Flame Orb + Trick on someone who learns Will O Wisp?
Well yeah, i guess that would be a waste of a move slot. Was Will-o-Wisp's accuracy raised this generation? Or was it the PP?
Giving up an item slot and giving up multiple burn chances is not a good idea.
It's now 85, a 10% increase. Either way, you can burn more foes with WoW than Trick Orb.
My team isn't exactly set yet as I'm still breeding more perfect IV pokemon, but 80% of the time it's a bulky Dragon Dance Gyarados. Rotom's weaknesses are covered entirely by ferrothorn, but Gyarados serves as an optional fire/fighting/water resist in the case of things with exceptional coverage or pokemon named Blaziken. Rotom's burns allow gyarados ease of setup, or give Ferrothorn the ability to stall out something it otherwise may not have. Thunderwave can allow medium fast pokemon like Hydreigon and Gengar to be seemingly faster, or to get up a sub they might not have otherwise deserved.
Overheat imo. The STAB move of choice is practically obligatory on Rotom-H, even if you do suffer the -2 after using it. Without Overheat, you're pretty much walled by every single Grass-type who your Rotom should be checking. The best you could do is either status or Volt Switch to something else while they get a free turn to do something else rather than being slaughtered off the bat.
What I love about this is that, even if Greninja is not a water-type when Rotom-H comes in, Overheat is also a guaranteed OHKO against any neutral type.
Ah - you forgot to include a Flying-type STAB. It doesn't change much though.
No point in running Timid unless you want MAX speed, otherwise you lose out on power. This is the most significant speed tier for him because he'd have to go Timid to outspeed 130 BST. If that's what you want then go for it. Trick is more worthwhile if you want something to cripple walls but generally, the scarf serves a better purpose on you to cripple certain fast offensive threats, which is the main reason I'm using Rotom in the first place, and it can actually KO thinks unlike Prankster users. Being able to slow fast threats with Twave or burn slower tanks while resisting those moves yourself is very handy. Rotom-W seems better for bulky spreads, and Rotom-H for choice sets
I really like this set overall, been using it on Wi-Fi. I gotta say that, in the current metagame, it is way more useful to run Trick instead of WoW.
252 SpA Rotom-H Volt Switch vs. 88 HP / 0 SpD (custom): 270-318 (84.63 - 99.68%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
They have utterly different roles thanks to the typing difference, and fit differently on different teams. My Rotom-H is fantastic for resisting not just Fire and Ice like Rotom-W, but Grass and Electric as well (in that way, he's the perfect third of a FWG combo). Sure, it's weak to water instead of resisting it, but my team more than makes up for it and Volt Switch is a godsend on a type that lures in aquatic foes.
I noticed you used his spread, but seemed to use a different nature (be it Timid, Calm, Bold, whatever, it wasn't Modest). If you use Modest, Volt Switch jumps up to 50% chance to OHKO with that spread.
Well i was just talking in terms of OU utility. But your right
As I said, H is great for most any pair of Grass and Water to form a FWG core. It also enjoys a spinner/defogger, as its only real weakness is Stealth Rock, and likes anything that can handle its weaknesses to Water and Rock.
Now if only Empoleon got roost... and the defog wasn't hard as balls to actually get in game. Some nonsense about trading to hg/ss.
I just thought up of a funny strategy. In the scenario in which Scarfed Rotom-H with Trick is facing an Air Balloon Mold Breaker Excadrill, they'll think that they can get past you with Mold Breaker EQ, which is when you Trick them to receive their Air Balloon, protecting you from EQ since Mold Breaker only bypasses Abilities, while they are helplessly locked into EQ.
