Super Smash Bros Ultimate – Possibility of Regaining a ‘One Time’ Spirit

Yes, there is a benefit to leveling a spirit before dismissing them. Higher level spirits yield more SP when dismissed.

SP for level 1 primary spirits

1. Novice
   100 SP
2. Advanced
   200 SP
3. Ace
   400 SP
4. Legendary
   800 SP

SP for level 99 primary spirits

1. Novice
     500 SP
2. Advanced
   1000 SP
3. Ace
   2000 SP
4. Legendary
   4000 SP

The above list is valid for all primary spirits, regardless of their Type (Red, Blue, Green), Power, Skill, Support Slots, or whether they can be enhanced or are already enhanced.

Since enhanced spirits normally have a higher star rating than their base version, enhancing them may increase the amount of SP gained when dismissing them, assuming you intend to level up the enhanced version, that is.

Keep in mind that feeding snacks to spirits costs SP. It costs 8 SP per 250 experience points, and the amount of experience needed to level up increases with their level and rating. Using Snacks to increase a spirit's level before dismissing it may therefore diminish your returns, or even incur losses.

Not part of the question, but for completeness:

SP for support spirits:

1. Novice
   1. 100 SP for 1 slot
   2. 100 SP for 2 slots (this is not a mistake)
2. Advanced
   1. 200 SP for 1 slot
   2. 250 SP for 2 slots
3. Ace
   1. 400 SP for 1 slot
   2. 500 SP for 2 slots
   3. 600 SP for 3 slots
4. Legendary
   1.   800 SP for 1 slot
   2. 1000 SP for 2 slots
   3. 1200 SP for 3 slots

_{Since I couldn't find any 3-slotted Novice or Advanced support spirits, this list may be incomplete}

After running a few tests, it looks like having a type advantage increases damage by roughly 30%, which having a type disadvantage decreases damage dealt by about 15%.

To test this I took 3 spirits with equal attack values and made teams out of them:

• Kammy Koopa, Atk 500, Attack Type
• Porygon, Atk 500, Shield Type
• Staryu, Atk 500, Grab Type

The Porygon also has 500 Def and will be used as the target for these tests, hoping that having Atk and Def even out helps us focus on just the type advantage results.

Then I went into training mode and tested by using fully charged side smash attacks with Marth.

When testing with the same times (Shield vs Shield), I dealt 20.1% damage

When testing with a type advantage (Grab vs Shield), I dealt 26.2% damage

When testing with a type disadvantage (Attack vs Shield), I dealt 17.1% damage

If you divide the standard results with the advantage results (26.2/20.1) you get 1.303. So a type advantage grants roughly 30% extra damage output.

Dividing these standard results with the disadvantage results (17.1/20.1) you get 0.850. A type disadvantage thus reduces damage output by roughly 15%.

For a second test, I repeated the general steps from above but this time with Atk and Def values around 1000 to see if the results remain consistent.

Here I chose Urbosa (Attack, 1011 Atk), Blooper (Shield, 1003 Atk), Solidus Snake (Grab, 994 Atk), and Houndoom (Attack, 997 Def).

(The Atk values aren't exact with this test, but a quick test with two spirits with a 16 point difference in Atk values dealt the same damage in this test, so I'm assuming here that the differences are minor enough to not largely effect the results.)

After repeating the test, I got:

• No Advantage: 19.1%
• Advantage: 24.8%
• Disadvantage: 16.2%

The previous calculation here yields 1.298 (vs the previous 1.303) and 0.848 (vs the previous 0.850).

To be extra thorough, I tried this test one last time but with the 1000 Atk spirits vs the 500 Def Porygon spirit.

• No Advantage: 23.5%
• Advantage: 30.5%
• Disadvantage: 19.9%

This gives 1.297 and 0.846, which stays in line with the original 30% and 15% estimates.