Sawk (Pokémon)

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Sawk (Japanese: ダゲキ Dageki) is a introduced in Generation V.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, but it is considered to be a counterpart of .
==Biology==
Sawk is a bipedal, humanoid 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 with a black, v-neck collar that extends down to its . 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.
==Game data==
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Sawk is available in .
====By leveling up====
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
====Major appearances====
=====Stephan's Sawk=====
Sawk made his animated series debut in The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!, under the ownership of Stephan. He first appeared during Don George's Club Battle tournament, and would go on to become one of Stephan's main Pokémon.
=====Other=====
In A Close Call... Practically!, Jessie pulled a from the Rocket Prize Master to battle and . He 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==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Trainer's Sawk appeared in a flashback in A Nickname for Tepig.
A Sawk was shown with his Trainer, a male , in An Odd Speech, listening to Ghetsis's speech in Accumula Town.
Marshal has a Sawk that fought against 's Pokémon in Unraveling Mysteries.
A 's Sawk was seen in Flying Ship.
A Sawk working for the International Police appeared in The Final Battle.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Sawk is the only Pokémon with the Ability .
* Sawk and draw parallels to the Generation I Pokémon and , 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.Nintendo Dream Vol. 201, January 2011 (Translation by Dr. Lava)
===Origin===
According to interviews with Ken Sugimori in Nintendo Dream, Sawk is based on a karateka (a practitioner).
During development, Sawk and Throh both had horns, which may hint towards their design being originally based on . However, they were replaced with eyebrows so as not to clash with and , who were originally designed to be red and blue, like Throh and Sawk.Nintendo Dream Vol. 205, May 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translation by Dr. Lava)
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 , a well-known 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.Oyama, M. (1963). What is Karate? Japan Publications Trading Company.
It may also draw inspiration from , demons wearing oni masks, replacing the with a .
====Name origin====
Sawk may be derived from sock (to punch).
Dageki may be a combination of 打撃 dageki (blow, strike) and 鬼 ki ().
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Stephan's Sawk
==References==
==External links==
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