Rotom-Wash @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Trick
- Nasty Plot / Will-O-Wisp
Rotom-W is ready to pivot spam the opponent into the washer! Choice Scarf Rotom-W outpaces and threatens Starmie, Mamoswine, and +1 Feraligatr, and it forces the opponent to play a dangerous guessing game: will they block Volt Switch by switching in a Ground-type and risk getting hit by Hydro Pump or burnt by Will-O-Wisp, or will they let Rotom-W get away for free? Trick cripples common switch-ins like Tangrowth, Clefable, and Blissey. Nasty Plot affords Rotom-W great late-game sweeping potential after Trick, using its excellent bulk and defensive typing to tank a hit and fire back even harder; it also gives Rotom-W a particularly good matchup against stall. Will-O-Wisp debilitates physical attackers Rotom-W cannot immediately pressure like Breloom, Garchomp, Scizor, and Dragonite. Scizor is an excellent partner, forming a powerful VoltTurn core with Rotom-W and importantly switching into Latios. Physical wallbreakers like Breloom, Weavile, and Crawdaunt appreciate the free switch Volt Switch provides; Breloom and Weavile particularly enjoy Rotom-W pressuring Skarmory, while Crawdaunt can lure and surprise Tangrowth with Sludge Bomb.
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Hydro Pump
- Trick
- Nasty Plot / Will-O-Wisp
Rotom-W is ready to pivot spam the opponent into the washer! Choice Scarf Rotom-W outpaces and threatens Starmie, Mamoswine, and +1 Feraligatr, and it forces the opponent to play a dangerous guessing game: will they block Volt Switch by switching in a Ground-type and risk getting hit by Hydro Pump or burnt by Will-O-Wisp, or will they let Rotom-W get away for free? Trick cripples common switch-ins like Tangrowth, Clefable, and Blissey. Nasty Plot affords Rotom-W great late-game sweeping potential after Trick, using its excellent bulk and defensive typing to tank a hit and fire back even harder; it also gives Rotom-W a particularly good matchup against stall. Will-O-Wisp debilitates physical attackers Rotom-W cannot immediately pressure like Breloom, Garchomp, Scizor, and Dragonite. Scizor is an excellent partner, forming a powerful VoltTurn core with Rotom-W and importantly switching into Latios. Physical wallbreakers like Breloom, Weavile, and Crawdaunt appreciate the free switch Volt Switch provides; Breloom and Weavile particularly enjoy Rotom-W pressuring Skarmory, while Crawdaunt can lure and surprise Tangrowth with Sludge Bomb.
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