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Sawsbuck

Season Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Sawsbuck

Sawsbuck (shiny)

Height: 1.9 m
Weight: 92.5 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP166

They migrate according to the seasons, so some people call Sawsbuck the harbingers of spring.

Base stats

HP

80

Attack

100

Defense

70

Sp. Atk

60

Sp. Def

70

Speed

95

Total

475

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

Absorbs Grass moves, raising Attack one stage.

Serene GraceHidden

Doubles the chance of moves' extra effects occurring.

Egg groups: Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Bug2×

Ice2×

Resistant to

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Sun Sweeper

PU

Moves

Item

Normalium Z

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Sawsbuck

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Black

Dragonspiral Tower

White

Dragonspiral Tower

Black 2

Dragonspiral Tower

White 2

Dragonspiral Tower

X

Y

Evolution

Deerling

Lv. 34

Sawsbuck

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Sawsbuck can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Giga ImpactSTAB

Last ResortSTAB

Double-EdgeSTAB

Energy BallSTAB

Moves

Find a move19 of 19

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Horn Leech Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Physical	75	100	10
1	Camouflage User’s type changes to match the terrain.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Megahorn Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Bug	Physical	120	85	10
1	Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Status	—	100	15
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
10	Double Kick Hits twice in one turn.	Fighting	Physical	30	100	30
13	Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn.	Grass	Status	—	90	10
16	Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
16	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Physical	60	—	20
20	Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
24	Jump Kick If the user misses, it takes half the damage it would have inflicted in recoil.	Fighting	Physical	100	95	10
24	Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15
28	Aromatherapy Cures the entire party of major status effects.	Grass	Status	—	—	5
28	Energy Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Grass	Special	90	100	10
36	Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
44	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
44	Nature Power Uses a move which depends upon the terrain.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
52	Solar Beam Requires a turn to charge before attacking.	Grass	Special	120	100	10

Sprites & renders

15 sprites & renders for Sawsbuck.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Menu Icons

Black · White

scarlet violet

X · Y

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ORAS

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Ultra Sun · Moon

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Cite this page

“Sawsbuck”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/sawsbuck.

Species data from PokéAPI.