Knuckle Slam (Sonic Boom)

Knuckle Slam is an ability that appears in Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom. It is the Special Power of Knuckles the Echidna which can destroy Badniks.

Description
When performing Knuckle Slam, Knuckles jumps into the air, curls into a ball and rams straight into the ground with enough to create a shockwave that damage surrounding foes.

When performing Knuckle Slam in gameplay, the move will destroy all close-up Badniks surrounding Knuckles. However, it cannot destroy obstacles, like mines. To perform it in gameplay, the player must swipe up on the screen to make Knuckles jump, and then down to make him dive down.

Trivia

 * The Knuckle Slam might have been inspired by Knuckles' tendency to create shockwaves by punching the ground in the Sonic Boom television series.