EMP Boost
Purpose
Increasing speed Damaging opponents
Description
A Boost Item.
Breaking the sound barrier! It's no shock that this boost electrocutes zaps nearby rivals as you charge ahead.
— Description, Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
The EMP Boost is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a Boost Item used primarily to increase the user's speed.
Description [ ]
The EMP Boost's icon takes the form of a sphere of blue lightning that surrounds the user. In gameplay, this power-up becomes a blue aura of electricity that surrounds the user and leaves an energy trail in its wake.
Overview [ ]
In gameplay, the EMP Boost can only be obtained at random from Item Boxes by Baby Sonic and Chrono Silver .
Once obtained, the player can utilize the EMP Boost by pressing its icon on the bottom of the HUD. When used, the EMP Boost will increase the speed of the user for a short amount of time. The duration of the EMP Boost is shown by the decreasing gauge on top of this power-up's icon on the bottom of the HUD whenever the EMP Boost is in effect. In addition, any rival character who approaches the user from adjacent lanes while the EMP Boost is in effect will be stunned, causing them to lose Rings , stop moving for a moment and lose a randomly item they currently have.
The EMP Boost can also be upgraded by leveling the user up to level 2, 8 and 14 respectively. But in Baby Sonic's case, this item can upgrade to level 5 and 11 only. For each upgrade, the EMP Boost will last longer, know that the upgrade outcomes are unchanged.
Trivia [ ]
This is one of the few boosts in the game to feature a discrepancy in the levels needed to upgrade the EMP Boost. This is due to Baby Sonic having a different upgrade path than most other special characters.
Attack (Sonic Advance 2)
Minus Ring
Reaper
Spring
Steal Boost
Steal Wisp
EMP Boost
Lightning Bolt
Slingshot Boost
Tricky Towers
Playable characters
Common
Amy · Charmy · Classic Sonic · Knuckles · Omega · Silver · Sonic · Tails
Rare
Blaze · Cream · Espio · Jet · Rouge · Storm · Vector · Tangle · Wave · Whisper
Super Rare
Big · Chaos · Eggman · Gamma · Metal Sonic · Shadow · Tikal · Zavok · Zazz · Zeena
Special
All-Star Amy · Baby Sonic · Boscage Maze Sonic · Chrono Silver · Chuck · Classic Super Sonic · Darkspine Sonic · Dragon Hunter Lancelot · Dragonclaw Tails · Dragonfire Sonic · DJ Vector · Elf Classic Sonic · Elite Agent Rouge · Excalibur Sonic · Ice Slicer Jet · Jingle Belle Amy · Knuckles the Dread · Lantern Silver · LEGO® Amy · LEGO® Sonic · LEGO® Tails · Linebacker Omega · Longclaw · Lucky Whisper · Lunar Blaze · Movie Sonic · Movie Super Sonic · Movie Tails · Mummy Knuckles · Nutcracker Silver · Paladin Amy · Panda Amy · Popstar Amy · Punk Zazz · Quarterback Zavok · Reaper Metal Sonic · Rockstar Rouge · Santa Big · Sir Galahad · Sir Gawain · Sir Lancelot · Sir Percival · Slugger Sonic · Snowdrift Sonic · Spring Cream · Super Shadow · Super Silver · Super Sonic · Tails Nine · Thorn Rose · Tidal Wave · Treasure Hunter Knuckles · Tropical Storm · Unicorn Cream · Valentine Rouge · Vampire Shadow · Werehog · Witch Rouge
Challenger
Grim Sonic · Infinite · LEGO® Dr. Eggman · Mephiles · Movie Knuckles · Red · Rusty Rose · Surge · Warlock Infinite
Non-playable characters
Boo · Chao · Cheese · Froggy · Phantom Copy · Shadow (enemy) · Wisp (Black , Blue , Crimson , Cyan , Gray , Ivory , Magenta , Pink , Red , White , Yellow )
Tracks
Green Hill
Pyramid Valley · Corkscrew Canyon · Parched Palms
Sky Sanctuary
Temple Gate · Celestial Skyway · Pinnacle Peaks · Ancient Isles · Spiral Heights
City
Sunset Bridge · Splash Highway · Viaduct Valley · Red Gate Bay
Mystic Jungle
Lambent Grove · Electric Arbor · Dash Vegas · Glowing Grotto
Golden Bay
Street Retreat · Suburban Speedway · High Hill Park
Planet Wisp
Mining Mayhem · Mining Mayhem R
Emerald City
Downtown Dash · Emerald Market Blitz · Big City Sprint
Removed
Sandy Hills · Desert Falls · Parched Palms R · Pyramid Valley R · Celestial Skyway R · Temple Gate R · Red Gate Ruins · Red Gate Bay R · Splash Highway R · Tangled Tunnels
Enemies
Buzz Bomber · Egg Chaser · Egg Pawn
Moves/techniques
Chaos Spear · Grinding · Grind Step · Hover · Slide · Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Super Sonic Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles
Conveyor Belt · Corkscrew · Dash Panel · Grind Rail · Loop · Spikes
Items
General
Chest · Phantom Ruby prototype · Red Star Ring · Ring · Trophy
Item Box power-ups
Audio Assault · Balkiry · Bam-Boost · Bashosen · Bass Boost · Bat Bomb · Beat Boost · Blazing Aura · Blizzard Bomb · Boo-Boost · Booby Trap · Broadside · Brutal Barrier · Brutal Blitz · Bubble Bomb · Bullet Punch · Bunny Boost · Captive Light · Chao Attack · Chao Chase · Chao Guardians · Chao-nado · Choc Lock · Chaos Charge · Chaos Slash · Chopper Chomp · Claw Boost · Confusion Boost · Confusion Mine · Crossed Wires · Cyan Laser · Cyborg Smash · Cyclone Charge · Dark Blast · Dark Embrace · Dead End · Deadly Replica · Drac-O'-Lantern · Dragon Breath · Dragon Dance · Dragon Flight · Dragon Smoke · Dual Wield Dash · Electro Boost · EMP Boost · EMP Shield · Energy Cannon · Explosive Mine · Fearless Strike · Feral Dash · Festive Forest · Festive Umbrella Boost · Fire Boost · Fire Whirl · Fireball · Firecracker · Firework Flurry · Flue Shot · Frozen Chopper Chomp · Gail Meteor · Gathered Flame · Gift Trapped · Gift Wrapped · Gold Rush · Golden Boost · Green Hover · Grimions · Hammer Slam · Hard Rock · Harvest Time · Hedge Maze · Home Run · Honor Guard · Ice Boost · Ice Mine · Ice Wave · Invincibility · Jingle Boost · Jump Scare · Jungle Run · King's Judgement · Knight Smite · Laevatein Lunge · Laser Blaster · Lava Bomb · Lightning · Lightning Bolt · Lilytrap · Love Struck · Magical Boost · Metal March · Meteor Charge · Missile Launch · Moto-Bug · Panda Mine-ium · Phantom Dagger · Phantom Dash · Pink Spikes · Power Sneakers · Power Surge · Psy-Chlone · Psychic Strike · Psychic Surge · Psychic Surprise · Pyro-Mine · Rainbow Blast · Reality Warp · Red Dragon · Ring Portal · Rocket Boost · Rocky Road · Savage Throw · Sharp Shelter · Shield · Shockwave · Slingshot Boost · Slow Burn · Snowball · Solo Hit · Soul Surge · Spear Trap · Speed Break · Stalking Shade · Star Trail · Steal · Storm Cloud · Strike Out · Super Form · Swarming Darkness · Tail Spring · Tail Strike · Tornado · Trap Shot · Tricky Towers · Twin-Tail Boost · Umbrella Boost · Volt Bolt · Whirlwind Wallop · Whirlwind · Wind Boost · Wipeout · Wrench Rush · Zap Trap
Other
Air Shoes · Angry Birds · Arondight · Chaos Emeralds · Ddraig Goch · Eggmobile · EMP-Charged Boots · Excalibur · Experience Point · Extreme Gear (Type-J , Type-S , Type-W ) · Flamberge · Galatine · Holo-Tech Sword · Jet Booster · Laevatein · Phantom Ruby · Psycokinetic Enhancers · Ring (Paramount) · Sonic's shoes · Variable Wispon