Setup Sweep teams
Usage, win rate and the rosters built around Setup Sweep in Pokémon Champions VGC, from tournament data.
What counts as Setup Sweep: A member clicks an offensive setup move while the team runs Follow Me or Rage Powder to buy it the turn.
Setup Sweep teams FAQ
Is Setup Sweep good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
14,098 rosters are tagged Setup Sweep, 15.32% of the field. They have won 51.00% of 151,186 games, above the 50% line. Usage says how many players built one; the win rate says how those games went.
How reliable is Setup Sweep's win rate?
The 51.00% above is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 50.79%–51.21%, from 151,186 games. That is a narrow band for a figure with this many games behind it.
How many teams could even be checked for Setup Sweep?
92,025 rosters published enough of a list to classify at all; 14,098 of those satisfied the rule, which is where the usage share above comes from. A roster with too little published to check is left out of both numbers rather than counted as a miss.
What counts as a Setup Sweep team?
A member clicks an offensive setup move while the team runs Follow Me or Rage Powder to buy it the turn.
What does a Setup Sweep team run?
The most-carried Pokémon are Sinistcha, Sneasler, Incineroar and Kingambit.
| Name | Share of Setup Sweep |
|---|---|
 Sinistcha | 62.62% |
 Sneasler | 51.55% |
 Incineroar | 47.36% |
 Kingambit | 36.37% |
 Delphox | 26.90% |
 Eternal Flower Floette | 18.87% |
 Gholdengo | 18.61% |
 Basculegion | 18.33% |
 Garchomp | 17.81% |
 Tyranitar | 16.78% |
 Blastoise | 15.75% |
 Milotic | 15.12% |
 Maushold | 10.90% |
 Scovillain | 10.25% |
 Excadrill | 9.97% |
 Staraptor | 9.72% |
 Froslass | 9.45% |
 Raichu | 9.21% |
 Volcarona | 8.88% |
 Indeedee ♀ | 8.69% |
 Charizard | 8.48% |
 Rillaboom | 8.18% |
 Pelipper | 7.71% |
 Lycanroc Dusk | 6.49% |
 Scizor | 6.02% |
 Farigiraf | 5.90% |
 Aerodactyl | 5.37% |
 Gardevoir | 5.08% |
 Vivillon | 4.88% |
 Archaludon | 4.49% |
 Clefable | 4.47% |
 Kommo-o | 4.33% |
 Wash Rotom | 4.31% |
 Golisopod | 3.84% |
 Grimmsnarl | 3.60% |
 Whimsicott | 3.42% |
 Gyarados | 3.24% |
 Sylveon | 3.23% |
 Alolan Ninetales | 3.18% |
 Dragonite | 3.16% |
What's the best Setup Sweep roster?
The most-played is Blastoise / Delphox / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler, which has won 54.58% of 11,211 games.
| Name | Share of Setup Sweep | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blastoise / Delphox / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 6.63% | 54.58% | 11,211 |
| Basculegion / Froslass / Kingambit / Lycanroc Dusk / Scovillain / Sneasler | 5.92% | 57.39% | 9,551 |
| Excadrill / Gholdengo / Milotic / Sinistcha / Staraptor / Tyranitar | 5.80% | 52.67% | 9,093 |
| Delphox / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 4.11% | 56.33% | 6,580 |
| Garchomp / Gholdengo / Incineroar / Raichu / Rillaboom / Volcarona | 3.35% | 46.22% | 4,261 |
| Blastoise / Delphox / Incineroar / Maushold / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 2.16% | 55.04% | 3,653 |
| Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 1.05% | 52.81% | 1,462 |
| Charizard / Incineroar / Milotic / Sinistcha / Sneasler / Tyranitar | 1.02% | 47.45% | 1,730 |
| Basculegion / Blastoise / Farigiraf / Kangaskhan / Torkoal / Vivillon | 0.96% | 50.86% | 1,420 |
| Basculegion / Gardevoir / Golisopod / Indeedee ♀ / Pelipper / Sneasler | 0.96% | 41.48% | 1,122 |
| Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Milotic / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.92% | 52.11% | 1,439 |
| Delphox / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Hisuian Samurott / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.74% | 51.96% | 1,147 |
| Basculegion / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.64% | 61.23% | 1,223 |
| Delphox / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Maushold / Sinistcha / Vivillon | 0.62% | 46.14% | 820 |
| Charizard / Incineroar / Milotic / Scizor / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.60% | 52.00% | 1,171 |
| Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.55% | 55.85% | 1,013 |
| Ceruledge / Incineroar / Mawile / Milotic / Raichu / Sinistcha | 0.54% | 52.34% | 794 |
| Basculegion / Delphox / Eternal Flower Floette / Incineroar / Sinistcha / Sneasler | 0.50% | 47.54% | 679 |
| Basculegion / Clefable / Delphox / Dragonite / Kingambit / Sneasler | 0.45% | 53.99% | 770 |
| Delphox / Incineroar / Kingambit / Kommo-o / Raichu / Sinistcha | 0.43% | 49.73% | 600 |
Where do these numbers come from?
Tournament decklists and real match records for Pokémon Champions, ingested from Limitless, Victory Road and the official circuit. A roster can satisfy several archetypes at once (a team can be Sand and Trick Room and Priority together), so archetype shares across the site do not add to 100. Win rates are shrunk toward this archetype's own rosters, not the format's, since a Setup Sweep roster is a different population from the field.