Black Oak


 * Not to be confused with Dark Oak from Sonic X.

The Black Oaks are giant Black Arms soldiers in Shadow the Hedgehog. According to Doom's Eye, the Black Oaks are "heralded for their pure strength" (they can easily swat aside cars), and form the backbone of the Black Arms army. They have high endurance, are slow moving, and carry large swords, and, occasionally, alien rocket launchers and clubs. They take anywhere from two to seven hits to defeat. However, they can, like most enemies, be defeated in one shot with the Shadow Rifle but some Black Oaks can block gunfire by holding up their hand, even the powerful Shadow Rifle.

The Black Oak is also a featured card in the video game series for the PSP, Sonic Rivals, and its follow-up, Sonic Rivals 2.