Ice Wave

Ice Wave is an attack used by the Egg Dragoon in Sonic Generations. When using it, the Egg Dragoon spreads wide waves of ice from the ice cannons built inside of its feet that can damage and disrupt the target.

Description
The Ice Wave in the boss battle against the Egg Dragoon serves as the mech's most basic movement, and it uses it from the start of the battle. The Ice Wave is created from the cannons on the Egg Dragoon's feet. When using it, the Egg Dragoon charges the energy cannons on its feet, then it flips in mid-air, and finally releases the Ice Wave by the end of the flip over the ground. The Ice Wave is a long-distance attack that the Egg Dragoon launches from a far to the player, and then curls toward the screen.

The Egg Dragoon uses the Ice Wave a total of three times before charging into another move. At the beginning of the battle, the Ice Wave move precedes and follows the Fire Beam attack (this counts if the player continues running on the floor). However, when the Egg Dragoon takes more damages over the course of the battle, the Ice Wave comes as part of the Egg Dragoon's "Separation Attack" combo that is then initiated after the Drill Attack, where the lower part of the Egg Dragoon maintains a periodical usage of the Ice Waves while the upper part covers the arena in the Fire Beam attack.

In order to avoid the Ice Wave, the player must either use the Quick Steps or Spin Jumps. For exception being when it is used in the "Separation Attack" combo, this move is easy to dodge, and the Egg Dragoon only uses it on the main floor.