Competitive Information for Rotom (mow) [Black/White]
Electric / Grass
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Rotom-mow? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
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Rotom is a wonderful Electric and Grass-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Rotom when battling in the 5th generation meta. Rotom is weak to Bug, Fire, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 68 Def / 188 SpD
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
- Pain Split
- Will-O-Wisp
Double Wall Rotom-Mow (Popular/Trending)
Rotom is an astounding Double Wall. It is meant to have enough defenses and bulk to take both physical and special hits. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Rotom last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Rotom's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Levitate, Rotom is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Rotom switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Pain Split is a status move (shares hp of Rotom and target equally).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
Special Sweeper Rotom-Mow (Levitate)
Rotom is pretty popular Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Rotom's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Rotom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Rotom is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rotom-mow? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Miracle Seed
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Dark Pulse
- Shadow Ball / Ominous Wind
Doubles Special Sweeper Rotom-Mow (Levitate)
Rotom is popular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Rotom's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Leaf Storm). Life Orb boosts the power of Rotom's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Rotom is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Ominous Wind is a special 60-base power Ghost-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Rotom-mow learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Rotom-mow can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Rotom-mow
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Pain split + Toxic
- Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Thunder Wave, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Rotom-mow's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Ominous Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Rotom-mow
- Hidden Power Fire
- Leaf Storm
- Light Screen
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Trick
- Volt Switch
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Rotom-mow in Black and White
- Calm Nature ( 252/0/68/0/188/0/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Rotom-mow's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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