Rotom! What to do?

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masquerade__

I have a Timid Rotom that I got in a trade, and I need to know if I should keep it, or breed for a better one.

It's IVs are

HP: 25, 26
Atk: 14, 15
Def: 9, 10
SAtk: 30, 31
SDef: 30
Spd: 11

Okay, possible 31 in SAtk is great, 30 in SDef is nice, 25/26 HP is good too. Atk is unimportant.

So, with 9/10 in Def, it shouldn't make such a HUGE difference, right? It's not like I'm going to leave it in against a Physical Sweeper that has any SE moves against it.

The one I'm really worried about is Speed. 11 isn't so hot, but with nature and EVs, its speed will be maxed at 289.

It outspeeds and OHKOs Gyarados, resists Starmie's common attacks, then OHKOs, outspeeds, resists and 2HKOs standard Milotic, resists and OHKOs Timid Zam, and sometimes resists Modest Zam.

As for a moveset, I was thinking:

Rotom@Petaya Berry
Timid: 252 Spd, 252 SAtk, 6 HP
Thunderbolt
Shadow Ball
Will-O-Wisp
Thunder Wave

This would allow me to possibly cut down an opponent's attack before it can do too much damage to me (considering I outspeed it), then retaliate.
Or, if something is faster, (but can't OHKO me), I can TWave then attack.

If I do end up breeding it, will the Everstone trick work with it, or do I have to give the Everstone to the Ditto?
 
The speed is a little bad but it looks like a solid Rotom to me. As you said, the Atk and Def are unimportant. Ideally you'd breed for one with better Speed but that one looks like it'd do fine competitively.

Trick is nice on this guy IMO. Trick/Bolt/Ball/Wave @ Specs/Scarf is an intersting set IMO, 3 immunities makes switching in a piece of cake. The biggest fault of your Timid Rotom is that with its low Speed IV, it can't outrun Mence/Zappy/etc, which would lean me in favour of Scarf.

masquerade__ said:
It outspeeds and OHKOs Gyarados, resists Starmie's common attacks, then OHKOs, outspeeds, resists and 2HKOs standard Milotic, resists and OHKOs Timid Zam, and sometimes resists Modest Zam.
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It doesn't resist any of those moves =S It can survive them maybe (too lazy to crunch numbers) but it certainly doesn't resist Surf and Psychic.
 
Thank you for the advice. I don't really see Salamence as a HUGE problem, because I'll have other things to counter it, so if I see one come in, I'll probably switch out. What does the standard Mence set look like these days?

And as for Zapdos, I can resist most of its attacks, so it shouldn't be too much of a threat.

Alright, I think I'll stick with this Rotom, unless I can breed a better one. And in order to figure that out, I'll need to know:

When breeding Rotom and Ditto, do I have to give the Everstone to Ditto or Rotom?
 
Everstone on Ditto. If you have time/patience I'd definately breed for a better Rotom. It won't resist Alakazam or Starmie, btw, and I think STAB Psychic/Surf would do a number on Rotom.
 
I like that you actually took time and put some serious thought into your post; but I'm sorry, these are the kind of threads we're trying to cut down on :\
 
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