Sawsbuck

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Sawsbuck, with only a 95 base speed, it gets outsped by many things, most notably Base Charizard. Sawsbuck's weak defense also leaves it very open to Mach Punch users like Hitmonchan and Gurdurr. Everything has weaknesses though, let us look at the strengths.

Set Name: SD Deer
Sawsbuck @ Life Orb
Ability: Sap Sipper/Chlorophyl
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Horn Leech
- Double-Edge/Return
- Jump Kick

Moves
Swords Dance is a great way to set up on a bad matchup such as Gastrodon who will want to switch out, as you don't get too many SD opportunities with Sawsbuck's abismal bulk. Horn Leech is a greal move as not only does it deal STAB, it also heals a lot of damage taken from Life Orb. Double Edge is just for pure damage, but Return can be used over it so Sawsbuck can last as long as possible, but sacrificing a little damage. Jump Kick is great for pokemon like Ferroseed, Silvally-Steel and Various normal types, most notably Miltank, while having 5 base spend over it Miltank generally runs bulky.

Usage Tips
Chlorophyll should only be ran on Sun teaams, with Chlorophyl, it gets extremely fast, speeding out most everything, but should still watch out for Gurdurr, and Hitmonchan with Mach Punch, Chlorophyll Sawsbuck should also be in the look out for Abomasnow as it can nullify it's weather, deal massive amounts of damage with Ice Shard, then another faster mon can revenge kill Sawsbuck. Sap Sipper is the set you want to run if you are not running Chlorophyll, it's great for getting a boost off a grass type move when swapping out of a mon super effective to grass.

Team Options
Gastrodon is the best option for Sap Sipper Sawsbuck as grass is it's only weakness, the opponent will want to head for a grass type move, swap into Sawsbuck get the boost. For the Chlorophyll set, Alolan Persian is a great sun setter, one of the bests in the tier, and can set up Sawsbuck for a sweep. A big helper for both of them is Granbull, who can heal bell of any status bothering Sawsbuck, and take on Mach Punching Gurdurr and Hitmonchan.

Other Options
A Scarf set can be ran with Sap Sipper to get a boosts with from it and start sweeping, and with Megahorn instead of SD, but this can be difficult to pull off, as Sawsbuck's moves by itself don't haveven too much coverage.

Checks and Counters.

Gourgeist
Sawsbuck can do literally nothing to Gourgeist, it's moves just don't allow it to.

Weezing
If you are running Return instead of Double Edge, beware of this beast as a plus 2 return even with LO, can not one shot this monster.

Charizard
Zard is faster than Sawsbuck, and can easily rip apart Sawsbuck apart
 
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