Balkiry (power-up)

Launch a flight of Balkiries which home in on your rivals.

— Description of the Balkiry, Sonic Forces: Speed Battle

The Balkiry launches into the air then hits the opponent in a lead after a short time.

— Description of the LEGO® Balkiry, Sonic Forces: Speed Battle

The Balkiry, also known as LEGO® Balkiry, is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a Projectile Item used primarily to attack rivals.

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The Balkiry takes the appearance of the Badnik of the same name, sporting its design from Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, both as an icon and on the tracks.

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In gameplay, the Balkiry can only be obtained at random from Item Boxes by Eggman and LEGO® Dr. Eggman. As with most other Items, Metal Sonic and Metal Sonic Mach 3.0 can also use the Lockup if they use the Steal Item, or Fortune Teller Amy if she uses Lucky Draw or Wall of Cards to steal it from the aforementioned user.

Once obtained, the player can utilize the Balkiry by pressing its icon on the bottom of the HUD. When used, this power-up lets the user deploy five Balkiries from their position. Once deployed, these Badniks will fly into the air, from where they will target the opposing rival character(s) either in front or behind the user, before beginning to home in on them. When the Balkiries mark the opponent(s) as a target, a red target reticle will appear above them. If these Balkiries manage to hit the targeted rival character(s), the target(s) will take damage, causing them to lose Rings and slow down for a few moments. To avoid the Balkiry squadron targeting them, the playable character has to step out of the lane they are on when the Balkiry's red target reticle appears, as it will not adjust to any changes in the playable character's position after appearing.

At its weakest, the Balkiry can only target one rival character. However, the Balkiry can be upgraded by leveling the user up to level 6 and 12 respectively. For each upgrade, the Balkiry can target more rival characters during each usage of it. In Eggman's (as well as LEGO® Dr. Eggman's) case, he has first upgraded the Balkiry after he unlocked, so the third upgrade of the Balkiry (as well as his level 12 upgrade) which will cause more damage.

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Balkiry (power-up)

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