not as fast as sonci tho 2 years ago his entry has been updated to state that his sonic level speed comes partly from his shoes and during the idw comics while shadow was infected he ran only faster than the average zombot due to him not being able to control his shoes while infected. in fact, the skill card for his running in Sonic Battle credits the rocket skates for being the reason for his speed.
Another fact that adds on to the chaos control fact: shadow can use a short range teleportation move called chaos snap. It can be done without using an emeralds space time manipulation abilites which would explain scenarios where he doesnt seem to have an emerald with him.
@@dragowolf268 either he had a pocketed emerald or the writers weren't thinking straight. He wouldn't really be at high enough chaos energy to pull off a move like that otherwise.
In Sonic Battle Shadow can use chaos control without an emerald but he can only do it for a limited amount. This is because he holds the energy from the emerald like a battery.
Wait, When? I mean in SA2 he always have emerald with him: 1. first Meeting with sonic 2. On prison island In theory we could count using chaos control in final fight vs sonic, but it was short range, so it was more like chaos snap. Snap needs less energy so shadow can use it without emeralds.
@@symonwoj4588 chaos snap and chaos control are the same thing. Just one is a name given to the ability when it's used in a short period of time. But both are the same basic function
@@thatguyoverthere2217no chaos snap is a short range teleport, chaos control is time manipulation, shadow doesn't need an emerald to perform a Chaos Snap.
Ngl I would be okay if they showed the scene like at the beginning of Shadow The Hedgehog where it cuts to white as soon as the gun shot is heard. It gives the emotional effect needed towards Shadow.
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@@crazeristicgamer7074If youre an actual sonic fan, then you should know that sonic is slighty faster and is slightly better than shadow overall (powerscale their feats)
I knew all the facts, except for the chaos emerald part and the fact that top five popular Sonic characters are Sonic, Shadow, Tails, Knuckles and Amy.
Fun Fact: Shadow's Chaos Control is green and he very rarely uses that to teleport. The blue one in 06 and Shadow The Hedgehog, is called Chaos Snap which DOES NOT require a Emerald but requires his motive to be good.
I already knew these. Also, he can teleport and use his regular chaos abilities without an emerald, just not chaos control. So Chaos Boost, Chaos Spear, Chaos Snap, Chaos Blast, and ALLLL of the moves he has in Sonic Battle are moves he can use without the use of an emerald.
Shadow The Hedgehog established that he can use Chaos Control without an emerald under certain circumstances with the game having it so that it seems dependent on his internal energy and moral alignment (as well as his proximity to Black Doom and his legion).
Well there are some abilities that he can use with his own chaos energy, for example Chaos snap, which is a short range teleportation. But a pure chaos emerald to manipulate time and space to a certain degree, he needs to harness the chaos energy of at least one chaos emerald
Shadow is able to Chaos Snap, a short-distance teleportation move, without a Chaos Emerald. He has done this on multiple occasions and presumably will continue doing so even in SXS Generations
@@twissol2494 I mean it does make sense why, Chaos Snap was retconned in 05, wheras the iconic City Escape scene in X and SA2 happened before and are just more commonly known about.
I think he just can teleport (to explain why he does when he has no chaos emeralds) he just harnesses the chaos energy to pull off minor chaos control, the energy he CAN use, that isnt limited by the rings, being enough to teleport him from one place to another. Just a guess
That’s what I thought, I was 100% sure he can do it without a chaos emerald, hence why he needs inhibitor rings to help with how much chaos energy he has
Also, the panel he showed in the video wasn't saying that Shadow can't do Chaos Control without an emerald. The panel he showed was saying that at the time, Shadow didn't have enough energy to perform Chaos Control without an emerald.
@@ski_the_kid999 I've always figured that's what they were for, because if his speed and power are tied to his Chaos Energy, it just makes sense he'd be slowed down.
@@maryboyd8126that doesnt make sense, sonic has no chaos energy, by your logic sonic should not be fast, that are like sonics shoes, they create less friction to not damage shadows feet
It’s impossible to use chaos control without a chaos emerald… but when Shadow teleports without an emerald that is an ability known as “chaos snap” which is a short range warp that lets him teleport short distances. It won’t let him travel across long terrain like chaos control can, but it is a good way to quickly move from enemy to enemy in a fight or to quickly snap to cover.
Sonic's shoes accomplish something similar, he needs them to reach top speed otherwise he risks hurting himself. Both of their speed is naturally theirs however.
I like Shadow but my favorite character in all of sonic media is metal sonic he is just cool to me for some reason and if he is in the next movie ohh boy will I be happy
The popular headcannon around the chaos control is that he probably could- he’d just have to take off like 2-3 of the rings, and it’d put him on death’s door
I still thought Shadow could use some Chaos based attacks since he does have Chaos Energy inside him, thanks to Black Doom's blood. Its just that having a Chaos Emerald boosts those abilities and allow him to do more stronger attacks/variations and different techniques he wouldn't be able to without one.
Damn I can't believe the main character, his best friend, his other best friend/rival, his -stalker- "love interest," and his other rival who is the dark reflection of the main character are the most popular characters in the franchise
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With the friends thing, at least in the comics, Shadow PROBABLY considers Amy and Cream something related to friends and he respects Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Silver
@@33pandagamer My thing is that Shadow probably would have issues defining a friend, which is why I always liked the idea of his friendship with Cream, since I think it’s been confirmed she’s on of the only ones to break Shadow’s rough exterior
The first one is false he can go fast as Sonic without the air shoes he is the ULTIMATE life form after all so he doesn't need anything to enhance his abilities plus he has a personal reason why he keeps the air shoes on and that I'm not sure why someone told me it's because MARIA made it from him I can't say if that's true or not but it does make sense remember she is a ROBOTNICK after all plus is would explain why he wont take them off but any way lets hope SONIC 3 does well enough so SHADOW could get his own spin off movie.
Shadow can also be close to chaos emeralds to use their power. He also can sense chaos emeralds. He doesn't need a chaos emerald for Chaos Spear, Chaos Snap(teleport), and Chaos Attack. He needs it for Chaos Control.
Headcanon: Shadow CAN use Chaos Control without an Emerald, but it lasts only for as long as he concentrates, the Emerald only being means to keep it activated without him needing to concentrate, not as much at least
Is it true shadow needs his air shoes? I just assumed they were more convenience and to be able to truly keep up w sonic- but without I’d assume he’d still be incredibly fast being so good as using chaos energy and all
@@Bruno-fw6nw that is true- but it’s still mentioned he’s faster than the other infected- also (it’s been a while since I last read it) but could the metal virus impede his speed as well? Or maybe it impeded his whole “ultimate Lifeform” autonomy but that’s just purely me being stupidly curious about how this all could work lmao
Actually, it's been shown in the game that he's been able to use chaos control without a chaos emerald. It's because the way he was made was with shards of chaos emeralds imbued into his very being.
The comic panel you showed wasn't saying that he can't use Chaos Control without an emerald. What it was saying was that, at that time, he didn't have enough energy to perform it without an emerald.
I would like to mention this is generalization of Shadow. The Chaos Control one, is sort of true. He used a Comic to identify Chaos Control, when discussing of Video Game Shadow, on top of this, a variant of Shadow can perform Chaos Control WITHOUT the Emerald, this is Boom Shadow, since the Chaos Emeralds don't seem to exist in the Sonic Boom Universe.
Counter to your chaos control tidbit. He's explicitly told to use chaos control despite lacking emeralds in the last story of his game. Sonic Battle, he tells Emerl he doesn't need to use the last emerald anymore. That he can use the power in his heart to unleash his chaos moves. I'm willing to contend other times he warped without an emerald were probably chaos snap, but those two points above counter the claim.
I thought you were gonna mention the fact that, in the Sonic Universe comics (I'm pretty sure it was those comics, it's been a little while though so i might be remembering wrong) it's revealed that Shadow has a brother named Eclipse. From what I can remember about him, Eclipse was an absolutely fascinating character. He was very loyal to the Black Arms and deeply valued family, and genuinely wanted to welcome Shadow and to have a relationship with him, and was pretty heartbroken when Shadow rejected him and the Black Arms. I really really wish they'd bring Eclipse back one day, because he has so much potential and so many interesting stories could be told with him. Unfortunately, I do think it's unlikely the poor guy will ever be acknowledged again. But, hey, who knows? Anything could happen
Another fact : shadow has feelings for rouge because in the comics rouge said "If the world is gonna end I wanna spend my final moments with the one I love most" both shadow and knuckles are shocked
Doesn't have any kids? He actually adopted a chao that bares a striking resemblance to himself ...for context he helped take down a weapons dealer who was also chao trafficking in the IDW Comic "Chao Races & Eggman Bases" and was shown tossing a dark chao an apple. In-between issues he adopted it as stated during the 7th Twitter Takeover
His first 3 appearances they nailed it but now they forgot the lore, his air shoes keep him from running too fast, if he touches ground while running he may go too fast.
Honestly after "shadow the hedgehog" game i started thinking shadow felt like sonics brother in a vergil and dante are brothers sort of way. They might fight each other often but when the chips are down they got each others back.
I think shadow can teleport to the small distances without a chaos emerald(because he's built over chaos power and has small part of chaos control inside him) but if he needs to travel to another place or a bigger distance, he needs to have a chaos emerald.
"Chaos spear" is different move than "chaos control". To use chaos control he needs emerald but to use chaos spear he uses chaos energy within his body, but he can boost it with emeralds.
Hey you should soon talk about the sonic Archie comics because they are real interesting and you can learn about characters you've never heard about or seen before.
See the thing that not many people talk about is that Shadow does indeed need a running start...and yadada yada yada,etc...Shadow has the shoes to make himself FASTER,but he doesnt actually need them.
Technically he can use chaos control because he naturally produces and store chaos energy via organs like the bio lizard and in sonic battle he can use chaos control without chaos emeralds
The air shoes is making him glide so he doesnt destroy them by physically running on the ground Like sonic shoes are built to be durable enough to handle him running at top speeds