Super Smash Bros Ultimate: All About Spirits

In Super Smash Bros Ultimatespirits are one unique personalization system which allows players to recover the souls of video game characters to get special upgrades in combat. You can choose between spirits of attack, defense and struggle to adjust your playstyle and strengthen your favorite character.

In this guide you will learn everything you need to Manage spirits and improve your combat performance.

Types of Spirits

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimatecan be collected up to 1,297 spiritsdivided into three main categories:

Primary

• Each main spirit can have up to three slots to add support spirits and further strengthen your abilities.
• You can only equip one main spirit at a time.
• They are essential for determining the attack and defense power of your fighter.

Support

• They are equipped in primary spirit slots and provide additional abilities, such as resistance to certain effects or enhancement of specific moves.
• They vary in the number of slots they occupy, from one to three.

Masters

• They do not equip themselves for combat, but offer special services such as shops, leveling up gyms, explorations and dojos.
• These spirits allow you to customize and train other spirits, and are accessible once unlocked.

Advantages and disadvantages of color

Primary Spirits come in four colors, and each color has strengths and weaknesses compared to the others:

• Red: Strong against Green, weak against Blue.
• Green: Strong against Blue, weak against Red.
• Blue: Strong against Red, weak against Green.
• Negro: No weakness or strength.

Taking advantage of this color relationship can give you an advantage in combat, increasing your damage and reducing damage received.

How to get spirits

There are several ways to acquire spirits in the game:

• Adventure Mode: Overcome battles and get spirits as rewards. Here you have our entire adventure mode guide.
• Spirit Chart: Complete battles in this mode to capture new spirits.
• Invocation: Use orbs obtained from duplicate spirits to summon new ones.
• Stores: Buy spirits in the Vault or in Master Spirit shops.
• Modo Smash Arcade: Complete routes in this mode to unlock more spirits.

How to Improve Primary Spirits

To improve your primordial spirits, you can:

• Struggle with them equipped.
• Feed them with snacks to gain experience.
• Train them at the gym so they level up automatically.
• Send to shipments to gain additional experience.

Evolution of the mind

Some minds can evolve by reaching the level 99. These will evolve into a more powerful version with new abilities and better stats. After evolution, the mind will return to level 1so you will have to train it again.

Combine spirits from the same series

And trick improving your morale means combining those which belong to the same series. If you equip a main spirit from a specific saga as well as supporting spirits from the same series, their eAttack and defense stats will increase. Additionally, if you use a character from the same series in battle, the increase will be even greater.

Best minds to equip

Primary Attack Spirits (Red)

Galeem

• Ability: Significantly increases attack, has three support slots.
• Advantage: Perfect for players with an attacking style.

Ganon

• Ability: Powers up attacks, with three support slots.
• Advantage: Excellent balance between power and additional options.

Gigantamax Charizard

• Ability: Improves fire attacks.
• Advantage: Ideal for characters like Bowser or Mario, who have fire-based attacks.

Primary Defense Spirits (Blue)

Zelda

• Ability: Increases energy attacks.
• Advantage: Perfect for characters like Zelda and Palutena, who use magic and projectiles.

Metal face

• Ability: Increases attack in darkness or night.
• Advantage: Great option for battles in low light scenarios.

Creed

• Ability: Improves resistance to critical attacks.
• Advantage: Ideal against opponents who rely on powerful attacks.

Primary Grasping Spirits (Green)

Dracula

• Ability: Significantly increases attack, with three support slots.
• Advantage: Very versatile, with room for additional skills.

Mecha-Fiora

• Ability: Improves physical attacks.
• Advantage: Perfect for characters who rely on quick melee attacks.

Green (Kid Icarus)

• Ability: Increases projectile damage.
• Advantage: Ideal for characters like Samus or Link, who use ranged weapons.

Best Supportive Minds

Large zapfish

• Ability: Super Armor.
• Advantage: Allows you to resist more hits, ideal for characters like Bowser or Ganondorf.

Victini

• Ability: Powers the final smash.
• Advantage: Perfect for players who rely on final smashes to achieve victory.

Shantae

• Ability: Improves jumping.
• Advantage: Ideal for characters with low recovery or for levels with many platforms.

Garchomp

• Ability: Increases speed and strength when damaged.
• Advantage: Best for players who thrive in critical situations.

Soma Cruz

• Ability: Absorbs objects.
• Advantage: Ideal for games with many objects, allowing you to collect objects more quickly.

With this guide you will be able to make the most of the spirits of Super Smash Bros Ultimate and customize your strategies for each fight.

Don’t forget to check out other guides if you want to dominate the fight and defeat all your rivals!