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This character exists primarily within the Sonic Boom continuity.

The Roller Recoiler[1] is an enemy that appears in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. It is a mass-produced model of Destruction Troops created by Lyric the Last Ancient which can roll over foes.


The Roller Recoilers resemble giant eyeballs with appendages. Their purple eye has a slit-like pupil and green sclera, and has a thin grey and dark red leg connected on each side by a disk-shaped joint. On the bottom of their eye, they have several layers of dark red plating which can slide over their eye for protection.


The Roller Recoilers were made by Lyric the Last Ancient about a millennium ago to aid with his plans to destroy the earth's lifeforms and conquer it. When Lyric was imprisoned before achieving his goal, the Roller Recoilers were shut down.[2] However, Lyric left some of them behind to be found as a contingency plan so the finders would set him free to learn the Roller Recoilers' secrets.[3] Following Lyric's release in the present, he reactivated and/or reclaimed his Roller Recoilers to have them aid his schemes and battle Team Sonic.

By comparison, the Roller Recoilers are not very common enemies, only appearing in a few levels. The player meets them in Lyric's Weapon Facility, Cliff's Excavation Site, The Pit and Lyric's Lair. In gameplay, the Roller Recoilers attack up close by shredding with their moving eyelids, which they signal by glowing yellow just before attacking. Their most potent attack, however, is their Spin Dash-like maneuver where they glow blue and launch a rolling dash towards the player three times in a row. As long as they glow, the player can neither damage nor faze the Roller Recoilers, though using Stomp on top of them can disable this protection and immobilize them briefly.

In terms of difficulty, the Roller Recoilers have more health than enemies like the Swordsman Troopers, but less than the Crusher Brutes, making them moderately tough opponents. When defeated, the Roller Recoilers release three Rings and a varying amount of Robot Scrap.

After Team Sonic defeated Lyric, all the Roller Recoilers were subsequently scrapped.


Basically, the Roller Recoilers are mindless and silent drones unwaveringly loyal to Lyric the Last Ancient, having been programmed to obey his every command.[2] Their loyalty is only superficial however, as the Roller Recoilers are just soulless machines adhering to their programing, meaning their allegiance can easily shift when someone else takes control of them.

Powers and abilities

The Roller Recoilers can curl into a ball and then spin forward with a quick dash to crash through opponents, similar to the Spin Dash. They can also temporarily cloak their entire bodies in a blue force field, making them invulnerable to harm.


Roller Bouncer

Main article: Roller Bouncer

The Roller Bouncer is a variant of the Roller Recoilers which trades its rolling maneuver for more agility. As their name implies, they are able to bounce around as their way of attacking.

Roller Shocker

Main article: Roller Shocker

The Roller Shocker is a variant of the Roller Recoilers equipped with electrokinetic abilities, enabling them to create electrifying trails.





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