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Overview
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While it is a terror in NU, Sawk isn't that scary in RU. It has a high Attack stat, a usable base 85 Speed, and mediocre defenses. It also has access to a strong STAB move in the form of Close Combat, along with good coverage moves which Hitmonlee doesn't learn, such as Knock Off, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch. Sawk, unlike Hitmonlee, also has enough room to run both Ice Punch and Poison Jab to beat Gligar and Aromatisse, respectively. However, Sawk is outclassed by Gallade, which has all the coverage moves Sawk has access to, in addition to Bulk Up, Swords Dance, and a good secondary STAB move. Hitmonlee, another Fighting-type, hits harder with High Jump Kick than Sawk does with Close Combat thanks to Reckless. However, Sawk's access to Ice Punch differentiates it from Hitmonlee, and Sawk can form an effective core with Gallade, Hitmonlee, or other Fighting-types to weaken the opponent's Fighting-type checks and counters.

Wallbreaker
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name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Ice Punch
move 4: Poison Jab
ability: Sturdy
item: Choice Band / Life Orb
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
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Close Combat acts as a reliable and strong STAB move that can deal lots of damage to Pokemon that don't resist it. Knock Off hits the Ghost- and Psychic-types, most notably Doublade, that are immune to or resist Close Combat. Ice Punch is used mainly to 2HKO Gligar and Amoonguss, and Poison Jab is used to 2HKO Aromatisse. Stone Edge is good for coverage, but Sawk doesn't have a place for it on its set. Earthquake along with Mold Breaker can be used to hit Weezing.

Set Details
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Maximum Attack and Speed investment along with an Adamant nature allows Sawk to hit as hard as possible. Choice Band lets Sawk hit extremely hard, 2HKOing Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off, respectively. Life Orb is an option to allow Sawk the freedom to switch moves, still gaining 2HKOs on Aromatisse and Gligar, but with Life Orb, Sawk won't always 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade without any prior damage. Additionally, it also breaks Sturdy, which allows Sawk to live strong hits that would otherwise OHKO it, such as Acrobatics from Fletchinder; however, Mold Breaker should be used if Earthquake is chosen. Mold Breaker also ensures an OHKO on Rhyperior with Close Combat. A Jolly nature can be used to outspeed Pokemon such as Adamant Hitmonlee, but it takes away some of Sawk's wallbreaking capabilities.

Usage Tips
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Sawk should use its coverage moves to break walls that resist Close Combat such as Gligar, Doublade, Amoonguss, and Aromatisse, and use Close Combat on Pokemon that don't resist it, including Alomomola and Registeel. With Choice Band, predictions have to be made because it is important to hit Aromatisse and Gligar with the respective coverage move on the switch. Avoid getting Sawk burned or paralyzed as status completely shuts Sawk down.

Team Options
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Hitmonlee, Gallade, Cobalion, and Virizion are great teammates because of their abilities to weaken each other's shared checks and counters. For example, Sawk can weaken Doublade, Aromatisse, or Gligar, allowing another Fighting-type to easily muscle through them. As Sawk is mostly a wallbreaker, sweepers such as Sharpedo, Choice Scarf Delphox, and Jolteon can clean up after Sawk has weakened walls. Stealth Rock is necessary for Life Orb Sawk to 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off respectively. Druddigon, Cobalion, Sandslash, and Rhyperior are good teammates to set up Stealth Rock. Rhyperior can also check Flying-types such as Fletchinder and Braviary, which threaten Sawk. Accelgor, Qwilfish, and Omastar can set up Spikes, with the last also being able to lay down Stealth Rock.

Other Options
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Sawk doesn't have many other options, as those options are used better by other Fighting-types. Choice Scarf can be used to allow Sawk to act as more of a revenge killer, but Hitmonlee is a better user of Choice Scarf. Bulk Up is a set up option, but Gallade is a better user of the move thanks to its good natural Special Defense. Taunt is also an option to prevent Pokemon such as Drapion and Qwilfish from setting up entry hazards.

Checks & Counters
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**Weezing**: Weezing can switch into any attack except Mold Breaker Earthquake and can either threaten Sawk with Will-O-Wisp or force it out.

**Faster Pokemon**: Sawk is relatively frail, so any strong, fast Pokemon can KO Sawk with ease. Fletchinder, Delphox, Moltres, Hitmonlee, and Meloetta are all faster and can KO Sawk with their STAB moves, but they must be wary of Sturdy as Sawk can potentially KO them in return.

**Status**: Burn and paralysis completely shut down Sawk.
 
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Overview
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While beingt id a terror in NU, Sawk isn't that scary in RU. It has a high Attack stat, usable base 85 Speed, and mediocre defenses. It also has access to a strong STAB move in the form of Close Combat, along with good coverage moves such as Knock Off, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch which Hitmonlee doesn't learn. Sawk, unlike Hitmonlee, has enough room to run both Ice Punch and Poison Jab to beat both Gligar and Aromatisse, respectively. Sawk is outclassed by Gallade, however, whoich has all the coverage moves Sawk has access to, in addition to Bulk Up, Swords Dance, and a good secondary STAB move, while Hitmonlee hits harder thanks to Reckless and High Jump Kick. However, its access to Ice Punch differentiates it from Hitmonlee, and pairing Sawk with Gallade, Hitmonlee, or other Fighting-types forms an effective core that can weaken the opponent's Fighting-type checks and counters.
Wallbreaker
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name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Ice Punch
move 4: Poison Jab
ability: Sturdy
item: Choice Band / Life Orb
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant
Moves
========
Close Combat acts as reliable strong STAB move that can hurt a lot of Pokemon who don't resist it for a lot of damage. Knock Off hits the Ghost- and Psychic-types that are immune to or resist Close Combat, most notably Doublade. Ice Punch is used mainly to 2HKO Gligar and Amoonguss, while Poison Jab is used to 2HKO Aromatisse. Stone Edge is good for coverage, but Sawk doesn't have a place for it on ithes set. Earthquake along with Mold Breaker can be used to hit Weezing.
Set Details
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Maximum Attack investment along with an Adamant nature allow Sawk to hit as hard as possible to, allowing it to break walls, along with maximum Speed investment. Choice Band allows Sawk to hit extremely hard, 2HKOing Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off, respectively. Life Orb is an option to allow Sawk the freedom to switch moves, still gaining 2HKOs on Aromatisse and Gligar, but it doesn't 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade 100% of the time without any prior damage. Additionally, Life Orb breaks Sturdy, which allows Sawk to live strong hits that would otherwise OHKO it, such as an Acrobatics from Fletchinder; however, but Mold Breaker should be used if Earthquake is chosen in the moveset. Mold Breaker also ensures an OHKO on Rhyperior with Close Combat. A Jolly nature can be used to outspeed some Pokemon likesuch as Adamant Hitmonlee, but it takes away some of Sawk's wallbreaking capabilities.
Usage Tips
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Sawk is a wallbreaker first and foremost, so it should be used to break walls such as Gligar, Doublade, Amoonguss, and Aromatisse with its coverage moves, and Alomomola, Registeel, and anything else that doesn't resist it with Close Combat. With Choice Band, sometimes predictions have to be made when going against Aromatisse or Gligar, and hitting them with the respective coverage move on the switch is important. Avoid getting Sawk burned or paralyzed as istatus completely shuts itSawk down.
Team Options
========
Hitmonlee, Gallade, Cobalion, and Virizion are great teammates because of their abilities to weaken each other's shared checks and counters. For example, Sawk can weaken Doublade, Aromatisse, or Gligar, and allow another Fighting-type to easily muscle through them, and vice- versa. BecauAse Sawk is mostly a wallbreaker, sweepers such as Sharpedo, Choice Scarf Delphox, and Jolteon can clean up after Sawk has weakened walls. Stealth Rock is important for Sawk to break some walls, especially if using Life Orb, as Stealthey areRock is necessary to 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off respectively. For that reason, Druddigon, Cobalion, Sandslash, and Rhyperior are good teammates to lay down Stealth Rock, and Rhyperior can also check Flying-types such as Fletchinder and Braviary, which can threaten Sawk. Accelgor, Qwilfish, and Omastar can also lay down Spikes, with the last being able to also lay down Stealth Rock.
Other Options
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Sawk doesn't have many other options as it is mostly outclassed by other Fighting-types. Choice Scarf can be used to allow Sawk to act as more of a revenge killer, but Hitmonlee is a better user of Choice Scarf. Bulk Up is an option to set up with Sawk, but Gallade is a better user of the move thanks to its good natural Special Defense. Taunt is also an option to prevent Pokemontry hazard setters such as Drapion and Qwilfish from setting up entry hazards.
Checks & Counters
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**Weezing**: Weezing can switch into any attack except Earthquake with Mold Breaker, and can threaten Sawk with Will-O-Wisp or force it out.
**Faster Pokemon**: Sawk is relatively frail, so any faster strong Pokemon can relatively KO Sawk with ease. Fletchinder, Delphox, Moltres, Hitmonlee, and Meloetta are all faster and can KO Sawk with their STAB moves, but must be wary of Sturdy as Sawk can also potentially KO them in return.
**Status**: Burn and Pparalysis completely shut down Sawk.

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Overview
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While it is a terror in NU, Sawk isn't that scary in RU. It has a high Attack stat, a usable base 85 Speed, and mediocre defenses. It also has access to a strong STAB move in the form of Close Combat, along with good coverage moves which Hitmonlee doesn't learn, such as Knock Off, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch which Hitmonlee doesn't learn. Sawk, unlike Hitmonlee, also has enough room to run both Ice Punch and Poison Jab to beat both Gligar and Aromatisse, respectively. However, Sawk is outclassed by Gallade, however, which has all the coverage moves Sawk has access to, in addition to Bulk Up, Swords Dance, and a good secondary STAB move. (period), while Hitmonlee, another Fighting-type, hits harder with High Jump Kick than Sawk does with Close Combat thanks to Reckless and High Jump Kick. However, its Sawk's access to Ice Punch differentiates it from Hitmonlee, and pairing Sawk can form an effective core with Gallade, Hitmonlee, or other Fighting-types forms an effective core that can to weaken the opponent's Fighting-type checks and counters.

Wallbreaker
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name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Close Combat
move 2: Knock Off
move 3: Ice Punch
move 4: Poison Jab
ability: Sturdy
item: Choice Band / Life Orb
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
nature: Adamant

Moves
========

Close Combat acts as a reliable strong STAB move that can hurt a lot of deal lots of damage to Pokemon who that don't resist it for a lot of damage. Knock Off hits the Ghost- and Psychic-types, most notably Doublade, that are immune to or resist Close Combat, most notably Doublade. Ice Punch is used mainly to 2HKO Gligar and Amoonguss, while and Poison Jab is used to 2HKO Aromatisse. Stone Edge is good for coverage, but Sawk doesn't have a place for Stone Edge it on its set. Earthquake along with Mold Breaker can be used to hit Weezing.

Set Details
========

Maximum Attack and Speed investment along with an Adamant nature allows Sawk to hit as hard as possible, allowing (could you find another word to avoid the repetition of "allowing ... to"?) it to break walls, along with maximum Speed investment. Choice Band allows Sawk to hit extremely hard, 2HKOing Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off, respectively. Life Orb is an option to allow Sawk the freedom to switch moves, still gaining 2HKOs on Aromatisse and Gligar, but it doesn't with Life Orb, Sawk won't always 2HKO undamaged Alomomola and Doublade 100% of the time without any prior damage. Additionally, Life Orb breaks Sturdy, which allows Sawk to live strong hits that would otherwise OHKO it, such as an Acrobatics from Fletchinder; however, Mold Breaker should be used if Earthquake is chosen in the moveset. Mold Breaker also ensures an OHKO on Rhyperior with Close Combat. A Jolly nature can be used to outspeed some Pokemon such as Adamant Hitmonlee, but it takes away some of Sawk's wallbreaking capabilities.

Usage Tips
========

Sawk is a wallbreaker first and foremost, so it should be used to use its coverage moves to break walls that resist Close Combat such as Gligar, Doublade, Amoonguss, and Aromatisse with its coverage moves, and use Close Combat on Pokemon that don't resist it, including Alomomola and (remove comma) Registeel, and anything else that doesn't resist it with Close Combat. With Choice Band, sometimes predictions have to be made when going against Aromatisse or Gligar, and because it is important to hitting them Aromatisse and Gligar with the respective coverage move on the switch is important. Avoid getting Sawk burned or paralyzed as status completely shuts Sawk down.

Team Options
========

Hitmonlee, Gallade, Cobalion, and Virizion are great teammates because of their abilities to weaken each other's shared checks and counters. For example, Sawk can weaken Doublade, Aromatisse, or Gligar, and allowing another Fighting-type to easily muscle through them, and vice versa. (it's an example) As Sawk is mostly a wallbreaker, sweepers such as Sharpedo, Choice Scarf Delphox, and Jolteon can clean up after Sawk has weakened walls. Stealth Rock is important for Sawk to break some walls, especially if using Life Orb, as Stealth Rock is necessary for Life Orb Sawk to 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off respectively. For that reason, Druddigon, Cobalion, Sandslash, and Rhyperior are good teammates to lay down set up Stealth Rock. (period), and Rhyperior can also check Flying-types such as Fletchinder and Braviary, which can threaten Sawk. Accelgor, Qwilfish, and Omastar can also lay down set up Spikes, with the last also being able to also lay down Stealth Rock.
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Other Options
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Sawk doesn't have many other options, (comma) as it is mostly outclassed those options are used better by other Fighting-types. Choice Scarf can be used to allow Sawk to act as more of a revenge killer, but Hitmonlee is a better user of Choice Scarf. Bulk Up is an setup option to set up with Sawk, but Gallade is a better user of the move thanks to its good natural Special Defense. Taunt is also an option to prevent entry hazard setters Pokemon (it would be great if you could find another way to phrase this, but the original was repetitive) such as Drapion and Qwilfish from setting up entry hazards.

Checks & Counters
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**Weezing**: Weezing can switch into any attack except Mold Breaker Earthquake with Mold Breaker, and can either threaten Sawk with Will-O-Wisp or force it out.

**Faster Pokemon**: Sawk is relatively frail, so any strong, faster strong Pokemon can relatively KO Sawk with ease. Fletchinder, Delphox, Moltres, Hitmonlee, and Meloetta are all faster and can KO Sawk with their STAB moves, but they must be wary of Sturdy as Sawk can also potentially KO them in return.

**Status**: Burn and paralysis completely shut down Sawk.
 

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overview said:
It also has access to a strong STAB move in the form of Close Combat, along with good coverage moves which Hitmonlee doesn't learn, such as Knock Off, Poison Jab, and Ice Punch which Hitmonlee doesn't learn.
I don't really like this change from the amcheck because it misinforms the reader into thinking that Hitmonlee can't learn Knock Off (which is false). However, the original phrasing itself is a bit sloppy, so I think it should be changed to: It also has access to a strong STAB move in the form of Close Combat and good coverage moves which Hitmonlee doesn't learn, such as Poison Jab and Ice Punch, alongside the usual Knock Off.

Feel free to change it up if you don't like it, as I myself think it could probably be better.

moves said:
Close Combat acts as a reliable and strong STAB move that can hurt a lot of deal lots of damage to Pokemon who that don't resist it for a lot of damage.
Just adding an "and" here.

moves said:
Stone Edge is good for coverage, but Sawk doesn't have a place for Stone Edge it on its set.
I personally don't think this change should be made, it sounds fine as it is.

set details said:
Maximum Attack and Speed investment along with an Adamant nature allows Sawk to hit as hard as possible, allowing (could you find another word to avoid the repetition of "allowing ... to"?) it to break walls, along with maximum Speed investment.
I think the last part of the sentence could just be outright removed, as it's fairly unneeded (so just end it off at "allows Sawk to hit as hard as possible).

set details said:
Choice Band allows Sawk to hit extremely hard, 2HKOing Alomomola and Doublade with Close Combat and Knock Off, respectively. Life Orb is an option to allow Sawk the freedom to switch moves, still gaining 2HKOs on Aromatisse and Gligar, but it doesn't with Life Orb, Sawk won't always 2HKO undamaged Alomomola and Doublade 100% of the time without any prior damage.
Couple of things here. Firstly, the usage of "allows" is too repetitive. Maybe say "Choice Band lets Sawk hit extremely hard, blah blah blah". Also, I think the last bit of the second sentence could be kept, so it would be as so: Life Orb is an option to allow Sawk the freedom to switch moves, still gaining 2HKOs on Aromatisse, but with Life Orb, Sawk won't always 2HKO Alomomola and Doublade without any prior damage."

I think that's it, great job to both frenzyplant and Arikado ^.^

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