Sonic (Super Smash Flash)

Sonic is a playable newcomer starter character in Super Smash Flash from the extensive cast of characters from the Sonic franchise. He is the second fastest character in the game in terms of moving speed, putting him just behind his clone,. As with the rest of the Sonic cast in the game, Sonic's sprites and attack are ripped straight from the GBA game, .

Sonic is ranked 27th on the tier list, nine spots lower than his placement in the previous tier list.

Attributes
Sonic is one of the fastest characters in the game, with his high movement and attack speed giving him a strong rushdown game. Sonic can use his to approach whilst dealing damage, and he has some decent finishers. He can use his Spin Kick to overwhelm his opponent, then KO them with his Flash Kick. This makes Sonic one of the better beginner characters to begin with.

However, Sonic has range problems in all his moves aside from his Spin Dash, which gives him a very difficult time against characters that out-range him. He is also totally incapable of handling projectiles, as he lacks a projectile himself. Sonic's movement speed actually works against him, as the game's physics make him very hard to control. Sonic lacks survivability, as his jump height is only average at best, he cannot momentum cancel, and he has a difficult time countering opponents' edgeguards despite the fact that he is one of the few characters whose jump can deal damage. These traits give him bad match-ups with higher tiered characters such as and.

Sonic is ranked multiple places below Super Sonic as the latter is much faster and has better finishers than Sonic, despite a slower attack speed and a larger hurtbox. This makes Sonic pretty much obsolete in the convoluted environment of SSF.

Trivia

 * Sonic is one of two characters to appear in SSF before his inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the other being . Hence why he is considered a newcomer in this game.