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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (HP) (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Nature: Bold
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Protect
- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp

[SET COMMENTS]
Rotom-W is a versatile pivot that uses its solid mixed bulk and good type combination to bring frailer teammates in safely while also being able to support them by spreading status effects to the opposing team. Hydro Pump provides solid STAB damage to keep Rotom-W from being too passive and punishes Ground-types like Great Tusk and Iron Treads that can switch into Volt Switch. In the last two moveslots, Rotom-W can run any combination of Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, and Protect; Thunder Wave cripples Pokemon that rely on their Speed, like Weavile, Sneasler, and Zacian-C, while Will-O-Wisp neutralizes physical attackers like the previous three, as well as Calyrex-I, Iron Hands, and Rillaboom. Pain Split works better when receiving lower HP stats from gods such as Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C, as it heals more than when receiving HP from gods like Arceus and Eternatus, in which case it's better to use Protect to stall turns while Rotom-W regains HP from Leftovers. Tera Steel allows Rotom-W to defend against Grass-types like Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Meowscarada, and being Steel-type with an immunity to Ground gives it a generally sound defensive typing. Leftovers is important because it provides Rotom-W with much needed recovery, as it lacks consistent healing options, so it needs to be careful switching into Pokemon with Knock Off like Weavile, Great Tusk, and Hisuian Samurott.

Rotom-W fits well on offensive teams that can make full use of the momentum it creates while also typically playing shorter games, which gives opponents less time to exploit its lack of longevity. Rotom-W is able to switch into physical attackers such as Weavile, Hisuian Samurott, and Zamazenta and even some gods such as Necrozma-DM, Zacian-C, and Calyrex-I and scare them out with the threat of Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave. Set Up Sweepers like Weavile, Ogerpon-W, and Landorus appreciate Rotom-W's ability to pivot them in safely while also crippling opposing wallbreakers with status effects. Rotom-W also creates free switch-ins for wallbreakers with more immediate power such as Choice Band Urshifu-S, Choice Band Rillaboom, and Power Herb Glimmora, which can KO bulky foes like Pecharunt, Hydrapple, and Clefable that Rotom-W and its teammates struggle with. Gods with high base HP stats, like Eternatus and Arceus, are ideal donors for sets using Protect, while gods with lower base HP stats like Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C are better for sets running Pain Split. Rotom-W struggles greatly with Grass-types so it's happiest alongside teammates that can reliably switch into them such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Galarian Slowking; the latter two have the additional benefit of U-turn and Chilly Reception, respectively, allowing them to form strong pivoting cores that excel at getting the right Pokemon onto the field.

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (HP) (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe OR 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe Spdef Rotom-W in current meta isn't really needed or that good
Nature: Impish/Calm Bold Wrong nature put, you put def+ -spatk, not def+ -atk
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Protect / Thunder Wave
- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp

[SET COMMENTS]
Rotom-W is a versatile pivot that uses its solid mixed bulk and good type combination to bring frailer teammates in safely, while also being able to support them by spreading debilitating status effects to the opposing team. Hydro Pump provides solid STAB damage to keep Rotom-W from being to passive and punishes Ground-types like Great Tusk and Iron Treads that can switch into Volt Switch. In the last two moveslots, you can run any combination of Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, or Protect; Thunder Wave cripples Pokémon that rely on their speed like Weavile, Sneasler, and Zacian-C, Will-O-Wisp neutralizes physical attackers like the previous three, as well as Great Tusk, Iron Hands, and Urshifu-R, and is better suited for a physically defensive Rotom-W, and finally, Protect stalls turns while Rotom-W regains HP from Leftovers.

Rotom-W is flexible in that it can run both a physically or specially defensive EV spread depending on the needs of the team, with physical Re-edit the sentence to fit the context of the Spdef spread being removed or you can remove the whole thing in general, up to you Rotom-W being able to switch into physical attackers such as Weavile, Araquanid, and Arcanine-H Samurott-H, and Zamazenta Replaced with more common and relevant mons, and even some gods such as Necrozma-DM, Zacian-C, and Calyrex-I and scare them out with the threat of Will-O-Wisp, and Specially Defensive Rotom-W switching into Pokémon like Iron Moth, Talonflame, and Volcanion SpDef spread removed. Tera Steel allows Rotom-W to defend against Grass-types like Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Meowscarada, and Steel-type with an immunity to Ground-type is a generally sound defensive typing. Leftovers is important because it provides Rotom-W's only modicum of revovery, so Rotom-W needs to be careful switching into Pokémon with Knock Off like Weavile, Great Tusk, and Samurott-H. Set-Up Sweepers like Weavile, Ogerpon-W, and Landorus appreciate Rotom-W's ability to pivot them in safely while also paralyzing crippling opposing wallbreakers with status effects, making them easier to outspeed and remove later on Rotom-W can also wisp mons to effectively make them useless or give extra chip still. Gods with high HP stats like Eternatus and Arceus are ideal donors, but any HP stat above 100 can work, even Zacian's 92 is serviceable. Rotom-W Struggles greatly with Grass-types, which is its only weakness, so its happiest alongside teammates that can reliably switch into them such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Slowking-G; the latter two have the additional benefit of U-turn and Chilly Reception respectively, allowing them to form strong pivoting cores that excel at getting the right Pokémon onto the field.

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QC Check 1/2 don't forget to add the set credits at the bottom
 
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (HP) (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe 4 SpD We shouldn't use 4 spe as a leftover in analyses, as it leads to a lot of complications. You can read why here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/re-analyses-ev-spreads.3625369/post-10145472
Nature: Bold
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Protect / Thunder Wave Pain Split / Protect Add pain split and slash it with protect (with pain split 1st), as it is a much more reliable forme of recovery than lefties + protect as it isn't ruined by burns and rocks. Also, write in the set comments that pain split works better when it's paired with gods that have a low base hp stat (since it heals more) like zacian-c and necrozma-dm, while protect is preferred when using it with gods with high hp stats, like arceus and eternatus (as it heals less with them)
- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp

[SET COMMENTS]
Rotom-W is a versatile pivot that uses its solid mixed bulk and good type combination to bring frailer teammates in safely, while also being able to support them by spreading status effects to the opposing team. Hydro Pump provides solid STAB damage to keep Rotom-W from being to passive and punishes Ground-types like Great Tusk and Iron Treads that can switch into Volt Switch. In the last two moveslots, you can run any combination of Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, or Protect; Thunder Wave cripples Pokémon that rely on their speed like Weavile, Sneasler, and Zacian-C, Will-O-Wisp neutralizes physical attackers like the previous three, as well as Great Tusk Calyrex-I Great Tusk can just be hit by hydro pump, and Calyrex-I is affected a lot more by will-o-wisp than it is by twave because of its already low speed, Iron Hands, and Urshifu-R Rillaboom Urshifu-R is also hit by twave, so it's a bit of an odd mention, while rillaboom is a lot more affected by will-o-wisp compared to twave because it has grassy glide as priority to get around the speed drop, and finally, Protect stalls turns while Rotom-W regains HP from Leftovers.

Rotom-W is able to switch into physical attackers such as Weavile, Samurott-H, and Zamazenta, and even some gods such as Necrozma-DM, Zacian-C, and Calyrex-I and scare them out with the threat of Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave. Tera Steel allows Rotom-W to defend against Grass-types like Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Meowscarada, and Steel-type with an immunity to Ground-type is a generally sound defensive typing. Leftovers is important because it provides Rotom-W's only modicum of revovery with much needed recovery, as it lacks consistent healing options, so Rotom-W needs to be careful switching into Pokémon with Knock Off like Weavile, Great Tusk, and Samurott-H. Set-Up Sweepers like Weavile, Ogerpon-W, and Landorus appreciate Rotom-W's ability to pivot them in safely while also crippling opposing wallbreakers with status effects. In the same vein, mention breakers like CB Urshifu-S, CB Rillaboom and Power Herb Glimmora that appreciate Rotom-W's ability to get them in safely, and they can knock out bulkier foes that Rotom and its teammates can otherwise struggle to deal with, such as Pecharunt, Hydrapple and Clefable Gods with high HP stats like Eternatus and Arceus are ideal donors for sets using protect, but any base HP stat above 100 can work, even Zacian's 92 is serviceable in tandem with pain split. Also mention how Rotom-W fits better on offensive teams, as it is good at generating momentum for them and games are generally shorter, so opponents are less likely to exploit Rotom-W's lack of reliable recovery in the long term Rotom-W Struggles greatly with Grass-types, which is its only weakness, so its happiest alongside teammates that can reliably switch into them such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Slowking-G; the latter two have the additional benefit of U-turn and Chilly Reception respectively, allowing them to form strong pivoting cores that excel at getting the right Pokémon onto the field.

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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (HP) (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Nature: Bold
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Protect
- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp

[SET COMMENTS]
Rotom-W is a versatile pivot that uses its solid mixed bulk and good type combination to bring frailer teammates in safely (RC) while also being able to support them by spreading status effects to the opposing team. Hydro Pump provides solid STAB type damage to keep Rotom-W from being to too passive and punishes Ground-types like Great Tusk and Iron Treads that can switch into Volt Switch. In the last two moveslots, you can run any combination of Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, or and Protect; Thunder Wave cripples Pokémon that Pokemon which rely on their Speed, (AC) like Weavile, Sneasler, and Zacian-C, while Will-O-Wisp neutralizes physical attackers like the previous three, as well as Calyrex-I, Iron Hands, and Rillaboom. Pain Split works better when receiving lower HP stats from gods such as Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C, as it heals more than when receiving HP from gods like Arceus and Eternatus, in which case it's better to use Protect to stall turns while Rotom-W regains HP from Leftovers.

Rotom-W is able to switch into physical attackers such as Weavile, Samurott-H Hisuian Samurott, and Zamazenta (RC) and even some gods such as Necrozma-DM, Zacian-C, and Calyrex-I and scare them out with the threat of Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave. Tera Steel allows Rotom-W to defend against Grass-types like Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Meowscarada, and Steel-type with an immunity to Ground-type is a generally sound defensive typing. Leftovers is important because it provides Rotom-W with much needed recovery, as it lacks consistent healing options, so Rotom-W it needs to be careful switching into Pokémon Pokemon with Knock Off like Weavile, Great Tusk, and Samurott-H Hisuian Samurott. Set-Up Setup sweepers like Weavile, Ogerpon-W, and Landorus appreciate Rotom-W's ability to pivot them in safely while also crippling opposing wallbreakers with status effects. Rotom-W also creates momentum to get in free switch ins for wallbreakers with more immediate power such as Choice Band Urshifu-S, Choice Band Rillaboom, and Power Herb Glimmora, who which can KO bulky opponents foes like Pecharunt, Hydrapple, and Clefable that Rotom-W and its teammates struggle with. Gods with high HP stats, (AC) like Eternatus and Arceus, (AC) are ideal donors for sets using Protect, but any base HP stat above 100 can work, and even Zacian's 92 HP is serviceable with Pain Split. Rotom-W fits well on offensive teams that can make full use of the momentum it creates while also typically playing shorter games, which gives opponents less time to exploit Rotom-W's lack of longevity. Rotom-W struggles greatly with Grass-types (RC) which is its only weakness (dex info) (RC) so its it's happiest alongside teammates that can reliably switch into them such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Slowking-G; the latter two have the additional benefit of U-turn and Chilly Reception, (AC) respectively, allowing them to form strong pivoting cores that excel at getting the right Pokémon Pokemon onto the field.

[SET CREDITS]
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[SET]
Defensive Pivot (HP) (Rotom-W) @ Leftovers
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Nature: Bold
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hydro Pump
- Volt Switch
- Pain Split / Protect
- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp

[SET COMMENTS]
Rotom-W is a versatile pivot that uses its solid mixed bulk and good type combination to bring frailer teammates in safely while also being able to support them by spreading status effects to the opposing team. Hydro Pump provides solid STAB type damage to keep Rotom-W from being too passive and punishes Ground-types like Great Tusk and Iron Treads that can switch into Volt Switch. In the last two moveslots, you Rotom-W can run any combination of Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, and Protect; Thunder Wave cripples Pokemon which that rely on their Speed, like Weavile, Sneasler, and Zacian-C, while Will-O-Wisp neutralizes physical attackers like the previous three (RC) as well as Calyrex-I, Iron Hands, and Rillaboom. Pain Split works better when receiving lower HP stats from gods such as Necrozma-DM and Zacian-C, as it heals more than when receiving HP from gods like Arceus and Eternatus, in which case it's better to use Protect to stall turns while Rotom-W regains HP from Leftovers.

Rotom-W is able to switch into physical attackers such as Weavile, Hisuian Samurott, and Zamazenta and even some gods such as Necrozma-DM, Zacian-C, and Calyrex-I and scare them out with the threat of Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave. Tera Steel allows Rotom-W to defend against Grass-types like Rillaboom, Ogerpon, and Meowscarada, and being a Steel-type with an immunity to Ground-type is Ground gives it a generally sound defensive typing. Leftovers is important because it provides Rotom-W with much needed recovery, as it lacks consistent healing options, so it needs to be careful switching into Pokemon with Knock Off like Weavile, Great Tusk, and Hisuian Samurott. (for the tera steel sentence and the leftovers one, should these not be in paragraph 1? not sue if gg followsa different format but for standard 2 paragraph formats its everything about the set in p1 including items/teras (not just moves) and then teammates in p2) Setup SetUp Sweepers like Weavile, Ogerpon-W, and Landorus appreciate Rotom-W's ability to pivot them in safely while also crippling opposing wallbreakers with status effects. Rotom-W also creates free switch ins switch-ins for wallbreakers with more immediate power such as Choice Band Urshifu-S, Choice Band Rillaboom, and Power Herb Glimmora, which can KO bulky foes like Pecharunt, Hydrapple, and Clefable that Rotom-W and its teammates struggle with. Gods with high base HP stats, like Eternatus and Arceus, are ideal donors for sets using Protect, but any base HP stat above 100 can work, and even Zacian's 92 HP is serviceable with Pain Split. (this isn't super clear - you're saying use high hp gods for protect and then drop a '92 is serviceable if you don't use protect and use pain split instead' - would probably be easier for a new reader to separate out the good protect gods and the goood pain split gods) Rotom-W fits well on offensive teams that can make full use of the momentum it creates while also typically playing shorter games, which gives opponents less time to exploit Rotom-W's its lack of longevity. (in typical two paragraph formats, this type of sentence about the teams a mon fits on is the first one to contextualise the examples in the rest of the paragraph, again not sure if gg is doing something else) Rotom-W struggles greatly with Grass-types so it's happiest alongside teammates that can reliably switch into them such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Slowking-G Galarian Slowking; the latter two have the additional benefit of U-turn and Chilly Reception, respectively, allowing them to form strong pivoting cores that excel at getting the right Pokemon onto the field.

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