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sawsbuck
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Sawsbuck

Season Pokémon

NormalGrass

They migrate according to the seasons. People can tell the season by looking at Sawsbuck’s horns.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 100
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 60
Sp. Def 70
Speed 95
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Season Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 92.5 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

sawsbuck Front Front
sawsbuck Back Back
sawsbuck Front Shiny Front Shiny
sawsbuck Back Shiny Back Shiny
sawsbuck Official Art Official Art
sawsbuck Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 1.8%
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Sap Sipper / Chlorophyll
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sap Sipper / Chlorophyll
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Sawsbuck is a decent sweeper due to its two great abilities: Sap Sipper, which gives it an immunity to Grass-type attacks and boosts its Attack by one stage when it is hit by one, and Chlorophyll, which doubles Sawsbuck's Speed in the sun. Sawsbuck receives competition from Grass-types such as Leafeon; however, it has a niche in its Normal typing, which grants it the ability to hit opposing Grass-types such as Roselia hard with its STAB Normal-type move of choice. Its decent base 95 Speed allows it to be an effective Choice Scarf user. Sawsbuck has good offensive type coverage and it is quite difficult to wall after a Swords Dance. Unfortunately, Sawsbuck isn't too fast for a sweeper when out of the sun, its typing gives it 6 weaknesses to very common attacking types, and its poor defenses mean it's relatively easy to revenge kill.

Most Used Moves

Jump Kick
74.9%
Megahorn
22.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
54.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc