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Sonic Advance 3 allows you to pair any of the 5 characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy) with any other. This means there are 20 possible teams in the game, all of them with their unique traits. For the purpose of brevity, each character will have appropriate abbreviations when naming a team.

* Sonic = S
* Tails = T
* Knuckles = K
* Cream = C
* Amy = A
* Any character = ?

While the tag actions depend solely on the support character (the list of tag actions are [[Sonic_Advance_3/General_Mechanics#Tag_Action|here]]), the lead character also gains or trades abilities depending on who they are paired with.

Teams are categorized by speed, power, and flight. This is shown in the upper-left corner of the screen during standard gameplay with either a S (Speed), P (Power), or F (Flight).

The type of team is determined by if sonic or knuckles are in your team, as they have the dominant traits. If Sonic is in the team, then the team is automatically speed. If Sonic is NOT in the team, but Knuckles is, then the team is automatically power. If neither Sonic nor Knuckles are in the team (in other words, if Cream or Tails are in the team and Sonic and Knuckles are NOT), the team is flight.

* Speed teams can enter boost mode, either by running for a period of time, hitting a boost pad, or using Sonic's Tag Action
* Power teams can break power barriers, and also take 2 hits to destroy some normal barriers instead of 4.

The "exceptions" to the above rules are S+K and K+S. These are speed teams, but they also have power attacks because both sonic and knuckles are in the same team, so this team has traits from both speed and power.

The team type is honestly a meaningless label aside from the rules above. For example, while S+T can enter boost mode, they can still fly using Tail's air tag action.

= Sonic & Tails =

* Boost Mode
* Tails Tag Action
* Can trick off springs and ramps
* B = skid attack

This is a well-balanced starting team that adapts well to many scenarios casually. Access to boost mode, along with Tail's height-reaching tag actions and tricks off springs, makes this a team well suited for speedrunning vertical levels with boost pads. A key example is Ocean Base 1.

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 * Boost Mode
 * Tails Tag Actions
 * B on ground = skid attack
 * Can trick off springs and ramps
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 * Boost Mode
 * Knuckles Tag Actions
 * B on ground = long-lasting power skid attack
 * B in air = insta-shield
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 * Boost Mode
 * Cream Tag Actions
 * B on ground = skid attack
 * Side+B in air = sideways air dash attack
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 * Boost Mode
 * Amy Tag Actions
 * B on ground = hammer
 * B in air = spin
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 * Boost Mode
 * Sonic Tag Actions
 * B on ground = Tail Swipe
 * A in air/water = flight/doggy paddle as normal
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 * Knuckles Tag Actions
 * B on ground = Tornado attack
 * A in air = Tails Glide
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 * Cream Tag Actions
 * B on ground = Tail Swipe
 * A in air = Upward Propeller Flight
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 * Amy Tag Actions
 * B on ground = hammer
 * A in air = Flight with Hammer. Lasts shorter than normal flight, but gains more vertical height
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 * Boost Mode
 * Sonic Tag Actions
 * B on ground = double punch
 * A in air = headbutt
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 * Tails Tag Actions
 * B on ground = uppercut
 * A in air = midair hop into glide, can climb walls
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 * Cream Tag Actions
 * B on ground = double punch
 * A in air = glide, can climb walls
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 * Amy Tag Actions
 * B on ground = hammer
 * A in air = glide, can climb walls
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 * Boost Mode
 * Sonic Tag Actions
 * B on ground or air = Cheese Bullet
 * A in air = flight
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 * Tails Tag Actions
 * B on ground or air = Cheese Attack
 * A in air = parasol
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 * Knuckles Tag Actions
 * B on ground or air = Cheese Attack
 * A in air = flight
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 * Amy Tag Actions
 * B on ground = hammer
 * B in air = Cheese Attack
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 This team is interesting in that Cream actually gets her own attack that doesn't use cheese: hammer, and a ground pound. This team is also one of four teams that can trick. Cream flight and Amy's tag actions makes this team well suited for vertical levels, while also having access to cheese and tricks.

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 * A in water = breat stroke, can climb walls
 * Floats on water surfaces
-This team is a pretty standard knuckles, with a normal glide, normal punch, normal climbing, and normal floating. Having access to Cream's air tag action makes this a very well-rounded team. It's generally slower than S+C but sacrifice access to boost mode and the aerial side+b attack for having power attacks and gliding, so this team can be used as a safer team instead of S+C. This can also be a good team for bosses thanks to having Cheese access, and having Cheese as a nonstop hitbox circling Cream.
+This team is a pretty standard knuckles, with a normal glide, normal punch, normal climbing, and normal floating. Having access to Cream's air tag action makes this a very well-rounded team. It's generally slower than S+C but sacrifice access to boost mode and the aerial side+b attack for having power attacks and gliding, so this team can be used as a safer team instead of S+C. This can also be a good team for bosses thanks to having Cheese access and rotating Cream.
 = Knuckles & Amy =
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 * Down+B in air = drill attack
 * Floats on water surfaces
 This is another great team both for exploration and vertical levels. Being able to spindash up walls gives this team a niche that S+T and S+A wish they had. Having Amy's tag actions and being able to hammer springs is just icing on the cake. The drill attack is a power attack that's great for attacking downward; unfortunately the only boss this could be applicable for would be Cyber Track's boss, and that's not reliable.

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−	This is another great team both for exploration and vertical levels. Being able to spindash up walls gives this team a niche that S+T and S+A wish they had. Having Amy's tag actions and being able to hammer springs is just icing on the cake. The drill attack is a power attack that's great for attacking downward; unfortunately ~~there aren~~'~~t many bosses where~~ that's ~~useful~~.	+	This is another great team both for exploration and vertical levels. Being able to spindash up walls gives this team a niche that S+T and S+A wish they had. Having Amy's tag actions and being able to hammer springs is just icing on the cake. The drill attack is a power attack that's great for attacking downward; unfortunately the only boss this could be applicable for would be Cyber Track's boss, and that's not reliable.

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 * Floats on water surfaces
-This team is a pretty standard knuckles, with a normal glide, normal punch, normal climbing, and normal floating. Having access to Cream's air tag action makes this a very well-rounded team. It's generally slower than S+C but sacrifice access to boost mode and the aerial side+b attack for having power attacks and gliding, so this team can be used as a safer team instead of S+C.
+This team is a pretty standard knuckles, with a normal glide, normal punch, normal climbing, and normal floating. Having access to Cream's air tag action makes this a very well-rounded team. It's generally slower than S+C but sacrifice access to boost mode and the aerial side+b attack for having power attacks and gliding, so this team can be used as a safer team instead of S+C. This can also be a good team for bosses thanks to having Cheese access, and having Cheese as a nonstop hitbox circling Cream.
 = Knuckles & Amy =

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 * Can trick off springs and ramps
-This team is, hands down, the best team in the game for time attacks. Tail's flight has the unique property in this game where he does not lose any horizontal speed at all. If a jump is buffered from Sonic's Tag Action, then he starts flying, while he does lose boost mode, he will maintain all of that speed through his flight. In addition to that, while Tail's flight is slow for vertical climbing, he can jump in the air thanks to abusing the mechanics of Sonic's Tag Action. This makes this team overall the best in the game for horizontal speed. Being able to trick and swim are just bonuses. His tail swipe attack is also one of the better attacks as it has good reach, doesn't hurt himself, and the hitbox stays out for a little bit of time.
+This team is, hands down, the best team in the game for time attacks. Tail's flight has the unique property in this game where he does not lose any horizontal speed at all (unlike C+S where her flight DOES lose horizontal speed). If a jump is buffered from Sonic's Tag Action, then he starts flying, while he does lose boost mode, he will maintain all of that speed through his flight. In addition to that, while Tail's flight is slow for vertical climbing, he can jump in the air thanks to abusing the mechanics of Sonic's Tag Action. This makes this team overall the best in the game for horizontal speed. Being able to trick and swim are just bonuses. His tail swipe attack is also one of the better attacks as it has good reach, doesn't hurt himself, and the hitbox stays out for a little bit of time.
 = Tails & Knuckles =

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	This team is one of the better ones for exploration and vertical reach, having both T+A's flight with hammer, Amy's tag actions, and also being able to hammer springs. Keep in mind that being able to hammer while flying gives this team potential for aerial bosses as well, like Altar Emerald's boss. Unfortunately, what puts this team behind S+T and S+A is the lack of being able to enter boost mode, but it has its unique niche.		This team is one of the better ones for exploration and vertical reach, having both T+A's flight with hammer, Amy's tag actions, and also being able to hammer springs. Keep in mind that being able to hammer while flying gives this team potential for aerial bosses as well, like Altar Emerald's boss. Unfortunately, what puts this team behind S+T and S+A is the lack of being able to enter boost mode, but it has its unique niche.
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		+	= Knuckles & Sonic =
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		+	* Boost Mode
		+	* Sonic Tag Actions
		+	* B on ground = double punch
		+	* A in air = headbutt
		+	* A in water = breast stroke, can climb walls
		+	* Floats on water surfaces
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		+	This team is well suited for levels that require a lot of horizontal speed while having power attacks as well. While knuckles can't glide like normal, his headbutt works the same way as his forward trick in Sonic Advance 2, in that he gains a forward burst of speed, bounces off enemies, and rolls upon landing (and maintains boost mode if he does it while in it). If it weren't for being able to destroy power barriers, however, this team is generally outclassed by other ?+S teams, since his headbutt isn't as useful as other ?+S team abilities in the air.
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		+	= Knuckles & Tails =
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		+	* Tails Tag Actions
		+	* B on ground = uppercut
		+	* A in air = midair hop into glide, can climb walls
		+	* A in water = breast stroke, can climb walls
		+	* Floats on water surfaces
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		+	This team is very popular among casual players for good reason. Access to gliding, climbing, flying, and Tail's ground tag action makes this team excellent for exploration. In a speedrunning context, this team is a niche at best, thanks to the lack of boost mode. The uppercut is a great fast attack that has a large hitbox and stays out for some time, but unfortunately isn't really applicable for bosses; it's best for the Gemerl fights in stages.
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		+	= Knuckles & Cream =
		+
		+	* Cream Tag Actions
		+	* B on ground = double punch
		+	* A in air = glide, can climb walls
		+	* B while gliding near enemies = homing attack
		+	* A in water = breat stroke, can climb walls
		+	* Floats on water surfaces
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		+	This team is a pretty standard knuckles, with a normal glide, normal punch, normal climbing, and normal floating. Having access to Cream's air tag action makes this a very well-rounded team. It's generally slower than S+C but sacrifice access to boost mode and the aerial side+b attack for having power attacks and gliding, so this team can be used as a safer team instead of S+C.
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		+	= Knuckles & Amy =
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		+	* Amy Tag Actions
		+	* B on ground = hammer
		+	* A in air = glide, can climb walls
		+	* Can spindash up walls
		+	* Down+B in air = drill attack
		+	* Floats on water surfaces
		+
		+	This is another great team both for exploration and vertical levels. Being able to spindash up walls gives this team a niche that S+T and S+A wish they had. Having Amy's tag actions and being able to hammer springs is just icing on the cake. The drill attack is a power attack that's great for attacking downward; unfortunately there aren't many bosses where that's useful.

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 = Team Types =
-Sonic Advance 3 allows you to pair any of the 5 characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy) with any other. This means there are 20 possible teams in the game, all of them with their unique traits. For the purpose of brevity, each character will have appropriate abbreviations when naming a team.
+Sonic Advance 3 allows you to pair any of the 5 characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Cream, and Amy) with any other. This means there are 20 possible teams in the game, all of them with their unique traits. For the purpose of brevity, teams will be abbreviated as two character's abbreviations, with a + in between:
 * Sonic = S