You can't keep him at bay. He's too fast, and any attacks Pac-Man throws out are punishable by him.Sonic's spooky, but just try to keep him at bay with Nairs and fruit. Hard to do, I know, but Hydrant is also a good idea - you can stop Sonic in his tracks and use it as bait, if he wants to hit the hydrant anyway. Trampolines, too. It's all about stage control with Sonic - if you don't put a stop in his tracks, he'll just run all over you.
Sonic can launch the hydrant quickly, or he can ignore it and run right through it. Doesn't help too much.
If you trampoline and don't hit Sonic or grab a ledge, you're getting punished. I've stopped trampolining in neutral, it's not worth it.
I've played this matchup a lot with @Brawlman1000 . Once Sonic knows how Pac-Man works, you can't do anything without getting punished. Pac can still win...but that's a fight I'd pull a secondary out for.
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