Is Sawk Good in Black 2 & White 2 Playthrough?
Fighting with AbilitySturdy surviving any hit at full HP. Wild on Route 18. No evolution. Higher Attack and Speed than Throh. AbilitySturdy guarantees at least one hit. Handles Cheren, Grimsley, and Iris's Aggron through Fighting.
Sawk resists most of Cheren's coverage and hits back hard.
Sawk has the type edge here and should clean up Roxie's team.
Sawk resists most of Burgh's coverage and hits back hard.
Sawk resists most of Elesa's coverage and hits back hard.
Sawk resists most of Clay's coverage and hits back hard.
Sawk has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Sawk has the type edge here and should clean up Drayden's team.
Sawk has the type edge here and should clean up Marlon's team.
Sawk trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Sawk resists most of Grimsley's coverage and hits back hard.
Caitlin's team hits Sawk's weaknesses hard.
Sawk trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Sawk has the type edge here and should clean up Iris's team.
Catch Sawk on Route 23 (walking, Lv 48-49, uncommon).
Black 2 & White 2 Sawk Locations
Sawk appears at high spawn rates across 10 spots in endgame routes. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
Best Locations to Catch Sawk in Black 2 & White 2
walking encounters for Sawk across 9 spots at Lv. 48-59. The catch is that White 2 and Black 2 don't share every location, so compare what's available in your version.
Sawk Weakness
Sawk's Fighting typing leaves it vulnerable to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Sawk can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sawk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Sawk
 Pidove Normal | C | |
 Braviary Normal | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 4 Interact Encounter | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sawk View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x71-84% Dream Eater 2x58-68% | ||
 Unfezant Normal | C | |
 Azelf Psychic | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 23 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sawk View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x115-135%KO Acrobatics 2x43-50% | ||
 Archeops Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Archen (Nacrene City Gift) | ||
Sawk Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Sawk sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and plenty of partners from one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sawk with 53 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group.
B2W2 Sawk Best Moveset
125 Attack at 85 Speed fires Fighting TermStab before many targets, and AbilitySturdy guarantees surviving one hit from full HP. The moveset answers Normal, Steel, and Rock types through raw Fighting power. AbilityMold Breaker ignores defensive abilities as an alternative. 75/75 defenses are moderate.
Best Build
Sawk best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Close Combat
- Ice Punch
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
STAB runs through Close Combat and Focus Blast for the basics, but Sawk's real strength is the 10-type coverage spread. Normal and Ground hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Sawk Black 2 & White 2 Guide
In Black 2 & White 2, Sawk looks average on paper at 465 BST. But Mold Breaker is why it sees play. Build around that and it pulls its weight. C-Tier cannon on our tier list. Close Combat with Choice Scarf is the standard set.
Sawk gets Mold Breaker, Sturdy, and Inner Focus. But Mold Breaker is the one that matters. It's the centerpiece of every viable set. Build around that.
Sawk is a physical attacker with base 125 Attack. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 85 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. Fits the cannon role.
In Black 2 & White 2, run Close Combat, Icepunch, Stone Edge, and Earthquake on Sawk. Close Combat is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the cannon role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Sawk has been obtainable in 8 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Sawk has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves