Egg Fighter: Knight

"These Egg Fighter units bear both a sword and shield, making them perfectly balanced combat machines."

- 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. It is a stronger type of Egg Fighter that wields both a sword and a shield in combat.

Overview
The Egg Fighter: Knights are not as commonly encountered in Sonic Unleashed as the standard Egg Fighter. However, the harder the Action Stages/Stages become, the more often they and their variants 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, the Egg Fighter: Knights can use their shields to negate and/or minimize the player's attacks: In daytime Action Stages/Stages, the Egg Fighter: Knights' shields can deflect a Homing Attack and in the nighttime Action Stages on the PS3/Xbox version, their shields can be used to minimize the damage they receive 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 or an attack from the rear. Also, on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, in the daytime Action Stages the Egg Fighter: Shields 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.

Physical Appearance
The Egg Fighter: Swords 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.

Powers and Abilities
As an Egg Fighter model, the Egg Fighter: Shields possess above average physical strength, enough to let them move barrels at least three times their own size and easily carry large steel shields.

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 are primarily colored yellow. 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 of steel and are highly durable, capable of withstanding a direct Homing Attack without a scratch.

Attack Patterns
In battle, the Egg Fighter: Knights are capable of both offensive and defensive combat. When attacked, the Egg Fighter: Knights will primarily 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 by either jumping 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. When losing their shield, they will attack in the same manner as a Egg Fighter: Sword.