Was thinking about making a role compendium for 35, so here it goes. Many Pokemon/Role combinations shown aren't completely viable (a few so unviable i've even separated them with a "|"), but I still think it's good to show possibilities and help team structures in 35 push each single member of 35's limited pool to it's limits. WIll likely get updated later. EDIT: Also check out Oceanic's Role Compendium made just a day before mine! It's below this post.
Format inspired by: SV NU Role Compedium by Togkey and SV ZU Role Compendium by Tuthur
Format inspired by: SV NU Role Compedium by Togkey and SV ZU Role Compendium by Tuthur
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Offensive Roles
Wallbreakers:
Choice Attackers:
Choice Band: 
Choice Specs: 
All-Out Attackers:
Physical:
Special:
Mixed:
Setup Sweepers:
Acid Armor / Iron Defense: 
| 
Agility / Rock Polish: 
Calm Mind:
Bulk Up: | 
Coil:
Dragon Dance: |
Growth: |
Quiver Dance: |
Nasty Plot: |
Swords Dance: |
Trailblaze / Flame Charge: |
Shell Smash:
Moxie:
Shift Gear:
Speed Control
Choice Scarf: 
Priority:
Aqua Jet:
Quick Attack: |
Shadow Sneak: 
Sucker Punch: |
Particularly Fast Attackers:
Defensive Roles
Physical Walls
Special Walls
Immunities:
Electric:
Ground:
Normal/Fighting:
Toxic:
Sleep:* (Insomnia) *(Vital Spirit)
Anti-Setup
Dragon Tail:
Encore:
Haze:
Roar: |
Taunt:
Whirlwind: |
Cleric (Wish, Heal Bell)
Hazards Setters:
Stealth Rock:
Spikes:
Sticky Web:
Toxic Spikes: |
Hazard Removal:
Defog:
Rapid Spin:
Grounded Poison:
Removal Deterrent:
Defiant:
Spinblocker:
Rocky Helmet:
Static:
Flame Body:
Status
Burn:
Paralysis:
Poison:
Sleep: |
Momentum:
U-Turn:
Volt Switch:
Flip Turn:
Baton Pass:
Item Removal
Knock Off: |
Thief:
Switcheroo / Trick:
Weather / Terrains and alikes
Chlorophyll: |
Sand Spit:
Sand Rush:
Sand Force:
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Offensive Roles
Wallbreakers:
Choice Attackers:
Choice Band:
Choice Specs:
All-Out Attackers:
Physical:
Special:
Mixed:
Setup Sweepers:
Acid Armor / Iron Defense:
| Agility / Rock Polish:
Calm Mind:
Bulk Up:
| Coil:
Dragon Dance: |
Growth: |
Quiver Dance: |
Nasty Plot:
| Swords Dance:
| Trailblaze / Flame Charge:
| Shell Smash:
Moxie:
Shift Gear:
Speed Control
Choice Scarf:
Priority:
Aqua Jet:
Quick Attack:
| Shadow Sneak:
Sucker Punch:
| Particularly Fast Attackers:
Defensive Roles
Physical Walls
Special Walls
Immunities:
Electric:
Ground:
Normal/Fighting:
Toxic:
Sleep:
* (Insomnia) *(Vital Spirit)Anti-Setup
Dragon Tail:
Encore:
Haze:
Roar:
| Taunt:
Whirlwind:
| Cleric (Wish, Heal Bell)
Hazards Setters:
Stealth Rock:
Spikes:
Sticky Web:
Toxic Spikes:
| Hazard Removal:
Defog:
Rapid Spin:
Grounded Poison:
Removal Deterrent:
Defiant:
Spinblocker:
Rocky Helmet:
Static:
Flame Body:
Status
Burn:
Paralysis:
Poison:
Sleep:
| Momentum:
U-Turn:
Volt Switch:
Flip Turn:
Baton Pass:
Item Removal
Knock Off:
| Thief:
Switcheroo / Trick:
Weather / Terrains and alikes
Chlorophyll: |
Sand Spit:
Sand Rush:
Sand Force:
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: Overqwil has solidified itself as the tier's top offensive threat. Possessing the 2nd highest speed tier second to Oricorio and access to Swords Dance + good bulk with Intimidate, attempts to check it after an SD becomes a pretty challenging task. After all, its STABs are only resisted by itself and even the bulkiest physically defensive we have access to are either 2HKOd by Gunk Shot like Turtonator or weak to its other STAB like Gourgeist-XL. In addition to this, Overqwil can utilise its other ability in Swift Swim. It may require suppoet from a teammate for manual rain but it can bypass Oricorio's speed tier as well as not speed tieing with opposing Overqwil, Pinsir and Golduck. Overqwil's strain on the builder and the meta at large was noticed very early on.
: Oricorio is also just as threatening or even more threatening than Overqwil. Similar in their set up potential, thanks to Oricorio's access to Quiver Dance but dissimilar due to Oricorio possessing the highest speed tier in the metagame. This specific attribute of the fire bird renders offensive counterplay to it irrelevant, as you cannot use a Choice Scarfer to revenge kill if it has a +1 boost. Like Overqwil as well, its STABs are difficult to switch into and no Pokemon in the format resists them. Oricorio has very few checks, the best people have found are using Pokemon like Kecleon, AV Wishiwashi and Ampharos, and specially defensive Gabite. Unfortunately, only one of these has reliable recovery and the rest of its checks are vulnerable to hazards, making them inconsistent checks in the long run.
: Frosmoth may not be as controversial as the aforementioned two, probably because Oricorio has a x4 type matchup against it and can abuse Moth's attempts at setup and it's slower than them, but it still winds up to be an oppressive threat in its own right. It essentially does act like a slower, more specially bulky Oricorio with a much higher damage output and more dangerous STAB combination. Checks to Oricorio like SpD Gabite are rendered absolutely useless in the face of Frosmoth and the two pair quite well together since they can eventually just overwhelm their checks. Ice Scales is also great in helping Frosmoth realistically only being dealt with on the physical side, reducing its counterplay. Mentioned earlier, Frosmoth's speed is its detriment and there are some speed control options that can check it like Pinsir but as long as Oricorio is present these speed control options are hard to consider running. The metagame overall is also quite slow and Frosmoth is only outsped by 10/35 pokemon so is its speed as much of an issue as it appears?
