Understanding the Guild Boss Mechanics
In Solo Leveling: Arise, Guild Boss fights are one of the core features that challenge players to optimize both team composition and skill timing. These weekly events rotate elemental phases—such as Fire, Water, and Wind—requiring flexible strategies.
One of the current exploits revolves around timing ultimates correctly to bypass usual casting restrictions. This guide breaks down how syncing Leonard’s ultimate with Jinwoo’s can significantly increase damage output using a lesser-used skill: Truth Mutilate.
The Unusual Combo: Why It Works
Leonard (also referenced as Larman in-game) and Jinwoo aren't typically paired for ultimate synergy. However, by leveraging Leonard's extended ultimate animation and Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate, you can create a situation where both ultimates run concurrently—an interaction that doesn’t occur with other characters.
Leonard's skills, particularly his ultimate, deal damage over time. By timing Jinwoo's long-duration Truth Mutilate right after Leonard begins his cast, both effects overlap, resulting in stacked damage during a single boss phase.
Preparing for the Sync
Before attempting this combo, set both characters’ ultimates to manual activation. Auto-casting may interfere with the required timing and lead to missed sync opportunities. Equip Jinwoo with the Truth Mutilate skill—despite it being underused, its long animation time makes it the perfect tool for this trick.
Ensure your power gauge is charged up before the battle begins. This enables back-to-back ultimate casts without delays, which is essential for executing this method correctly.
Timing the Ultimates for Maximum Impact
The trick lies in the precise timing between the two ultimates:
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Begin by activating Leonard's ultimate.
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Wait approximately 1–2 seconds, then trigger Jinwoo's Truth Mutilate.
This causes Leonard’s ultimate to continue dealing damage during Jinwoo’s casting window—an unintended overlap that boosts your overall DPS significantly. No other character currently benefits from this effect, making this combination uniquely effective.
Comparing Damage Outputs
When Jinwoo uses Truth Mutilate on its own, the damage is notably low. It was designed more for animation flair than efficiency. However, when combined with Leonard’s DoT-based ultimate, the total damage increase is substantial.
In testing scenarios, activating Jinwoo’s ultimate alone yielded only 20 million damage. With the combo method, that number jumped to over 100 million, showing a 5x increase in efficiency. The results speak for themselves, especially for end-phase battles when every point of rage and damage counts.
Avoiding Common Mistakes
Many players misfire this combo by triggering both ultimates at the exact same time. This often causes Jinwoo’s animation to interrupt Leonard’s, ruining the overlap. Always remember:
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Leonard first.
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Wait a beat.
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Then Jinwoo.
If timed correctly, you’ll see both animations running together and Leonard’s ultimate still casting while Jinwoo’s skill plays out.
Maximizing Late-Game Boss Damage
In late-stage Guild Boss fights, proper use of ultimates can decide the battle outcome. Syncing Leonard’s cast near the final seconds can be especially useful. If his animation doesn’t finish before the round ends, you lose valuable DPS.
However, syncing it with Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate ensures Leonard’s damage resolves during Jinwoo’s animation, giving you guaranteed damage output before the fight closes.
Recommended Settings for Repeat Success
To consistently pull off this combo, fine-tune your setup:
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Manual Control: Always toggle ultimates to manual to avoid accidental casting.
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Power Gauge Monitoring: Don’t spam skills. Ensure you’re timing energy build-up so that both ultimates are ready when needed.
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Minimal Interference: Avoid using skills that cause long animations right before the combo. This ensures smoother execution.
While your build and gear may vary, focus more on timing than on stat stacking for this particular trick.
Truth Mutilate: A Skill With Niche Value
Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate isn’t favored by many due to its weak base damage. However, in this combo, its animation delay becomes an asset.
The animation lasts nearly 30 seconds, creating a long window where Leonard’s DoT skills can continue hitting the boss uninterrupted. It turns a previously overlooked skill into a key part of high-damage strategy.
So while Truth Mutilate might be suboptimal in most content, here it plays a crucial utility role, creating a unique exploit window.
Why This Works Only With Leonard
Most characters in Solo Leveling: Arise can’t cast skills or have their ultimates run simultaneously with Jinwoo’s long animation. Leonard, however, appears to be an exception.
This interaction isn’t documented officially, but player testing shows that Leonard’s ultimate keeps running during Jinwoo’s, unlike other characters where the second ultimate is delayed or overridden.
Whether it’s a bug or a hidden mechanic, the result is more damage output with no downside—if timed properly.
Code and Support Reminder
Alongside gameplay tips, don’t forget to keep up with Solo Leveling: Arise's code redemption system. The support program returns on the 18th of this month, and backing content creators early unlocks codes—like the confirmed 2,000 Essence Zones reward.
Staying updated with these events ensures you don’t miss out on limited-time bonuses, which can further enhance your build and progression.
The Developer Situation: What to Expect
The community has been increasingly vocal about delayed updates. Features like the Amplification System, Shadow Upgrades, and POD World Ranking have been repeatedly postponed.
The upcoming June Dev Stream will be critical. It’s expected to introduce major improvements and deliver on previously delayed content. Many players see this as a make-or-break moment for the game's direction.
If the devs deliver, we can expect smoother mechanics and possibly official clarification on mechanics like the Leonard-Jinwoo combo.
Demonstrating the Damage Difference
Let’s revisit the numbers. Using Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate alone yielded around 545 million total damage by the end of the boss fight.
When synced with Leonard’s ultimate, the damage output shot up to over 732 million, followed by another increase pushing close to 850 million. That’s a gain of over 100 million—without optimized buffs or support units.
In a competitive guild boss ranking environment, this can mean the difference between middle-tier and top-tier placements.
Final Thoughts on the Combo’s Potential
While this combo may seem like a niche trick, it holds real value for players looking to push their guild rankings or squeeze extra performance from underused kits.
Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate, often ignored, becomes the linchpin in maximizing Leonard’s potential. As long as the developers don’t patch it out, this method remains a reliable, repeatable way to boost damage in critical boss fights.
Conclusion
The Leonard + Jinwoo ultimate combo is one of the best-kept damage secrets in Solo Leveling: Arise. By taking advantage of the extended animation time of Truth Mutilate and syncing it with Leonard’s damage-over-time ultimate, players can secure up to 5x more damage during critical boss phases.
Whether you're aiming for better rankings, squeezing out extra damage in guild boss battles, or just experimenting with new team setups, this guide gives you a working method that requires no extra investment—only precise timing and understanding of the skill mechanics.
With features and updates constantly evolving, it’s uncertain how long this method will stay unpatched, so take advantage of it while you can.
Stay engaged, stay supported, and don’t miss the support season returning on the 18th to claim the latest codes and rewards.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Why does Leonard’s ultimate work during Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate?
A: Leonard’s damage-over-time skills and ultimate continue casting during Jinwoo’s long animation, resulting in stacked damage. This interaction is currently unique to Leonard.
Q: Does this combo work with other skills or characters?
A: No. The effect has only been reliably replicated using Leonard’s ultimate combined with Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate. Other pairings do not show the same overlap.
Q: Is this considered an exploit or bug?
A: It's not officially labeled as such, but the interaction is unconventional. Developers may patch it in future updates, so use it while available.
Q: How do I activate the combo properly?
A: Manually cast Leonard’s ultimate first, wait 1–2 seconds, then use Jinwoo’s Truth Mutilate. This allows both animations to overlap.
Q: What kind of damage increase can I expect?
A: Depending on gear and buffs, the increase can reach up to 100 million more damage, making a huge difference in boss ranking.
Q: When is the next support season?
A: It begins on the 18th of this month, and supporting early grants access to codes, including one for 2,000 Essence Zones.
Q: Do I need specific builds for this trick?
A: Not necessarily. The combo relies more on timing than on stats, making it accessible even with basic equipment setups.
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