Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-15835234-20160810003412/@comment-27441478-20170113033416

Andrew.kos.397 wrote:. There is no need for a dagger, Tails flies by spinning his two tails like rotors but my character has four arms and uses two of them to fly by piloting the jetpack he wears. E-100 Units armed with 20mm Rotary cannons, Flamethrowers, Grenade Launchers and Rocket Launchers are going to be difficult to destroy by spindashing alone.

E-100 are built like Tanks, so something heavy and sharp must be used to penetrate the armor and get at the machinery below.

Its the same reason Sonic uses a sword in SatBK. He doesnt necessarily need it, but it helps.