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Zelda December 4th, 2011 7:50 AM

[Sawk] VS Throh
 

Black and White Weekly Poll #6: Throh vs Sawk
For this week's Weekly Poll, I bring to you the rival fighting types, Throh and Sawk.


http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/thumb/7/74/538Throh.png/184px-538Throh.png

Throh
- A great defensive supporter, with a decent movepool.
- Decent Attack, with greater defense than Sawk
- Guts Ability

- A great physical attacker that can sweep pretty well
- High attack, low defense
- Sturdy Ability


So which will it be for you, Sawk or Throh???


Squirrel December 4th, 2011 7:56 AM

To be honest I hate both of these Pokemon, 2 of my all time least favourites x.x Although Sawk is the lesser of two evils due to having the Sturdy ability, it makes it a pretty lethal sweeper tbh. Although Throh does get its own signature move which is pretty cool... But yeah, I guess Sawk wins. :3

Volcarona December 4th, 2011 8:02 AM

I don't care for either one, but if I had to choose one, I'd pick Sawk. He has better attack and speed. I prefer a faster, aggressive playstyle. ^^

Minishcap December 4th, 2011 8:04 AM

Throh, because it is the only one I've used of the two. Otherwise I don' like them, but then again I usually don't like Fighting Pokémon.

SilverAbsol December 4th, 2011 8:05 AM

Having owned neither, and my first playthrough using nothing but dark types; (Two Liepards, Zoruark, Bisharp and Krokorok. If you're wondering why Scrafty wasn't included, it's because I just don't like their appearance) I'm throwing my vote to the one I feared the most.

Throh has that annoying tendancy of not dying and throwing out Revenge and Vital Throw, which was very lethal to my team >.<

Sawk is an excellent Pokemon from what I've been beaten by, but I just prefer the defence of Throh.

johnny18 December 4th, 2011 8:37 AM

I never use them before and I even forget that they exist so yeah :P
I will just pick Sawk though because of its color, Blue XD

A Pixy December 4th, 2011 8:43 AM

DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE. ;_;

These are my personal favourites from GENV, but I'm gonna have to go with Throh because of how useful he was in my first run-through of White.

Cordelia December 4th, 2011 9:09 AM

Sawk is the best, thanks to Sturdy. That Pokemon is so annoying with that ability XD but it's a very worthwhile Pokemon.

Mr Cat Dog December 4th, 2011 10:24 AM

I like Sawk's design, its sweeper ability, its ability (although not when facing one, of course). I don't like it in all great detail, but in comparison to Throh, it wins this contest in with a landslide victory in my eyes.

Thrash December 4th, 2011 12:24 PM

I dislike them both, mainly because neither of them really look like Pokémon to me. But, I picked Throh because he's short like me. And us short folks gotta stick together, ya'know?

Oryx December 4th, 2011 12:28 PM

Never used either but my boyfriend is obsessed with his Sawk so gonna go with that one. Also blue is cooler than red.

Hikamaru December 4th, 2011 12:37 PM

I chose Sawk as I play Black and Sawk is more common in Black, plus he's cooler.

Even though I have both a Sawk and Throh I just like Sawk better.

I cherish my Sawk when I feel like training him, he has a Relaxed nature and Sturdy ability.

RaichuTuu December 4th, 2011 12:44 PM

Sawk
 
Everytime i battle a sawk i end up getting killed because of Sturdy.
Throh is not much of a threat.

Kenshin5 December 4th, 2011 12:51 PM

I'm going to go with Hitmontop...

I really don't care for either, but I slightly like Throh over Sawk. Stephan Sawk lost to Iris Elomga, are we serious! I am interested to see how Throh is portrayed in the anime, but as now I will go with him just for appearance purpose.

PlatinumDude December 4th, 2011 4:55 PM

I used a Sawk in Black for most of the game and it turned out great because of its Heracross-level Attack and Speed. So I'm going with that one.

sherreamethyst December 4th, 2011 5:07 PM

I don't really like any of them, but I would probably choose Throh. Idk why though, just because I've only used that one before. Sawk actually looks pretty decent though since it's fast, has some good attack, and has the sturdy ability. I'm actually not quite sure which I would choose, but quite honestly, I don't really like either one of them.

Melinda December 4th, 2011 8:52 PM

I prefer Sawk to Throh.
I guess physical > defensive for me. :P

Ciax December 4th, 2011 9:09 PM

I think Sawk is the better of the two. In looks and battling. The thing is that Sawk's movepool is better for Throh and vice versa, if only they swapped these pokemon would be very good.

miltankRancher December 4th, 2011 9:11 PM

Sawk for me I guess. I am not a total fan of these two. But Sturdy became a focus-sash in the fifth gen, so yeah. Sawk for me.

Ephemeral Euphoria December 4th, 2011 10:32 PM

I'd have to say Sawk by far, faster and has a better ability IMO.

Halcyon December 4th, 2011 10:49 PM

Sawk because it's blue. Yeap, that's all. :D

Tetra December 5th, 2011 12:40 AM

I'm saying Sawk. It's blue, and fast. So my vote goes for Sawk!

Overlord Drakow December 5th, 2011 3:07 AM

Definitely the Karate Pokemon Sawk for me, since I can relate to him rather well. Sturdy is also a fantastic ability for him to have albeit a frustrating one when used against me.

This is my post for the 5th December, Kaori.

Pokemon Trainer Touko December 5th, 2011 3:08 AM

Well I don't really like them but Sawk looks a little bit better than Throh so I voted for Sawk lol

vaporeon7 December 5th, 2011 3:11 AM

I don't really like either of them, but I voted Sawk because it is blue, and Vaporeon is blue.

marcc5m December 5th, 2011 5:01 AM

Throw because he was useful in White and Sock is smelly.

Charicific December 5th, 2011 6:06 AM

I think Sawk is better for me, since it can sweep with Speed and Attack Power. Though, to be honest, I found Throh to be more life-saving for me, because I already have good Physical Sweepers. Throh was my Best ANTI-Darkrai Weapon :D !!! Toxic Orb+Protect= Poisoned (Sleep Wont affect me) + 50% Additional Power with Guts+Superpower > :)

It also took out an Arceus with one shot O_O

AquaticWartortle December 5th, 2011 6:09 AM

I like sawk, because he's blue & i'm more of an attacker person (with Pokemon) :P

Cordelia December 5th, 2011 7:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charicific (Post 6954247)
I think Sawk is better for me, since it can sweep with Speed and Attack Power. Though, to be honest, I found Throh to be more life-saving for me, because I already have good Physical Sweepers. Throh was my Best ANTI-Darkrai Weapon :D !!! Toxic Orb+Protect= Poisoned (Sleep Wont affect me) + 50% Additional Power with Guts+Superpower > :)

It also took out an Arceus with one shot O_O

Probably would be better with a Flame Orb =D Badly poisoned is not good x.x but nice work nonetheless!

Charicific December 5th, 2011 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac of York (Post 6954315)

Probably would be better with a Flame Orb =D Badly poisoned is not good x.x but nice work nonetheless!

True but....a burn would cut my Attack by 50 %!!!! Thus it can be useless. Paralysis will cause me a risk in loss of turn. I think Toxic will work best, afterall, I don't expect him to survive the whole battle ;)

flubbateios December 6th, 2011 2:07 PM

Sawk, totally, it's low defense doesn't matter because of sturdy and then it can just sweep :)

Yoshikko December 6th, 2011 2:31 PM

while i can't stand either of them imma say throh on this one cause he looks cute in that art.

Silhouette December 6th, 2011 2:48 PM

I think they're both great in their own ways, but I found myself preferring Sawk. I guess Close Combat is better than Superpower in my opinion as well.

EDIT: And I prefer Conkeldurr as a Guts user to Throh.

Castgurl December 7th, 2011 4:53 PM

Sawk - Because he's Blue ;)

Magica December 7th, 2011 5:37 PM

I really don't like either...but if I had to choose, it would be Sawk. The coloration and all out attacker suits me more. Plus I like tall dudes more than chunky, short ones.

Mentalii December 8th, 2011 10:24 AM

I don't know why but I appreciate these two Pokémons.
They're original and at the same time not original at all, I can't really explain why I think that...
However I also think they don't look like Pokémon, and I it's not good.
Well, between both of them, I would choose Sawk.
I don't especially prefer it to Throh, but it looks tougher. And also, I prefer blue than red, no matter if it's not a decent reason :P

Sector December 9th, 2011 12:12 AM

Prefer Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee & Hitmontop....I don't like these fellas but that's just me, to throw in my opinion quickly

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ December 9th, 2011 5:21 AM

Since I don't like any of them, I would have to go with Throh because it has a higher defense.


:t354:TG

Palamon December 9th, 2011 3:06 PM

I like Sawk because of its design, cry and its Sturdy Ability. I also like Sawk because it was the first Pokemon I caught in the rustling grass.

Disko_Rock December 9th, 2011 3:27 PM

I think they're both great since I'm in my fighting type mood at the moment.

But so far I've only trained a Throh so I pick him.

Misheard Whisper December 9th, 2011 4:45 PM

I used a Throh named Brutus in my White runthrough, and he was very useful indeed, so my vote goes to the little red fella.

To be entirely honest, I don't really like either of them that much. They remind me too much of Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and they both just look really grumpy.

Maple Leaf December 9th, 2011 8:23 PM

I haven't bothered using them, but I always prefer Pokemon with more Attack. :3 Therefore, I will vote for Sawk.

Charliezard December 9th, 2011 8:56 PM

Neither of them appeal to me but (somehow they remind me of Ernie and Bert...) I must say I prefer Sawk. I've always preferred offense to defense and Sawk just looks cooler (plus Bert is awesome).

Trance and Moss December 9th, 2011 9:58 PM

I used sawk in my black party, but only because I encountered him early.

tokyodrift December 10th, 2011 4:57 PM

I prefer Sawk over Throh, though both have their pros and cons. I've used Sawk in my Black run, and he plays out pretty well. Even with low defenses he's pretty fast and the Sturdy ability will help him dish out a hit or two before being KO'ed.

Mchopz December 11th, 2011 6:16 AM

I really like the design of both of them, partly because they remind me of the days when I used to do karate. But I have to say Sawk is the more preferred one in my opinion. I prefer a faster and more powerful play style, and with sturdy you really can't go wrong.

Ho-Oh December 11th, 2011 6:21 AM

It's pretty safe to say that Sawk has won, but hey in the next hour we could get lots of mass votes (of course everyone can continue posting in the thread), but yeah, unstickying (and also voted for Sawk just then!) and the new weekly poll will be up soon :)

Otherworld9) December 11th, 2011 6:34 AM

From my point of view, Sawk is probably my best bet. I like his color scheme, choice of battling, how cute his sprite in, and his battle cry is adorable compared to Troh. Unlike Troh, Sawk has some moves I've seen others use that Troh hasn't. I prefer speed over defense in the end.

dnomyar27 December 11th, 2011 9:45 AM

not really interested in fight type but
 
well, they are strong but i don't like fight type pokemon a lot, but if i decide between them, i'll take Sawk, it's blue, one of my fav colors lol

The Nightmare December 21st, 2011 9:22 PM

I would say throh because throh has better defense than sawk and sawk can be defeated easily with low defense.

80s.haircut.man December 24th, 2011 2:54 PM

Don't care for either, seeing as the creativity behind their spawn was null and the initial pair look cooler anyways... So if I had to make a choice, my reasoning would be thus:

http://images.wikia.com/nintendo/en/images/2/29/Sawk.png = http://www.trincycle.com/images/library/large/assos_thermicsock_blue_11_m.jpg

blue December 24th, 2011 3:07 PM

Throh, out of the two he's the only one I've currently used.. I do plan to pick up a Sawk at some point but for now my vote goes to Throh. I still prefer Sawk's design!

PumpkinOrange December 28th, 2011 10:12 AM

I love these Pokémon vs Pokémon threads.
This one for me wasn't easy to decide as I really like both Throh and Sawk.
I love Throh's design and the fact he isn't as tall as Sawk, which puts me off him.. but I do love that he is blue and a physical nightmare.
The choice between a loss of attack for some defense isn't a bad idea either.
Again making it hard to decide is their abilities...
Guts makes up and more for the less attack than Sawk at the cost of a hax, on the other hand Sturdy hinders other trying to take advantage of Sawk's low defense.
For me it is going to be Sawk solely on the fact it is more common in my version and none of the above reasons.

Nick January 21st, 2012 1:46 PM

I hate them both, but I like Sawk a lot more because of it's attack. Besides, Throh is really ugly and I hate its name.

Sodapop August 26th, 2012 3:41 PM

I kinda prefered Sawk over Throh, don't they each have some special
stat,Throh is attack and Sawk is speed?

Anyways, I always liked Sawk, it was quick and kicked butt.

Snowdrop August 26th, 2012 3:47 PM

Filth. Absolute filth, both of them. I don't hate them quite as much as Timburr's line, but man do I dislike these guys. If I HAD to choose one, then I'd go with Throh because I like its color scheme better :L

Atomic Pirate August 26th, 2012 3:55 PM

I don't necessarily like either all that much, but if I had to pick one I'd pick Throh, simply because it looks like Mario.

Sodapop August 26th, 2012 3:58 PM

Dewds and Mario this day, what has this world come to D:,
I'm still going with Sawk and sealing it.

Cyclone August 26th, 2012 5:10 PM

Sawk has the Sturdy ability. Throh does not. While I don't have a fighting preference between them, if I was using a move that required me going last, Sawk would be the better candidate to deliver the OHKO.

Quick note regarding B2/W2 if this may be excused: they become version exclusive in the new games. This is based on my research so far, and this could be different.

Cyclone

PlatinumDude August 26th, 2012 5:32 PM

I used Sawk in my Black play through because of its better Attack and Speed compared to Throh.

o Pikachu o August 26th, 2012 5:44 PM

Sawk, it's faster and it has better attack. It's level up moves are better

Sodapop August 26th, 2012 5:48 PM

Woo somebody who agrees, Throh is fat.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE September 23rd, 2012 12:22 PM

Sawk is possibly the best member of my Black team and totally reliable - so Sawk. He looks way cooler anyways :D

Aryan143 September 25th, 2012 6:30 AM

I like Throh the most. Even though Throh have less attack than Sawk, it has very high defence. It can even endure many super effective attacks.

Queen September 30th, 2012 7:07 PM

Even though the poll is completed, I choose Sawk. He is skinnier, more nimble and better looking (I don't like fat-ish Pokemon much, some exceptions apply though)

general-shyguy October 12th, 2012 9:34 AM

sawk will win of course Its a awsome battle pokemon
so a great pokemon

Live in Color October 12th, 2012 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexOzzyCake (Post 6952961)
To be honest I hate both of these Pokemon, 2 of my all time least favourites x.x Although Sawk is the lesser of two evils due to having the Sturdy ability, it makes it a pretty lethal sweeper tbh. Although Throh does get its own signature move which is pretty cool... But yeah, I guess Sawk wins. :3

What move would this be? If it's Storm or Circle Throw, Storm Throw is also learned by Pinsir and Circle Throw is also learned by Poliwrath.

EDIT: Forgot to say, I like Sawk better. I initially had him on my in-game team in Pokemon Black and I like his appearance much more than Throhs. I have yet to battle one competitively, so my opinion could change.

CourageHound October 12th, 2012 12:25 PM

I havnt really used either, but I'll go with sawk, looking at his stats, teh sturdy and that hes blue.


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