What Are Some Good Sweepers For The Battle Tower?

Question

I was wondering what good sweepers would be for the Battle Tower. I don’t care what kind of sweepers, physical, special, or mixed, as long as they have good sweeping potential.

Please include movesets and what format (tier and doubles/singles, for example, Pokeball tier and doubles).

So yup that’s it. I just want to build a few teams and I was struggling on which Pokémon I should use as my sweeper.

Note that the tier is appreciated for opponents that are harder than others. Also it should be based off of the opponents I would face.

Comments

You can try reading https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/8th-generation-battle-tower-restricted-sparring-discussion-records.3656190/ , but their leaderboard has about 4 records in each category.

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The Battle Tower this time around lets you use Zacian and Eternatus. With those at your disposal, you shouldn't have much trouble no matter how high you get.

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Can this answer be converted to a comment? It doesn’t really answer everything I asked, like movesets.

Answer 1

Non Dynamax Sweepers (Master Ball Singles)

Dragapult @ Life Orb
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Lonely Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Darts
- Fire Blast
- Steel Wing

Volcarona @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Flamethrower
- Psychic

Dynamax Sweepers (Master Ball Singles)

Gyarados @ Life Orb / Leftovers / Charti Berry
Ability: Moxie
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Bounce
- Earthquake / Power Whip

Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide

Non Dynamax Sweepers (Master Ball Doubles)

Volcarona @ Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Quiver Dance
- Heat Wave
- Bug Buzz
- Psychic

Dynamax Sweepers (Master Ball Doubles)

Charizard-Gmax @ Life Orb
Ability: Solar Power
Level: 50
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heat Wave
- Air Slash
- Solar Beam
- Protect

Cinderace-Gmax @ Life Orb
Ability: Libero
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- High Jump Kick
- Bounce
- Sucker Punch
- Pyro Ball

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

I have some for master ball singles
Rapidash@Choice Band

Ability:Flash Fire
Nature:Adamant or Jolly
EVs:252 Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
•Flare Blitz
•Wild Charge
•Megahorn
•Drill Run
Zoroark@Choice Specs

Ability:Illusion
Nature:Modest or Timid
EVs:252 Sp.Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
•Night Daze
•Flamethrower
•Grass Knot
•Focus Blast
Butterfree@Focus Sash

Ability:Compound Eyes
Nature:Timid
EVs:252 Sp.Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
•Quiver Dance
•Pollen Puff/Bug Buzz
•Hurricane
•Sleep Powder
Dynamaxing/Gigantamaxing after quiver danceing as much times as you can is helpful because of max airstream
And a good pair for master ball doubles:
Whimsicott@Leftovers

Ability:Prankster
Nature:Bold or Calm
EVs:252 HP 128 Defense 128 Sp.Defense
•Giga Drain
•Tailwind
•Helping Hand
•Encore
Blastoise@Choice specs/Life Orb

Ability:Torrent
Nature:Modest
EVs:252 Sp.Attack 252 Speed 4 HP
•Water Spout
•Aura Sphere
•Ice Beam
•Dark Pulse

Answer 3

I'll add more later:

Singles (Non-Dynamax):

Boltund@Life Orb or Choice Band
Trait: Strong Jaw
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• Thunder Fang: STAB, chance to paralyze the opponent or make the opponent Flinch. Boosted by strong Jaw.
• Fire Fang: Boosted by Strong Jaw. Chance to make the opponent Flinch or give a burn to the opponent.
• Crunch: Boosted by Strong Jaw, chance to lower Defense, and to make the opponent flinch.
• Psychic Fangs: Boosted by Strong Jaw, breaks Reflect and Light Screen.

Barraskewda@Life Orb or Choice Band
Trait: Propeller Tail (Swift Swim if it's a Rain team)
Nature: Adamant
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4 HP
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• Liquation: STAB, chance to lower opponents Defense.
• Crunch/Flip Turn: Crunch can lower the opponents Defense. Flip Turn switches out, and it's STAB.
• Close Combat/Poison Jab: Close Combat is Powerful, but lowers users Defense and Special Defense. Poison Jab is coverage for Grass. Chance to poison
• Drill Run: Drill Run covers Electric weakness.

Doubles (Non-Dynamax):

Dragapult@Life Orb
Trait: Infiltrator
Nature: Jolly or Adamant
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4 HP
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• Phantom Force: STAB, but can hit Pokemon who use Protect, witch can be very useful.
• Dragon Darts: STAB, signature move. Hits both opponents in a double battle.
• U-Turn/Psychic Fangs: U-Turn can switch Dragapult if it's low on speed. Psychic Fangs is just for powerful coverage.
• Dragon Dance: Boosts it's best 2 stats.

Mr. Mime (Galarian)@Choice Specs
Trait: Screen Cleaner (Ice Body if Ice team)
Nature: Bold (+Defense, -Attack)
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Sp. Attack, 4 HP
Role: Special Sweeper

Moves:

• Mystical Fire: Covers Steel and Bug Weaknesses. Watch out for Mirror Armor Corviknight.
• Freeze-Dry: STAB that covers water.
• Psychic: STAB
• Dazzling Gleam: Covers Dark Weakness.

Singles (Dynamax):

Kingler(Gigantamax)@Life Orb
Trait: Hyper Cutter
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Attack, 4 HP
Role: Physical Sweeper

Moves:

• Crabhammer: STAB, good chance for Critical Hit.
• Knock Off: Decent power. Get rid of the items so your opponents are hopeless.
• High Horse Power: Good power, covers Electric Weakness.
• X-Scissor: covers Grass Weakness.

Doubles (Dynamax):

Butterfree(Gigantamax)@Life Orb
Trait: Compound Eyes
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 Speed, 252 Sp. Attack, 4 HP
Role: Special Sweeper

Moves:

• Pollen Puff: STAB, can also heal allys.
• Sleep Powder: Puts opponent to sleep, which give you a chance to heal or set up Tailwind. 100% accuracy with Compound Eyes.
• Hurricane: STAB, 100% accuracy with Compound Eyes.
• Tailwind: Speeds up you and your team.