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Sawk Karate Pokémon ダゲキ Dageki #0539 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fighting Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Sturdy or Inner Focus Cacophony Cacophony Mold Breaker Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 100% male	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Human-Like Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 4'07" 1.4 m Sawk 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 112.4 lbs. 51.0 kg Sawk 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 163	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Sawk 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Blue	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sawk (Japanese: ダゲキ Dageki) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it is often considered to be a counterpart of Throh.

Biology

Sawk is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon with a lean, blue body and rocky skin. Its head is oblong-like and low on its shoulders, with an ornate sideways z-shaped black feature that forms its nose and its left brow. Its hands and feet each have three digits, with its feet and toes coming to a sharp point. It wears a light blue karate gi with a black, v-neck collar that extends down to its black belt. Sawk will tie this black belt to increase its power. The gi has an intricate diamond pattern on its sleeves and a black, square patch on the bend of its knees.

Sawk is found secluded in the mountains where it trains to increase its strength. It becomes angered if it is interrupted while training. A Sawk that has trained to its fullest potential has enough power to cleave oceans with a single karate chop. This Pokémon is an all male species with no female counterpart.

In the anime

Sawk in the anime

Major appearances

Stephan's Sawk

Sawk made his main series debut in The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!, under the ownership of Stephan. He first appeared during Don George's Battle Tournament.

Other

In A Close Call... Practically!, Jessie pulled a Sawk from the Rocket Prize Master to battle Lucario and Cinderace. It was able to inflict damage before Lucario and Cinderace were able to work together as a team and defeat Sawk.

Minor appearances

Sawk debuted in Black—Victini and Reshiram, where he faced off against Ash's Pikachu in the opening sequence.

A Sawk appeared in a fantasy in The Clubsplosion Begins!.

A Sawk appeared in a flashback or a fantasy in The Forest Champion!.

A Sawk appeared in a fantasy in Solitary and Menacing!, under the ownership of Bea.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Sawk in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

A Trainer's Sawk appeared in a flashback in A Nickname for Tepig.

A Sawk was shown with his Trainer, a male Ace Trainer, in An Odd Speech, listening to Ghetsis's speech in Accumula Town.

Marshal has a Sawk that fought against Black's Pokémon in Unraveling Mysteries.

A Team Plasma Grunt's Sawk was seen in Flying Ship.

A Sawk working for the International Police appeared in The Final Battle: Crushed Ambition.

In the TCG

Main article: Sawk (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Black Belt (5%)
Black	White	Expert Belt (1%)
Black 2	White 2	Black Belt (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Expert Belt (1%)
X	Y	Black Belt (5%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Black Belt (5%)
Sword	Shield	Black Belt (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.42 seconds Base HP: 54 Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 54 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: He is training with Throh to master his moves. He treats strong opponents with respect and doesn't judge them by their appearance.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Fighting Attack Power: ★★★★★ Flinch Attack Briefly stops wild Pokémon from taking action.			Pokémon Shuffle Fighting Attack Power: 60 - 120 10 #142 Power of 4 Increases damage when you make a match of four. Swappable Skill(s): Rock Break+
Pokémon GO Base HP: 181 Base Attack: 231 Base Defense: 153 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Low Kick, Poison Jab Charged Attacks: Focus Blast, Low Sweep, Body Slam, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Sawk  Fighting

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Sawk images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Sawk and Throh draw parallels to the Generation I Pokémon Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, in that they are male-only Fighting-type Pokémon that appear to be counterparts of each other.
• Sawk and Throh were designed by Ken Sugimori.^[1]

Origin

According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Sawk is based on a karateka (a karate practitioner).^[1]

During development, Sawk and Throh both had horns, which may hint towards their design being originally based on oni. However, they were replaced with eyebrows so as not to clash with Tornadus and Thundurus, who were originally designed to be red and blue, like Throh and Sawk.^[2]

Sawk's single eyebrow is likely a remnant of a single horn from its early design, although it could be a reference to an anecdote involving Mas Oyama, a well-known karate expert. It's said that while training in isolation, Oyama was told by his mentor to shave off one eyebrow to resist the temptation to return to society.^[3]

It may also draw inspiration from namahage, demons wearing oni masks, replacing the mino with a karategi.

Name origin

Sawk may be derived from sock (to punch).

Dageki may be a combination of 打撃 dageki (blow, strike) and 鬼 ki (demon).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ダゲキ Dageki From 打撃 dageki and 鬼 ki French Karaclée From karaté and raclée Spanish Sawk Same as English name German Karadonis From Karate and Adonis Italian Sawk Same as English name Korean 타격귀 Tagyeokgwi From 타격 (打擊) tagyeok and 귀 (鬼) gwi Mandarin Chinese 打擊鬼 / 打击鬼 Dǎjíguǐ / Dǎjīguǐ From 打擊 / 打击 dǎjí / dǎjī, and 鬼 guǐ Cantonese Chinese 打擊鬼 Dágīkgwái From 打擊 dágīk and 鬼 gwái

More languages Russian Суак Suak Transcription of English name Thai ดาเกคิ Dakekhi Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Stephan's Sawk

References

External links

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