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Echo Fighters are marked with an epsilon (ε) internationally and a prime symbol (′) in Japanese added to the number of their parent fighter on the character numbering system (in Japanese, the prime symbol is pronounced "dash," hence the term "Dash Fighter"; in mathematics, the prime symbol is used to designate that something is derived from something else, for example x′ would be derived from x).

[[Dark Pit]] and [[Lucina]] are the only returning characters to be marked as Echo Fighters, while [[Dark Samus]], [[Daisy]], [[Chrom]], [[Richter Belmont|Richter]] and [[Ken Masters|Ken]] are added as new Echo Fighters. [[Isabelle]] was the only new character added as a semi-clone. Some characters that were previously officially clones, such as Dr. Mario and Pichu, are not treated as Echo Fighters.

|{{SSBU|Roy}}||{{SSBU|Chrom}}||Chrom's up special is [[Soaring Slash]], which is a faster version of {{SSBU|Ike}}'s [[Aether]], albeit with a modified animation. Like Lucina, Chrom's Falchion lacks a sweetspot, doing equal damage at all parts. Unlike Roy but much like Marth and Lucina, Chrom's attacks lack a flame effect. Chrom also has his own unique Final Smash, [[Awakening Aether]], different from those of both Roy and Ike.

|{{SSBU|Pit}}||{{SSBU|Dark Pit}}||Dark Pit is mostly identical to Pit, but he keeps his Electroshock Arm, which deals electric damage and knocks back opponents horizontally. The Silver Bow also continues to travel faster and deal more damage while being harder to control. Dark Pit also has a unique Final Smash, keeping his Dark Pit Staff from ''Smash 4''.

|{{SSBU|Ryu}}||{{SSBU|Ken}}||The differences between Ryu and Ken are based on those that the two have in ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo''. As such, some of Ken's attacks involve fire, his [[Hadoken]] is a different shape, and his [[Focus Attack]] is a kick. Some of Ken's standard attacks, including his forward smash, neutral aerial and back throw, are different from Ryu’s, most notably is the inclusion of his "crazy kicks," roundhouses that can be cancelled into his Inazuma Kick. His [[Heavy Shoryuken]] has a flame effect while hitting multiple times with high knockback as opposed to hitting once, and his [[Tatsumaki Senpukyaku]] hits multiple times though having lower knockback compared to Ryu's. Ken also runs slightly faster. Ken is also the first Echo Fighter based on a third-party veteran, as Richter was introduced alongside Simon.

|{{SSBU|Pikachu}}||{{SSBU|Pichu}}||Pichu has new animations giving it a bouncier feel overall. It still continues to damage itself when performing electric attacks. It retains its old neutral aerial while Pikachu receives a new one similar to that of {{SSBU|Mewtwo}}.

|{{SSBU|Ness}}||{{SSBU|Lucas}}||Ness's [[PK Starstorm]] has the meteors fan outwards, while Lucas's variant has them converge inwards. They are also assisted by two of their respective teammates ([[Paula]] and [[Poo]] for Ness, [[Kumatora]] and [[Boney]] for Lucas). Ness has a new up air and they both grab and pummel their opponents using PSI.

|{{SSBU|Marth}}||{{SSBU|Roy}}||Roy now has more fiery effects on his attacks. [[Shield Breaker]] can be angled while [[Flare Blade]] can be reversed mid-charge.  

*In a ''Famitsu'' column, Sakurai said that {{SSBU|Isabelle}} was not made into an Echo Fighter of {{SSBU|Villager}} due to the two's proportions ''and'' personalities differing; Echo Fighters, as with clone fighters in past titles, are required to have similar or identical proportions to their base fighters in order to reuse the movesets and animations of their base fighters, which Isabelle does not have. Although many of her moves are cloned from Villager, all of her animations are in fact unique.