His tremendous running speed, combined with his Spin Charge special, Spring Jump, and Down Aerial give him excellent follow up ability on pretty much every character.Įven though Sonic can easily rack up damage, he arguably has the hardest time landing a KO move, as he is nearly crippled in terms of KO power, and he has no guaranteed setups to them and he lacks an early KO move.

His ability to Spinshot (hold Side B and release as one pushes the C-Stick downwards) allows him to quickly bypass the effects of most projectile campers, and his Spin Dash has enough priority to clank and cancel out the effects of certain projectiles, such as Snake's C4. Sonic's relatively small hitboxes and lack of a projectile (excluding his Spring Jump which can only be used in the air, travels downward, and can be used by opponents if used on the ground) mean that he must stay close to the opponent in order to attack, but his aforementioned speed helps this problem. However, only about half of his moveset has speed to match, none of them being killing moves. Sonic is the fastest character in the game, in regards to movement speed (fastest dash speed, sixth fastest air speed, and very fast rolls). Note: Unless he is unlocked in the Subspace Emissary, the player will have to face Sonic in a Brawl in Green Hill Zone upon achieving any one of the above tasks.

Have Sonic join the player's party in the Subspace Emissary.

Fight for 10 hours or more (cumulative between multiple players) in Brawls, then defeat Sonic.

Complete Classic Mode with 10 characters, then defeat Sonic.

Sonic can be unlocked doing any one of these four tasks:

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