Who’s that Pokemon?
Darkest Lariat
Incineroar
Sakurai called him “The original Echo Fighter”. Outside of special moves his moves is radically different to his less fiery counterpart.
Ken
A consistent balancing nightmare for the dev team. You used to be able to pull 2 of these on the Wii
Banana Peel
Zoner/Trapper
This reptile can’t stop mashing nair and bair.
Yoshi
Fly
Charizard
One of the two echos in the game with the change of a universal sword strength. His recovery leaves a lot to be desired though.
Chrom
A few knockback tweaks and Ultimate’s engine have turned this mundane item into a staple for its character, enabling 0-death combos.
Gyro
Captain Falcon
Brawler
Despite its mediocre frame date this character has two excellent out of shield options that players love to mash
Charizard
Withdraw
Squirtle
Outside of electric particles and floatier movement this echo has not changed much from their original character. Such a shame given the time spent modeling and animating it.
Dark Samus
A straight forward item that tends to get overshadowed by a gameplay defining counterpart on the same character.
Link Arrow
Roy
Swordfighter/Rushdown
Mashing a stupid walking jab that turns into nair? At least Steve doesn’t throw his sword
Mega Man
Double Team
Lucario
For some reason it was decided that this echo fighter should have one of his moves changed to include aura particle effects.
Richter
An explosive centerpiece of the character. It sadly gets outshone by its frame 1 brethren.
Rear Egg
Piranha Plant
Trapper
Are you gonna land with anything other than your -3 back air? Ok…
Pit/Dark Pit
Agility
Pichu
The only echo fighter to receive a genuine balance change to their individual differences. Although the developers inexplicably decided to make them more similar to their original counterpart.
Daisy
Despite most players forgetting about this even being an item it somehow enables kill confirms even when it isn’t wielded in the proper way.
Levin Sword
Rosalina and Luma
Puppet
Mashing a move with armor that kills at 80 and it’s an out of shield option. Good thing his recovery sucks.
Ike