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The biggest problem is how the game characters that were already established have to get nerfed into oblivion just to make a comic character look cooler. This entire situation with Blaze shows how badly they are able to go to this extent. Not only Blaze is WAY more agile than Blackwood and she’s not stupid. How would she get tapped on the head very easily?

This is a major problem as it feels like we have to make the video game characters weak in general to have the stories somewhat work. And I feel like the grounded stories IDW is trying to go for is extremely flawed as these are SONIC characters. The same guys who have fought literal DEITIES and have WON! This wouldn’t be bad if the comics weren’t canon, but they are. Which makes everything confusing because let’s be honest, Game Blaze is not letting what Blackwood did to her happen. Blaze fans have an absolute right to be pissed at the writers as they have completely shafted her and made her look weak to what’s not even that impressive from Blackwood.

Hell, another example could be the Silver Eggpawn incident. This was debatably even worse as this quite literally only existed to glaze Whisper. Silver the fucking hedgehog, the same Silver who went toe to toe with Shadow was an Eggpawn victim. And now broski couldn’t escape from the slander. Luckily they have been treating him good lately but it still makes me angry.

To add, Metal Virus completely shatter Shadow’s intelligence. They made him into an arrogant dumbass who got himself infected. Again, Game Shadow uses his ego and HIS BRAIN. I don’t understand why they had to make him brain dead for the plot to go forward. While the grounded feel can work, you’re gonna have to make the comic characters actually on par with the game characters to justify this.

This is just my two cents.

I feel like anytime there is another more underrated character that’s being discussed or compared to Shadow, Shadow’s strength or character writing is always made to be either weaker or way more simple than it actually is. People either have to be dishonest about his strength or character writing to prop another character up. While I do think some of the glaze can get a bit intense, being dishonest about Shadow to further prop up your favorite is kinda weak tbh.

And again I’m not trying to attack anyone for liking someone else over Shadow. That’s fine if you either like him less or don’t like him at all, I’m just saying that your reasons should be honest about both characters. I’ve seen Silver fans have good reasons for liking Shadow less than Silver without it feeling like having to downplay everything Shadow is or does.

What do y’all think?

OG Creator is Named BurnTH

Sounds like a unique mechanic but this ruins others that aren’t as relavant as the main focus

For someone that had to fight in a burning future, it’s very weird that he barely gets showings of it?
What do y’all think?

Me personally, I would rank them like this
Blaze is 5th(behind Metal, Silver, Shadow and Sonic)
Silver is 3rd
That’s just me

Remember, this is my opinion. You can have your own but toxicity over a topic like this isn’t the way.

6. Knuckles-He’s extremely strong and has some of the best durability on this list, the problem is that everyone above him out-speeds him or has better haxes. Knuckles does have the best close range but again, he’s the slowest on the list and lacks haxes so he’s here.

7. Blaze-Before anyone gets mad, she is very strong and you can argue her fourth but it’s somewhat like Knuckles. She is the least durable though and her defense is predictable. Her stamina is weird since in IDW she got tired in Burning Blaze form after dealing with robots in the Neo Metal Sonic arc. This does speak about her base stamina as everyone above her has more. She outranks Knuckles due to range and speed.

8. Metal Sonic- He is a beast with some of the best speed and has the ability to surpass Sonic in speed. There is a problem though, stamina. While he has good hax, he can over exhaust himself the most which leaves him open. I think that’s what puts Metal here, but you can absolutely argue top 3 or even top 2.

9. Silver- Silver has debatably the best hax and defense here. He has the best flight and range options out of everyone and can shut down someone like Knuckles or Metal Sonic. The problem is that Silver has decent to above average physical stats which compared to everyone else is bad. Silver can fight close range but it’s preferred to stay long range. Like Metal, you can argue him over Shadow but I think this placement is more balanced.

10. Shadow-Shadow has some of the best haxes out of everyone especially since he can counter Silver by using Chaos Snap to escape his teleportation. He has great stamina and combat skills, he has projectiles and is all around great. But you can argue him below Silver and Metal Sonic.

11. Sonic-Sonic has a good hax through wind manipulation. He’s also consistently the fastest out of everyone(except overcharged metal). His fighting style can clash with everyone else and he has the best feats.

This is my opinion but I want to see what y’all think

Me personally, I would rank them like this
Blaze is 5th(behind Metal, Silver, Shadow and Sonic)
Silver is 3rd
That’s just me

I feel like people act like Blaze gets sidelined in Silver stories.
06, she was in a mentor role and one never acted superior over the other.
Silver barely has any stories to begin with, so why are we pointing the finger at a specific character instead of realizing that maybe Sega is the problem.
Not to bash on Sega, but all of their characters should feel important.
This will always be a Sega problem, not a Silver problem
I feel like too many people have the habit of blaming a specific character instead of the larger issue.
Silver and Blaze are barely paired up together
Saying that Silver holds Blaze back and vice versa makes no sense!
This also doesn’t just apply to the 2 of them
This applies to every character that’s not Sonic and maybe Shadow(because so many people complain about him when he got only 1 canon side game)