A Sawsbuck's plant-covered antlers, or "plantlers" as they are sometimes known, do not solely brilliantly demonstrate the changes of the seasons, but also serve as their bearers' primary weapons. In spring, summer, or fall, these antlers are covered in strange flowering plants which have a symbiotic relationship with the Sawsbuck; in exchange for a high perch which gives them easy access to sunlight, they must aid these pokemon by leeching health from their foes.
In winter, Sawsbuck's antlers are instead covered in ice, and although they are still typically considered to be partially grass pokemon this is probably a misclassification. Sawsbuck in winter do not carry hardier plants, but a coating of ice and snow, which they will gladly use to get revenge on flying pokemon for the prior three seasons of defeats. Because Sawsbuck cease to change with the seasons after capture, those who own winter Sawsbuck must train them accordingly, teaching them how to better hurl snow with their antlers at their foes and use them as the source of a variety of ice attacks, along with a few water moves, for snow quickly melts in the summer sun. Many of these trainers, however, consider themselves specialists in grass pokemon, and win type coverage through these Sawsbuck, who rarely learn a single grass attack, while hewing closely to their official classification to justify their continued use.
It is generally thought that just as enormous differences exist between the potential techniques of the other three seasons of Sawsbuck, but trainers thus far have yet to discover them. In recent years, many inquisitive trainers have focused on the flowering Sawsbuck of springtime, but efforts to teach their flowers how to use spore attacks have so far ended in failure.