Respect Knuckles the Echidna!

No, Sonic. Your war is no concern of mine. It is foretold that one day my people will return from the stars...on that day, I will be waiting.

Biography

Knuckles the Echidna is the brooding yet good-natured guardian of the Floating Island. After being tricked by Robotnik, the guardian becomes a friendly rival to Sonic and always willing to help those around him. However, his first priority will always be guarding his homeland against any villain that tries to claim it, from maniacal mad scientists to sleazy con-men. Even if he is frequently forced off his own island.

Hover over a feat to see which issue it comes from.

I. Strength

Against Other Characters

• Floors Sonic with a surprise punch.

• Strikes the earth hard enough to throw Sonic off his feet.

• Causes the surroundings to collapse while fighting Sonic underground.

• Throws a piece of metal through Metallix's center.

• Tears through the arm of Zachary's robot.

• Anchors himself and Tails against a cliff to counteract a tornado formed by Sonic.

By Himself

• Shatters metal although it was already damaged from a crash landing.

• Destroys a robot in one punch after attacking its hammer hand.

• Punches apart a spike-ball; also counts as a durability feat.

• Punches through mud monsters then causes a rockfall by striking the ceiling.

• Punches into a fault line and splits an entirety of Casino Night Zone (which is comparable to a full-fledged city) from the rest of the Floating Island.^Outlier?

• Topples over a group of people by striking the ground.

• Easily removes a metal hatch door and throws it aside.

II. Speed

• Catches Sonic with a punch but is unable to consistently tag him.

• Dodges a sniper bullet coming from behind.

• Darts out of the way of flowing lava.

• Dodges a barrage of lasers while gliding through the air while also carrying Sonic.

• Catches a plane-like Badnik that flies at similar speeds to Shortfuse.

• Dodges Shortfuse's laser.

• Evades a laser from a Metallix army member, later evades lasers from multiple Metallix.

III. Durability

Blunt

• Beaten around at high speeds by Sonic.

• Clobbered by Super Sonic right after being KO'd by Metallix.

• Unaffected by a long fall.

• Incurs blows underwater from tentacles that easily shatter a large stone pillar while forced to hold his breath for minutes straight.

Energy/Electric

• Takes a blast of Chaos energy.

• Shocked then endures a hand going through his body, grabbing an artifact, then going back through his body with the artifact, and gets right back up after.

• Only angered after being shocked underwater, though he is later brought down with a cattle prod.

Other

• Shrugs off being ejected from a pressurized vortex.

• Poisoned then recovers after sleep.

• Unaffected by being inside a tornado unlike Tails who becomes dazed.

• Shrugs off being telekinetically thrown into a stone wall hard enough to crack it.

IV. Other

• Generally knows the Floating Island like the back of his hand including its traps.

• Carries and controls the Grey Emerald which controls the other Chaos Emeralds, later uses it to defeat Super Robotnik.

• Able to glide, later glides onto the Floating Island after being blinded and thrown off.

• Able to detect fault lines.