What are the advantages/disadvantages to a mixed sweeper to a special or physical sweeper?

Question

Both advantages and disadvantages, and in competitive battling.

Answer 1

Special/ Physical

Advantages

• Your nature can be decided easily. E.g Modest for SpA and Adamant for Atk.
• You don't need to sacrifice some Defensive stats in order to max out your offensive ones.
• You can easily top max speed, most of the time.

Disadvantages

• If you're a Physical Attacker and the opponent is a super annoying Physical wall with Defense Boosts. You'll have to Force Switch - which can be costly. Whereas if you are a Mixed you can target the weaker SpD Side.

• Some Pokemon have limited Movepools to choose from.
  If you have great Atk and O.k SpA, but hardly any Physical Moves and a neat range of Special ones then you'll have to be a Mixed Sweeper or just be really unpopular in the Metagame.

Comments

But how about mixed sweepers?

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A mixed Sweeper's Advantage is a Physical/Special Sweepers Disadvantage and their Advantages or Mixed's disadvantage technically.

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Oh never mind then! Thanks.