Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24074103-20131121013359/@comment-477304-20131121022122

Just because rings maintain a user's super form does not need it uses chaos energy. Rings are clearly established as having their own energy. Ring energy is certainly related to chaos energy, but the two are different. Super Sonic has been capable of performing Super Sonic Boost before Sonic Boost existed as an ability, making the two unrelated, but similar abilities.