Strongest Mage Class Hunters In Solo Leveling

Summary

• Hunters in Solo Leveling can be powerful mages, with specialties ranging from healing to offensive spells and curses.
• The power and mana of a Hunter depend on their rank, but artifacts can boost magic proficiency.
• From Akari Shimizu to Sung Jinwoo, mages play vital roles in dungeon raids, showcasing diverse abilities and strategic importance.

There are plenty of magic users in the world of Solo Leveling, and they play a crucial role in almost every Dungeon Raid. While most magic users are capable of basic elemental spells, Hunters usually have their specialization. From healing to supporting spells to curses and offensive magic.

The power and mana of a Hunter depends on their rank (or vice versa), and no amount of training can increase that limit. There are, however, several artifacts and items to boost one’s magic proficiency. A well-balanced raiding party will almost always have a mage, whether it be a healer, a general supportive mage, or a powerful master of offense.

WARNING: Major spoilers from manhwa below.

Updated March 10, 2025 by Mirza Aaqib Beg: As Japanese and Korean hunters prepare for the high-stakes mission to Jeju Island, hunters of different classes put their powers together to fight against intimidating monsters that await them there.

Among them, mage-type hunters like Choi Jong-In and Kei are expected to play a critical role. Because of their unique powers, hunters of this class are rated highly. The updated article includes a few more mage-class hunters who have featured in the anime.

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Cho Kyuhwan

C-rank Mage

• Anime Debut: Episode 5
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 18

Cho Kyuhwan was a morally bankrupt and evil hunter who worked with Hwang Dongsuk‘s raid squad. Like his peers, he was willing to kill a person for personal profit.

Kyuhwan had incredible control over fire magic despite being just a C-rank. He was able to cause serious damage to most hunters of his stature with just one swift attack. Despite having decent talent, Cho chose a life of crime that eventually led to his downfall.

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Song Chi-Yul

Brave C-Rank Hunter Who Survived Double Dungeon

• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 2

Song Chi-Yul was the leader of the hunters who unknowingly ended up in the Double Dungeon. The loss of lives there continued to bother Chi-Yul for a long time, and he blamed himself for everything. Despite losing his arm, Song continued working as a hunter for a while. During one of his missions, Kang Taeshik’s murderous nature was revealed, and as push came to shove, Song volunteered to fight the Korean Hunters Association’s inspector.

I’d like to spend what I have left contributing to society.

Despite being just a C-rank, Chi-Yul is the kind of person who stands up for others. When the Jeju Island raid was planned, he came out of retirement to protect civilians from the evolved ants. Chi-Yul is adept at using fire magic, and his go-to weapon is a sword.

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Park Heejin

White Tiger Guild’s Mage

• Anime Debut: Episode 6
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 59

Park Heejin is a B-rank hunter. Perceptive, intelligent, and kind, she is the type of person everyone wants in their guild. Park is one of the many unfortunate hunters who get stuck in the Red Gate. When their leader, Kim Chul, decides to abandon weaker hunters to focus on killing the dungeon boss, Heejin surprisingly refuses to go with him and instead joins Sung Jinwoo’s group.

Kim Chul failed to notice that arrow. You are not an E-rank hunter right?

It turns out that Park, unlike other hunters, has sensed that Jinwoo is strong. Her quick thinking and perceptive nature end up saving her life, while Kim’s group perishes. Heejin has also shown that she is the kind of person who is willing to go above and beyond for her team.

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Gina

Reckless A-Ranker From Korea

• Anime Debut: Episode 6
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 68

Gina is a mage-type A-rank hunter associated with the Hunters Guild. She is a hard-headed and reserved young woman who takes her responsibilities seriously. Gina is one of the rare mages with telekinetic powers. However, her ability fails against high-level monsters and is mostly effective against weaker rivals.

Despite being somewhat experienced, Gina can sometimes be quite reckless and make decisions without proper forethought. She is a decent A-rank hunter but definitely not on par with the best in Korea. In the Hunters Guild Gate arc, Gina struggles to fight back against high orcs, and her telekinesis barely has any effect on them. If not for Jinwoo’s timely rescue, she, along with her raid team, would have been killed by Kargalgan’s minions.

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Lee Bora

Hunters Guild’s A-Rank Hunter

• Anime Debut: Epiosde 6
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 68

Lee Bora is a respectable A-ranker who possesses intimidating magical powers. But unlike hunters who let success get to their heads, Bora appears to be genuinely fascinated by her powers and is interested in having a deeper understanding of them.

Lee has an exceptionally heightened sense, and even someone like Sung Jinwoo cannot fool her. She is the only hunter in Hunters Guild Strike Team B who notices Jinwoo surreptitiously killing the high orcs to protect her squad. Bora is also gifted with summoning powers, which are capable of overwhelming even B-rank monsters.

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Akari Shimizu

Draw Sword Guild, S-Rank Healer

• Anime Debut: Episode 21
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 90

Akari was a powerful healer from Japan, who came with other members of the Draw Sword Guild to participate in the 4th Jeju Island Raid. While she didn’t have much “screen” time, she was recognized by some of the most powerful hunters in Japan and was one of the only mages to join the party.

Interestingly enough, she was also a capable fighter and wielded a huge Battle Axe. Most mages either stay away from skirmishes, or at least engage from a distance, but Akari was clearly capable of holding her own in melee combat. Her ultimate fate was quite unfortunate and left a lot of questions about her powers.

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Min Byung-Gyu

Retired S-Rank Healer

• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 109

Min Byung-Gyu is a powerful Healer Mage and is the only known Korean S-Rank Hunter to have retired early. After a traumatic raid on Jeju Island, he decided that he would rather try and be a civilian teacher, away from Dungeons and Raids. Ultimately, he chose to support his friends and join his team in one last Raid.

According to himself, Min Byung-Gyu has the offensive capabilities of an A-Rank Hunter. He is a powerful healer and has access to incredibly strong buffing spells. During the final Jeju Island Raid, he supported his team members to the very end and even saved Cha Hae-In after his unfortunate demise.

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Kei

Draw Sword Guild, S-Rank

• Anime Debut: Episode 21
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 90

Kai was a powerful Ice Mage, who came from Japan with the Draw Sword Guild. His nose was incredibly sensitive to mana, much like Cha Hae-In, which is why he opted to wear a mask around other Hunters.

His Ice magic was quite versatile in combat, allowing him to use it both offensively and defensively. On top of that, he was capable of quickly encasing large amounts of enemies, which he used to a great extent on the Jeju Island Raid. He was also capable of impressive physical feats, such as keeping up with certain Assassin-type Hunters and quickly covering large distances.

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Choi Jong-In

Hunters Guild Leader, S-Rank

• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 66

Choi Jong-In is the leader of the Hunters Guild for many reasons, and they go much further than his magic proficiency. He is a great tactician, used to effectively leading large raiding parties with minimal casualties. His various strategies and tactics have earned his guild many successful Dungeons.

On top of that, he is considered to be one of the most powerful Mage Hunters, with incredibly potent fire magic. He is capable of easily wiping out large groups of enemies and has an arsenal of powerful fire attacks to deal with large enemies and bosses.

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Christopher Reed

National Level Hunter

• Anime Debut: Yet to make an appearance
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 176

Christopher Reed was a solo S-Rank Hunter, who was also ranked as the 3rd National Level Hunter. He was capable of incredibly powerful Spiritual Body Manifestation, giving him a new powerful body, and allowing him to channel incredibly powerful fire attacks.

While unfortunately, the full fight happened offscreen, the aftermath of his battle with 3 Monarchs was absolutely devastating. Raging fires continued to burn on the battlefield, long after the actual fighting was done. Being a vessel for one of the Rulers made him one of the strongest Hunters in the world, and his full potential is difficult to gauge.

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Yuri Orloff

S-Rank Support Mage

• Anime Debut: Yet to make an appearance
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 151

Yuri Orloff was a Russian S-Rank Hunter, who came to Japan to assist with the S-Rank Gate. He was considered to be one, if not the most powerful Barrier expert, which is exactly how he planned on dealing with the newly spawned Gate.

While his full offensive powers are unknown, he was indeed capable of creating nearly impenetrable barriers, and successfully subdued several S-Rank Hunters. While his overconfident personality and extremely greedy tendencies lead to his ultimate end, he was nonetheless a justifiably famous Hunter and one of the most prolific Support Mages on the scene.

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Sung Jinwoo

World’s Weakest Hunter

• Anime Debut: Episode 1
• Webnovel Debut: Chapter 1

Sung Jinwoo went through a series of different specializations, going from a regular Fighter to an Assassin, to a Necromancer, to Shadow Monarch. At the time of his Rank Reevaluation, he was actively using his magical abilities and was thus classified as a Mage.

I’m going to protect my family, even if it means turning all the hunters in the world against me.

The core of his magical abilities is the power to manipulate Shadows, which allows him to teleport, manipulate objects, and create Shadow soldiers from fallen enemies. During the story, he has amassed an incredible army of powerful creatures, and he is easily able to sustain all of it for long periods. It is unknown if there is even such a thing as a “limit” to his powers.