Drill Attack

The Drill Attack is a move utilized by the Egg Dragoon in Sonic Unleashed and ''Sonic Generations. ''During both games, the Egg Dragoon launches a homing drill at its target which varies on the game it is faced in.

Description
The Drill Attack is a very dangerous and destructive attack. When using it, the Egg Dragoon locks onto the target first, launch an electrified drill at it, and then recharge his arm with another drill. This attack's impact varies between Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations, ranging from an environment changing technique in the former to a devastating attack in the latter.

Sonic Unleashed
In Sonic Unleashed, the Egg Dragoon generally uses the Drill Attack once the player has damaged him in the first Quick time event series of attacks, so that it can destroy the foothold they are playing on and move onto the second one. However, if the battle lasts for much longer, and the player has not defeated the Egg Dragoon atop the second foothold, then Egg Dragoon will use it again to move to another one.

In this game, this move does not affect the player directly, but the foothold, as it is always initiated in a cinematic scene where the player is usually dislocated from the foothold, and thus preserved from its impact.

Sonic Generations
In Sonic Generations, the Drill Attack first appears in the opening scene of the Egg Dragoon's battle, where Eggman would send his drill at Sonic, and then Sonic would dodge it. In gameplay, Eggman launches the Drill Attack during three circumstances in order to damage the player from afar:
 * If the player has been sent into the left or right grinding rails on the top of the arena, then Eggman will use the Drill Attack to damage him on rails. To avoid this attack here, the player must use the Sonic Boost while Grinding.
 * When the Egg Dragoon is nearly defeated and Sonic is on the 3D main course, the Egg Dragoon will use the Drill Attack. This time, Eggman will deduce the player's movements to launch the Drill Attack in front of them, one after another, so the drill can explode upon landing on the floor and thus damage the player. The Drill Attack's explosion lasts much enough so the player can be caught in its radius, so they have to use the Quick Step just before the drill lands on the floor to avoid its impact.
 * In the Skydiving part of the battle, the Egg Dragoon's only used attack is the Drill Attack. In this turn, the Drill Attack is faster than before, and is tricky to dodge. To avoid it, the player must avoid Skydiving while facing the Egg Dragoon's drill, and keep moving left and right continuously.

Due to the nature of the game, whenever the Egg Dragoon is about to launch its Drill Attack, a red targeting marker will appear at Sonic to warn the player. So use it to time your movements correctly to dodge the attack.