Homing Shot

For the attack used by Sonic Man in the Archie Comics, see Homing Shot (Archie).

Launch a volley of energy spheres at the enemy.

— Description, Sonic Frontiers^[1]^[2]

The Homing Shot^[1]^[2] (ホーミングショット^[3]^[4], Hōmingu Shotto^?) is a move that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a technique used by Sonic the Hedgehog where he releases ten spheres containing shockwaves that home in on the enemy at once.

Description[]

When performing the Homing Shot, Sonic rolls into a ball and spins in midair, generating ten copies of his ball form that contain shockwaves. All of them home in on the enemy, then circle in for attacking.

In the gameplay of Sonic Frontiers, the Homing Shot serves as an unlockable Skill for Sonic purchased from the Skills menu for thirty Skill Points.^[2] It can be activated by pressing // in midair, then // in midair.

Overview[]

In gameplay, the prompt only appears during training. In terms of attack, this move is similar to ten attacks in a combo.

Gallery[]

Screenshots[]

Gallery
Sonic using Homing Shot, from Sonic Frontiers. Sonic using Homing Shot, from Sonic Frontiers. Super Sonic using Homing Shot, from Sonic Frontiers.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Team (8 November 2022). Sonic Frontiers. Xbox Series X/S. Sega. Area/level: Skills Menu. "Description: Launch a volley of energy spheres at the enemy."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dreed (@whyyydreed) on Twitter. Twitter (29 August 2022). Retrieved on 29 August 2022. "Dreed: These are all of the upgrades in the Gamescom Demo. I think in the final game it will be more. I hope the text on the right is good readable. Also notice the upgrades next to the normal upgrades. These are unlocked from progression (as far as we know)."
↑ Sonic Team (8 November 2022). Sonic Frontiers. PlayStation 5. Sega. Area/level: Skills Menu. "ホーミングショット: 光の球を一斉に敵に射出する攻撃を発動することができます。"
↑ PS5《索尼克未知邊境 Sonic Frontiers》出乎意料的爽快開放區域玩法東京電玩展實機遊玩 (Traditional Chinese). YouTube (18 Sepetember 2022). Retrieved on 18 Sepetember 2022.

Sonic Frontiers

Main article (The Final Horizon) · Script · Credits · Development · Beta elements · Glitches · Gallery

Playable characters		Amy* · Knuckles* · Tails* · Sonic (Super Sonic (Super Sonic 2* (Super Sonic Cyber*)))
Non-playable characters		Ancients (Crane, Dragon, Elder, Master King, Snake, Tiger) · Animals · Big · Eggman · The End · Koco (Elder Koco, Hermit Koco, Impact Form, Koco Device, Lookout Koco, Map Koco, Master Koco* (Master King Koco), New Koco, Skill Piece Koco) · Sage
Stages	Open Zone areas	Kronos Island · Ares Island · Chaos Island · Rhea Island · Ouranos Island
	Cyber Space themes	Green Hill · Chemical Plant · Sky Sanctuary · Eternal Highway
	Cyber Space stages	1-1 · 1-2 · 1-3 · 1-4 · 1-5 · 1-6 · 1-7 · 2-1 · 2-2 · 2-3 · 2-4 · 2-5 · 2-6 · 2-7 · 3-1 · 3-2 · 3-3 · 3-4 · 3-5 · 3-6 · 3-7 · 4-1 · 4-2 · 4-3 · 4-4 · 4-5 · 4-6 · 4-7 · 4-8 · 4-9 · 4-A* · 4-B* · 4-C* · 4-D* · 4-E* · 4-F* · 4-G* · 4-H* · 4-I*
	Fishing Spots	Western · Northern · Eastern · Southern
Challenges	Kronos Island	M-001 · M-002 · M-003 · M-004 · M-005 · M-006 · M-007 · M-008 · M-009 · M-010 · M-011 · M-012 · M-013 · M-014 · M-015 · M-016 · M-017 · M-018 · M-019 · M-020 · M-021 · M-022 · M-023 · M-024 · M-025
	Ares Island	M-026 · M-027 · M-028 · M-029 · M-030 · M-031 · M-032 · M-033 · M-034 · M-035 · M-036 · M-037 · M-038 · M-039 · M-040 · M-041 · M-042 · M-043 · M-044 · M-045 · M-046 · M-047 · M-048 · M-049 · M-050 · M-051 · M-052 · M-053 · M-054
	Chaos Island	M-055 · M-056 · M-057 · M-058 · M-059 · M-060 · M-061 · M-062 · M-063 · M-064 · M-065 · M-066 · M-067 · M-068 · M-069 · M-070 · M-071 · M-072 · M-073 · M-074 · M-075 · M-076 · M-077 · M-078
	Ouranos Island	M-079 · M-080 · M-081 · M-082 · M-083 · M-084 · M-085 · M-086 · M-087 · M-088 · M-089 · M-090 · M-091 · M-092 · M-093 · M-094 · M-095 · M-096 · M-097 · M-098 · M-099 · M-100 · M-101 · M-102 · M-103 · M-104 · M-105
	*The Final Horizon**	M-106 · M-107 · M-108 · M-109 · M-110 · M-111 · M-112 · M-113 · M-114 · M-115 · M-116 · M-117 · M-118 · M-119 · M-120 · M-121 · M-122 · M-123 · M-124 · M-125 · M-126 · M-127 · M-128 · M-129 · M-130 · M-131 · M-132
Story quests		The Best Defense · Bridge the Gap · Family Gathering · Koco Roundup · Mechanical Collectible · SOS Backup · Spring is in the Air
Island Mysteries		A Grave Mystery · Drain the water to move on · Hacking Mission (Chaos Island, Ouranos Island #1, Ouranos Island #2) · Harmonic rod · Match the colors · Pinball · Turn the statue to open the gate
Enemies	Open Zone areas	Balloon · Banger · Bubble · Buzz Bomber ·* Buzzer ·* Capture · Cyclone · Eagle · Hopper · Jellyfish · Moto Bug · Shell · Sniper · Soldier · Spinner* · Thunder Spinner* · Wolf
Enemies	Cyber Space stages	Buzz Bomber · Buzzer · Chopper · Crabmeat · Eggrobo · Grabber · Moto Bug · Spinner* · Thunder Spinner*
Bosses	Guardians	Asura · Caterpillar · Excavator · Fortress · Ghost · Kunoichi · Master Ninja · Ninja · Red Pillar · Shinobi · Shark · Silver Hammer · Spider · Squid · Strider · Sumo · Tank · Tower
	Titans	Giganto · Wyvern · Knight · Supreme
	Misc.	The End
Moves/techniques	General	Aerial Boost (Air Boost Cancel Stomp) · Attack · Boost (Power Boost) · Cartwheel · Climb · Crouch · Dodge · Double Jump · Drift · Drop Dash · Grab · Grind Step · Grinding · Homing Attack (Homing Attack Cancel Stomp) · Homing Dash · Jump Stomp · Light Dash · Lock on · Parry (Continuous Parry, Perfect Parry*) · Side Step · Skydiving · Slide · Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Stomp · Wall Jump · Wall Run (Boosted Wall Run)
	Skills	Air Trick · Auto Combo · Card Attack* · Card Float* · Card Spin* (Infinte Card Spin) · Card Spin Boost · Card Stomp* · Charged Wrench Attack* · Combo Attack* · Cross Slash · Cyblaster* · Cyclone Boost* · Cyclone Cannon* · Cyclone Kick · Cyhammer* · Cyknuckle* · Cyloop · Drill Spin Attack* · Drill Spin Boost* · Fly* · Glide* (Infinite Glide) · Grand Slam · Heat Stomp · High Card Jump* · Homing Attack · Homing Shot · Jump (Double Jump) · Loop Kick · Multi-lock* · Parry (Break Parry, Debuff Parry, Poison Parry) · Phantom Rush · Quick Cyloop · Recovery Smash · Sonic Boom · Spike Stomp · Spin Dash · Spin Slash · Stomp Attack · Wall Climb* · Wild Rush · Wrench Attack*
	Misc.	Dark Shot · Homing laser · Light Shot
Gimmicks and obstacles		Accelerator Gun · Ancient gate · Ancient light panel · Balloon · Bee · Black wall · Blue blob · Bomb · Bomb Block* · Box · Bumper · Cannon · Car · Cloud · Chaos Engine · Dash Panel · Dash Ring · Dash Rail · Drift Dash Panel · Egg Spring · Energy bullet · Fan · Flipper · Four-way Cannon · Grind Rail · Hang Glider · Harmonic rod · High-speed warp tube · Hint Ring · Horizontal Bar · Hourglass · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Laser field · Mirror · Movable box · Pole Elevator · Portal Gate · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Red wall* · Ring Gate · Ring Shooter · Skateboard · Spikes · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Statue · Sling Shot · Switch · Target sphere · Trick Jump Panel · Wall Jump Block · Warp Point · Wide spring · Zip Line
Items	Open Zone items	Chaos Emerald · Container (Steel, Wooden, Unbreakable) · Gold Card (3 Gold Cards) · Koco capsule · Machine part · Memory Token · Number Ring* · Portal Gear · Purple Coin · Red Star Ring · Ring · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense, Red Seed of Power) · Silver Moon Ring* · Skill Piece · Sound Memory · Star piece · Super Ring · Treasure Token · Vault Key
Items	Fishing Spot items	Acorn (Silver acorn) · Alligator · Ancient tablet · Anglerfish (Flashy anglerfish) · Barracuda · Clownfish · Black bass · Carp · Crab · Chopper · Clownfish · Coelacanth (Golden coelacanth), Crayfish, Flying fish, Goldfish (Platinum-golden fish) · Egg Memo · Giant isopod (Red giant isopod) · Goal Plate · Gourami · Flounder · Hammerhead shark (Polka-dot hammerhead shark) · Item Box · Loach · Marlin · Medaka · Moray eel · Nishiki koi · Oarfish · Octopus (Blue-ringed octopus) · Poison dart frog (Big rainbow colored frog) · Pufferfish · Red stingray · Ring · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense, Red Seed of Power) · Salmon (King salmon) · Scrolls (Elder Koco's scroll, Hermit Koco's scroll) · Seahorse · Seeds (Blue Seed of Defense, Red Seed of Power) · Snapping turtle · Spring (Red spring, Yellow spring) · Squid · Starfish (Black starfish) · Star Post · Stingray · Sunfish (Striped sunfish) · Tadpole · Tin can (Red can) · Tire · Treasure box (Golden treasure box) · Tuna · Twig
Voice actors	English	Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) · Mike Pollock (Eggman, The End; male voice) · Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails) · Cindy Robinson (Amy, The End; female voice) · Dave B. Mitchell (Knuckles) · Kyle Hebert (Big) · Ryan Bartley (Sage) · Airi Ōtsu (Koco)
Voice actors	Japanese	Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) · Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) · Taeko Kawata (Amy) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) · Takashi Nagasako (Big) · Megumi Hayashibara (Sage) · Gara Takashima/Hōchū Ōtsuka (The End) · Airi Ōtsu (Koco)
Music	Songs	"I'm Here" · "Undefeatable" · "Break Through It All" · "Find Your Flame" · "Dear Father" · "Vandalize" · "I'm With You" · "One Way Dream" · "Database" · "Flowing" · "Déjà vu" · "Escape the Loop" · "Enjoy this World" · "All Reality" · "Ephemeral" · "Arrow of Time" · "No Pain, No Gain" · "Maybe If..."* · "Blood Flow"* · "Another Passage"* · "Dropaholic"
	Unlockable songs	"Open Your Heart" · "It Doesn't Matter" · "Live and Learn" · "Escape from the City" · "Sonic Heroes" · "Seven Rings In Hand" · "Let the Speed Mend It" · "Knight of the Wind" · "Fist Bump" · "Moonlight Battlefield" · "Reach for the Stars (Re-Colors)"
	Albums	Sonic Frontiers - Main Theme EP · Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack Stillness & Motion · Sonic Frontiers: The Music of Starfall Islands · Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack Paths Revisited
Other		Action Chain Challenge · Ancients' planet · Boost Gauge · Bottomless pit · Chaos Emerald Vault · Chili dog · Combo · Corkscrew · Cyber Cage · Cyber corruption · Cyclone* · D3-COY · Death Egg · Death Egg Robot · Egg Base · Egg Device · Egg Mobile · Fast travel · Fishing Rod · Fortune Cards* · Grind Shoes · Hammerspace · Health Gauge · Hologram Tails* · Infinite Boost · Life · Loop · Mission · Open Zone · Outfit · Oxygen Gauge · Phantom Light · Piko Piko Hammer* · Platform · Portal · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Rocket Boost* · Skill Point · Skill Tree · Slot machine · Sonic Frontiers: Digital Art Book with Mini Digital Soundtrack · Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Convergence · Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence · Starfall · Starfall Islands · Time Attack · Trial* · Trial Tower* · Tornado · Totem pole · Tunnel · Unnamed Shellcracker mecha

*Appears in The Final Horizon exclusively
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[In-Game-Description-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sonic Team (8 November 2022). Sonic Frontiers. Xbox Series X/S. Sega. Area/level: Skills Menu. "Description: Launch a volley of energy spheres at the enemy."

[Skill-Tree-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dreed (@whyyydreed) on Twitter. Twitter (29 August 2022). Retrieved on 29 August 2022. "Dreed: These are all of the upgrades in the Gamescom Demo. I think in the final game it will be more. I hope the text on the right is good readable. Also notice the upgrades next to the normal upgrades. These are unlocked from progression (as far as we know)."

[In-Game-Description-Skills-JP-3] Sonic Team (8 November 2022). Sonic Frontiers. PlayStation 5. Sega. Area/level: Skills Menu. "ホーミングショット: 光の球を一斉に敵に射出する攻撃を発動することができます。"

[TGS-Gameplay-Sound-4] PS5《索尼克未知邊境 Sonic Frontiers》出乎意料的爽快開放區域玩法東京電玩展實機遊玩 (Traditional Chinese). YouTube (18 Sepetember 2022). Retrieved on 18 Sepetember 2022.

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Overview[]

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