Set Description

Hydro Pump is Rotom-W's main way of cleaning Ground-types like Landorus-T and Excadrill that are immune to Volt Switch and can prevent it from grabbing momentum. Will-O-Wisp lets Rotom-W cripple hard-hitting physical attackers like Melmetal, Weavile, and Garchomp and nullifies Ferrothorn's Leftovers recovery and weakens its attacks. Thunder Wave is able to slow down fast offensive threats like Dragapult, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele. Toxic whittles down defensive walls that can outlast Rotom-W like Gastrodon and Zapdos. Pain Split and Leftovers serve as Rotom-W's semi-reliable forms of recovery, helping it check offensive threats like Garchomp and Heatran and take Stealth Rock chip damage more easily. 132 Speed EVs allow Rotom-W to outspeed positive Speed nature Aegislash and neutral Speed nature Volcanion and Bisharp, while the defensive investment allows Rotom-W to survive Close Combat from Urshifu-R after taking Stealth Rock damage.

Team Options

Rotom-W fits best on VoltTurn balance and bulky offense teams that appreciate its ability to maintain and generate momentum against multiple different threats like Heatran, Landorus-T, Tornadus-T, Weavile, and Sand Rush Excadrill. Corviknight is an amazing teammate for it on teams like this, since both of them work in tandem with their respective pivoting moves. Corviknight can patch up its matchups against Grass-type wallbreakers like Kartana and Rillaboom, while Rotom-W takes on Fire-types like Heatran and Victini for it. Dragapult is an offensive pivot that is able to lure in Pokemon like Tapu Fini, Heatran, Landorus-T, and Tyranitar in for Rotom-W, and Rotom-W can lure in Pokemon like Galarian Slowking and Ferrothorn for it. Landorus-T is another pivot that works well with Rotom-W, since it appreciates Rotom-W being able to switch into Weavile's Ice-type STAB moves as well as checking Tornadus-T, which is able to heavily chip Landorus-T with Hurricane or remove its item, and Volcanion for it. Landorus-T is also able to threaten out Galarian Slowking, one of Rotom-W's best checks, and can check Dragapult and Tapu Koko for it. Melmetal appreciates Rotom-W threatening the likes of Corviknight and Slowbro, while Melmetal can check powerful attackers like Tapu Lele and Choice Band Tyranitar that can overwhelm Rotom-W. Tornadus-T is another great teammate for Rotom-W, being able to take on threats such as Rillaboom and Kartana that force out Rotom-W. It also alleviates the pressure off of Tornadus-T to check Ground-types like Landorus-T, Garchomp, and Excadrill. Clefable is a nice teammate, too, since it can help check threats like Weavile and Urshifu-R that can overwhelm Rotom-W and has utility in Stealth Rock, Knock Off, and Trick + Sticky Barb, which can gradually wear down opposing Rotom-W checks such as Ferrothorn and Galarian Slowking. Heatran fits well with Rotom-W because it checks threats such as Dragapult and Tapu Lele while also possessing Stealth Rock. In return, Rotom-W is able to check Ground- and Water-types like Landorus-T, Slowking, and Garchomp.