Sawk
Fighting
Best attacking moveset: Low Kick and Focus Blast, worth 12.7 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Sawk can learn 8 combinations. Low Kick with Focus Blast does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Kick | Fighting | 5 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Poison Jab | Poison | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Slam | Normal | 50 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Brick Break | Fighting | 40 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Focus Blast | Fighting | 140 | 3.5s | -100 |
| Low Sweep | Fighting | 40 | 2.0s | -33 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Sawk has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, photobomb.
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,152 at level 50, 2,788 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,593 CP at level 20, or 1,991 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,517 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 231 attack · 153 defense · 181 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 1 Candy |
| Size | 1.4 m and 51 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Sawk does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Normal, Rock, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 19.7 |
| Rock | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 19.7 |
| Steel | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 19.7 |
| Ice | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 19.7 |
| Dark | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 19.7 |
| Grass | Poison Jab + Focus Blast | 15.4 |
| Fairy | Poison Jab + Focus Blast | 13.0 |
| Fighting | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Ground | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Fire | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Water | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Electric | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Dragon | Low Kick + Focus Blast | 12.7 |
| Poison Jab + Body Slam | 10.1 | |
| Bug | Poison Jab + Body Slam | 10.1 |
| Psychic | Poison Jab + Body Slam | 10.1 |
| Poison | Low Kick + Body Slam | 9.0 |
| Ghost | Poison Jab + Focus Blast | 6.3 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Sawk is actually for.
Counters: what beats Sawk
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mewtwo | Psychic | Confusion + Psystrike Legacy | 37.3 |
 Enamorus | Fairy | Fairy Wind + Fly | 36.0 |
 Tapu Lele | PsychicFairy | Confusion + Natures Madness Legacy | 33.6 |
 Yveltal | Dark | Gust + Oblivion Wing Legacy | 31.9 |
 Alakazam | Psychic | Confusion + Psychic Legacy | 31.9 |
 Toucannon | Normal | Peck + Beak Blast Legacy | 31.6 |
 Moltres | Fire | Wing Attack + Fly | 31.5 |
 Staraptor | Normal | Gust + Fly Legacy | 31.0 |
 Azelf | Psychic | Confusion + Futuresight | 30.9 |
 Hoopa | PsychicGhost | Confusion + Psychic | 30.7 |
Ranked by damage per second against Sawk's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.