Fire Claw

Fire Claw is a technique used by Blaze the Cat in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). It is Blaze equivalent to the commonly used Homing Attack. When using this move, Blaze homes onto her opponents and attacks them with a quick strike.

Description
The mechanics behind the Fire Claw technique is very similar to that of the Homing Attack. Much like the Homing Attack, when performing the Fire Claw, Blaze launches herself forward and homes directly into a nearby enemy. However, unlike Homing Attack, instead of jumping into the air and then launching herself forward with a mid-air Spin Attack, Blaze jumps directly from the ground into the enemy with a small burst of flames, whilst she is spinning her whole horizontally and sticking her right arm and hand out in front of her to strike her foe (hence the name 'Fire Claw'). Also, once Blaze bounces off her enemy from the attack's force, the Fire Claw can also be chained to attack several more enemies in a row with a similar strike, much like the Homing Attack. Much like the Homing Attack, the Fire Claw can also be used to target other things such as Item boxes.

To perform the Fire Claw in gameplay, the player has to press the action button while Blaze is standing on the ground. To chain the Fire Claw, the player has to press the action button again just after Blaze has bounced off her enemy. If the player taps the action button twice, but without having any target present, Blaze with still perform the Fire Claw, but will hurled through the air until she falls back on the ground, much like the Jump Dash. The player, however, has full control over Blaze's movements while she is moving through the air at this point.