Competitive Information for Rotom (heat) [Sword/Shield]
Base Stats for Rotom-Heat
Electric / Fire
Abilities:
LevitateLevitate: This Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it.
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Electric
Fairy
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
0.5x
0.5x
0.5x
0.5x
0.5x
Grass
Ground
Ice
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Steel
Water
0.5x
4x
0.5x
2x
0.25x
2x
¼x
½x
2x
4x
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Rotom-heat? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Common team mates for Rotom-heat in Pokemon Sword/Shield:
ClefableSeismitoadMandibuzzFerrothornConkeldurrPrimarinaHippowdonSylveonKeldeoGengar
ClefableSeismitoadMandibuzzFerrothornConkeldurrPrimarinaHippowdonSylveonKeldeoGengar
Rotom is a marvelous Electric and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Rotom when battling in the 8th generation meta. Rotom is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Rotom-Heat
Item: Safety Goggles / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 84 Def / 44 SpA / 36 SpD / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Nasty Plot / Dark Pulse
- Protect
Item: Safety Goggles / Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Bold (+Def, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 84 Def / 44 SpA / 36 SpD / 92 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Nasty Plot / Dark Pulse
- Protect
Physical Wall Rotom-Heat (Popular/Trending)
Rotom is a marvelous Physical Wall. It's primary goal is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Levitate, Rotom is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Nasty Plot is a status move (raises your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Rotom this turn).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Nasty Plot is a status move (raises your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Rotom this turn).
Species: Rotom-Heat
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Shadow Ball / Hex
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Shadow Ball / Hex
Special Sweeper Rotom-Heat (Levitate)
Rotom is an interesting Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and raises Rotom's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-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).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Rotom-heat? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Common team mates for Rotom-heat in Pokemon Sword/Shield:
ClefableSeismitoadMandibuzzFerrothornConkeldurrPrimarinaHippowdonSylveonKeldeoGengar
ClefableSeismitoadMandibuzzFerrothornConkeldurrPrimarinaHippowdonSylveonKeldeoGengar
Species: Rotom-Heat
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Overheat
- Shadow Ball / Hex
Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Hyper Voice / Round
- Overheat
- Shadow Ball / Hex
Doubles Special Sweeper Rotom-Heat (Levitate)
Rotom is popular Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Round) and raises Rotom's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Rotom's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hex is a special 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Rotom-heat 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.
Cat
Type
Movename
Damage
Accuracy
PP
Effect
Charge Beam
50
90%
10
70% chance to raise the user's Sp. Atk by 1.
Dark Pulse
80
100%
15
20% chance to flinch the target.
Disarming Voice
40
--
15
This move does not check accuracy. Hits foes.
Discharge
80
100%
15
30% chance to paralyze adjacent Pokemon.
Dream Eater
100
100%
15
User gains 1/2 HP inflicted. Sleeping target only.
Electro Ball
--
100%
10
More power the faster the user is than the target.
Electroweb
55
95%
15
100% chance to lower the foe(s) Speed by 1.
Hex
65
100%
10
Power doubles if the target has a status ailment.
Hyper Voice
90
100%
10
No additional effect. Hits adjacent foes.
Mud-Slap
20
100%
10
100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1.
Overheat
130
90%
5
Lowers the user's Sp. Atk by 2.
Rising Voltage
70
100%
20
2x power if target is grounded in Electric Terrain.
Round
60
100%
15
Power doubles if others used Round this turn.
Shadow Ball
80
100%
15
20% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1.
Shock Wave
60
--
20
This move does not check accuracy.
Snore
50
100%
15
User must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target.
Stored Power
20
100%
10
+ 20 power for each of the user's stat boosts.
Swift
60
--
20
This move does not check accuracy. Hits foes.
Thunder
110
70%
10
30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain.
Thunder Shock
40
100%
30
10% chance to paralyze the target.
Thunderbolt
90
100%
15
10% chance to paralyze the target.
Uproar
90
100%
10
Lasts 3 turns. Active Pokemon cannot fall asleep.
Volt Switch
70
100%
20
User switches out after damaging the target.
Astonish
30
100%
15
30% chance to flinch the target.
Facade
70
100%
20
Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed.
Foul Play
95
100%
15
Uses target's Attack stat in damage calculation.
Poltergeist
110
90%
5
Fails if the target has no held item.
Sucker Punch
70
100%
5
Usually goes first. Fails if target is not attacking.
Thief
60
100%
25
If the user has no item, it steals the target's.
Ally Switch
--
--
15
The user swaps positions with its ally.
Charge
--
--
20
+1 SpD, user's Electric move next turn 2x power.
Confide
--
--
20
Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by 1.
Confuse Ray
--
100%
10
Confuses the target.
Defog
--
--
15
-1 evasion; clears terrain and hazards on both sides.
Double Team
--
--
15
Raises the user's evasiveness by 1.
Eerie Impulse
--
100%
15
Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by 2.
Electric Terrain
--
--
10
5 turns. Grounded: +Electric power, can't sleep.
Endure
--
--
10
User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP.
Helping Hand
--
--
20
One adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn.
Light Screen
--
--
30
For 5 turns, special damage to allies is halved.
Nasty Plot
--
--
20
Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 2.
Pain Split
--
--
20
Shares HP of user and target equally.
Protect
--
--
10
Prevents moves from affecting the user this turn.
Psych Up
--
--
10
Copies the target's current stat stages.
Rain Dance
--
--
5
For 5 turns, heavy rain powers Water moves.
Reflect
--
--
20
For 5 turns, physical damage to allies is halved.
Rest
--
--
10
User sleeps 2 turns and restores HP and status.
Sleep Talk
--
--
10
User must be asleep. Uses another known move.
Spite
--
100%
10
Lowers the PP of the target's last move by 4.
Substitute
--
--
10
User takes 1/4 its max HP to put in a substitute.
Sunny Day
--
--
5
For 5 turns, intense sunlight powers Fire moves.
Swagger
--
85%
15
Raises the target's Attack by 2 and confuses it.
Thunder Wave
--
90%
20
Paralyzes the target.
Toxic
--
90%
10
Badly poisons the target. Poison types can't miss.
Trick
--
100%
10
User switches its held item with the target's.
Will-O-Wisp
--
85%
15
Burns the target.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Rotom-heat can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Rotom-heat
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
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