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Trick Rotom-Wash
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[SET]
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Consider rearranging the moveset so that Trick is first, since the featured move of the set should always be first in the analysis
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of a fast pivot thanks to Volt Switch, its devastating status moves and high base power STAB Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex and non-Scarf Greninja, which it now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit super effectively a wide range of offensive and defensive Pokemon alike such as Volcarona, Cinderace, Skeledirge, Great Tusk, and Garganacl. Trick is essentialis in crippling walls that can recover from Rotom-W's attacks like Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex, and Tera Water Garganacl. This greatly opens these foes to being exploited by its teammates. Thunder Wave can cripple faster threats such as Dragapult, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Roaring Moon You can also mention how this helps offensive Pokemon that would normally be slower to handle them easier. Similarly, Will-O-Wisp is just as useful as Thunder Wave as it can heavily disarm Physical threats like the aforementioned Roaring Moon, Dragonite, Breloom and Meowscarada Great Tusk, and Dragapult. Tera Steel gives Rotom-W an immunity to Toxic from Clodsire and Toxapex getting poisoned as well as now resisting Meowscarada's Flower Trick, Breloom's Bullet Seed, Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. Alternatively, Tera Water can be run to take a more offensive approach, boosting the power of Hydro Pump to 2HKO Gholdengo, and potentially OHKO Stealth Rock Garganacl.
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulkyoffence offense teams, pairing well with defences defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Amoonguss Why do the 3 of them pair well with Rotom-W? Elaborate further on this. You can mention how Rotom-W can form VoltTurn with Corv. Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp, remove comma can provide great hazard support with Spikes and Stealth Rock. on top of removing Great Tusk can also remove entry hazards on their side of the field with Rapid Spin, while also removing Gholdengo. More offensive partners like Iron Valiant, Cinderace Volcarona, and Dragapult Kingambit form a great core with Rotom-W as it can disable walls like Dondozo and Toxapex which can cause trouble for these three. In turn, the aforementioned offensive partners can effectively check Breloom, Meowscarada, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, and Choice Specs Dragapult, which can all cause trouble for Rotom-W.
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Consider rearranging the moveset so that Trick is first, since the featured move of the set should always be first in the analysis
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of a fast pivot thanks to Volt Switch, its devastating status moves and high base power STAB Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex and non-Scarf Greninja, which it now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit super effectively a wide range of offensive and defensive Pokemon alike such as Volcarona, Cinderace, Skeledirge, Great Tusk, and Garganacl. Trick is essential
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulky
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Looks like a lot but mostly just expanding on your ideas. If you have any questions or want to discuss something further, you know where to find me :>
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[SET]
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of a fast pivot thanks to Volt Switch, its devastating status moves and high base power STAB Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex and Greninja, which it now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit a wide range of offensive and defensive Pokemon alike such as Volcarona, Cinderace, Skeledirge, Great Tusk, and Garganacl. (Instead of explaining what each stab hits, it's better to explain how the combo is so strong: ground types trying to block volt gets blasted by hydro. from there, you can explain how even though rotom-w speed tier is a bit mehh, with scarf it's enough to outspeed the whole unboosted metagame, and then you can explain how you can use hydro on a cinder iron moth etc and volt on some mons) Trick is essential is crippling walls that can recover from Rotom-W's attacks like Dondozo, Toxapex, and Tera Water Fairy Garganacl. (donbozo isn't staying in on you, unless you specifiy it's like tera grass or dragon. better examples are safe switch-ins like amoong or clod. mention how Trick is also good against bulky boosters like cm hat and curse tera'd garg and donbozo etc.) This greatly opens these foes to being exploited by its teammates. (will be covered on teammates section) Thunder Wave can cripple threats such as Dragapult, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Roaring Moon (i'd rather wisp this tbh, and maybe add bax instead since that mon blanks you if no twave) more effectively with higher Speed thanks to its Choice Scarf. Similarly, Will-O-Wisp is just as useful as Thunder Wave as it can heavily disarm Physical threats like the aforementioned Roaring Moon, Dragonite, Breloom and Meowscarada. Tera Steel gives Rotom-W an immunity to Toxic from Clodsire and Toxapex as well as a resistance to Meowscarada's Flower Trick, Breloom's Bullet Seed, Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. On top of this, Rotom-W retains its immunity to Ground, further capitalising on the utility of Tera Steel. (resist rocks as well so you pivot much more comfortably) Alternatively, Tera Water can be run to take a more offensive approach, boosting the power of Hydro Pump to 2HKO Gholdengo, and potentially OHKO Stealth Rock physically defensive Garganacl. (you also 2hko clodsire if it's not water absorb, which is a big target since it'll just sit on u otherwise)
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulky offence teams, pairing well with defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Amoonguss. (how do they cover rotom-w defensively? what mons do they switch into for it?) Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp, can provide great hazard support with Spikes and Stealth Rock. (all mons enjoy hazards, but why rotom-w in particular? how does it benefit from hazards? or maybe, does rotomw help deal with the metagame's hazard removers for them?) Great Tusk in particular can set up Stealth Rock whilst clearing entry hazards on its side with Rapid Spin. More offensive partners like Iron Valiant, Cinderace and Dragapult form a great core with Rotom-W as it can disable cripple walls like Dondozo and Toxapex (same reason as above there somewhere, replace with mons that will switch into rotom-w) with Trick which can cause trouble for these three. (mention how pult is a secondary speed control cause you often will trick your scarf away) In turn, the aforementioned offensive partners can effectively check Breloom, Meowscarada, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, and Choice Specs Dragapult, which can all cause trouble for Rotom-W. (mention offensive teammates that appreciate being brought in safely via volt, especially if they threaten rotomw's switchin. and hey, it's even better if they form a voltturn core with it!)
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540318]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of a fast pivot thanks to Volt Switch, its devastating status moves and high base power STAB Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex and Greninja, which it now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit a wide range of offensive and defensive Pokemon alike such as Volcarona, Cinderace, Skeledirge, Great Tusk, and Garganacl. (Instead of explaining what each stab hits, it's better to explain how the combo is so strong: ground types trying to block volt gets blasted by hydro. from there, you can explain how even though rotom-w speed tier is a bit mehh, with scarf it's enough to outspeed the whole unboosted metagame, and then you can explain how you can use hydro on a cinder iron moth etc and volt on some mons) Trick is essential is crippling walls that can recover from Rotom-W's attacks like Dondozo, Toxapex, and Tera Water Fairy Garganacl. (donbozo isn't staying in on you, unless you specifiy it's like tera grass or dragon. better examples are safe switch-ins like amoong or clod. mention how Trick is also good against bulky boosters like cm hat and curse tera'd garg and donbozo etc.) This greatly opens these foes to being exploited by its teammates. (will be covered on teammates section) Thunder Wave can cripple threats such as Dragapult, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Roaring Moon (i'd rather wisp this tbh, and maybe add bax instead since that mon blanks you if no twave) more effectively with higher Speed thanks to its Choice Scarf. Similarly, Will-O-Wisp is just as useful as Thunder Wave as it can heavily disarm Physical threats like the aforementioned Roaring Moon, Dragonite, Breloom and Meowscarada. Tera Steel gives Rotom-W an immunity to Toxic from Clodsire and Toxapex as well as a resistance to Meowscarada's Flower Trick, Breloom's Bullet Seed, Iron Valiant's Moonblast and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. On top of this, Rotom-W retains its immunity to Ground, further capitalising on the utility of Tera Steel. (resist rocks as well so you pivot much more comfortably) Alternatively, Tera Water can be run to take a more offensive approach, boosting the power of Hydro Pump to 2HKO Gholdengo, and potentially OHKO Stealth Rock physically defensive Garganacl. (you also 2hko clodsire if it's not water absorb, which is a big target since it'll just sit on u otherwise)
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulky offence teams, pairing well with defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Amoonguss. (how do they cover rotom-w defensively? what mons do they switch into for it?) Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp, can provide great hazard support with Spikes and Stealth Rock. (all mons enjoy hazards, but why rotom-w in particular? how does it benefit from hazards? or maybe, does rotomw help deal with the metagame's hazard removers for them?) Great Tusk in particular can set up Stealth Rock whilst clearing entry hazards on its side with Rapid Spin. More offensive partners like Iron Valiant, Cinderace and Dragapult form a great core with Rotom-W as it can disable cripple walls like Dondozo and Toxapex (same reason as above there somewhere, replace with mons that will switch into rotom-w) with Trick which can cause trouble for these three. (mention how pult is a secondary speed control cause you often will trick your scarf away) In turn, the aforementioned offensive partners can effectively check Breloom, Meowscarada, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, and Choice Specs Dragapult, which can all cause trouble for Rotom-W. (mention offensive teammates that appreciate being brought in safely via volt, especially if they threaten rotomw's switchin. and hey, it's even better if they form a voltturn core with it!)
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540318]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
Looks like a lot but mostly just expanding on your ideas. If you have any questions or want to discuss something further, you know where to find me :>
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Implemented everything except for "Dragapult as secondary speed control" because not only did I not feel it was a necessary mention, but it was very awkward to fit in, felt very randomly placed anywhere in the paragraph, especially where you wanted it to be put in but, I do understand why you thought it should be added.
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[SET]
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of as a fast pivot thanks to its Volt Switch, its devastating status moves, (AC) and high base power STAB high-Base Power STAB move in Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively it can super effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex, (AC) and Greninja, which it Rotom-W now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit a wide range of offensive and defensive Ground-type Pokemon alike such as Great Tusk, Clodsire, and Garchomp, punishing them attempting meaningfully hurting a wide range of Pokemon, and it punishes Ground-types such as Greak Tusk, Clodsire, and Garchomp that attempt to block Rotom-W's Volt Switch. Even though its Speed tier is average, Rotom-W can outspeed the entire unboosted metagame with its Choice Scarf, allowing it to reliably hit Cinderace, Iron Moth, and Garganacl. Trick is essential is crippling to cripple walls that can recover from Rotom-W's attacks, (AC) like Toxapex (RC) and Tera Fairy Garganacl. Thunder Wave can be used to cripple threats such as Dragapult, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Baxcalibur more effectively with higher Speed thanks to its Choice Scarf. Similarly, Baxcalibur, especially since Choice Scarf Rotom-W outspeeds them. Will-O-Wisp is just as useful as Thunder Wave as it can heavily disarm Physical Wave, disarming physical threats like Roaring Moon, Dragonite, Breloom, (AC) and Meowscarada. Tera Steel gives Rotom-W an immunity to Toxic from Clodsire and Toxapex, (AC) as well as a resistance to Meowscarada's Flower Trick, Breloom's Bullet Seed, Iron Valiant's Moonblast, (AC) and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. On top of this, Rotom-W retains its immunity to Ground, while gaining a resistance to Rock, further capitalising on the utility of Tera Steel. Levitate makes Steel's Ground weakness into an immunity; notably, EdgeQuake can't hit Tera Steel Rotom-W neutrally. (I imagine this makes sense?) Alternatively, Tera Water can be run to take takes a more offensive approach, boosting the power of Hydro Pump to 2HKO Gholdengo, and it can potentially OHKO physically defensive Garganacl (RC) and Clodsire.
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulky offence teams, pairing offense teams. It pairs well with defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Amoonguss who can Amoonguss, which use their Grass resistances and/or recovery to sponge hits from like Breloom's Bullet Seed, Meowscarada's Flower Trick, and Ting-Lu's Ruination. Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp, can provide great hazard support with Spikes and Stealth Rock for the entire team, with Great Tusk clearing hazards on its own side with Rapid Spin. Therefore Rotom-W pressures the opponents hazard control entry hazard removers like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Corviknight, and Cinderace Cinderace, which helps hazard setters. Great Tusk is a great example, since it also removes hazards to ease Rotom-W's pivoting. (I imagine this makes sense?) More offensive partners like Iron Valiant, Cinderace, (AC) and Dragapult form a great core with Rotom-W as it can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, and Amoonguss with Trick which can cause trouble for these three. In turn, the aforementioned offensive partners love Rotom-W crippling bothersome walls like Ting-Lu and Amoonguss with Trick. In turn, they can effectively check Breloom, Meowscarada, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, and Choice Specs Dragapult, which can all cause trouble for Rotom-W. When pivoting on Rotom-W pivots against Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex, and Greninja switching as they switch out, frail attackers such as Meowscarada, Cinderace, and Iron Valiant can safely come in to pressure the oncoming incoming Amoonguss, opposing Rotom-W, and Gholdengo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540318]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
name: Trick
move 1: Volt Switch
move 2: Hydro Pump
move 3: Trick
move 4: Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp
item: Choice Scarf
tera type: Steel / Water
ability: Levitate
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Equipped with a Choice Scarf, Rotom-W provides excellent utility in the form of as a fast pivot thanks to its Volt Switch, its devastating status moves, (AC) and high base power STAB high-Base Power STAB move in Hydro Pump. Volt Switch from Rotom-W keeps up momentum during the game, and can super-effectively it can super effectively hit Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex, (AC) and Greninja, which it Rotom-W now outspeeds thanks to its Choice Scarf. Hydro Pump is the strongest move it has, able to hit a wide range of offensive and defensive Ground-type Pokemon alike such as Great Tusk, Clodsire, and Garchomp, punishing them attempting meaningfully hurting a wide range of Pokemon, and it punishes Ground-types such as Greak Tusk, Clodsire, and Garchomp that attempt to block Rotom-W's Volt Switch. Even though its Speed tier is average, Rotom-W can outspeed the entire unboosted metagame with its Choice Scarf, allowing it to reliably hit Cinderace, Iron Moth, and Garganacl. Trick is essential is crippling to cripple walls that can recover from Rotom-W's attacks, (AC) like Toxapex (RC) and Tera Fairy Garganacl. Thunder Wave can be used to cripple threats such as Dragapult, Iron Moth, Volcarona, and Baxcalibur more effectively with higher Speed thanks to its Choice Scarf. Similarly, Baxcalibur, especially since Choice Scarf Rotom-W outspeeds them. Will-O-Wisp is just as useful as Thunder Wave as it can heavily disarm Physical Wave, disarming physical threats like Roaring Moon, Dragonite, Breloom, (AC) and Meowscarada. Tera Steel gives Rotom-W an immunity to Toxic from Clodsire and Toxapex, (AC) as well as a resistance to Meowscarada's Flower Trick, Breloom's Bullet Seed, Iron Valiant's Moonblast, (AC) and Dragonite's Extreme Speed. On top of this, Rotom-W retains its immunity to Ground, while gaining a resistance to Rock, further capitalising on the utility of Tera Steel. Levitate makes Steel's Ground weakness into an immunity; notably, EdgeQuake can't hit Tera Steel Rotom-W neutrally. (I imagine this makes sense?) Alternatively, Tera Water can be run to take takes a more offensive approach, boosting the power of Hydro Pump to 2HKO Gholdengo, and it can potentially OHKO physically defensive Garganacl (RC) and Clodsire.
Rotom-W sits comfortably on balance and bulky offence teams, pairing offense teams. It pairs well with defensive Pokemon such as Corviknight, Toxapex, and Amoonguss who can Amoonguss, which use their Grass resistances and/or recovery to sponge hits from like Breloom's Bullet Seed, Meowscarada's Flower Trick, and Ting-Lu's Ruination. Great Tusk, Ting-Lu, and Garchomp, can provide great hazard support with Spikes and Stealth Rock for the entire team, with Great Tusk clearing hazards on its own side with Rapid Spin. Therefore Rotom-W pressures the opponents hazard control entry hazard removers like Great Tusk, Iron Treads, Corviknight, and Cinderace Cinderace, which helps hazard setters. Great Tusk is a great example, since it also removes hazards to ease Rotom-W's pivoting. (I imagine this makes sense?) More offensive partners like Iron Valiant, Cinderace, (AC) and Dragapult form a great core with Rotom-W as it can cripple walls like Ting-Lu, and Amoonguss with Trick which can cause trouble for these three. In turn, the aforementioned offensive partners love Rotom-W crippling bothersome walls like Ting-Lu and Amoonguss with Trick. In turn, they can effectively check Breloom, Meowscarada, Choice Specs Iron Valiant, Gholdengo, and Choice Specs Dragapult, which can all cause trouble for Rotom-W. When pivoting on Rotom-W pivots against Corviknight, Dondozo, Toxapex, and Greninja switching as they switch out, frail attackers such as Meowscarada, Cinderace, and Iron Valiant can safely come in to pressure the oncoming incoming Amoonguss, opposing Rotom-W, and Gholdengo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Milo, 540318]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]
