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'''Spirits''' ({{ja|スピリット|Supiritto}}, ''Spirit'') are a type of power-up and collectible in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. They are featured prominently in [[Adventure Mode: World of Light]], which depicts them as characters from various video game series who lost their bodies in [[Galeem]]'s attack and were reduced to disembodied souls.

Spirits effectively replace [[Trophy|trophies]] from earlier ''Smash'' installments as the game's main collectible. Gameplay-wise, most spirits can be equipped to fighters to enhance their stats and/or provide positive effects. Thus, they are also similar to [[stickers]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and [[equipment]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''.

A total of [[List of spirits (complete list)|1528 spirits]] can be obtained in game, all sorted into [[List of spirits (disambiguation)|42 series]].

==Collecting spirits==

There are many ways to collect spirits:

*The player always receives a random primary advanced-class spirit that has 1 or 2 slots when opening up the game for the first time.

**The obtained spirit can not be an enhanceable, summonable, or paid DLC spirit. It also cannot be a spirit that is obtained through a [[Challenge]] or is exclusive to World of Light.

*Completing {{SSBU|Classic Mode}} will reward random spirits, as well as a fighter spirit of the character played if it has not already been obtained yet. More spirits are earned on higher intensities.

*[[Adventure Mode: World of Light]] features players navigating through a map to engage in Spirit Battles. Winning each battle awards the corresponding spirit. Also scattered throughout the map are chests that contain spirits. All master spirits (with one exception noted below) and spirits of in-game bosses can only be obtained in World of Light.

*The [[Spirit Board]] also features Spirit Battles like in World of Light but after clearing a battle, players must play a minigame where they must shoot the puppet fighter without hitting its shield to obtain it. Some spirits can only be obtained through this method.

*Some primary spirits can be [[Enhanceable spirit|enhanced]] into new, stronger spirits upon reaching level 99. There are numerous spirits that can only be collected this way.

*Spirits can be [[summon]]ed from the cores of other spirits obtained. Some spirits can only be obtained through summoning. Certain spirits will be added to the Spirit Board rotation after they are summoned for the first time.

*Certain spirits are obtained through challenges. Some of these spirits may also appear on the Spirit Board once their challenges are completed.

*Spirits can be purchased through the [[Shop]] with {{b|Gold|collectible}}. These include fighter spirits and spirits otherwise exclusive to {{b|DLC Spirits|mode}}, even if the player has not purchased the corresponding Challenger Pack(s).

*Can be purchased through spirit shops with [[SP]]. Certain spirits are exclusive to these shops. Their respective master spirits must be unlocked in World of Light in order to access them.

*Scanning a non-Fighter [[amiibo]] for a character that appears as a spirit will award that spirit to the player. This also applies to [[Timmy & Tommy]], a master spirit - scanning them before their shop is opened in World of Light will unlock it in the Collection menu, though they still must be defeated to access their store within World of Light's menus.

*Purchasing a [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|Challenger Pack]] (either individually or as part of a Fighters Pass) will unlock a corresponding exclusive [[DLC Spirits (mode)|DLC Spirit Board]]. Unlike the regular Spirit Board, spirits featured here do not expire after time, nor vanish if the player loses their Spirit Battle, and winning a Spirit Battle rewards the player with the spirit immediately instead of having to free the spirit first.

*Having save data of certain other games will unlock a spirit from said game.

==Spirit classes==

Primary and support spirits are classified by their tier of strength, which is referred to as "class". This is sometimes also called "rank" (such as when sorting spirits).

*★★☆☆ Advanced ("Hope" in the Japanese version)

==Spirit categories==

Characters can have a single primary spirit equipped at a time. Primary spirits have two main stats: an attack rating and a defense rating, which are added together to form its total power. Primary spirits may also have a trait, which applies an additional multiplier to their power, as well as up to three slots for support spirits to be attached, which apply their own multipliers. Generally, a primary spirit that lacks slots will be compensated with higher stats. If a primary spirit is from the same series as the character equipping it, its stats are increased by 1.1x (10%), resulting in more damage dealt and less damage received. Even though this series bonus can increase stats above 10,000, the stats used for attack and defense multipliers are capped at 10,000.

 

Although the base damage of a move is still used when calculating knockback, 70 percent of the additional damage is added onto the value of the unmodified final damage, resulting in more knockback being dealt overall. For example, a move which deals 10% damage will KO 7% earlier than usual if its damage is doubled overall by spirits. Spirit effects that give "[[Armor#Knockback-based Armor|super armor]]" will use the full amount of damage when calculating for the amount of knockback needed to launch the user.

 

Support spirits are spirits that are equipped in slots provided by primary spirits. They give fighters skills: passive bonuses such as starting with an item, resistance to certain damage types or status effects, added abilities, and more. A primary spirit provides between 0 and 3 slots to equip support spirits, allowing up to 3 support spirits to be equipped to a single fighter, although some support spirits can take up more than one slot. When equipped, support spirits apply a multiplier to the primary spirit's power based on the type of skill.  

 

Despite normally not having types, support spirits are assigned them for the purposes of Spirit Battles.

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> by purchasing them when they appear randomly in the shop, or through completing some challenges. 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, such as {{SSBU|Cloud}} in his Advent Children outfit or {{SSBU|Mario}} in his Builder and Wedding attires, or those who are changed into different individuals, such as Male {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}}, each of the [[Koopalings]], and the four {{uv|Dragon Quest}} {{SSBU|hero}}es, will have fighter spirits based on them as well, all of which must be purchased in the Shop after completing Classic Mode with the respective character, as completing Classic Mode only awards the fighter spirit for the fighter's primary appearance. This notably does not include {{SSBU|Isabelle}} in her winter outfit, {{SSBU|Link}}'s Hero of the Wild set, the [[Zombie]] and [[Enderman]] costumes for {{SSBU|Steve}} or {{SSBU|Sephiroth}}'s coatless costume.

Master spirits are a type of spirit that cannot be equipped. Once unlocked, master spirits run facilities that can be used. These facilities include Shopping (which sell spirits, items, and Skill Spheres), Gym (which levels up spirits; there is only one), 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. Master spirits are all considered Neutral types when used by puppet fighters in Spirit Battles.

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 randomly appear on the [[Spirit Board]] and/or be accessible in [[World of Light]]. 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. If there are more than one opponent, then the battle will either be a [[team battle]] with [[team attack]] turned off, or a horde battle similar to the ones seen in {{SSBU|Classic Mode}}. Occasionally, a CPU ally will engage the battle with the player as well. Like in Classic Mode, the player is always given only one stock, unlike with aforementioned game modes in previous games. The battle is won when the victory conditions are met, such as defeating all opponents are surviving for long enough.

Before each Spirit Battle, the two sides' strengths 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. The player's strength is dictated by the spirit team the player has the option to use. This team can include one primary spirit and 0 to 3 support spirits depending on the number of slots the primary spirit possesses and the number of slots each support spirit fills. The player can manually choose the spirits for a team, or they can press they [[Y button]] for the game to automatically create what it calculates to be the most optimal spirit team for the specific battle. Factors for spirit selection include the rules and strength of the spirit battle, the fighter the player uses, the amount of slots the primary spirit possesses, and the abilities of each spirit, all while creating the minimum strength team possible. The player can also use no spirits if they wish.

There are [[Support Item]]s one can earn or purchase to make the spirit obtaining process easier. Examples include slow [[Final Smash Meter]] Charging, draining the health of opponents, making minions weaker, disabling items, and dealing a collective 50% damage split among all enemies.

 

 

==Raising spirits==

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

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 [[Enhanceable spirit|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 in exchange for Spirit Points. Using a Core of the same type as the spirit will give 30% more experience at no extra cost. Using a Core of a DLC spirit will only give 25% of the experience of a similar non-DLC spirit Core.

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; however, a spirit recalled from a facility must wait a short time before being sent to a different facility. 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. All unlocked facilities can be accessed at any time from the Adventure Mode's pause menu, or from the Collection subpage at the [[Spirits (menu)|Spirits menu]].

The Gym will level up spirits as long as they remain assigned there. It is operated by [[Doc Louis]].

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. Learning a new Style will cause the spirit to forget any pre-existing Style. Previously forgotten Styles can be re-taught instantly.

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|Max Walk Speed, Base Acceleration, Additional Acceleration, Initial Dash Speed, Run Speed, Base Run Acceleration, Additional Run Acceleration, Crawl Speed

|Same as Ground Mobility, but for carrying heavy items or using shooting items

*Damage resistance ×0.8

*Jump ×0.8

*Damage resistance ×1.3

*Damage resistance ×1.1

*Damage resistance ×1.15

*{{rollover|Ground & Item Mobility ×1.5|Excluding initial dash|?}}

*Damage resistance ×1.2

*Damage resistance ×0.85

*Ground Mobility{{rollover|*|Minus Additional Acceleration|y}} ×1.4

*Damage resistance ×0.8

| Makes a spirit forget its current Style and removes any stat changes imposed by it.

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 uses SP for payment. Each of these has a selection of spirits with a particular theme, and may also sell snacks, support items, and Skill Spheres. A few spirits can only be found in these shops.  

===Dismissing and Summoning===

{{Main|Dismiss|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.  

Players can only hold up to 6,000 primary and support spirits combined. Should they go over the limit, they'll have to choose whether to discard newly-acquired spirits or dismiss them.

==Spirit effects==

All support spirits and enhanced primary spirits come with a skill that augments the fighter they are applied to. Unenhanced primary spirits come with traits, modifiers which may be beneficial or detrimental. The effects of these are listed below. Effects in a shaded cell are not possible to obtain (such as a 3x effect of a 2 slot skill, requiring an impossible 6 slots), although they still exist in the game's code. Effects in <b>bold</b> are possible, but only when paired with [[Skill Tree|Adventure Skill]]s.

Each skill or trait will increase the primary spirit's team power by a set multiplier. This does not affect the Spirit's stats, but instead affects rewards based on relative power. Note that detrimental traits will still increase the power rather than lowering it.

Fighters receive an aura of a specific color if they receive a certain boost; red aura for attack boosts, blue aura for defense boosts, green aura for speed boosts, and white aura with multi-color gradients for all of them, though the aura doesn't appear if the player is equipped with a trade-off spirit.

Skills and traits that affect a kind of attack (e.g. smashes, tilts, specials, etc.), instead of a type or effect, start to have diminishing returns when combined (Exceptions: Throws are unaffected and [[Weapon (type)]] is affected). Diminishing returns occur when the combined multipliers exceed 1.3× and are further reduced when above 1.5×. This encourages the player to have a more varied Spirit Team, either by using skills or traits that affect types/effects or investing in another stat such as defense or speed. (Note: values in the tables below are without reductions. {{rollover|Hover text|Alt text|y}} will note values found in practice when applicable).

 

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! Walking mobility

! Run mobility  

! Item mobility  

! Ground mobility  

! Ground/Aerial/Short-/etc. Jump stats

! All Damage  

===Attack skills===

| {{TypeIcon|Weapon}}{{TypeIcon|Sword}}{{TypeIcon|Hammer}}{{TypeIcon|Sacred}}{{TypeIcon|Bat}}{{TypeIcon|Parasol}}{{TypeIcon|Whip}}{{TypeIcon|Pikmin}}

| 1.1× Max run speed, run accel., run additional accel.|| 1.2× || 1.3× || 1.4×  

| Slightly increases the power of {{SSBU|Lucario}}'s {{b|Aura|effect}} attacks.

| Also applies to {{SSBU|Richter}}'s [[Holy Water]]<br> {{EffectIcon|Aura}}

| Slightly increases the power of {{b|magic|type}} attacks, such as {{SSBU|Zelda}}'s and {{SSBU|Robin}}'s spells.

| Also applies to [[darkness]] attacks<br> {{EffectIcon|Flame}}{{EffectIcon|Darkness}}

| Slightly increases the power of {{b|water|effect}} and [[Freezing|ice]] attacks.

| Increases the damage dealt to [[Assist Trophies]].

| Critical hits deals 1.2× damage<br> Similar to the 1v1 multiplier, the extra damage doesn't affect [[knockback]] or [[shield]]s

| Scales linearly over 30 frames starting after the initial dash<br> Damage is not increased by the player's attack stat, however it is decreased by the opponent's defense stat<br> Does not stale

===Defense skills===

| The description is slightly misleading. The player gets resistance while in the air, not resistance to aerial attacks like it suggests.

| {{TypeIcon|Weapon}}{{TypeIcon|Sword}}{{TypeIcon|Hammer}}{{TypeIcon|Sacred}}{{TypeIcon|Bat}}{{TypeIcon|Parasol}}{{TypeIcon|Whip}}{{TypeIcon|Pikmin}}

| Slightly reduces damage taken from {{SSBU|Lucario}}'s {{b|Aura|effect}} attacks.

| Also applies to {{SSBU|Richter}}'s [[Holy Water]]<br> {{EffectIcon|Aura}}

| Slightly reduces damage taken from {{b|magic|type}} attacks, such as {{SSBU|Zelda}}'s and {{SSBU|Robin}}'s spells.

| Also applies to [[darkness]] attacks<br> {{EffectIcon|Flame}}{{EffectIcon|Darkness}}

| Slightly reduces damage taken from {{b|water|effect}} attacks.

===Recovery skills===

| Great Autoheal <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Celebi'' spirit</ref>

| colspan=4 | Heals damage blocked ×0.15

| Critical-Health Healing ↑ ↑ <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Sothis'' spirit</ref>

| 3<ref group=Note>Only found on the ''Nightmare'' and ''Skull Kid & Majora's Mask'' enhanced primary spirits</ref>

| colspan=4 | Heals damage×0.03

===Mobility skills===

| Does not reduce the additional landing lag incurred by {{SSBU|Bayonetta}}'s [[Bullet Arts]] extended neutral and up aerials, only reducing the base landing lag frames.

| 3% Falling<br>6% Landing<br>The effects expire after {{rollover|1000 seconds|16 minutes and 40 seconds|y}}. If the player respawns within the 1000 seconds, the duration is reset, if the player respawns after the 1000 seconds have passed, then the effect is permanently disabled.<!--<ref>{{YouTube|KJ5-PwBbORY|t=15m47s|Instadrop is weird}}</ref>-->

===Item skills===

| 1<ref group=Note>Only found on the ''Mini Mario & Hammers'' enhanced primary spirit</ref>

| 1.04×

| rowspan=28 colspan=4 | The player will start their stock with the item indicated by the skill in slot 1 (or the skill of the primary spirit if possible). Stock 2 will start with the slot 2, and so on until all are used.

| 1.04×

| 1<ref group=Note>Rank 3 for the Lip spirit</ref>

| Super Scope Equipped {{Flag|United States}}<br>Nintendo Scope Equipped {{Flag|Europe}}

| Start battles with a [[Super Scope]] {{Flag|United States}}/Nintendo Scope {{Flag|Europe}}. Fire multiple shots, or charge up for a stronger blast.

| 1.04×

| 1.18× All Damage || 1.26× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.3× || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.34×|≤1.32×|y}}

| Invincibility after Eating <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Super Happy Tree'' spirit</ref>

===Hazard skills===

| Poison Heals <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Madama Butterfly'' spirit</ref>

| 1.30×

| rowspan=3 | Poison Power Up <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Gruntilda'' spirit</ref>

| rowspan=3 | 1.30×

| {{rollover|2.0×|≤1.6×|y}} All Damage || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|2.5×|≤1.7×|y}} || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|3.0×|≤1.8×|y}} || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|3.0×|≤1.8×|y}}

| 2<ref group=Note>Rank 3 for the ''Tockles'' spirit</ref>

| Applies to all sources of reversed controls. {{b|Mushroom|effect}}s do not appear when hit by spores from a [[Ramblin' Evil Mushroom]].

===Other skills===

Abilities with unusual effects or otherwise do not fit into any other category. May be used to counter certain stage hazards or conditions. Can also be multiple effects combined into a single skill. Other skill spirits are indicated by a diamond with an inscribed "X".

| Falling Immunity

| Grants immunity to [[trip]]ping from earthquakes, [[Banana Peel]]s, etc.

| 2

| 1

| Bury Immunity

| Grants immunity to being [[Bury|buried]] by [[Pitfall]]s, bury attacks, etc.

| 2

| 1

| Swimmer

| Grants the ability to stay in [[Swim|water]] indefinitely.

| 1

| 1

| Improved Escape

| 1

| 1

| Transformation Duration ↑

| Extends the amount of time transformation items like the [[Super Mushroom]] last.

| 1

| 1

|

| Critical-Health Attack ↑

| Increases attack power for a while when badly damaged.

| 1

| 1

| Activates once per stock when above 80% damage or below 30% health in Stamina<br> Lasts 20 seconds

| Critical-Health Defense ↑

| Increases defense for a while when badly damaged.

| 1

| 1

| Activates once per stock when above 80% damage or below 30% health in Stamina<br> Lasts 20 seconds

| rowspan=3 | Critical-Health Stats ↑

| rowspan=3 | Slightly increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while when badly damaged.

| rowspan=3 | 2

| rowspan=3 | 1

| rowspan=3 | Activates once per stock when above 80% damage or below 30% health in Stamina<br> Lasts 20 seconds

| rowspan=3 | Critical-Health Stats ↑ ↑

| rowspan=3 | Increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while when badly damaged.

| rowspan=3 | 3

| rowspan=3 | 2

| 1.18× All Damage || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.26× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.3× || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.34×|≤1.32×|y}}

| rowspan=3 | Activates once per stock when above 80% damage or below 30% health in Stamina<br> Lasts 25 seconds

| Critical Immunity <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Hinawa'' spirit</ref>

| Become invincible for a while when badly damaged.

| 4

| 2

| rowspan=2 | Trade-Off Attacks ↑

| rowspan=2 | Start battles with 30% damage and higher attack power.

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | 1.06×

| 1.23× All Damage || {{rollover|1.34×|≤1.32×|y}} || {{rollover|1.41×|≤1.355×|y}} || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.46×|≤1.38×|y}}

| rowspan=2 | Trade-Off Defense ↑

| rowspan=2 | Start battles with 30% damage and higher defense.

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | Trade-Off Speed ↑

| rowspan=2 | Start battles with 30% damage and increased move speed.

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=4 | Trade-Off Ability ↑

| rowspan=4 | Start battles with 30% damage and slightly increased attack, defense, and move speed.

| rowspan=4 | 3

| rowspan=4 | 1

| 1.18× All Damage || 1.29× || {{rollover|1.36×|≤1.33×|y}} || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.41×|≤1.355×|y}}

| Undamaged Attack ↑

| Increases attack power while at 0% damage.

| 2

| 1

|

| Undamaged Speed ↑

| Increases move speed while at 0% damage.

| 1

| 1

|

| rowspan=2 | Undamaged Attack & Speed ↑

| rowspan=2 | Slightly increases attack and move speed while at 0% damage.

| rowspan=2 | 3

| rowspan=2 | 1

| rowspan=4 | Running Start

| rowspan=4 | Increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while at the start of the battle.

| rowspan=4 | 4

| rowspan=4 | 2

| rowspan=4 |Lasts 20 seconds

| 1.3× Run accel., additional accel., & max run speed || 1.4× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.5× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.6×

| First-Strike Advantage

| Become invincible for a while after landing the first hit of the battle.

| 3

| 2

|

| Fast Final Smash Meter

| Increases [[FS Meter]] charging speed.

| 4

| 2

|

| Chance of Double Final Smash

| Sometimes grants a second [[Final Smash]] after using a Final Smash.

| 3

| 2

| Double Final Smash <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Judd'' spirit</ref>

| Grants a second [[Final Smash]] after using a Final Smash.

| 4

| 3

|

| Jam FS Charge

| 4

| 2

| The effect stacks for every player that has the skill equipped, meaning a rate of 0.4^7×, or 0.0016384× (0.16%), is possible. In a 4-player match it would take over an hour to fill the FS Meter if no one deals or takes damage.

| rowspan=2 | Weapon Attack & Move Speed ↑

| rowspan=2 | Increases the power of melee [[weapon]]s, and slightly increases move speed.

| rowspan=2 | 4

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | {{TypeIcon|Weapon}}{{TypeIcon|Sword}}{{TypeIcon|Hammer}}{{TypeIcon|Sacred}}{{TypeIcon|Bat}}{{TypeIcon|Parasol}}{{TypeIcon|Whip}}{{TypeIcon|Pikmin}}

| rowspan=2 | Energy Shot Attack/Resistance ↑

| rowspan=2 | Slightly reduces damage taken from [[energy]] attacks, and slightly increases energy attack power.

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=2 | 2

| rowspan=3 | Armor Knight

| rowspan=3 | Reduces move speed, but greatly increases defense and slightly increases attack.

| rowspan=3 | 4

| rowspan=3 | 2

| 1.15× All Damage || 1.25× || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.35×|≤1.325×|y}} || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.4×|≤1.35×|y}}

| Stamina ↑

| 1

| 1

|

| Item Autograb <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Phantom Thieves of Hearts'' spirit</ref>

| Automatically pick up nearby [[item]]s when not running.

| 4

| 1

|

| rowspan=4 | Team Power Up <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Hero's Comrades'' spirit</ref>

| rowspan=4 | Increases power and defense when in a team.

| rowspan=4 | 4

| rowspan=4 | 2

| rowspan=4 | 1.04×

| 1.18× All Damage || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.26× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.3 || style="background-color:#DDD" | {{rollover|1.34×|≤1.32×|y}}

| rowspan=2 | 1 teammate (team of 2)<br>Counted at the start of the match; losing all teammates won't remove effects

| 1.3× Defense || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.38× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.46× || style="background-color:#DDD" | 1.5×

| Critical Fast Final Smash Meter ↑ ↑ <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Geese Howard'' spirit</ref>

| [[FS Meter]] will charge quickly for a while when badly damaged.

| 4

| 3

| 1.20×

| colspan=4 | Charge 10% meter per second<br> Activates once per stock when above 80% damage or, in Stamina, below 30% health<br> Lasts 25 seconds

|

===Special skills===

Especially rare abilities only found on a select few Rank 3 and 4 spirits. Though they can feasibly be categorized elsewhere, they were considered by the developers to be powerful enough to warrant a category all to themselves. Special skill spirits are indicated by a star.

! 1x

! 2x

! 3x

! 4x

|-

| Metal and Giant

| Become [[giant]] and [[metal]] for a while at the start of the battle.

| N/A

| 3<ref group=Note>Only found on the ''Metal Face'' and ''Sahelanthropus'' enhanced primary spirits</ref>

| 1.20×

| 8 seconds || style="background-color:#DDD" | 16 || style="background-color:#DDD" | 24 || style="background-color:#DDD" | 32

| Size and damage is identical to a [[Super Mushroom]]<br>Being giant grants a 1.56× damage multiplier<br>Transformation Duration ↑ uses the Metal Box's default duration of 13 seconds, leading to the metal transformation lasting longer than the giant transformation

|-

| Giant

| Become [[giant]] for a while at the start of the battle.

| 3

| 2

| 1.13×

| 8 seconds || 16 || style="background-color:#DDD" | 24 || style="background-color:#DDD" | 32

| Size and damage is identical to a [[Super Mushroom]]<br>Being giant grants a 1.56× damage multiplier

| Critical hits deals 1.3× damage<br> Similar to the 1v1 multiplier, the extra damage doesn't affect [[knockback]] or [[shield]]s

| Critical Super Giant <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Max Brass'' spirit</ref>

| Activates once per match when above 85% damage or below 30% health in Stamina<br> Size and damage is identical to a [[Lightning Bolt]] backfire<br> Being giant grants a 1.84× damage multiplier

===Weight skills===

| rowspan=3 | 1<ref group=Note>Only found on the ''King Slime'' enhanced primary spirit. Functionally identical to the primary spirit trait of the same name.</ref><!--Dragaux's Weight ↑ ↑ is identical, but is considered a trait instead of a skill https://i.imgur.com/xLTWj6Z.jpg-->

===Primary spirit traits===

Abilities found on primary spirits that cannot be enhanced. Unlike skills, these traits aren't always necessarily beneficial, though spirits with negative traits might make up for it with greater stat boosts than usual for their rank or additional slots for support spirits. When applicable, these traits can also stack with skills with similar effects. Primary spirit traits can be seen as a weaker form of their support skill counterpart (i.e. the  primary spirit trait Shooting Items ↑ will increase damage dealt from shooting items, but does not increase its ammo unlike the support skill). In addition to other symbols, spirits which start the player with damage are indicated by a percent symbol and the Galeem and Dharkhon spirits use their silouettes.

| Slightly increases {{b|sword|type}}-attack power of fighters like {{SSBU|Link}} and {{SSBU|Marth}}.

| Slightly increases the power of {{b|magic|type}} attacks, such as {{SSBU|Zelda}}'s and {{SSBU|Robin}}'s spells.

| Also applies to [[darkness]] attacks<br> {{EffectIcon|Flame}}{{EffectIcon|Darkness}}

| Slightly increases the power of {{b|water|effect}} attacks.

| Item Throw ↑

| rowspan=3 | Weight ↑ ↑ <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Dragaux'' spirit. Functionally identical to the enhanceable spirit skill of the same name.</ref><!--King Slime's Weight ↑ ↑ is identical, but is considered a skill instead of a trait https://i.imgur.com/xLTWj6Z.jpg-->

| 1.1× Run mobility

| 0.9× Run mobility

| Increases the damage taken from {{b|water|effect}} attacks.

| rowspan=2 | Bane of Light <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Dharkon'' spirit</ref>

| rowspan=2 | Bane of Darkness <ref group=Note>Found only on the ''Galeem'' spirit</ref>

*Despite the lore referring to spirits as characters:

**Some spirits (such as [[Gunship|Samus' Gunship]], the [[Shine Sprite]], and [[Cardboard box|Snake's cardboard box]]) are based on inanimate objects instead of characters.

**Alter egos and other versions of playable characters, such as [[mariowiki:King K. Rool#Donkey_Kong_Country_2:_Diddy's_Kong_Quest|Kaptain K. Rool]], Mario and Luigi in their ''{{iw|mariowiki|Mario Tennis Aces}}'' outfits, and various yoga poses being performed by {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}}, also appear as spirits, despite not being separate characters.

**There are also spirits based on groups of characters, such as {{iw|mariowiki|Piantas}} and the {{iw|mariowiki|Tiki Tak Tribe}}, although, by definition, each spirit should represent one individual character.

*[[Lip]] and Tockles are the only support spirits that share the same effect as other spirits, but are in different ranks (Lip is Ace-class while other Lip's Stick Equipped spirits are Novice-class, and Tockles is Ace-class while other Fog Immunity spirits are Advanced-class).

*The highest value for a single stat is possessed by the {{iw|wikibound|Absolutely Safe Capsule}}, which has a defense stat of 10,000, but an attack stat of 0.

**In addition, this is the only summonable spirit to summon with six cores instead of one or two.

*If not counting the [[bulbapedia:Eevee (Pokémon)#Partner Eevee|Partner Eevee]] and [[bulbapedia:Pikachu (Pokémon)#Partner Pikachu|Partner Pikachu]] spirits, ''Ultimate'' contains a total of 1,297 spirits at launch, which starts from {{SSBU|Mario}} and ends with [https://shantae.fandom.com/wiki/Risky_Boots Risky Boots] from the ''Shantae'' series. With this amount of spirits contained within the base game of ''Ultimate'', it surpasses the amount of Stickers in ''Brawl'' by 597, as there were only 700; it even surpasses the number by 53 when combined with the Trophies from ''Brawl'', as there were 544 Trophies, for a total of 1244 in ''Brawl''.

**The first spirits to be added to the game as DLC were Partner Eevee and Partner Pikachu, while the first spirits to be added via the Spirit Board were Dice Block, River Survival and {{iw|mariowiki|Golden Dash Mushroom}}.

*There are only 11 support spirit effects that cost three support slots, those being Ore Club Equipped, Super Armor, Great Autoheal, Poison Heals, Double Final Smash, Poison Power Up, Critical Fast Final Smash Meter ↑ ↑, Critical-Health Healing ↑ ↑, Critical Super Giant, Mouthful of Curry ↑ ↑, and Weapon Attack & Move Speed ↑ ↑.

**Among these effects, Ore Club Equipped is the only effect that does not pertain to a Legend-class spirit (being for Ace-class spirits). It is also the only three-slot effect used by multiple spirits.

*[[Timmy & Tommy]] is the only master spirit that can be obtained via amiibo.

*Every DLC Spirit Board introduces one Legend-class spirit with a new effect that is unique to that spirit.

**Fist & Foot Attack ↑ is the only Primary spirit trait to be introduced in this manner.

*Out of all of the fighter spirits, 11 of them do not use artwork from their original games to swap out with their ''Ultimate'' artwork, with them solely using their ''Ultimate'' artwork instead. These spirits are the respective male and female versions of {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}, {{SSBU|Robin}}, and Wii Fit Trainer (though the latter's order is female and male, not the other way around), the ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII:_Advent_Children Advent Children]'' version of {{SSBU|Cloud}}, the 3 types of {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s, and the default version of {{SSBU|Kazuya}}.

**Previously, Cloud's fighter spirit for his default appearance was also represented by his ''Ultimate'' artwork. From version 10.1.0 onwards, his fighter spirit uses his original artwork from ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII Final Fantasy VII]''.

*A long-running debate in the ''Smash'' community was whether or not a character could be a DLC fighter if they were already a spirit in the game, as there would most likely be complications with artwork, naming conventions, and availability (such as World of Light). While {{SSB4|Mewtwo}} and {{SSB4|Lucas}} became DLC after being Trophies in ''Smash 4'', spirits are given a gameplay related purpose. This debate has been discredited with the announcements of {{SSBU|Min Min}}, {{SSBU|Pyra}} and {{SSBU|Mythra}} as fighters, who were spirits in the base game prior to becoming DLC fighters.

*[[Sheriff]] is the oldest character represented by a spirit, while the most recent are the Peach & {{iw|mariowiki|Stella}} and Swordfighter Peach from ''Princess Peach Showtime!''.

**{{iw|xenoseries|Riki}} (Xenoblade Chronicles), who shares a name with a character added in the [[River City Smash]] spirit event: [https://kuniokun.fandom.com/wiki/Riki Riki] (River City) .

*Several spirits have had adjustments to their image since launch, being the {{iw|wikibound|Masked Man}}, Dungeon Man, Ness's Father, Boney, Kumatora, Buzz Buzz, Absolutely Safe Capsule, Flying Man, Mister Belch, Ultimate Chimera, EVE, {{iw|mariowiki|Fire Attack}}, and Cloud spirits. Due to controversy on Mr. Game & Watch's appearance when using his side smash negatively portraying Native Americans, his model was changed to remove a feather, and the same change was made to the Fire Attack spirit in the version 1.1.0 update. The Masked Man sprite was changed in version 2.0.0 to match its actual sprite from ''[[Mother 3]]'' instead of a fan-image, while the other EarthBound spirits had minor changes. In version 10.1.0, Cloud's fighter spirit was given artwork from ''Final Fantasy VII'' alongside his ''Ultimate'' artwork, rather than just the latter.

*{{SSBU|Battlefield}}, {{SSBU|Big Battlefield}}, [[Small Battlefield]], and [[Northern Cave]] are currently the only stages to not be used in a Spirit Battle in any form.

**All Spirit Board event spirits after {{iw|mariowiki|Peachette}} are affected. This is because Peachette was the last event spirit made obtainable outside of its event via an update. All event spirits after Peachette were made obtainable on a set date using the same method as the events themselves are added without needing a proper update&mdash;having no internet connection prevents the game from connecting to the service in charge of the events and related spirits. Spirits associated with a fighter from a [[Fighters Pass]] are not affected, as they are bundled with an update.<ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/520312822962323456/800190046925881394/odd.jpg Stitched screenshot of event spirits replaced with placeholders] (from 10.1.0)</ref>