(2024) Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters Ranked

As the Solo Leveling manhwa is soon coming to an end, we bring to you the Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters Ranked.

Kindly note that this article will include spoilers from the I Alone Level Up novel. Solo Leveling fans are therefore requested to proceed with caution.

The Solo Leveling series is based on the web novel titled I Alone Level Up. It began its illustration in 2016 and has since then risen in popularity. This popularity is, of course, due to its impeccable plot and art by Chugong.

After barriers between dimensions are broken, monsters soon gain access to the human world. It is around this time that humans with superhuman powers rise to protect the weak.

The protagonist Sung Jin-Woo after gaining access to a power-up system. But as he realizes the meaning and importance of this power, he sure does it all and then some more.

The story begins with the Absolute Being and his cruel intentions for the Rulers and Monarchs.

And as the war between the two begins, humankind is pulled into the center of destruction. And so, our protagonist shows us how he uses, defeats, and enhances the system to save the world.

Naturally, this is an action-packed series that’ll leave you clinging to the edge of your seat. So without any further ado, let’s get into the Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters Ranked.

Warning, Spoilers Alert. The ranking is done based on Solo Leveling Light Novel.

Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters

45) Reiji Sugimoto

Although Reiji Sugimoto was one of the S-Rank hunters of Japan, he did not directly participate in the Jeju Island raid, and he stayed on board the battleship during this arc.

A funny fact is that he is a webtoon-exclusive character, which explains why he doesn’t participate in this raid. Despite this, he has a lot of skill since he is an S-Rank hunter.

He also seemed extremely confident about Ryuji’s abilities before the raid. Eventually, he became the Guild Master of the Draw Sword Guild after Goto Ryuji’s death during the Jeju Island arc.

44) Ippei Izawa

Ippei Izawa is an S-Rank Hunter who was one of the members of the Bladed Tonfas Guild. He was also a very skilled hunter, as he was selected to participate in the Jeju Island arc.

Despite this, we only learn a little about his powers, as he did not participate in the friendly sparring matches between the Korean and the Japanese Hunters. He was in the Team Delta during the Jeju Island arc and had killed dozens of ants along with Kei.     

43) Yuri Orloff

Yuri Orloff was a Russian Hunter, who specializes in Barrier magic. He was called by the Draw Sword guild Master Reiji Sugimoto for his barrier strength.

Orloff mostly was proficient in defense and his barrier creation, so he does not have much combat strength. He tried blocking off an S-gate with his barrier, which utterly failed and he died in the process.

42) Kei

Yet another Japanese Hunter, he was also among the Draw Sword guild. He was powerful enough, for his strength to be acknowledged by Goto Ryuji.

Kei has a very keen sense of mana smell and could smell opponents easily. He is also very proficient in Ice magic and uses it with high speed in combat.

41) Atsushi Kumamoto

Atsushi Kumamoto is one of the members of the Draw Sword guild and has the power to back up his rank. Despite his strength and prowess in battle, he is a coward by nature.

It is also said that he has already cleared all B-rank Dungeons on his own. Atsushi also has an additional Berserker state, where he keeps attacking anyone in front of him. This gives him a place in this list of some of the strongest Solo Leveling characters.

40) Jay Mills

Jay Mills was Canada’s strongest Hunter and the world’s 17th strongest Hunter. Just like Goto Ryuji and Hwang Dongsoo, he was very overconfident and arrogant in his abilities.

This was what led to his death before he could even showcase his abilities. Jay Mills tried to face off against Antares but got decimated in an instant.

39) Woo Jinchul

Although we know that Woo Jinchul is an A-Rank Hunter, we know that he is a very capable hunter. Initially, he was a highly-ranked Korean Hunters Association official who always watched Sung Jin Woo’s movements.

Later in the series, he becomes the Chairman of the Korean Hunters Association since the officials also saw his potential. Apart from this, he has a lot of raw strength, speed and durability.

We see this numerous times when he stops Baek Yoonho and Hwang from fighting. He was also able to punch the architect’s statues without breaking his fingers and dodge the heat vision attack of the statues.

38) Hwang Dongsoo

Hwang Dongsoo was known as one of the Strongest Korean Hunters, but the truth was he was only arrogant in his abilities. He was one of the weaker S-Rank hunters but was oblivious to this.

Hwang Dongsoo even thought that he was on par with Jinwoo which led to his death. He was brutally overpowered by Jinwoo in their battle, in which the latter revived Hwang Dongsoo as his Shadow.

37) Baek Yoonho

Baek Yoonho is the Guild Master of one of Korea’s most popular White Tiger Guilds. Even though he was initially hyped, he turned out to be one of the weakest hunters out of all the other Korean hunters.

Despite this, he still has very good raw stats and has enhanced strength, speed and durability. He also has a transformation, where he changes into a tiger-like monster, further increasing his raw stats.

Additionally, he can transform some of his body parts and has Eyes of the Beast, which he can use to measure anyone’s power level. He also has increased reflexes while using this.  

36) Iron

Iron is another one of Jinwoo’s Shadows and is less intelligent compared to his peers. He falls for provocations easily and does not know when to hold back or not.

Iron can be comparable to that of an S-Rank Hunter, given his Elite Knight Grade status. Despite all of this, he was extremely useful to Jinwoo in his battle against Baruka.

35) Jima

Jima is another one of Jinwoo’s Shadows and an Elite Knight Grade at that. This alone makes him almost equivalent to the average S-Rank Hunter.

He can grow at will using his mana, and his strength also increases in this way. Jima also has regeneration and enhanced strength, and speed which make him one of the strongest Solo Leveling characters.

34) Choi Jong-In

Choi Jong-In was one of the other S-Rank Hunters and the Guild Master of another popular Guild, the Hunters Guild. He is one of the most powerful fire mages, which explains why he is an S-Rank Hunter.

Especially in the Jeju Island arc, we get to see his true power. He has enhanced speed and durability and can also destroy colonies of ants with little mana. Choi Jong-In could also make different items with his flame, such as spears.

Moreover, he had even more powerful spells, like creating a flame prison, and he could even create a small flame dragon.

33) Cha Hae-In

Cha Hae-In is one of the strongest Korean Hunters. She was also the vice-guild master of the Hunters Guild. She was very hardworking and diligent, which led her to this position.

Cha Hae-In was very proficient with a Sword and used her weapons abilities to the fullest. She also defeated Igris and evaded Beru’s attacks, when both of them very holding back.

32) Goto Ryuuji

Goto Ryuji is the strongest hunter in Japan and proved his worth multiple times. Even if he was one of the strongest Solo Leveling characters, he was very overconfident and prideful about his abilities.

This was his downfall, as he could not accept that he was weaker than others. His choice of weapon is Katana, which needs an extreme level of precision, strength, and speed which he has.

31) Metus

Metus was the Third Boss of the Demon Castle and was a bit easier compared to others. Although it does not have much combat prowess, it is an annoying foe in battle.

Metus can create and control hundred undead soldiers at his will. Jinwoo also stated that he had very powerful magical spells and attributes.

30) Esil Radiru

Although we did not get to see her in action that much, she is a very shrewd woman. Esil Radiru is a very cunning and sly woman, who waits for the right time to strike her opponents.

She might look like a harmless and cute Demon at first, but she is still an S-rank Demon. She was powerful enough to blow away buildings and dodge Jinwoo’s attacks.

29) Lennart Niermann

Lennart is the strongest Hunter in Germany and is the world’s 12th Strongest Hunter. Unlike some of the others, he is very polite and cool-headed which gives him an advantage in battle.

Lennart is extremely powerful, given his position, and has increased reflexes as well as strength. His main ability is a charge, with which he fires a powerful blast of energy.

28) Tusk

Tusk is one of the strongest Shadows under Jinwoo’s command. He was immensely powerful and went on to become a General Grade Shadow.

He possesses a significant amount of skill and utilizes gravitational magic. Tusk is on the level of mid to high S-rank Hunters and can obliterate hundreds of demons with a single spell.

27) Cerberus

Cerberus was the First Boss of the Demon Castle who faced off against Jinwoo in his early stage. It is a very huge monster with a fearful appearance.

Despite its size, it can move very fast and has enhanced strength. For some part of the fight, he succeeded in overpowering Jinwoo and making him back down to an extent.

26) Vulcan

Vulcan was the Second Boss of the Demon Castle and one of the strongest Demons. It was an S-rank monster, so it was a given that it was extremely powerful.

When facing off against Jinwoo, he took multiple hits from him and came unscathed. Even if he was a huge monster, he moved faster than we could imagine which made Jinwoo lose sight of him.

25) Earth Giant

Earth Giant was the boss of an A-rank Dungeon. Despite this, it is an S-rank monster and is very powerful as stated by Jinwoo. It was a very huge monster and the size of a small building.

Even if we never saw it in battle, Jinwoo said that it is stronger than some of its other S-rank Monsters, Vulcan and Metus. He further mentioned that it was one of the strongest Magical Beasts he encountered at that time.

24) Greed

Greed was the shadow of Hwang Dongsoo and one of the powerful individual Shadows under Jinwoo’s commands. He is also at a General Grade rank, and proficient in battles.

Greed is extremely loyal to Jinwoo despite his past. He always has a certain thirst for blood in battle, which gives him a vast advantage in combat.

23) Baruka

Baruka was an immensely powerful S-Rank monster who loved to torture humans. He was also very capable in fights and intelligent too. He was indeed the suitable boss for the Red Gate Dungeon.

Baruka also has a special rank of soldiers working under him. Even when Jinwoo was fighting against him, he had to use his Shadow army along with Iron and Igris’s help to kill him.

22) Architect 

The Architect was the hidden Boss of the Double Dungeon. It is most probably the smartest character in this Solo Leveling series. 

The Architect created and managed the system to match, upgrade, and benefit Sung Jin Woo. It also practices puppet manipulation and can control statues. 

Furthermore, it also possesses Ruler’s Authority, in which it can telekinetically control weapons and other objects. 

21) Go Gunhee

Go Gunhee is the chairman of the Korean Hunter’s association, and is pretty old. Despite this, he is a very strong individual, who was also called the S-Rank among the S-Rank Hunters.

Gunhee’s only disadvantage is his weak body, which was the reason he retired early. If not for this, he could have easily gone on to become one of the World’s Top 5 Hunters.

20) Christopher Reed

Christopher Reed is the strongest American Hunter and the world’s 3rd strongest Hunter. This alone proves his capability in battle and his abilities.

He generally operated alone, and even went on to fight 3 Monarchs at once. Although he was killed in this battle, he was still one of the strongest Hunters nevertheless.

The flames he created during his Spiritual Body Manifestation needed the help of 14 S-Rank Hunters to extinguish.

19) Liu Zhigang 

Liu Zhigang is the second strongest hunter in the world and is dubbed the Chinese Hero. Like most National level Hunters, he is a vessel of a Ruler. 

Therefore he possesses Spiritual Body Manifestation and the power of the Ruler’s Hands. Along with his telepathic abilities, he also wields 2 long swords. 

Furthermore, he also has a huge presence in terms of mana that can be detected and sensed by all Hunters.

18) Thomas Andre 

Thomas Andre is the strongest hunter in the world. As a tanker, his attacks and defenses are focused on raw strength. He too is Ruler’s vessel and possesses Spiritual Body Manifestation. 

He has fought both Sung Jin Woo and the monarch of beastly fangs. And in both battles, he displayed an impressive amount of strength and attack power.

17) Monarch of Plagues

The monarch of plagues, Querehsha, is also known as a Queen of insects. She specializes in poisons, regeneration, and Spiritual Body Manifestation. 

She mainly uses insects as replaceable armor for defense. The queen of insects also practices necromancy and uses brain parasites to control the Dead. 

Lastly, she can also use mana to form hands out of energy that can be controlled telepathically. These hand-like extensions have a good attack range.

16) Kamish 

Kamish is a dragon regarded to be humanity’s greatest calamity.

The dragon first emerged from an S-Rank Gate in America. Kamish’s signature move is Dragon’s Breath which allows them to spout fire from their mouth. These flames are capable of burning anything to the cinders. 

Kamish also possesses Dragon’s Fear which is later used by Sung Jin-Woo against Antares. Dragon’s Fear releases a mana-infused scream from the Dragon’s souls that sends those weaker than themselves into despair and panic.

15) Igris

Igris the Marshal Grade knight is the shadow of the Blood-Red Commander, Igris. He is known to be one of the two wings of the Shadow Army and the Knight of Destruction. 

Igris was originally under the direct command of the original Monarch of Shadows and is therefore well-versed in battle. 

He uses a long sword and can even use Dominator’s Touch to match and enhance his precise swordsmanship.

14) Beru 

Beru is the Marshal Grade general shadow of the Ant King from the Jeju Island Arc. As the Ant King, he is Sung Jin Woo’s strongest personal shadow. 

He was the first to break out of the monarch of frost’s ice prison and even possesses wings that allow flight. Furthermore, he is also very smart, practices size manipulation, and can release paralysis poison.

The poison Beru produces is much more potent and toxic than that produced by the Ant King. Beru also practices healing magic that can be used on himself and others.

13) Rulers 

The Rulers are beings born from the World Tree.

They are heavenly beings that resemble angels, with six wings and armor. 

There are a total of 8 Rulers who are very powerful as 7 of them eliminated the Absolute Being. These Rulers can bestow powers upon humans. 

When humans absorb enough of their power they can even become vessels for possession. Furthermore, they also have an ability called Ruler’s Hands that grants them telekinetic powers. 

12) Monarch of Transfiguration

This Monarch is also known as the King of Demonic Specters and the Greatest Sorcerer in the Chaos World. Like most Monarchs, he practices existence erasure that sends beings directly into the void. 

According to the novel, he is one of the Monarchs that gave Sung Jin-Woo the most trouble. And although it is not specified how it is most likely through enhancing the soldiers’ powers through his magic.

11) Monarch of White Flames 

The Monarch of White Flames was also known as the Demon King. He was defeated by Ashborn in their fight. The Demon King could summon a demon army called Hell’s Army through portals. 

He can also manipulate lightning through his breath. Lightning breath was used in long-range and close-range combat and easily debuffed his opponent.

10) Monarch of Iron Body 

The Monarch of Iron Body is known as the King of Monsterous Humanoids. In the light novel, he seemed to help Antares with his army. 

He most likely can control and direct beings of the Chaos World. Furthermore, he seemed to have connections to Tusk and many other Chaos world beings. This Monarch also practices existence erasure.

9) Monarch of Beginning

The Monarch of the Beginning is also known as the King of the Giants. He was used as a buffer for Mana reinforcement between the worlds after being captured by the Rulers. 

Being a giant, he possesses an immense amount of strength that he managed to showcase even while restrained. He also specializes in spell casting and managed to cast the Pledge of Trust with Sung Jin Woo.

8) Bellion

Bellion is the Grand Marshal of Ashborn’s shadow army and the strongest shadow in existence.

He wields a centipede-shaped sword that extends and can be controlled telepathically. 

He is born of the World Tree that gave rise to all heavenly beings. Furthermore, he is skilled in battle and has quick reflexes and sharp senses.

7) Sung Il Hwan 

Sung Il Hwan is the father of Sung Jin Woo and was trapped between dimensions where he met the Rulers. Here he later became the vessel for the Fragment of Brilliant Light. 

In the light novel, he managed to hold the monarch of Frost long enough for Sung Jin Woo to recover. The reason why he ranks so low is that although persistent in terms of strength, he is vulnerable to mana attacks, especially from a Monarch.

6) Monarch of Beastly Fangs

The Monarch of Beastly Fangs is titled the King of Beasts and the Greatest Hunter in the Chaos World.

He relies on brute force for his attacks which are mostly offensive. He also practices telekinesis, regeneration, and Spiritual Body Manifestation. His Spiritual Body Manifestation form is a werewolf with sharp claws and a wide jaw. 

He is mostly known as a coward who knows when to run away from a battle. However, his attacks are purely strength-based and he does not practice many direct mana attacks.

5) Monarch of Frost 

The Monarch of Frost is the King of Snow folk.

He is an Ice Elf who has Ice Magic. Therefore he can summon and order around ice golems. 

His attacks mostly consist of ice spears and arrows that are imbued with mana. He also can restrict and restrain beings in an ice prison. Furthermore, with a breath, he can freeze other beings at sub-zero temperatures.

4) Monarch of Destruction 

Antares is also known as the King of Berserk Dragons.

Spiritual Body Manifestation transforms his body into a dragon that is far greater than Kamish. 

Antares also practices the Breath of Destruction which ensures the complete erasure of an opponent. Another attack is Dragon’s Fear which is 10 times stronger than that of Kamish. Furthermore, he also practices telepathy and spatial manipulation.

3) Monarch of Shadows (Ashborn)

Ashborn was originally the strongest Ruler known as the Greatest Fragment of Brilliant Light.

He later betrayed the Rulers to become the Monarch of Shadows where he became known as the King of Shadows. 

He is one of the strongest characters in the Solo Leveling series. As a Ruler, he can bestow power upon people and he chose Sung Jin Woo. However, as a Monarch, he practices Shadow Extraction and Preservation and can even buff his shadows to increase their power.

2) Absolute Being

The absolute being is the creator of the Rulers and the Monarchs.

He possesses absolute power over everything. However, he’s a cruel being who although served by the Rulers makes them fight the Monarchs for entertainment. 

As he can create life out of nothing, he can also return it to nothingness. He is noted to be stronger than Ashborn and Antares. However, he was murdered by the seven Rulers who attacked him together. 

His creation ability alone makes him the top 2 strongest Solo Leveling characters.

1) Sung Jin-Woo 

Sung Jin Woo is the current Monarch of Shadows and the strongest unofficial Hunter in the world.

He is a vessel of the former Ruler and Shadow sovereign Ashborn. Thus he possesses a wide range of abilities. He has an army of over 200 thousand shadow soldiers.

And he is also immune to poison and it can enhance his speed, reflexes, attack power, and strength. As the current Monarch of Shadows, he also practices Shadow Extraction and Exchange, Dragons Fear, and Rulers Authority.

By the end of the series, we can easily say that he is indeed the strongest Solo Leveling character.

With this, we conclude with our article on the Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters Ranked. We hope that you’ve enjoyed our ranking of the characters of the I Alone Level Up novel.

Frequently Asked Questions-

Q1. Who is the strongest character in Solo Leveling?

Ans – Sung Jin Woo is the Strongest Character in Solo Leveling.

Q2. Who is the strongest Monarch in Solo Leveling?

Ans – Ashborn, the previous Monarch of Shadows was the strongest Monarch. However, he now passes on the titles to Sung Jin Woo.

Q3. Who is the strongest shadow of Sung Jin Woo in solo leveling?

Ans – Bellion is the strongest shadow of Sung Jin Woo in Solo Leveling.

Q4. Who is Antares in Solo Leveling?

Ans – Antares is the Monarch of Destruction in Solo Leveling.

Q5. Who are Rulers?

Ans – The Rulers are heavenly beings created by the Absolute Being to ensure peace and fight the Monarchs.

Q6. Who are Monarchs?

Ans – The Monarchs are monstrous beings of the Chaos World who are created by the Absolute Being to cause destruction.

Well, that’s it from our article of the Top 45 Strongest Solo Leveling Characters Ranked. We’ll be back with more Solo Leveling content, especially spoiler articles so until then, stay safe, stay tuned, and stay hyped.

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