Best Weapons

Weapon	Effect
A Gentle Touch	Character: Hwang Dongsoo Element: Wind Atk: 566 - 4106 HP: 400 - 2500 Precision: 0 - 4000 Weapon Effect: The user's Wind damage increases by 4%. Increases the user's Basic Skill damage by 3% when the Impulsive Revenge or Madness effects activate (stacking up to 4 times).
Steel Axe	Character: All Hunters Element: None Atk: 212 - 2690 HP: 150 - 1700 Precision: 0 - 2000 Weapon Effect: Your Core Attack damage increases by 9%.
Steel Bow	Character: All Hunters Element: None Atk: 212 - 2690 HP: 150 - 1700 Precision: 0 - 2000 Weapon Effect: The user's Critical Hit damage increases by 9%.
Steel Longsword	Character: All Hunters Element: None Atk: 212 - 2690 HP: 150 - 1700 Precision: 0 - 2000 Weapon Effect: Elemental weakness damage increases by 4.5%
Sturdy Shark Water Gun	Character: All Hunters Element: None Atk: 566 - 4107 HP: 400 - 2500 Precision: 0 - 4000 Weapon Effect: Increases the user's QTE skill damage by 2.5%. Increases the user's Basic Skills damage by 2.5%.

The best weapon for any hunter that isn't Sung Jinwoo will always be their exclusive weapon as these will provide exclusive bonuses and synergize well with the hunter's skills.

However, if you don't have their exclusive weapon yet, it's best to choose a weapon that with the relevant stats, fits their role, and has been leveled up.

All Hunter Weapons

Hwang Dongsoo Best Skills

• S-Rank Influence (Core Attack)
• Urge to Kill (Basic Skill 1)
• Greed Scavenger (Basic Skill 2)
• Steel Blow (QTE Skill)

If you don't have enough materials to level up all of a hunter's skills, you can focus on skills that have the most synergy with their exclusive weapon and passive ability.

Hwang Dongsoo Skills

Basic Attacks

Basic Attack

Core Attack

Basic Skills

Basic Skill 1

Basic Skill 2

Special Skills

Support Skill

QTE Skill

Ultimate Skill

Hwang Dongsoo Passive and Advancements

How to Get Hwang Dongsoo

Obtain from Gacha

You can obtain Hwang Dongsoo by pulling on the Gacha in the game. Click the ticket icon on the top right of your screen and trade your Essence Stones for Draw Tickets and use the ticket to pull on the banner that you want.

There are two types of banners: Rate Up Banner which boosts the rate up of a certain character featured and Custom Draw where you can choose which character or weapon you want to have a rate up.

All Current and Upcoming Draw Banners

Solo Leveling Arise Related Guides

List of All Characters (Hunters)

All SSR Characters

Alicia Blanche	Amamiya Mirei	Baek Yoonho	Cha Hae-In
Charlotte	Choi Jong-In	Emma Laurent	Gina
Go Gunhee	Han Se-Mi	Harper	Hwang Dongsoo
Lee Bora	Lim Tae-Gyu	Meilin Fisher	Min Byung-Gu
Seo Jiwoo	Silver Mane Baek Yoonho	Woo Jinchul	Yoo Soohyun

All SR Characters

Anna Ruiz	Han Song-Yi	Hwang Dongsuk	Jo Kyuhwan
Kang Taeshik	Kim Chul	Kim Sangshik	Lee Joohee
Nam Chae-Young	Park Beom-Shik	Park Heejin	Song Chiyul
Yoo Jinho