Spirit

Characters shown as spirits

“	Spirits are characters that have lost their physical forms. Equipping your fighter with spirits will power them up with all sorts of new abilties. Wondering how many kinds of spirits there are? You'll have to see for yourself!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

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 disembodied souls, which were then trapped into Puppet Fighters and made to do the bidding of Galeem and Dharkon. There are currently 1303 spirits in the game; a list of them can be found here.

Collecting Spirits

There are many ways to collect Spirits:

• The player always receive a random spirit when opening up the game for the first time.
• Completing Classic Mode will reward random spirits as well as a Fighter Spirit of the character played if not obtained yet. More spirits are earned on higher intensities.
• Adventure Mode: World of Light features players navigating through a map and entering spirit battles and winning them will unlock its spirit. Master Spirits and certain spirits are exclusive through this method. Some spirits can be obtained through chests in the mode.
• The Spirit Board also features spirit battles like in World of Light but after clearing a spirit battle, players must shoot the puppet fighter without hitting its shield to obtain it. Some spirits can only be obtained through this method.
• Can be summoned from the cores of other spirits obtained. Some spirits can only be obtained through summoning. Summoning certain spirits will have them available for the Spirit Board.
• Some spirits are obtained through challenges. Some spirits will be available on the Spirit Board once its challenge is completed.
• Can be purchased through the Shop with Gold.
• 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 in World of Light's menus.

Spirit Classes

Spirits are separated by their strength which is referred to as "classes".

• ★☆☆☆ Novice (standard strength)
• ★★☆☆ Advanced (a bit stronger)
• ★★★☆ Ace (especially powerful)
• ★★★★ Legend (in a league of their own)

Spirit Types

“	There are two kinds of spirits. Primary spirits boost the physical abilities of the fighter you equip them to, while support spirits provide special skills. Try out different combinations to power up your fighters!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Primary Spirits

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 an ability, which apply an additional multiplier to their power, as well as up to three slots for support spirits to be attached. 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, it gains a further 1.1x power boost.

Primary spirits' attack and defense stats modify how much damage is dealt and received by the character. For both stats, a value of 0 results in no change from base damage.

• The damage dealt multiplier is equal to 1 + attack/2500. Therefore, an attack of 2,500 results in double damage, 5,000 is triple damage, and so on.
• The damage taken multiplier is a more complicated 1/(1+(7-1)(defense/10000)). Therefore, a defense of 2,500 results in taking 0.4x damage, while a defense of 5,000 results in taking 0.25x damage.

Because of the nature of these functions, defense is a more effective stat in terms of raw numbers, in the sense that a defense of 1,000 is stronger than an attack of 1,000 (which is the case when stats are equal at any value). However, defense is also slower to rise as its magnitude increases, whereas attack rises at a constant rate.

Some primary spirits can be enhanced at level 99, which functionally means they transform into a different primary spirit with more powerful stats and abilities.

Primary spirits also have strengths based on their type, and grant a 1.3x increase in damage dealt to spirits that their type is strong against. However, they will also impose a weakness of 0.85x damage dealt to the type of Spirit that they are weak against. There is also a fourth type, Neutral, which is not strong or weak against any other type.

“	Primary spirits come in different types: Attack, Shield, and Grab. Attack has an advantage over Grab, Grab has an advantage over Shield, and Shield has an advantage over Attack. Try to equip spirits that are strong against your opponent's spirit team!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Support Spirits

Certain Primary Spirits have slots, which can be filled by Support Spirits. The Support Spirits will give fighters skills: 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 are also divided into types like Primary Spirits, but only during Spirit Battles where they are equipped by an enemy Puppet Fighter.

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 Classic Mode with the indicated fighter, 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 will have fighter spirits based on them as well, such as Male Wii Fit Trainer and each of the Koopalings; this does not include Wire Frame Little Mac or Link's Hero of the Wild set.

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 sell 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. Master Spirits are considered Neutral types when used by puppet fighters in Spirit Battles.

Spirit Battles

“	Spirit battles have various conditions that may remind you of the character you're battling. If you manage to win one of these matches, you'll get a chance to capture the spirit for yourself!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Most spirits can be obtained via Spirit Battles, which appear similar to the thematic missions seen in Event Matches and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'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 or remove part of the shield.

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 either a second attempt at acquiring it or the chance of acquiring a duplicate.

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. As of version 2.0.0, up to four players can engage in a Spirit Board battle at once, and both the difficulty of the fight and the rewards for completion will be scaled accordingly; however, the battle will end in failure if any human player is KO'd.

Raising Spirits

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.

Facilities

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.

Gym

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

Dojo

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.

• Demon Style, operated by Ryoma. Majorly increases offense, but majorly decreases defense.
• Land Style, operated by Cap'n Cuttlefish. Increases ground power and move speed, but decreases air power and jump height.
• Air Style, operated by Peppy Hare. Increases air power and jump height, but decreases ground power and move speed.
• Brick-Wall Style, operated by Copper & Booker. Majorly increases defense, but majorly decreases offense.
• Boulder Style, operated by Darunia. Increases defense and move speed, but decreases offense and jump height.
• Big-Bee Style, operated by Honey Queen. Increases defense, jump height, and weight, but decreases offense and move speed.
• Runner Style, operated by Dr. Stewart. Majorly increases move speed, but majorly decreases jump height.
• Gravity Style, operated by Gravity Man. Majorly increases jump height, but majorly decreases move speed and fall speed.
• Tank Style, operated by Kraid. Increases offense and defense, but decreases move speed and jump height.
• Lightweight Style, operated by Wii Balance Board. Increases move speed and jump height, but decreases offense, defense, and weight.
• Strategist Style, operated by Riki. Increases special-move power, but decreases attack power, throw power, and item power.
• Equipment Style, operated by Dyntos. Increases item power and amount of healing received by items, but decreases attack power, special-move power, and throw power.
• Overthrow Style, operated by Zangief. Increases throw power, grab range, and grab power, but decreases attack power, special-move power, and item power.
• Ninja Style, operated by Kat & Ana. Majorly increases throw power, grab power, item power, move speed, and fall speed, but majorly decreases attack power, special-move power, defense, and weight.
• Forgetful Style, operated by Slowpoke. Allows a Spirit to instantly forget a Style, disabling any stat alterations it imposes.

Explore

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, levels, and ranks 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.

Shopping

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 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.

• Anna's Emporium- Tends to have spirits with equipment
• Sheldon's Place- Tends to have spirits related to weapons
• Funky Kong's Shack- Tends to have spirits connected to vehicles or transportation
• Beedle's Tent- Tends to have spirits that are living creatures
• Timmy and Tommy's- Tends to have spirits that are related to items

Dismiss and Summon

Spirits can also be dismissed; while this removes the spirit, the core a dismissed spirit leaves behind can be used to create a new spirit when combined with other cores or level up other spirits. Some spirits can only be found by summoning them with specific cores.

Spirits can also power up 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.

Attack Skills

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

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
Weapon Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of swords, whips, hammers, etc.	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.

Skill	Description	Rank	Cost
Shield Durability ↑	Increases shield strength.	3	1
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.

Skill	Description	Rank	Cost
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†

† Only found on the Nightmare and Skull Kid & Majora's Mask Primary Spirits

Mobility Skills

Abilities that increase ground and aerial mobility.

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.

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
Boomerang Equipped	Start battles with a Boomerang. Deal damage when you throw it and when it returns.	1	1
Beastball Equipped	Start battles with a Beastball. Throw it, and it will warp toward a nearby opponent.	1	1
Unira Equipped	Start battles with a Unira. Attack it to make spikes come out.	1	1
Mr. Saturn Equipped	Start battles with a Mr. Saturn. Break enemies' shields easily.	2	1
Bob-omb Equipped	Start battles with a Bob-omb. Launch foes with its powerful blast.	2	1
Bomber Equipped	Start battles with a Bomber. Raise it up to cause a huge explosion.	2	1
Black Hole Equipped	Start battles with a Black Hole. Activate it, and it'll pull in nearby fighters.	3	2
Super Launch Star Equipped	Start battles with a Super Launch Star. Touch it and get launched.	2	1
Fairy Bottle	Start battles with a Fairy Bottle. Heal when at least 100% damage is taken.	2	1
Made of Metal	Start battles in metal form. Become harder to launch.	3	1
Mouthful of Curry	Start battles with Superspicy Curry breath. Continuously spit out fire.	2	2
Bunny Hood Equipped	Start battles with a Bunny Hood. Move faster and jump higher.	1	1
Back Shield Equipped	Start battles with a Back Shield. Guard against attacks from behind.	2	1
Franklin Badge Equipped	Start battles wearing a Franklin Badge. Reflect enemy projectiles.	3	2
Super Leaf Equipped	Start battles with a Super Leaf. Press and hold the jump button to float through the air.	1	1
Rocket Belt Equipped	Start battles with a Rocket Belt. Fly around until it runs out of fuel.	1	1
Screw Attack Equipped	Start battles with a Screw Attack. Attack with your jumps.	1	2
Stats ↑ after Eating	Slightly increases attack, defense, and move speed after eating food.	2	1
Stats ↑ ↑ after Eating	Greatly increases attack, defense, and move speed after eating food.	3	2
Invincibility after Eating	Become invincible for a while after eating food.	4	2

† Only found on the Mini Mario & Hammers Primary Spirit

‡ Rank 3 for the Lip Spirit

Hazard Skills

Abilities that mitigate or nullify the effects of hazards that may be encountered in the Spirit Board and World of Light.

Skill	Description	Rank	Cost
Poison Damage Reduced	Reduces the damage taken from poison.	2	1
Poison Immunity	Grants immunity to poison.*	3	2
Poison Heals	Poison heals instead of harms.*	4	3
Lava-Floor Resist	Reduces damage taken from lava floors.	2	1
Lava-Floor Immunity	Grants immunity to lava floors.*	3	2
Ice-Floor Immunity	Grants immunity to ice floors and freezing attacks.	3	2
Zap-Floor Immunity	Grants immunity to zap floors and stun attacks.	3	2
Slumber Immunity	Grants immunity to slumber floors and sleeping in general.	3	1
Sticky-Floor Immunity	Become immune to sticky floors.	2	2
Strong-Wind Resist	Reduces the effect of strong winds.*	2	1
Strong-Wind Immunity	Become immune to strong winds.	3	2
Fog Immunity	Removes fog from the stage.*	2	2
Screen-Flip Immunity	Stops the screen from flipping upside down.*	2	2
Irreversible Controls	Become immune to left-and-right control reversal.*	2	2
Gravity-Change Immunity	Become immune to changes in gravity.	3	2

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.

Skill	Description	Rank	Cost
Falling Immunity	Grants immunity to tripping from earthquakes, Banana Peels, etc.	2	1
Bury Immunity	Grants immunity to being buried by Pitfalls, bury attacks, etc.	2	1
Swimmer	Grants the ability to stay in water indefinitely.	1	1
Improved Escape	Makes grabs and stuns easier to 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
Critical-Health Defense ↑	Increases defense for a while when badly damaged.	1	1
Critical-Health Stats ↑	Slightly increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while when badly damaged.	2	1
Critical-Health Stats ↑ ↑	Increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while when badly damaged.	3	2
Critical Immunity	Become invincible for a while when badly damaged.	4	2
Trade-Off Attacks ↑	Start battles with 30% damage and higher attack power.	2	1
Trade-Off Defense ↑	Start battles with 30% damage and higher defense.	2	1
Trade-Off Speed ↑	Start battles with 30% damage and increased move speed.	1	1
Trade-Off Ability ↑	Start battles with 30% damage and slightly increased attack, defense, and move speed.	3	1
Undamaged Attack ↑	Increases attack power while at 0% damage.	2	1
Undamaged Speed ↑	Increases move speed while at 0% damage.	1	1
Undamaged Attack & Speed ↑	Slightly increases attack and move speed while at 0% damage.	3	1
Running Start	Increases attack, defense, and move speed for a while at the start of the battle.	4	2
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	Grants a second Final Smash after using a Final Smash.	4	3
Jam FS Charge	Slows down the charge rate of the opposition's FS Meter.	4	2
Weapon Attack & Move Speed ↑	Increases the power of melee weapons, and slightly increases move speed.	4	2
Energy Shot Attack/Resistance ↑	Slightly reduces damage taken from energy attacks, and slightly increases energy attack power.	2	2
Armor Knight	Reduces move speed, but greatly increases defense and slightly increases attack.	4	2
Stamina ↑	Start battles with extra stamina when fighting in stamina battles.	1	1

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.

Skill	Description	Rank	Cost
Metal and Giant	Become giant and metal for a while at the start of the battle.	N/A	N/A†
Giant	Become giant for a while at the start of the battle.	3	2
Critical Hit ↑ ↑	Grants a 12% chance to land a devastating critical hit.	4	2

† Only found on the Metal Face and Sahelanthropus Primary Spirits

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.

Skill	Description
Fist Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of punches and elbow strikes.
Foot Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of kicks and knee strikes.
Throw Power ↑	Slightly increases the power of grabbing and throwing attacks.
Sword Attack ↑	Slightly increases sword-attack power of fighters like Link and Marth.
Magic Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of magic attacks, such as Zelda's and Robin's spells.
PSI Attack ↑	Increases the power of Ness and Lucas's PSI attacks.
Fire Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of fire-type attacks.
Water Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of water attacks.
Electric Attack ↑	Slightly increases the power of electricity attacks.
Shooting Items Power ↑	Slightly increases the power of shooting items.
Battering Items Power ↑	Slightly increases the power of battering items.
Weight ↑	Become slightly more difficult to launch, but movement speed decreases.
Weight ↓	Become faster, but also easier to launch.
Speed ↑	Slightly increases run speed.
Speed ↓	Slightly decreases run speed.
Jump ↑	Slightly increases jump height.
Jump ↓	Slightly decreases jump height.
Fire Weakness	Increases the damage taken from fire and explosion attacks.
Water Weakness	Increases the damage taken from water attacks.
Electric Weakness	Increases the damage taken from electricity attacks.
Initial Damage 30%	Start each battle with 30% damage.
Bane of Light	Increases the damage dealt to and the damage taken from enemies controlled by light in Adventure mode.*
Bane of Darkness	Increases the damage dealt to and the damage taken from enemies controlled by darkness in Adventure mode.*

Trivia

• Despite the lore referring to spirits as characters, some spirits (such as Samus' Gunship, the Shine Sprite, and Snake's cardboard box) are based on inanimate objects instead of characters.
• Alter egos and other versions of playable characters, such as Kaptain K. Rool, Mario and Luigi in their Mario Tennis Aces outfits, and various yoga poses being performed by Wii Fit Trainer, also appear as spirits, despite not being separate characters.

• With 1,297 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.
• There are only 5 support spirit effects that cost three support slots, those being Super Armor, Great Autoheal, Ore Club Equipped, Poison Heals, and Double Final Smash.
  • Among these effects, "Ore Club Equipped" is the only effect that doesn't pertain to a Legend class spirit (being for Ace class spirits). It is also the only three-slot effect used by multiple spirits.

See also

• Conditions (Spirit Battles)