Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield)

"Only a small group of elite units are outfitted with the latest in offensive and defensive equipment, making these Knights more than a little smug."

- Description, Sonic Unleashed

The Egg Fighter: Knight is an enemy that appears in both the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. It is a model of Dr. Eggman's robots and a variant of the Egg Fighter: Knight. It is a stronger type of Egg Fighter that wields both a sword and a shield in combat.

Overview
The Egg Fighter: Knights are an elite group of Egg Fighter units who possess enough strength to wield both a sword and their specially designed shields which are the latest in offensive and defensive equipment. Because very few Egg Fighters possess the capabilities to wield such equipment, only a small group of Egg Fighter: Knights exist. As such, The Egg Fighter: Knights are a commonn enemy in Sonic Unleashed. However, the harder the Action Stages/Stages become, the more often they will appear.

In gameplay, due to possessing a sword, the Egg Fighter: Knights have a much greater attack range and do more damage than the regular the Egg Fighters. Also, in gameplay, the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields periodically discharge electricity. Whenever the player is attacked by the Egg Fighter: Knights while their shields are discharging, the player takes damage and is paralyzed until it wears off on its own. This attack can even bypass Sonic the Werehog's Guard. The same applies in the daytime Action Stages/Stages whenever the player touches the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields while they are discharging, even when performing an attack on Egg Fighter: Knights in question. Additionally, when not discharging, the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields can in daytime Action Stages/Stages deflect a Homing Attack, and in the nighttime Action Stages in the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields can be used to minimize the damage from Sonic the Werehog's Skills.

There are several ways to bypass the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields. In the daytime Action Stages/Stages, their shields cannot block a Sonic Boost when not discharging or an attack from the rear. Also, on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, in the daytime Action Stages the Egg Fighter: Knights can be attacked unhindered with the Homing Attack if the player strikes them before they can put up their shields, and in the nighttime Action Stages the shields can be broken if hit with strong combo attacks or be dropped when the player initiate a Critical Attack, whether it is successful or fails. Additionally, the Egg Fighter: Knights can be destroyed by a frontal Homing Attack if they are hit by a second Homing Attack right after blocking a previous Homing Attack.

Physical Appearance
The Egg Fighter: Knights are identical to the standard Egg Fighter model. They have a torso in the shape of a little more than a hemisphere, with four flashlights arranged in a rectangle on their front and a flat rounded head on top of it. They also have relatively shot legs, with flat feet and circular ankles, and arms that extend almost down to the ground with four-fingered hands. They are all colored steel blue and silver, and have purple eyes.

Behavior
Due to their supposed superiority in comparison to other Egg Fighters and having the latest combat equipment, the Egg Fighter: Knights are very smug.

Powers and Abilities
As an elite Egg Fighter model, the Egg Fighter: Knights possess physical strength above that of the regular Egg Fighters, who are strong enough to move barrels at least three times their own size.

The Egg Fighter: Knights shows significant proficiency in dual-wielding weapons, specifically a sword and shield. They have noticeable swordsman skills in close combat, being able to perform both fast strikes and devastating special attacks where they utilize their robotic physiology to their fullest. They also have enough skills in wielding shields to use them defensively.

Weapons
Each of the Egg Fighter: Knights wield a single sword in their left hand and a shield in their right hand, making them perfectly balanced combat machines. Their swords are large and double-edged with a cutting chain on the edges, making them resemble chainsaws, and ensures lethal damage to their targets.

The shields they wield are mostly in the shape of a kite shield and glows cyan. They have a "T" shaped steel blue plating on the front surface, a steel blue-colored lower edge and silver-colored sides, and grey spikes on their two upper corners. These shields are made from strong and conductive alloys that not only makes them highly durable, but also lets the Egg Fighter: Knights run high-voltage currents through them, literally allowing them to electrify their attacks and electrify opponents that touch these shields.

Attack Patterns
In battle, the Egg Fighter: Knights are capable of both offensive and defensive combat. When attacked, the Egg Fighter: Knights will try to use their shields to defend themselves from the player's attacks. When going on the offensive, the Egg Fighter: Knights attack with their swords, where they in the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed will either jump into the air and swinging their sword down on the player or launching a short, but quick dash up to the player while slashing with their sword. Also in the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, in the Nighttime Action Stages, the Egg Fighter: Knights ca perform a special attack where they stand on their head while spinning around with their sword, turning them into harmful spinning tops that damage the player upon contact.