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Rotom.
Japanese name:
ロトム,
(Rotomu).
# 479.
Plasma Pokémon.
Type: Electric / Ghost.
Ability:
Levitate: Ground type
moves have no effect, neither arena trap nor spikes.
Height: 1’00’’.
Weight: 0.7 lbs.
Locations: Old chateau
(Diamond & Pearl).
Base stats:
HP: 50
Attack: 50
Defense: 77
Special attack: 95
Special defense: 77
Speed: 91
Pokédex Data:
Its body is composed of
plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak
havoc.
Rotom
is one of the weirdest additions to Pokémon games I’ve ever
seen. It is an electric ghost which is cool and we celebrate
Platinum’s release in Japan by reviewing this Pokémon that also
earned some pretty cool new forms, as Giratina and Shaymin
before it. We still don’t know al the details on these new forms
but today we are reviewing the classical form, we’ll let you
know once we get more information about the alternate forms.
This
Rotom has average stats, some of them below average and actually
pretty bad, but it has some surprises under the sleeve, so let’s
find them…
The
movesets for today are…
Special sweeper.
Rotom@Salac
berry.
Nature: Timid (+ Speed, - Attack), Modest (+ Special attack, -
Attack).
EV’s: 252 Special attack / 252 Speed / 6 HP.
- Thunderbolt / Discharge / Thunder
- Shadow ball / Eerie wind / Rain dance
- Thunder wave / Will-o-wisp
- Endure
I don’t really like rain dance but it is one way to give you
more confidence about your thunder. It is fast enough to use
endure and let the berry activate, and has the STAB moves you
need. It is a pretty easy set to use.
Tricker.
Rotom@Choice
specs / Choice scarf.
Nature: Timid (+ Speed, - Attack), Modest (+ Special attack, -
Attack).
EV’s: 252 Special attack / 252 Speed / 6 HP.
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow ball / Eerie wind
- Trick
- HP water or grass
Thanks to its immunity to
normal, ground and fighting types, you can switch and do your
trick, literally… Be very careful, you are giving a choice item
and it could destroy you, remember Rotom has low stats.
Supporter.
Rotom@Focus
sash.
Nature: Timid (+ Speed, - Attack).
EV’s: 252 Special attack / 252 Speed / 6 HP.
- Thunder
- Rain dance
- Shadow ball
- Light screen / Reflect
Used in double battles to give you a couple good moves while
your other Pokémon attacks as much as possible.
Pros.
Its
type combination is great, and the supporter set is actually
pretty useful despite of its low stats. Its immunities are also
those little things that may actually save your life for a
couple turns, and if Nintendo’s plan goes well, it will become a
very popular Pokémon the next months.
Counters.
Strong
fire, ice, rock and dark attacks of some common sweepers will be
enough to take it out, sorry I’m not being very specific today,
but most sweepers can take it out easily.
Bottom line.
With
Platinum out, news have been a constant these days. We’ll be
waiting its arrival to America, thank you all for reading…
Rating:
2.7/5
Hope
you enjoyed.
Reeve.
Remember you can contact me at reeve.ryu@gmail.com Thanks for
all your suggestions and comments. I try to answer as soon as
possible =)
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