Certain primary spirits also give skills to the fighter like a support spirit, and equipping more than one spirit with the same skill will stack its effect, if applicable. Each primary spirit has a set number of support slots from zero to three, and each support spirit takes up a set number of these slots when equipped, with support spirits that grant more powerful abilities generally taking up more slots no additional support spirits can be equipped if the primary spirit's support slots are already full, unless the support spirits that are already equipped are removed, and primary spirits that have no support slots cannot have any support spirits equipped to them. Support spirits may be equipped in addition to primary spirits and each grant the fighter a special skill, such as increased jumping, powering up certain attacks, or equipping them with a specific item or status effect at the start of a battle, among others. Primary spirits have one of four strength types which determine how powerful they are against other spirits: attack, grab, shield, and neutral, with attack being strong against grab, grab being strong against shield, shield being strong against attack, and neutral having no advantage or disadvantage against the other three. Primary and support spirits are divided into four classes of power, each represented by a star rating: Novice (one star), Advanced (two stars), Ace (three stars), and Legend (four stars).

A number of characters' alternate costumes (such as female Robin) also have separate fighter spirits, which can be obtained by purchasing them in the Vault Shop. Fighter spirits are spirits that cannot be equipped and lack corresponding spirit battles, but simply serve to represent the playable characters, and are obtained either by clearing Classic Mode with them or buying the spirits in the Vault Shop. Four categories of spirits can be obtained: primary, support, fighter, and master. The conditions, stage, and music track for each spirit battle, as well as the fighter(s) fought during the spirit battle, usually reflect the character of the spirit. The main method to obtain spirits is through spirit battles, in which players fight a CPU-controlled puppet fighter containing a specific spirit.

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