Overview
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Special Tank
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name: Special Tank
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: Protect / Electroweb / Light Screen
item: Sitrus Berry
evs: 252 HP / 136 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Calm
Moves
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Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Volt Switch
move 3: Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Trick / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 52 HP / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
nature: Modest
Moves
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**Offensive Typing Advantage**: Grass-types mostly, and some mention of Dragons resisting and hitting back hard neutrally.
**Speed**: Bad HP stat means it takes a shitton of damage from powerful neutral attacks such as Latios Draco Meteor, Mega Kangaskhan Return, Terrakion Close Combat.
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- Fantastic glue Pokemon for many teams.
- Great check to Fire, Ground, and Flying types.
- Amazing typing, both offensive and defensive.
- Great ability that goes perfectly with its typing.
- Middling speed makes it susceptible to powerful moves.
- Unfortunately low HP stat.
- Grass- and Dragon-types resist it's moves tho
Special Tank
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name: Special Tank
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Will-O-Wisp
move 4: Protect / Electroweb / Light Screen
item: Sitrus Berry
evs: 252 HP / 136 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Calm
Moves
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- Rotom-Ws most consistent set, doing respectable damage while having the ability to take multiple hits with ease.
- Hydro Pump is the main offensive choice, and can OHKO Landorus-T, offensive Heatran, and Volcarona
- Thunderbolt has great coverage, as it hits Water-types
- Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave are the two options if running Sitrus Berry; WoW for much physical attackers, T-wave for speed control. Volt Switch used on Specs set.
- Protect helps scout moves and play around opposing offensive strategies.
- Electroweb is a great move for Speed control: it is basically Icy Wind with Electric typing.
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- Max HP / Max SpA for optimizing the role of a bulky offensive tank.
- Different spread of 252 HP / 88 SpA / [rest of evs] SpD with a Calm nature will help Rotom-W tank special attacks better. SpA evs are for OHKOing Landorus-T with pump.
- 52 Spe EVs works well with Electroweb: outspeed megazard / megakanga after - Speed.
- Sitrus Berry is the safer option, and allows it to use Protect
- ChestoRest is an option for healing.
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- Rotom-W is to be used as an offensive glue - it should be able to switch into its teammates' counters and deal a lot of damage back / burn that fuker
- It is able to put a stop large amount of Pokemon (most Fire-, Water-, and Flying-types) [list some examples of popular mons here (Tran, landog, burd), and mention how it comfortably tanks SlideQuake, a popular coverage option]
- Rotom-W can and should also be used as a status spreader; especially if running WoW, since crippling physical attackers will benefit you throughout the match.
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- Steel-types such as Scizor and Metagross make great partners, as they wall Dragon- and Grass-types.
- Offensive Fire- and Ice-types such as Heatran and Weavile help take out Grass-type Pokemon that bother Rotom-W. Fire-types even take advantage of their presence, as they often can do nothing in return.
- Ground-types synergize well with Rotom-W, as they can freely use Earthquake beside it. Mamoswine special mention, since it takes out Dragon- and Grass-type mons.
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Volt Switch
move 3: Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Ice
move 4: Trick / Hidden Power Ice
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 52 HP / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
nature: Modest
Moves
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- Pump is for obvious STAB etc powahful...
- Volt Switch is a secondary STAB move, hits waters, and provides momentum.
- Thunderbolt acts as a more reliable, more powerful STAB Electric move, and Hidden Power Ice hits Dragons (Latios, Hydreigon, Chomp)
- Trick for crippling everything, HP Ice if you decide to run all out attacking.
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- Scarf Rotom-w meant to be as fast and powerful as possible, so max SpA / Spe, but with a 50% boost to Speed, a Modest nature will suffice.
- EVs outspeeds Shaymin-S after the scarf boost. This will miss out on meganectric and crobat i guess
- Will-O-Wisp is an OO for this set to burn fast threats (such as kangas).
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- faster, offensive Pokemon weak to its STAB moves, such as Landorus-T, MegaZard Y, and Terrakion are main targets, and can either be genereally checked or surprise OHKOd.
- crippling supportive Pokemon with Trick is a good use of Scarf - works especially well against TR setters.
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- Fire-types are great partners for this Rotom-W. Fire eats grass which shit on rotom, rotom surprise kills the Ground- and Rock-type mons.
- Again, Steel types have amazing defensive synergy with it.
- Ground-types again, especially Landorus-T, since they form a solid VolTurn core.
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- Obvious Choice Specs mention goes here
- Assault Vest is definitely a cool item to try out
- HP Grass for Gastrodon
- Thunder Wave
- Pain Split
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**Offensive Typing Advantage**: Grass-types mostly, and some mention of Dragons resisting and hitting back hard neutrally.
**Speed**: Bad HP stat means it takes a shitton of damage from powerful neutral attacks such as Latios Draco Meteor, Mega Kangaskhan Return, Terrakion Close Combat.
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Rotom-W is a great glue Pokemon in the metagame. Its outstanding defensive typing with Levitate leaves it with just a single weakness and several resistances to common attacking types. This allows Rotom-W to be a fantastic check to top-tier threats such as Heatran, Talonflame, and Landorus-T. Will-O-Wisp and Thunder Wave are great assets, as both can cripple giant portions of the metagame. Unfortunately for Rotom-W, its HP and Speed stats are rather lackluster, and faster wallbreakers, such as Mega Kangaskhan and Latios, can easily break through it. Its offensive coverage is also walled by most Grass- and Dragon-types.
Special Tank
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name: Special Tank
move 1: Hydro Pump
move 2: Thunderbolt
move 3: Will-O-Wisp / Thunder Wave
move 4: Protect
item: Sitrus Berry
evs: 252 HP / 136 SpA / 120 SpD
nature: Calm
Moves
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This is by far Rotom-W's most consistent set, doing an amazing job at checking or countering various Fire-, Flying-, and Water-types. Hydro Pump is a solid STAB move that allows Rotom-W to score OHKOs on Landorus-T, Volcarona, and offensive variants of Heatran. Thunderbolt is mostly used to hit Water-types that resist Hydro Pump as well as threats such as Mega Charizard Y. It is also more reliable than Hydro Pump due to its better accuracy. In the third slot, Will-O-Wisp is a great way to deal with most physical attackers, and Thunder Wave offers excellent speed control. Protect keeps Rotom-W alive, stalls field conditions, and scouts for attacks.
Set Details
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There are a variety of different spreads Rotom-W can run, usually mixing different HP, Special Defense, and Special Attack investments. The given spread allows it to survive a Solar Beam from Modest Mega Charizard Y while retaining maximum HP and as much Special Attack as possible. Sitrus Berry is by far the most consistent item option for Rotom-W, but ChestoRest is another option for greater healing, though at the risk of not running Protect.
Usage Tips
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Rotom-W should be played as a bulky offensive glue Pokemon. This means that it should be switching into opposing threats, usually Water-, Flying-, or Ground-types, and either dealing damage or spreading status. Thanks to its amazing typing, it does this fairly reliably. Rotom-W also does a great job of tanking SlideQuake, which is a very popular coverage combination on Ground-types. The only Pokemon you should really fear with Rotom-W out are Grass- and Dragon-types. Threats with Lum Berry, such as Ferrothorn and Garchomp, like to lure Rotom-W and hit really hard. Make sure Rotom-W stays alive if the opponent is holding back Talonflame or Heatran, because they can be really threatening late-game if Rotom-W is taken out.
Team Options
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Fire-types such as Heatran, Talonflame, and Charizard are arguably the best partners to Rotom-W, as they benefit from having a partner that can sponge threatening Ground- and Rock-type attacks, and they can take out the Grass-types that threaten Rotom-W. Steel-types such as Mega Scizor, Mega Lucario, Heatran, and Aegislash complement Rotom-W well defensively, as they resist Dragon- and Grass-type attacks, and Rotom-W resists Fire-type attacks. Ground-types appreciate Rotom-W as a partner, as they can freely use Earthquake beside it. Mamoswine is especially relevant here, as it can snipe Dragon- and Grass-types with ease.
Other Options
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Rotom-W can run Electroweb alongside Will-O-Wisp to offer both speed control and burn support, and with 56 Speed EVs, it can outspeed -1 Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Charizard Y. However, outside of that, Thunder Wave is the more consistent option. Light Screen is an option if Rotom-W's team is weaker on the specially defensive side. Assault Vest could work with Electroweb or Volt Switch, but Rotom-W will miss Sitrus Berry's recovery and the utility of its status attacks. Choice Specs Rotom-W can deal surprising damage to some switch-ins. Using a Choice Scarf allows it to outrun threats that would stay in against it, such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Kangaskhan, and Mega Gyarados, as well as standard Choice Scarf Landorus-T if Rotom-W runs a Timid nature. With Choice sets, Rotom-W can also use Trick, which is an outstanding countermeasure against Trick Room teams.
Checks & Counters
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**Offensive Typing Advantage**: Lum Berry Ferrothorn is a fantastic answer to Rotom-W as it shrugs off every attack Rotom-W offers. Amoonguss is also a major pain because it redirects and tanks everything Rotom-W uses. Other Grass-types, such as Venusaur and Shaymin-S, can outspeed Rotom-W and threaten it with their STAB moves, but they must avoid switching in on Thunder Wave. Dragon-types such as Latios, Kyurem-B, and Hydreigon also beat Rotom-W, but they must be wary of Thunder Wave. Excadrill and Mega Gyarados deserve special mentions because they can bypass Levitate with Mold Breaker and strike Rotom-W with super effective Earthquakes.
**Strong Attackers**: Several Pokemon can strike through Rotom-W's average defenses and deal huge damage with their STAB attacks. Mega Kangaskhan, Deoxys-A, Terrakion, and Mega Heracross can KO it with their STAB attacks after only a little prior damage, but they must find a way to switch in safely. Guts Conkeldurr benefits from status conditions, can tank Rotom-W's attacks, and threatens it with Drain Punch.
**Utility Moves**: Taunt users such as Thundurus and Sableye can stop Rotom-W from supporting its team with status. Substitute users with decent bulk or resistances to its attacks, such as Kyurem-B, make excellent counters as well.
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