Ubers Rotom-Wash [QC: 2/2] [GP: 2/2]

[Fc]

[Overview]

Rotom-W uses Levitate and its solid typing to be a nice defensive answer to strong Pokemon like Groudon and Necrozma-DM. Its main draw over other physically defensive Pokemon, like Giratina, is Volt Switch; this makes it far less passive and enables wallbreaking teammates, as it pivots on walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn, which resist its STAB moves. Its typing is important for its Ice resistance, as not many Pokemon outside of Necrozma-DM can stand up to Icicle Crash and Triple Axel from Galarian Darmanitan and Weavile, and unlike Necrozma-DM, Rotom-W can take Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire with ease. Rotom-W has low overall bulk and below average attacking stats, though, making it fairly exploitable for any Pokemon its typing and ability don't allow it to counter.

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Hydro Pump / Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Rotom-W uses Volt Switch and Will-O-Wisp to damage walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn over time. These moves are the main draws of the set and are crucial for Rotom-W as a wall to make up for its lack of offensive stats. Pain Split is necessary for recovery and is a great help in the Ubers tier, where many Pokemon like Eternatus have very high natural HP stats, letting it reliably heal off most damage. Forcing Eternatus to recover off the resulting chip damage is important for momentum, allowing in partners that can exploit a free turn off a Volt Switch like Weavile to come in. Hydro Pump is helpful for dealing with Zygarde trying to set up Substitute before becoming Zygarde-C, as well as chipping Groudon, which takes no damage from burn over time if holding Leftovers. Alternatively, Defog can reliably clear entry hazards against the tier's best Stealth Rock setters, Necrozma-DM and Groudon, allowing for Stealth Rock-weak Pokemon like Galarian Darmanitan and Rayquaza to shine as partners. However, it makes Rotom-W even more passive.

One of Rotom-W's biggest weaknesses is status, with Toxic on Groudon or Necrozma-DM limiting how much it can pivot. It is important to pair Rotom-W with a cleric, such as Calyrex-S, Xerneas, or Blissey, to alleviate this weakness. Xerneas in particular is a good pivot into Dragon-types like Zygarde, and it adds a great Knock Off switch-in so Rotom-W can keep its Leftovers. Baiting in Ferrothorn and Eternatus and using Volt Switch is a fantastic way to get in strong wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Choice Specs Calyrex-S, which can take advantage of these Pokemon. Kyogre is another strong partner, as it appreciates the chip damage Rotom-W deals to its checks, which lets break through them with Choice Specs- or Calm Mind-boosted attacks more easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Rotom-W can run Trick with a Choice Scarf to remove the threat of walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn. Trick would most often be used instead of Hydro Pump, which leaves Rotom-W unable to touch a Zygarde behind Substitute and makes chipping Groudon difficult.

Checks and Counters
====

**Eternatus**: Eternatus walls both STAB moves from Rotom-W and is able to recover off burn damage, but it can be used as bait for Volt Switch to bring in another offensive threat.

**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn can use Rotom-W to set up entry hazards, as it has no reliable way to damage Ferrothorn. Long-term damage from Will-O-Wisp and Volt Switch can add up, though.

**Passive Damage**: While immune to Spikes, Rotom-W is heavily hindered if Stealth Rock stays up or if it gets poisoned.

**Knock Off**: Pokemon that Rotom-W can normally check like Necrozma-DM can carry Knock Off to limit it heavily, since landing it makes Rotom-W rely solely on Pain Split for recovery. Rotom-W doesn't get to use its Ice resistance as much as desired against Weavile, since it fears Knock Off.

**Zygarde-C**: Zygarde-C rarely has its Substitute broken by Hydro Pump from Rotom-W, even with minimal HP investment, allowing it to set up freely most of the time. Thousand Arrows also negates Levitate, Rotom-W's only way of checking most Ground-types. Zygarde can freely set up on Rotom-W lacking Hydro Pump even before transformation.

**Giratina**: Giratina ignores everything Rotom-W tries to do, healing off status with Rest and taking almost no damage from Volt Switch thanks to Leftovers.

**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Rotom-W's ability to check Pokemon comes mainly from its typing and ability, meaning strong Pokemon that can break past its average bulk are very threatening. Calyrex-S, Choice item Kyogre, Zekrom, and Xerneas can all take advantage of it to force progress by wallbreaking.

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- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[Eledyr, 415367], [Manaphy, 50695], [Lasen, 273339]]
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[Lasen]

This ready or nah

 

[Fc]

This ready or nah

yes.

 

[Eledyr]

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[Overview]

Rotom-W takes advantage of Levitate and its solid typing to be a nice defensive answer to strong Pokemon, notably Groudon and Necrozma-DM. Its main draw over other physically defensive Pokemon that can do this like Giratina is Volt Switch, making it far less passive and enabling wallbreakers as it pivots on defensive walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn which resist its STAB moves. Rotom-W has low overall bulk and below average attacking stats. though, making In consequence, Rotom-W is fairly exploitable for any Pokemon its typing and ability doesn't allow it to counter.

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Hydro Pump / Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Rotom-W uses Volt Switch and Will-O-Wisp to deal passive damage over time to defensive walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn. These are the main draws of the set and are crucial for its ability as a wall to make up for its lack of offensive stats. Pain Split is necessary for recovery, and is a great help in the Ubers tier where many Pokemon like Eternatus have very high natural HP stats, so it can reliably heal off most damage. I'd mention here how forcing Eternatus to recover its HP allows Rotom to freely use Volt Switch, which lets its partners (mention them) threaten it. Hydro Pump is helpful for dealing with Zygarde trying to set up Substitute before becoming Zygarde-100%, as well as chipping Groudon which otherwise takes no damage from burn over time if holding Leftovers. I'd develop more and add how foes like Yveltal, Zekrom, and Marshadow would like to offensively check it but cannot due to how a burn ruin their offensive potential. Defog can alternatively be used to clear entry hazards from the tiers best Stealth Rock setter, Necrozma-DM, but it makes Rotom-W even more passive. I'd put the emphasis on how good Rotom-W is to switch in on Ho-Oh, and how it can use it to do whatever it wants to.

One of Rotom-W's biggest weaknesses is status, with Toxic on Groudon or Necrozma-DM limiting how much Rotom-W can pivot. A cleric is very important to pair with it, such as Calyrex-S, Xerneas, or Blissey to alleviate this weakness. Baiting in Ferrothorn and Eternatus and using Volt Switch is a fantastic way to get in strong wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan or Choice Specs Calyrex-S who can take advantage of these Pokemon. Kyogre is another strong partner, as it appreciates the chip damage Rotom-W deals to its checks so that it can break through them with Choice Specs or Calm Mind boosted attacks easier.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Rotom-W can run Trick with a Choice Scarf to remove the threat of walls like Eternatus or Ferrothorn. This would most often be used instead of Hydro Pump, which leaves Rotom-W unable to touch a setup Substitute Zygarde or chip Groudon without a burn. Thunder Wave here ? It cripples extremely hard some foes Will-O-Wisp can attract, especially Eternatus, which grants a solid help to some partners like the aforementioned Choice Specs Kyogre, though letting Zekrom completely free & relying only on a weakened Hydro Pump to deal with Groudon is what really held it back.

Checks and Counters
====

**Eternatus**: Eternatus walls both STAB moves from Rotom-W and is able to Recover off burn damage, but can be used as bait for Volt Switch to bring in another offensive threat. mention here how it can also cripple Rotom-W with a status (Toxic/Sludge Bomb poison) or inflict to it an enormous amount of damage if it runs an offensive set.

**Passive Damage**: While it is immune to Spikes, Rotom-W will fail at its job if it gets weakened too much by passive damage; burn negates the recovery of Leftovers, Toxic damages puts it on timer and Stealth Rock damage slowly soften it.

**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn can use Rotom-W to set up entry hazards on as it has no reliable way to damage Ferrothorn. Long term damage from Will-O-Wisp and Volt Switch can add up, though.

**Zygarde**: Zygarde-C rarely has its Substitute broken by Hydro Pump from Rotom-W even with minimal HP investment, allowing it to set up freely most of the time, and Rotom-W cannot take repeated Thousand Arrows on the switch, even thrown by defensive variants of Zygarde.

**Giratina**: Giratina ignores everything Rotom-W tries to do, being able to Rest off status and taking almost no damage from Volt Switch thanks to Leftovers.

**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Rotom-W's ability to check Pokemon comes mainly from its typing and ability, meaning strong Pokemon that can break past its average bulk are very threatening. Calyrex-S, Choice item Kyogre, Zekrom, and Xerneas can all take advantage of it to force progress by wallbreaking.

add Kyurem-W as a last check? it's extremely rare but it resists both STABs, doesn't care about Will-O-Wisp, and can Roost to shrug off the damages taken, and on top of that threatens severely Rotom-W with its STABs.

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Hope it was helpful

 

[Manaphy]

Hi this is good analysis, I know you like to keep em quick and straightforward but I feel like these two points gotta be mentioned:

- Rotom-W's resistances specifically are good to point out, despite it's mediocre bulk it has a lot of useful ones that can be hard to find in this tier. The Ice resist is super useful nowadays for Darm and Weavile, Flying and Fire means you can come in on Offensive Ho-Oh relatively easy, and the immunity to Ground makes you an actually pretty decent Fire-move Don check (rare to find!!)

- Building off of the above point, I think Rotom-W can be useful as a defogger specifically since it can defog consistently on both Necrozma-DM and Groudon. Yveltal of course has trouble with both while Boots Ho-Oh or Xatu get edged by don. Because of that, Rotom-W can allow some of the stronger but sketchier to build around mons to shine, like Caly-Ice (who, by the way, can check Zyg and aroma!), CB Ho-Oh, or even just regular Scarf Darm. Pair with a cleric to cover Toxic Don/Lando and pack an extra defogger and you're good to go!

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[Lasen]

Eternatus walls both STAB moves

Resists

I'd maybe add Knock Off as a C&C because it kind of sucks to have lefties removed and NDM/Weavile both run it.
Maybe put some more emphasis on Xerneas as a teammate. You pivot away from Dragon-types into it, it's a secondary Weav and Yveltal check and Rotom blanks NDM for it.

Idk why you have Eledyr as a QC member cause I don't see most of his stuff implemented but other than QC 2/2 (3/3?)

 

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[Adeleine]

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[Overview]

Rotom-W takes advantage of uses Levitate and its solid typing to be a nice defensive answer to strong Pokemon, notably Groudon and Necrozma-DM. Its main draw over other physically defensive Pokemon that can do this like Giratina is Volt Switch, making answer them, like Giratina, is Volt Switch; this makes it far less passive and enabling enables wallbreakers as it pivots on defensive walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn, (AC) which resist its STAB moves. Its typing is important as an Ice resist, for its Ice resistance, as not many Pokemon outside of Necrozma-DM can stand up to Icicle Crash and Triple Axel from Galarian Darmanitan and Weavile respectively, and unlike Necrozma-DM, Rotom-W can take Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire with ease. Rotom-W has low overall bulk and below average attacking stats, though, making it fairly exploitable for any Pokemon its typing and ability doesn't don't allow it to counter.

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Hydro Pump / Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Rotom-W uses Volt Switch and Will-O-Wisp to deal passive damage over time to defensive damage walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn over time. These moves are the main draws of the set and are crucial for its ability Rotom-W as a wall to make up for its lack of offensive stats. Pain Split is necessary for recovery and is a great help in the Ubers tier, (AC) where many Pokemon like Eternatus have very high natural HP stats, so it can letting it reliably heal off most damage. Forcing Eternatus to recover off the resulting (I imagine?) chip damage is important for momentum, allowing in partners that can exploit a free turn off a Volt Switch like Weavile. Hydro Pump is helpful for dealing with Zygarde trying to set up Substitute before becoming Zygarde-100%, Zygarde-C, as well as chipping Groudon, (AC) which otherwise takes no damage from burn over time if holding Leftovers. Alternatively, Defog can alternatively be used to reliably clear entry hazards against the tiers tier's best Stealth Rock setters, Necrozma-DM and Groudon, allowing for Stealth Rock weak Rock-weak Pokemon like Galarian Darmanitan or and Rayquaza to shine as partners, but partners. However, it makes Rotom-W even more passive.

One of Rotom-W's biggest weaknesses is status, with Toxic on Groudon or Necrozma-DM limiting how much Rotom-W it can pivot. A cleric is very important to pair with it, such as Calyrex-S, Xerneas, or Blissey, (AC) to alleviate this weakness. Xerneas in particular is a good pivot into Dragon-types like Zygarde, and it adds a great Knock Off switch-in so Rotom-W can keep its Leftovers. Baiting in Ferrothorn and Eternatus and using Volt Switch is a fantastic way to get in strong wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan or and Choice Specs Calyrex-S who Calyrex-S, which can take advantage of these Pokemon. Xerneas in particular is a good pivot into Dragon-types like Zygarde, and is a great Knock Off switch-in so Rotom-W can keep its Leftovers. Kyogre is another strong partner, as it appreciates the chip damage Rotom-W deals to its checks so that it can checks, which lets break through them with Choice Specs- or Calm Mind-boosted (added both hyphens) attacks easier. more easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Rotom-W can run Trick with a Choice Scarf to remove the threat of walls like Eternatus or and Ferrothorn. This Trick would most often be used instead of Hydro Pump, which leaves Rotom-W unable to touch a setup Substitute Zygarde or chip Groudon without a burn. Zygarde behind Substitute and makes chipping Groudon difficult. (i imagine this makes sense, bc groudon could be holding leftovers anyway to negate burn chip, + pain split theoretically gives you another way to chip it? you can revert this change if needed though)

Checks and Counters
====

**Eternatus**: Eternatus walls both STAB moves from Rotom-W and is able to Recover recover off burn damage, but it can be used as bait for Volt Switch to bring in another offensive threat.

**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn can use Rotom-W to set up entry hazards on hazards, as it has no reliable way to damage Ferrothorn. Long-term (added hyphen) damage from Will-O-Wisp and Volt Switch can add up, though.

**Passive Damage**: While immune to Spikes, Rotom-W is heavily hindered if Stealth Rock stay stays up or if it takes a poison.

**Knock Off**: Pokemon that Rotom-W can normally check like Necrozma-DM can carry Knock Off to limit it heavily, (AC) since it now relies landing it makes Rotom-W rely solely on Pain Split for recovery, and recovery. Rotom-W doesn't get to use its Ice resistance as much as desired against Weavile, (AC) since it fears Knock Off.

**Zygarde-C**: Zygarde-C rarely has its Substitute broken by Hydro Pump from Rotom-W, (AC) even with minimal HP investment, allowing it to set up freely most of the time. Thousand Arrows also negates Levitate, Rotom-W's only way of checking most Ground-types. Zygarde can freely set up on Rotom-W lacking Hydro Pump even before transformation. (I imagine this makes sense and is worth including? up to you though)

**Giratina**: Giratina ignores everything Rotom-W tries to do, being able to Rest off status healing off status with Rest and taking almost no damage from Volt Switch thanks to Leftovers.

**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Rotom-W's ability to check Pokemon comes mainly from its typing and ability, meaning strong Pokemon that can break past its average bulk are very threatening. Calyrex-S, choice Choice item Kyogre, Zekrom, and Xerneas can all take advantage of it to force progress by wallbreaking.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[Eledyr, 415367], [Manaphy, 50695], [Lasen, 273339]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429], [username2, userid2]]

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[Fc]

implemented

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

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[Overview]

Rotom-W uses Levitate and its solid typing to be a nice defensive answer to strong Pokemon, notably like Groudon and Necrozma-DM. Its main draw over other physically defensive Pokemon that can answer them, like Giratina, is Volt Switch; this makes it far less passive and enables wallbreakers wallbreaking teammates, as it pivots on walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn, which resist its STAB moves. Its typing is important for its Ice resistance, as not many Pokemon outside of Necrozma-DM can stand up to Icicle Crash and Triple Axel from Galarian Darmanitan and Weavile, and unlike Necrozma-DM, Rotom-W can take Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire with ease. Rotom-W has low overall bulk and below average attacking stats, though, making it fairly exploitable for any Pokemon its typing and ability don't allow it to counter.

[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Will-O-Wisp
move 3: Pain Split
move 4: Hydro Pump / Defog
item: Leftovers
ability: Levitate
nature: Bold
evs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]

Rotom-W uses Volt Switch and Will-O-Wisp to damage walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn over time. These moves are the main draws of the set and are crucial for Rotom-W as a wall to make up for its lack of offensive stats. Pain Split is necessary for recovery and is a great help in the Ubers tier, where many Pokemon like Eternatus have very high natural HP stats, letting it reliably heal off most damage. Forcing Eternatus to recover off the resulting chip damage is important for momentum, allowing in partners that can exploit a free turn off a Volt Switch like Weavile to come in. Hydro Pump is helpful for dealing with Zygarde trying to set up Substitute before becoming Zygarde-C, as well as chipping Groudon, which takes no damage from burn over time if holding Leftovers. Alternatively, Defog can reliably clear entry hazards against the tier's best Stealth Rock setters, Necrozma-DM and Groudon, allowing for Stealth Rock-weak Pokemon like Galarian Darmanitan and Rayquaza to shine as partners. However, it makes Rotom-W even more passive.

One of Rotom-W's biggest weaknesses is status, with Toxic on Groudon or Necrozma-DM limiting how much it can pivot. A cleric is very important to pair with it It is important to pair Rotom-W with a cleric, such as Calyrex-S, Xerneas, or Blissey, to alleviate this weakness. Xerneas in particular is a good pivot into Dragon-types like Zygarde, and it adds a great Knock Off switch-in so Rotom-W can keep its Leftovers. Baiting in Ferrothorn and Eternatus and using Volt Switch is a fantastic way to get in strong wallbreakers like Galarian Darmanitan and Choice Specs Calyrex-S, which can take advantage of these Pokemon. Kyogre is another strong partner, as it appreciates the chip damage Rotom-W deals to its checks, which lets break through them with Choice Specs- or Calm Mind-boosted attacks more easily.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
====

Rotom-W can run Trick with a Choice Scarf to remove the threat of walls like Eternatus and Ferrothorn. Trick would most often be used instead of Hydro Pump, which leaves Rotom-W unable to touch a Zygarde behind Substitute and makes chipping Groudon difficult.

Checks and Counters
====

**Eternatus**: Eternatus walls both STAB moves from Rotom-W and is able to recover off burn damage, but it can be used as bait for Volt Switch to bring in another offensive threat.

**Ferrothorn**: Ferrothorn can use Rotom-W to set up entry hazards, as it has no reliable way to damage Ferrothorn. Long-term damage from Will-O-Wisp and Volt Switch can add up, though.

**Passive Damage**: While immune to Spikes, Rotom-W is heavily hindered if Stealth Rock stays up or if it takes poison gets poisoned.

**Knock Off**: Pokemon that Rotom-W can normally check like Necrozma-DM can carry Knock Off to limit it heavily, since landing it makes Rotom-W rely solely on Pain Split for recovery. Rotom-W doesn't get to use its Ice resistance as much as desired against Weavile, since it fears Knock Off.

**Zygarde-C**: Zygarde-C rarely has its Substitute broken by Hydro Pump from Rotom-W, even with minimal HP investment, allowing it to set up freely most of the time. Thousand Arrows also negates Levitate, Rotom-W's only way of checking most Ground-types. Zygarde can freely set up on Rotom-W lacking Hydro Pump even before transformation.

**Giratina**: Giratina ignores everything Rotom-W tries to do, healing off status with Rest and taking almost no damage from Volt Switch thanks to Leftovers.

**Powerful Wallbreakers**: Rotom-W's ability to check Pokemon comes mainly from its typing and ability, meaning strong Pokemon that can break past its average bulk are very threatening. Calyrex-S, Choice item Kyogre, Zekrom, and Xerneas can all take advantage of it to force progress by wallbreaking.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Fc, 511624]]
- Quality checked by: [[Eledyr, 415367], [Manaphy, 50695], [Lasen, 273339]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429], [UT, 523866]]

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