Editing Spirit

'''Spirits''' are a type of power-up in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. They are also featured in [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]], where they assist the fighters in defeating [[Galeem]] and [[Dharkon]]. Spirits can be seen as similar to [[stickers]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and [[equipment]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', while they also replace [[Trophies]] from earlier installments as the successor.

Spirits are characters who lost their bodies through disintegration (due to Galeem's attack) and were transformed into souls, which were then trapped into [[False character|Puppet Fighters]] and made to do Galeem's bidding. There are 1299 spirits in the game; a list of them can be found [[List of spirits (disambiguation)|here]].

*★★★☆ Ace (especially powerful)

*★★★★ Legend (in a league of their own)

==Spirit Types==

===Primary Spirits===

Each fighter can only have one Primary Spirit assigned at a time. The Primary Spirit will enhance the fighter's stats and may have up to three slots for a Support Spirit to be equipped in; as a rule, Primary Spirits that do not have many slots will compensate with higher base stats.

Primary Spirits have strengths based on their type, and grant an advantage against spirits that their type is strong against. However, they will also impose a weakness against the type of Spirit that they are weak against. Some Primary Spirits also add secondary modifications like a Support Spirit.  

Equipping a fighter with a Primary Spirit from the same series as the fighter gives a 10% bonus to the spirit's stats.

Certain Primary Spirits have slots, which can be filled by Support Spirits. The Support Spirits will give fighters passive bonuses such as starting with an item, resistance to certain damage types or status effects, added abilities, and more. They can be useful when encountering traps that appear in certain Spirit Battles, such as winds that constantly push fighters or floors that put any fighter to sleep on contact. The fighter can equip up to three Support Spirits at a time depending on how many slots the Primary Spirit has, although some Support Spirits can take up more than one slot.Support Spirits not have types, but during Spirit Battles also divided into types , where the enemy Puppet Fighter  can equipped with they.

===Fighter Spirits===

Fighter Spirits are based on an existing playable character in the game, do not have classes and types, and also cannot be equipped. Rather, they simply exist to allow the players to view their artwork. They are earned by completing {{SSBU|Classic Mode}} with the indicated fighter<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRS0UHXJt4 Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL Demonstration Play Video</ref> or by purchasing them when they appear randomly in the shop. With some exceptions, the Fighter Spirits generally use the fighter's artwork from their franchise of origin, with the option to swap to their ''Ultimate'' render. Characters with significant alternate costumes will have fighter spirits based on them as well, such as Male {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}} and each of the [[Koopalings]]; this does not include Wire Frame {{SSBU|Little Mac}} or classic {{SSBU|Link}}.

===Master Spirits===

Master Spirits are another type of Spirit that cannot be equipped, and not have classes and types like Fighter Spirits. Once unlocked, Master Spirits run facilities that can be used. These facilities include Shopping (which buying spirits, items, and Skill Spheres), Gym (which level up spirits), Explore (which bring back rewards), and Dojo (which teach styles to spirits). Master Spirits have dialogue boxes, though certain spirits (such as [[Kraid]]) communicate unintelligibly and therefore have provided translations. Like Support Spirits, Master Spirits are only assigned types when used by puppet fighters in Spirit Battles, but all Master Spirits are Neutral type.

Most spirits can be obtained via Spirit Battles, which appear similar to the thematic missions seen in [[Event Matches]] and {{forwiiu}}'s [[Special Orders]]. Battles can be selected from the Spirit Board, containing up to ten spirits to challenge. The Spirit Board will cycle out new spirits after a short period of time. Each Spirit Battle contains unique challenges and rules. The spirits that are battled against will be paired with puppet fighters of a similar personality and/or appearance, with the battle's rules, conditions, stage and music track often being reflective of the spirit itself. During all battles against spirits, the Final Smash Meter will be active, and certain spirits can make the gauge fill up faster or slow the rate the enemy's gauge fills at. A spirit can be acquired by defeating its respective puppet fighter, then attacking the fighter in a shooting-style minigame. There is a shield that prevents the spirit from being acquired; however, the damage to the shield carries over to the next time that spirit is encountered and Spirit Points can be spent for one additional attempt per battle. There are also usable items that can slow the speed the shield rotates at, remove part of the shield, or bypass the minigame entirely.  

Before each Spirit Battle, the two sides' strength will be compared. The higher the player's advantage over the spirit, the easier the battle will be, but fewer rewards will be earned if the player's strength is significantly greater than the spirit's.  

There are consumable items one can earn or purchase to make the spirit obtaining process easier. Examples include restocking the Spirit Board, rerolling the board, or forcing the reappearance of a previously fought Spirit for a second attempt at acquiring it.

One can also battle other players locally in versus matches with spirits equipped, working in a similar manner to [[character customization]] from ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.

==Raising Spirits==

[[File:Fighter's Spirits.jpg|thumb|left|{{SSBU|Inkling}} equipped with the spirits of Gooey, [[Lip]], [[Nabbit]] and the Ouendan.]]

When used in a battle, Primary Spirits will gain experience regardless of its outcome. A sufficient amount of experience will allow the spirit to level up, which increases its stats. Some Spirits can also be enhanced upon reaching level 99; this causes the spirit to change to a new spirit, which will be at level 1 but compensate with a higher class and superior base stats. Additionally, spirits available via enhancement typically cannot be found in Spirit Battles.  

Spirits can also level up by using Snacks or Cores on them; using a core of the same type as the spirit will give an additional boost.

Spirits can level up by training in the gym, learn a style that alters their stats in the dojo, or hunt for treasure. Spirits must remain in a facility for an extended period of time to gain its benefits and cannot be used while deployed in a facility, but they can be recalled at any time. All facilities must be unlocked by defeating their corresponding Master Spirits in World of Light before they can be used.  

When selecting Spirits to use a facility, some of them may have arrows displayed on them. These spirits will be more or less efficient at whatever they were assigned to do, depending on the way the arrow points.  

The Gym will level up Spirits as long as they remain assigned there.

Dojos teach Spirits different Styles. A spirit with a Style active will alter its user's stats, boosting some stats at the expense of other stats. A Spirit can only know one Style at a time. Spirits can go to the Forgetful Style dojo to forget their current style.

Spirits can be sent for treasure, with a chance of finding valuable items, SP, Gold, and the like after a given period of time elapses. The exact rewards vary depending on several factors, including the specific Explore facility used, the types of the spirits assigned there, and any styles those spirits might possess.

*'''Ruins'''- Operated by Toadette. Takes 2 hours to complete, and mainly awards SP.

*'''Cave'''- Operated by Charlie. Takes 6 hours to complete, and mainly awards items for the Spirit Board.  

*'''Jungle'''- Operated by Linebeck. Takes 10 hours to complete, and mainly awards snacks.

While Spirits can sometimes be bought from the Vault's Shop for Gold, there are also five other shops that can be unlocked after defeating their corresponding Master Spirits in World of Light that use SP for payment. Each of these has a subtle bias towards spirits of a particular type, and may also sell snacks, support items, and Skill Spheres.  

===Dismiss and Summon===

Spirits can also power up [[Amiibo|Figure Players]], but will be permanently consumed. The Figure Player will gain any abilities the Spirit used to power it up may have possessed, and will be considered the same type as that Spirit.  

==Spirit Effects==

All Support Spirits and enhanced Primary Spirits come with a skill that augments the fighter they are applied to. Unenhanced Primary Spirits instead may come with traits, modifiers which may be beneficial or detrimental. The effects of these are listed below.

Abilities that increase the power of specific attack types, or increase damage dealt under specific circumstances.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Skill !! Description !! Rank !! Cost

| Fist Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of punches and elbow strikes. || 1 || 1

| Foot Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of kicks and knee strikes. || 1 || 1

| Physical Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of punches, kicks, and bites. || 2 || 1

| Air Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of items and attacks used in the air. || 2 || 1

| Strong Throw || Slightly increases the power of grabbing and throwing attacks. || 2 || 1

| Shooting Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of projectile weapons such as bows or guns. || 2 || 1

| Dash Attack ↑ || Increases tackle and dash attack power, and slightly increases move speed. || 2 || 1

| Hyper Smash Attacks || Increases attack power and smash-attack charge speed. || 4 || 1

| Neutral Special ↑ || Slightly increases the power of neutral special moves. || 3 || 1

| Side Special ↑ || Slightly increases the power of side special moves. || 3 || 1

| Up Special ↑ || Slightly increases the power of up special moves. || 3 || 1

| Down Special ↑ || Slightly increases the power of down special moves. || 3 || 1

| Special-Move Power ↑ || Slightly increases the power of all special moves. || 4 || 1

| Aura Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of Lucario's Aura attacks. || 1 || 1

| Magic Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of magic attacks, such as Zelda's and Robin's spells. || 1 || 1

| PSI Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of Ness's and Lucas's PSI attacks. || 1 || 1

| Fire & Explosion Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of explosion and fire attacks. || 1 || 1

| Water & Ice Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of water and ice attacks. || 1 || 1

| Electric Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of electricity attacks. || 1 || 1

| Energy-Shot Attack ↑ || Slightly increases the power of energy attacks, such as Fox's Blaster. || 1 || 1

| Toss & Meteor || Increases upward and downward launch power. || 2 || 1

| Shield Damage ↑ || Increases the damage dealt to enemy shields. || 3 || 1

| Giant Killer || Increases the damage dealt to giant opponents. || 4 || 1

| Metal Killer || Increases the damage dealt to metal opponents. || 4 || 1

| Assist Killer || Increases the damage dealt to assist trophies. || 4 || 1

| Critical Hit ↑ || Grants a 5% chance to land a devastating critical hit. || 3 || 1

| Impact Run || Damages enemies when dashing into them. || 1 || 1

===Defense Skills===

Abilities that decrease damage received by specific attack types, modify shield behavior, or grant super armor.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Skill !! Description !! Rank !! Cost

| Easier Perfect Shield || Widens the window for performing a perfect shield. || 3 || 1

| Perfect-Shield Reflect || Reflects incoming projectiles when you perform a perfect shield. || 2 || 1

| Air Defense ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from air attacks. || 2 || 1

| Weapon Resist ↑  || Decreases damage taken from melee weapons like swords and whips. || 2 || 2

| Aura Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from Lucario's Aura attacks. || 1 || 1

| Magic Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from magic attacks, such as Zelda's and Robin's spells. || 1 || 1

| PSI Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from Ness's and Lucas's PSI attacks. || 1 || 1

| Fire/Explosion Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from explosion and fire attacks. || 1 || 1

| Water/Freezing Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from water attacks. || 1 || 1

| Electric Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from electricity attacks. || 1 || 1

| Energy-Shot Resist ↑ || Slightly reduces the damage taken from energy attacks, such as Fox's Blaster. || 1 || 1

| Slow Super Armor || Makes it more difficult to flinch or be launched, but move speed decreases. || 3 || 2

| Super Armor || Makes it more difficult to flinch or be launched. || 4 || 3

| Unflinching Charged Smashes || Gain super armor while charging smash attacks. || 3 || 2

===Recovery Skills===

Abilities that allow health recovery mid-battle.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

| Autoheal || Recover a small amount of health every five seconds. || 3 || 2

| Great Autoheal || Recovers some health automatically every five seconds. || 4 || 3

| Healing Shield || Recovers health when enemy attacks are shielded. || 4 || 2

| KOs Heal Damage || Recovers health when enemies are KO'd. || 3 || 2

| Critical-Health Healing || Recovers a great deal of health when a certain amount of damage is taken. || 3 || 2

| Lifesteal || Steal opponents' life force when you strike. || N/A || N/A†

===Mobility Skills===

Abilities that increase ground and aerial mobility.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Skill !! Description !! Rank !! Cost

| Move Speed ↑ || Slightly increases left and right move speed. || 2 || 1

| Braking Ability ↑ || Makes stopping easier when walking or running. || 1 || 1

| Lightweight || Greatly increases jump and move speed, but become easier to launch. || 1 || 1

| Jump ↑ || Increases jump height. || 2 || 1

| Floaty Jumps || Slows your fall speed after jumping. || 1 || 1

| Additional Midair Jump || Increases number of midair jumps by one. || 4 || 2

| Landing Lag ↓ || Reduces vulnerability when landing, making movement possible sooner. || 1 || 1

| Easier Dodging || Increases period of invincibility when dodging, and air dodges travel farther. || 3 || 1

| Instadrop || Grants the ability to do a quick-drop attack by tilting down while in the air. || 1 || 2

===Item Skills===

Abilities that allow the fighter to start with an item or make items more effective.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Skill !! Description !! Rank !! Cost

| Battering Items ↑ || Increases the power of battering items. || 2 || 1

| Shooting Items ↑ || Increases the power and ammo of shooting items. || 2 || 1

| Thrown Items ↑ || Increases the distance and power of thrown items. || 2 || 1

| Hammer Duration ↑ || Increases the amount of time the Hammer and Golden Hammer items last. || N/A || N/A†

| Item Gravitation || Draws nearby items closer. || 2 || 1

| Beam Sword Equipped || Start battles with a Beam Sword. Use it to batter opponents. || 2 || 1

| Killing Edge Equipped || Start battles with a Killing Edge. Hit it when it glows for extra power. || 2 || 1

| Fire Bar Equipped || Start battles with a Fire Bar. Bash and burn opponents while it lasts. || 1 || 1

| Death's Scythe Equipped || Start battles with a Death's Scythe. KO badly injured opponents in one hit! || 2 || 1

| Lip's Stick Equipped || Start battles with a Lip's Stick. Hit an opponent with it to slowly drain their health. || 1‡ || 1

| Star Rod Equipped || Start battles with a Star Rod. Swing it to launch projectiles. || 1 || 1

| Ore Club Equipped || Start battles with an Ore Club. Create a tornado with a smash attack. || 3 || 3

| Ray Gun Equipped || Start battles with a Ray Gun. Fire at opponents from a distance. || 2 || 1

| Super Scope Equipped || Start battles with a Super Scope. Fire multiple shots, or charge up for a stronger blast. || 2 || 2

| Steel Diver Equipped || Start battles with a Steel Diver. Fire powerful shots that are hard to see. || 1 || 2

| Rage Blaster Equipped || Start battles with a Rage Blaster. Deal more damage when you have more damage. || 1 || 1

| Banana Gun Equipped || Start battles with a Banana Gun. Use the leftover peel after you fire. || 1 || 1

| Staff Equipped || Start battles with a Staff. Fire at faraway opponents to deal more damage. || 1 || 1

| Drill Equipped || Start battles with a Drill. Fire a single shot, but if it hits, it keeps on hitting. || 1 || 1

| Fire Flower Equipped || Start battles with a Fire Flower. Shoot fire at opponents. || 1 || 1

| Ramblin' Evil Mushroom Equipped || Start battles with a Ramblin' Evil Mushroom. Spray opponents with it to reverse their controls. || 1 || 1

| Green Shell Equipped || Start battles with a Green Shell. Throw it and it'll slide across the stage. || 1 || 1

| Freezie Equipped || Start battles with a Freezie. Hit opponents with it to freeze them. || 1 || 1

| Hothead Equipped || Start battles with a Hothead. Toss it, and it'll loop around platforms to hit enemies. || 1 || 2