Credit to Iminyourcloset for the idea
This thread was propsed to me by Iminyourcloset in the comments of the UU Playstyle Classification Thread. This thread will basically just be a better version of the Playstyle Classification Thread, the way the categories were split up resulted in things just being kind of unnecessarily placed. This thread will categorize pokemon's roles on a team, as opposed to a pokemon's place in a certain play style.
Like the first thread this is meant to be community driven, so I'll start of by making a few and let everyone else submit their own pokemon to be added. To make things easier it would be great if everyone could follow the same general template as what I do, with a little description as to why it should be added. Thanks!
Role (Ex: Special Sweeper, Tank, Physical Wall)
Pokemon
Potential Sets:
Good On: (Ex: Hyper Offense, Stall, Bulky Offense)
Pokemon
Potential Sets:
Good On: (Ex: Hyper Offense, Stall, Bulky Offense)
Sweepers: Pokemon whose purpose in a team is to do as much damage as possible to the other team. Most sweepers have high offensive stats and powerful attacks but are usually easy to kill.
Physical Sweepers:
Mienshao
Flygon
Honchkrow
Heracross
Victini
Darmanitan
Krookodile
Sharpedo
Crobat
Arcanine
Azelf
Machamp
Cincinno
Raikou
Chandelure
Azelf
Nidoking
Roserade
Rotom-H
Zapdos
Zoroark
Yanmega
Shaymin
Galvantula
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Life Orb
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Choice Band
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn
- Potential Sets: Life Orb + Moxie
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Choice Band, Status Orb + Guts, Sub-3 Attacks
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Choice Band
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Choice Band, Life Orb + Sheer Force, Sub/Endure + Belly Drum
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Choice Scarf
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Protect+Speed Boost
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, VoltTurn
- Potential sets: No Guard + Substitute
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Life Orb, Choice Band
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Choice Specs, Life Orb
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn, Rain
- Potential Sets: Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, Sub-Pain Split
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, Bulky Offense
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good on: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential sets: Life Orb + Sheer Force
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced,
- Potential sets: Choice Scarf, Choice Specs
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Choice Scarf, Life Orb
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, VoltTurn
- Potential sets: Choice Specs
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
Set-Up Sweepers: Offensive pokemon that rely on boosting moves such as Dragon Dance, Swords Dance, or Calm Mind to sweep opposing teams. These pokemon have to rely on bulk or prediction to be able to safely set up.
Physical Set-Up Sweepers:
Scrafty
Kingdra
Cobalion
Weavile
Bisharp
Rhyperior
Heracross
Virizion
Mew
Raikou
Togekiss
Zoroark
Porygon-Z
Suicune
Lilligant
Cobalion
Empoleon
Meloetta
Virizion
Mismagius
Azelf
- Potential Sets: Bulk Up, Dragon Dance
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Dragon Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Rock Polish, Sub-Swords Dance
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Sub Swords Dance
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense
- Potential sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Bulky Offense
- Potential sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Sub-Calm Mind
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Nasty Plot
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Nasty Plot
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Agility, Nasty Plot
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Calm Mind + RestTalk, Offensive Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Quiver Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Sub Petaya
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: Sub-Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced,
- Potential Sets: Sub-Nasty Plot, Sub-Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Nasty Plot
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
Tanks: Pokemon that balance bulk and power. Most Tanks have large HP stats but low speed. Their ability to take a hit an hit back makes them valuable members of a team.
Physical Tanks:
Snorlax
Rhyperior
Azumarill
Swampert
Nidoqueen
Cofagrigus
Slowbro
Suicune
- Potential Sets: Choice Band, Offensive, CurseLax
- Good On: Offense, Balanced, Bulky Offense, Trick Room
- Potential Sets: Choice Band, Specially Defensive, Rock Polish
- Good On: Offense, Balanced, Bulky Offense, Trick Room
- Potential sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced, Rain
- Potential sets: Choice Band, Offensive
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Sheer Force + Life Orb
- Good On: Offense, Balanced, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Nasty Room
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Trick Room
- Potential sets: Choice Specs, Offensive
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: CroCune, Offensive Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
Supporters: Pokemon that are tasked with specific roles on a team. These pokemon may be fairly one dimensional but support their team well thanks to their stats and move pool.
Hazard Setters:
Froslass
Azelf
Roserade
Mew
Smeargle
Qwilfish
Crobat
Mew
Togekiss
Mienshao
Xatu
Cincinno
Umbreon
- Potential Sets: Suicude Spiker, Pain Split Spiker
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Suicude Stealth Rocker
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential sets: Specially Defensive Spiker
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Stealth Rock Support
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Suicude Lead
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Physically Defensive Spiker
- Good On: Offense, Rain, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Stallbreaker
- Good On: Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn
- Potential sets: Stallbreaker
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential sets: ParaFlinch
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Choice Scarf, Life Orb
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, VoltTurn
- Potential sets: Defensive Magic Bounce
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Life Orb, Choice Band
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Wish Support
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
Walls: Pokemon made to take hits rather than dish them out. Walls have high defensive stats and typing which grant them important resistances. It is a wall's job to spread statuses, take hits, or phaze the opposing team.
Physical Walls:
Slowbro
Gligar
Bronzong
Suicune
Swampert
Zapdos
Cresselia
Umbreon
Snorlax
Empoleon
Registeel
Zapdos
- Potential Sets: Defensive Wall, Thunder Wave Support
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Defensive Wall, Toxic Stall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Physical Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Physical Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Physical Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Physical Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Physically Defensive
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Cleric, Toxic Stall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: RestTalk
- Good On: Stall
- Potential sets: Special Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Special Wall,Thunder Wave Support
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential sets: Specially Defensive
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
Rapid Spinners: These pokemon are users of the move Rapid Spin, which removes Stealth Rocks, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes from your side of the field. These pokemon are usually built to take hits so they can rapid spin multiple times a game.
Defensive Rapid Spinners:
Hitmontop
Blastoise
Cryogonal
Claydol
Kabutops
Hitmontop
Cryogonal
- Potential Sets: Physically Defense Rapid Spin
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Physically Defense Rapid Spin
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Specially Defensive Rapid Spin
- Good On: Balanced, Stall, Hail
- Potential Sets: Physically Defensive Rapid Spin, Specially Defensive Rapid Spin
- Good On: Balanced, Stall, Hail
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Offensive, Rain
- Potential sets: Technitop
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Offensive Rapid Spin
- Good On: Offensive, Hail
Spin Blockers: Spin blockers are Ghost types used to stop opposing Rapid Spinners from removing their hazards. Spin blockers usually serve other purposes than to just spin block however.
Defensive Spin Blockers:
Cofagrigus
Sableye
Golurk
Dusclops
Chandelure
Cofagrigus
Mismagius
Golurk
- Potential Sets: Physically Defensive
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Prankster Wall
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Physically Defensive
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Physically Defensive Curse
- Good On: Balanced, Stall
- Potential Sets: Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, Sub-Pain Split
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Balanced, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Nasty Room
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Trick Room
- Potential Sets: Sub-Nasty Plot, Sub-Calm Mind
- Good On: Offense, Balanced
- Potential Sets: Choice Band, Offensive
- Good On: Offense, Bulky Offense, Balanced
Hail Users: Pokemon that utilize the benefits of Hail (100% accurate Blizzard, Ice Body, residual damage to non-ice types) to beat opposing teams. Every Hail team must have Abomasnow with Snow Warning on it.
Defensive Hail Users:
Abomasnow
Walrein
Abomasnow
Rotom-F
Raikou
Nidoqueen
- Potential Sets: Sub-Leech Seed
- Good On: Hail, Hail Stall
- Potential Sets: Ice Body + Sub-Protect
- Good On: Hail, Hail Stall
- Potential Sets: Special Attacker, Physical Attacker, Mixed Attacker
- Good On: Hail
- Potential Sets: Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, Sub-Pain Split
- Good On: Hail
- Potential Sets: Special Attacker + Weather Ball
- Good On: Hail
- Potential Sets: Special Attacker + Blizzard
- Good On: Hail
Rain Dancers: Pokemon that use the move Rain Dance to create the weather Rain. While in Rain pokemon enjoy the benefits of activated abilities (Swift Swim, Hydration, Rain Dish), a 50% damage boost for Water attacks, and the moves Thunder and Hurricane having 100% accuracy.
Defensive Rain Dancers:
Blastoise
Bronzong
Sableye
Kingdra
Ludicolo
Tornadus
- Potential Sets: Physically Defense Rapid Spin, Rain Support
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Rain Support
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Prankster Rain Support
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Physical Rain Sweeper, Special Rain Sweeper
- Good On: Rain, Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Special Rain Sweeper
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Special Rain Sweeper
- Good On: Rain, Hyper Offense, Offense
Rain Sweepers: Pokemon who use the Rain to sweep opposing teams. These pokemon do not commonly use Rain Dance, but instead rely on other members of their team to set up the Rain for them to sweep.
Physical Rain Sweepers:
Kabutops
Sharpedo
Raikou
Omastar
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Speed Boost + Life Orb
- Good On: Rain, Offense, Hyper Offense
- Potential Sets: Life Orb, Choice Specs (Thunder Spam)
- Good On: Rain
- Potential Sets: Life Orb, Shell Smash
- Good On: Rain
Trick Room Setters: Pokemon who use the move Trick Room to sweep opposing teams. Trick Room reverses the turn order for 5 turns, making slower things go before faster things. Trick Room setters are characteristically bulky so they can set up Trick Room multiple times per game.
Physical Trick Room Setters:
Victini
Cofagrigus
Porygon2
- Potential Sets: V-Create + Trick Room
- Good On: Trick Room
- Potential Sets: Nasty Room
- Good On: Trick Room, Offense, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Offensive Trick Room
- Good On: Trick Room
Trick Room Sweepers: Pokemon whose job it is to sweep opposing teams while under the effects of Trick Room. These pokemon are characteristically bulky with high attack stats and low speed.
Physical Trick Room Sweepers:
Druddigon
Escavalier
Rhyperior
- Potential Sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Trick Room, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Trick Room, Bulky Offense
- Potential Sets: Choice Band
- Good On: Trick Room, Bulky Offense
Baton Passers: Pokemon that use boosting moves such as Shell Smash, Quiver Dance, and Rock Polish in conjunction with Baton Pass. The goal of these pokemon is to pass stat boosts to offensive pokemon so the offensive pokemon can sweep the opposing team.
Swords Dance Baton Passers:
Ninjask
Mew
Meinshao
Mew
Togekiss
Smeargle
Gorebyss
Venomoth
- Potential Sets: Speed Boost + Swords Dance
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Swords Dance + Baton Pass
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Sub-Swords Dance + Baton Pass
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense
- Potential Sets: Nasty Plot + Baton Pass
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Nasty Plot + Baton Pass
- Good On: Bulky Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Suicude Baton Passer
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Offensive Baton Passer
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Baton Pass
- Potential Sets: Offensive Baton Passer
- Good On: Hyper Offense, Offense, Bulky Offense, Baton Pass
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