Gengar is not at all outclassed by rotom-a.
Gengar still has a monstrous special attack stat and possesses blistering speed (both stats equivalent to that of latios).
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Originally Posted by Fat auramaster
Rotom-A was used 56,118 times, which puts him 15th, behind Gengar.
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Rotom-a has its own uses and is very good overall. However, you can't say gengar has disappeared (or has been outclassed by rotom) while it is still sitting at spot #12, although as I understand this was a dramatic decrease.
Rotom primarilly outclassed all of the bulky ghosts; if you want an offensive sweeper most people still (as the stats prove) turn to gengar and it's 24 greater base speed and 25 greater base special attack.
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Although yes, many have stated before that scizor led to the rise of bulky offense teams (and gengar's fall to "only" 12th).