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sawk
#539

Sawk

Karate Pokémon

Fighting

The sound of Sawk punching boulders and trees can be heard all the way from the mountains where they train.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 125
Defense 75
Sp. Atk 30
Sp. Def 75
Speed 85
Total 465

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Karate Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 51.0 kg
Base Exp 163
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

sawk Front Front
sawk Back Back
sawk Front Shiny Front Shiny
sawk Back Shiny Back Shiny
sawk Official Art Official Art
sawk Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.4%
Wallbreaker
Item
Fightinium Z
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Sawk manages to carve a niche for itself among RU's Fighting-type Pokemon for a few reasons. It hits pretty hard and has solid coverage overall with moves like Knock Off and Poison Jab, and a solid Speed tier places it above common metagame threats like Mega Blastoise and Nidoqueen. Sawk's Sturdy ability gives it a huge niche in general as a catch-all answer to many offensive threats and also allows it to check setup sweepers like Barbaracle in a pinch. Due to its good Speed tier, Sawk can afford to run utility moves like Taunt that other Fighting-types in the tier cannot. However, Sawk is pretty frail and outpaced by many offensive threats such as Swellow, Roserade, and Zygarde-10%. Lastly, it faces competition with other Fighting-type wallbreakers like Flame Orb Machamp and Bewear. As a faster Fighting-type, it also faces competition with Virizion, Toxicroak, Medicham, and Passimian.

Most Used Moves

Knock Off
99.6%
Ice Punch
37.7%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc