Pawniard • Sword & Shield Pokédex

Pawniard's Type

DARK

STEEL

Pawniard's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 246

National #: 624

Pawniard's Base Stats

HP:: 45

Attack:: 85

Defense:: 70

Sp. Atk:: 40

Sp. Def:: 40

Speed:: 60

Total:: 340

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Human-Like

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 1 Attack

Pawniard's Abilities

Here are what abilities Pawniard can possibly have, along with their effects.

Defiant: Raises Pawniard's Attack by two stages whenever any of its stats are lowered in battle.

Inner Focus: Pawniard cannot flinch.

Pressure: Moves that target Pawniard consume 1 PP more than normal.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Pawniard's weakness and resistance is to various types.

4×: FIGHTING

2×: FIRE

GROUND

½: NORMAL

GRASS

ICE

FLYING

ROCK

GHOST

DRAGON

DARK

STEEL

immune: POISON

PSYCHIC

Pawniard's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Pawniard evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Pawniard: starting form

Bisharp: at level 52

Pawniard's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Pawniard can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Pawniard learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Scratch Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
5	Fury Cutter Each consecutive hit increases Fury Cutter's power by 40.	BUG	40	95%	20	One Target
10	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Pawniard's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
15	Torment Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
20	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
25	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
30	Metal Sound Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	85%	40	One Target
35	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
40	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
45	Iron Defense Raises Pawniard's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
50	Laser Focus Pawniard's next move will be a critical hit.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
55	Iron Head Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	STEEL	80	100%	15	One Target
60	Swords Dance Raises Pawniard's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
65	Guillotine Knocks out the target. Fails against higher-level Pokémon.	NORMAL	varies	30%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Pawniard can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM21	Rest Pawniard restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Pawniard from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM37	Beat Up Hits once for each conscious Pokémon in the party, doing damage based on its Attack.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Pawniard is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM42	Revenge Attacks last; if damaged this turn, hits for double damage.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Pawniard attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Pawniard's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM69	Psycho Cut Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	PSYCHIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM75	Low Sweep Lowers the target's Speed by one stage.	FIGHTING	65	100%	20	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM79	Retaliate Damage is doubled if one of your Pokémon fainted during the previous turn.	NORMAL	70	100%	5	One Target
TM85	Snarl 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Sp. Atk by one stage.	DARK	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Pawniard can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Pawniard's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR07	Low Kick Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Pawniard's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Pawniard's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Pawniard's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR57	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR60	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TR74	Iron Head Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	STEEL	80	100%	15	One Target
TR76	Stealth Rock Sets floating rocks on the enemy's field. Does 1/8 max HP to enemies that switch in. Weakness/resistance to Rock affects this damage.	ROCK	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR81	Foul Play Foul Play uses the target's Attack stat instead of Pawniard's to calculate damage.	DARK	95	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Pawniard can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Sucker Punch Has +1 priority. Fails unless the target uses a damaging move.	DARK	70	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Headbutt Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	NORMAL	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
EGG	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field

Where to Find Pawniard

If you're looking for where to find Pawniard, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Pawniard in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently the encounters do not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Pawniard in the Wild

Galar Route 8

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
20%			Lv. 39-41

Wild Area: Motostoke Riverbank

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	5%	--	--
						Lv. 26-28
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	35%	--	--
						Lv. 26-28

Wild Area: Stony Wilderness

Random Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	30%	--	--
						Lv. 26-28

Wild Area: Giant's Mirror

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	50%	--	--
						Lv. 28-30

Wild Area: Giant's Cap

Random Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	30%	--	--
						Lv. 26-28

Motostoke Outskirts

Random Encounters

Any Weather
20%			Lv. 21-24