Death Crab

The Death Crab (デスクラブ) is a boss that appears in Sonic Forces. It is a crab-based, multi-legged battlemech created by Dr. Eggman that is in service to the Eggman Empire.

Appearance
The Death Crab is a crab-based robot at the size of a building. It possesses a round, disk-shaped body with a massive and dark grey spiked shell on top and a pale grey underbelly. Up front on its body it has several red, featureless eyes, a small flat nose, and a pair of relatively small, dark grey claws. It also has six massively large and long crustacean-based legs of dark grey metal with spiked lower sections and flat feet. Several of its joints are also lid up by red lights.

History
When the Avatar tore their way through the Eggman Empire's operations in the Green Hill Zone, the Death Crab made its appearance. Throughout the Zone, it tried in vain to stop the Avatar. When the resistance rookie then tried to escape, the Death Crab made one finally attempt to catch them, only for the Avatar to tie it up with their grabbling hook, causing the Death Crab to fall and get incapacitated from the crash.

Personality
The Death Crab is a highly destructive, yet determined machine who cares little about collateral damage or obstacles. Like an actual crab, it also walks sidewalks.

Powers and abilities
The Death Crab is an exceptional powerful robot; when its power was measured, its energy readings were stated to be off the charts. As its size would imply, its possesses incredible strength, enough to cause tremors by stomping and smashing through mountainsides without slowing down. It is also surprisingly fast, easy keeping up with the Avatar, and has enough jumping power to leap several hundreds of meters straight up into the air.

Battle
The Death Crab is a mini-boss fought in the Avatar Stage in the Green Hill Zone. It is fought with the Avatar. The Death Crab is automatically encountered upon reaching the end of the Green Hill Zone's Avatar Stage.

Boss guide
When the battle begins, the Avatar is stuck running forward towards the screen while the Death Crab chases after them from behind. The player is unable to attack the Death Crab however, while it is able to fling blocks of rock at the Avatar, each of which can inflict damage should they hit. To win this battle, the player must avoid the rock blocks thrown at the Avatar with the Quick Step until a Real-Time Interaction appears. Executing it successfully will allow the Avatar to defeat this boss; the better the player times the Real-Time Interaction by initiating it when the green rings that appear overlap, the greater the point bonus they will receive.