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The whole rings damage Transferal thing is a real double edged sword, it’s cool they can survive things up to 6-D but it makes “they survive hits from x enemy” less impactful as durability feats.
You can argue most Sonic characters are sort of glass canons as a result, which is a fair and thematically appropriate weakness to have considering their status as speedsters. More was gained than lost overall. The fact that they can hurt their opponents with physical attacks without hurting themselves still means their durabillity scales. Sonic especially makes up for it with his endurance, willpower, and having the most amount of rings.
 
You can argue most Sonic characters are sort of glass canons as a result, which is a fair and thematically appropriate weakness to have considering their status as speedsters. More was gained than lost overall. The fact that they can hurt their opponents with physical attacks without hurting themselves still means their durabillity scales. Sonic especially makes up for it with his endurance, willpower, and having the most amount of rings.
They were always lightning bruisers,not fragile speedsters.
 
The rings seem kinda odd to gauge. If a Moto Bug & Shadow hit base Sonic in gameplay the result is the same,he loses rings. We know who is more powerful,but how do you measure how much force it would take for him to lose some from a narrative & not a gameplay standpoint? Someone with equal or greater stats?
 
The rings seem kinda odd to gauge. If a Moto Bug & Shadow hit base Sonic in gameplay the result is the same,he loses rings. We know who is more powerful,but how do you measure how much force it would take for him to lose some from a narrative & not a gameplay standpoint? Someone with equal or greater stats?
I’m talking whether them needing rings to last in their Super States is a game mechanic or an actual thing in lore.
 
I’m talking whether them needing rings to last in their Super States is a game mechanic or an actual thing in lore.
Now that rings AND IDW are both canon, I think the latter is pretty reasonable, but we still have several instnces of Sonic going Super without rings and/or without the time limit being a factor, so I don't blame anyone for believing either could be true
 
Speaking of rings though, do y’all still have the Super States needing them as a “game mechanic”?
Yep, as he went Super without a single ring in his debue no less

The rings seem kinda odd to gauge. If a Moto Bug & Shadow hit base Sonic in gameplay the result is the same,he loses rings. We know who is more powerful,but how do you measure how much force it would take for him to lose some from a narrative & not a gameplay standpoint? Someone with equal or greater stats?
Depends on the power of the one hitting, Supreme takes 12 rings out of Sonic in Frontiers, and Shadow only 4 to 5 in Prime, so it depends on how powerful the blow being taken is in comparison to the one taking the hit

Now that rings AND IDW are both canon, I think the latter is pretty reasonable, but we still have several instnces of Sonic going Super without rings and/or without the time limit being a factor, so I don't blame anyone for believing either could be true
I mean......in all lore moments he goes without rings....like in 06, where he went Super while dead, so....no rings
 
Only Mario can get cartoony gag feats.
So the cast of Riders recovering from being flattened, twisted or even fried extra crispy doesn't count then?
Btw. Completely unrelated. But if you go back to page 1 of this discussion thread.

It's VERY fitting that's the Sonic Channel artwork that started this thread. It all really DOES come full circle, huh?
It's time I do sth I should've done Yesterday
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The fact that they can hurt their opponents with physical attacks without hurting themselves still means their durabillity scales.
Minus a couple exeptions here n' there. You'll hurt yourself, if you directly strike anywhere at Diablon or Biolizard's body, minus their weakpoint. Should be counted in their durability like we do with Solaris' Phase 1.
so it depends on how powerful the blow being taken is in comparison to the one taking the hit
And it depends on how many rings he's carrying at the time.
 
Apart from Frontiers, is there other evidence to prove that Increase in base speed/strength = Increase in Super State speed/strength?
 
Now that rings AND IDW are both canon, I think the latter is pretty reasonable, but we still have several instnces of Sonic going Super without rings and/or without the time limit being a factor, so I don't blame anyone for believing either could be true
The too many cooks in the kitchen set up really kicks in with the rings shit, and Super forms having been timed out in IDW.
 
Anyways I have a fun question for those of you who played shadow gens.

A hypothetical doom powered super shadow vs super sonic 2 who do you think would win?
 
Anyways I have a fun question for those of you who played shadow gens.

A hypothetical doom powered super shadow vs super sonic 2 who do you think would win?
I’m gonna throw another bone to Shadow and assume this is a current Shadow with his Doom Powers.

Considering how Starfall Super Sonic is fast enough to blitz Avatar of The End Supreme while Doom Wing seems to have no kind of speed boost, I feel like Starfall gets a pretty big buff just based on that even if you assumed the Doom buff and cyber corruption buff were otherwise comparable in strength. However Super Doom Shadow would have some pretty nutty Chaos Control that Sonic doesn’t like to use while in-character unless absolutely necessary assuming it would even work on him, and I feel like Doom Wing’s invulnerability might add something extra too, so idk. Would probably come down to complex hax stuff that I’ll never even pretend to understand, so my thoughts are pretty irrelevant at the end of the day.

Shadow wins in my heart though
 
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Apart from Frontiers, is there other evidence to prove that Increase in base speed/strength = Increase in Super State speed/strength?
I’d argue the general escalation we see in series would be. I mean, Perfect Chaos needs Full Power Adv. Super Sonic, which by all logic should be equal to Full Power Modern Super Sonic, since “all his power originates from the Emeralds.” Yet that’s not the case. Modern Super Sonic at his peak is able to harm the End, even without a power boost, and that’s the “Second Strongest Boss in Sonic history,” behind Solaris. Both draw on the full power of the Emeralds, and yet Modern is just…Superior.

Edit: Of course, Classic Super Sonic poses an issue with the Time Eater Boss Fight.
 
I’m pretty sure Flynn put it at #2, behind Solaris.
"I saw your mind as you ran through my prison. You have fought machines and gods, they were mighty, they were finite, I am infinite."

Ian wrote that by the way and Solaris is still the strongest apparently...
 
Ah yes, I remember all the random purple satellites portrayed throughout the franchise KEK
counting by color and shape......Sonic's Earth would have like, 5 Moons(2 Normal ones shown in Riders, the cracked in half one from Adventure 2 and the Purple and Blue one in Superstars) which.......i don't know what implications this have tbh
 
No seriously he's right though lmao

Jokes aside, IF they were to theoretically even confirm something like 5 moons for Sonic's Earth, it would only solidify the "larger Earth" idea rather than give us an opportunity to actually calc it.

In a sense, it's already supported due to the insignificance the moon had on the Earth's tides. Now obviously they wouldn't pay attention to irl science in this franchise, but still.
 
"I saw your mind as you ran through my prison. You have fought machines and gods, they were mighty, they were finite, I am infinite."

Ian wrote that by the way and Solaris is still the strongest apparently...
The End said that relative to Sonic’s memory, which does not contain Solaris. Despite the weird reference in TSR, no one remembers. See Sonic’s first encounter with Silver after 06, (they didn't remember each other at all and this was their “first time” meeting), and Shadow Generations (Shadow doesn't remember Mephiles, had thus Solaris, at all).
Ian's headcanon is wrong. Despite writing for The End, dude loves to downplay it. Thankfully he isn't the only writter for Frontiers.
Based on…?
 
The End said that relative to Sonic’s memory, which does not contain Solaris. Despite the weird reference in TSR, no one remembers.
Blaze remembers Crisis City though, doesn't she? On top of that, The End scales to a Super Sonic amped beyond anything he's ever been before. That alone scales it above Solaris.
 
Based on…?
The End tanked 4 Peak Super Form opponents at once and they couldn't beat it no matter what they tried, needing to seal him.....Solaris was taken down by 3

also read Sonic's mind, saw all that he ever fought, including the Eggwizard who is >> Solaris as it is more powerful than the Sol and Chaos Emeralds individually, needing the full power + Team work of both Sonic and Blaze to beat, and still said itself superior to them and "finite"
 
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