Swampert

Thanks to Hydro Cannon's supreme power, Swampert is a a powerful threat in raids, though it's still outclassed by the top Shadows by a fair margin. On top of that, its Water/Ground typing gives it a very interesting niche in raids; it's a water type that actually resists the fairly common Electric Type moves that raid bosses tend to wield for coverage. This alone can situationally put Swampert in a really good spot in some raids. Just keep it the heck away from anything that can throw leaves around!

Best PvE Offensive Moveset

• Water Gun should be paired with Hydro Cannon*. This set is better than the Ground-type set against most targets, including Rock-types.
• Mud Shot should be paired with Earthquake. This set has an advantage against Steel, Electric, and Poison-types.
• Sludge Wave is underwhelming in every aspect.
• Surf has been replaced by Swampert's Community Day move. 
• Muddy Water as a 3-bar move can be used in a pinch right before Swampert faints, but otherwise is inferior to even Surf. 

Best PvE Defensive Moveset

• Mud Shot and Water Gun are pretty close, and neither is particularly great. Just avoid using Water Gun with any Water Type moves and it should be fine.
• Muddy Water and Hydro Cannon* compete a bit, as the former has a lower energy cost and the latter has higher power.
• Sludge comes out frequently and offers counter-coverage against many Grass Types.

verage against Grass-types, however.

Mud Shot offers a solid energy generation at the cost of low damage output. Due to how powerful Swampert's charge moves are, this move is recommended. Water Gun offers more damage output and is meant more for general coverage, but is not recommended due to its inferior energy generation. 

Hydro Cannon is a move limited to specific events such as Community Day, as well as Elite TMs, and is mandatory due to its lesser energy cost and very high Damage Per Energy value. It also completely blows Surf out of the water. Sludge offers Swampert with a cheap move to blast through Fairy- and Grass-type Pokemon with. Earthquake can be a viable option as a STAB nuke, though it is a rather expensive move. Sludge Wave is entirely outclassed by Sludge.

What about Muddy Water? 

Muddy Water is a very disappointing addition to Swampert for PvP. Hydro Cannon deals roughly 257% of the damage that Muddy Water can do, for only extra 5 energy. While Muddy Water does have a perk of reducing the opponent's ATK stage by 1, the 30% chance to proc the debuff makes it unreliable to use for consistent results.