>>13905843They dont have to, but think of this scenario
>guy has blaziken out>blaziken has a couple of speed boosts but no attack boosts>opponenet sends chandelure with hshadow tag>baton pass out to any pokemon and it gets +2-4 speed for free>instant sweeping without ever having to let blaziken dieMost people will just use blaziken as the sweeper, but its nice to have the option of using a sweeper/baton pass mix. its also great for keeping up momentum and you dont have to worry about revenge kills as much
