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[VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Eckley - Oct 6, 2015

[Image: heat_forme_rotom_by_zekewatson-d4m8xs7.png]
Credit to ZekeWatson

Who wants cookies? No one? Good, because all Rotom-H does is burn stuff. Often overlooked for it's Wash counterpart, Rotom-H is actually a very good choice to use on quite a few teams. Despite a low HP stat, Rotom-H can be a very versatile Pokemon, with resistances to a lot fairly common types. With Defenses of 50 HP / 107 Def / 107 SpD and a base 105 SpA, Rotom can fill the role of an offensive and/or a support Pokemon.
Due to it's typing, it can do well against a lot of the most used Pokemon such as Thundurus, Heatran, Amoonguss, Aegislash and Charizard Y.

[Image: rotom-heat.gif]
Type: Electric/Fire
Base Stats: 50 HP / 65 Attack / 107 Defense / 105 Special Attack / 107 Special Defense / 86 Speed
Weaknesses: Rock (X2), Water (X2)
Resistances: Flying (X0.5), Bug (X0.5), Steel (X0.25), Fire (X0.5), Grass (X0.5), Electric (X0.5), Ice (X0.5), Fairy (X0.5)
Immunities: Ground
Ability: Levitate - Levitate renders the user immune to Ground-type moves (except Sand Attack), Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Misty Terrain, Grassy Terrain, Electric Terrain, Arena Trap, and damage from Sky Drop. These immunities can be lost if the user is holding an Iron Ball, is under the effects of Smack Down, Gravity, or Ingrain or if the opponent has Mold Breaker, Teravolt, or Turboblaze.

Bulky Life Orb
[Image: rotom-heat.gif]
Rotom-Heat @ Life Orb  
Ability: Levitate  
EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 20 SpA / 4 SpD / 132 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Thunderbolt  
- Overheat  
- Hidden Power [Ice]  
- Protect

Most people expect a more supportive Rotom, so this may catch a few people off guard. Thunderbolt and Overheat for STAB options, and Hidden Power Ice to hit Landorus-Ts and Mega Salamences. Although we only have 20 EVs in Special Attack, Life Orb is the item choice to boost it's damage output, allowing us to invest more in bulk

The speed investment is to outspeed Adamant Bisharp  (Base 70). If you''d like to outspeed Jolly Brellom, you can use a Timidnature with 132 Speed EVs or 228 Speed EVs with a Neutral Speed nature.

Damage Calculations;

Defensive

252+ Atk Landorus-T Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 66-78 (42 - 49.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252+ Atk Parental Bond Mega Kangaskhan Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 142-169 (90.4 - 107.6%) -- 43.4% chance to OHKO

252+ SpA Choice Specs Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Voice vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 51-61 (32.4 - 38.8%) -- 99.4% chance to 3HKO

252+ SpA Choice Specs Sylveon Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 63-75 (40.1 - 47.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252+ SpA Heatran Heat Wave vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 31-37 (19.7 - 23.5%) -- possible 5HKO

252 SpA Thundurus Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 35-42 (22.2 - 26.7%) -- 16.3% chance to 4HKO

252+ Atk Aerilate Mega Salamence Double-Edge vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 67-80 (42.6 - 50.9%) -- 2.7% chance to 2HKO

252+ SpA Mega Charizard Y Heat Wave vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H in Sun: 54-65 (34.3 - 41.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252+ SpA Mega Charizard Y Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H in Sun: 99-117 (63 - 74.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ SpA Aegislash-Blade Shadow Ball vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 79-94 (50.3 - 59.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Bisharp Sucker Punch vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 63-75 (40.1 - 47.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

252+ Atk Bisharp Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 76-91 (48.4 - 57.9%) -- 96.9% chance to 2HKO

252 Atk Terrakion Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 84-98 (53.5 - 62.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

132 SpA Suicune Scald vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 90-108 (57.3 - 68.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Tough Claws Mega Metagross Zen Headbutt vs. 252 HP / 100 Def Rotom-H: 84-100 (53.5 - 63.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Rotom-H: 168-198 (107 - 126.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Offensive

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Kangaskhan: 110-133 (60.7 - 73.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Hidden Power Ice vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Landorus-T: 166-198 (100.6 - 120%) -- guaranteed OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 164 SpD Amoonguss: 221-265 (100 - 119.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Aegislash-Shield: 156-187 (93.4 - 111.9%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Heatran: 75-90 (37.8 - 45.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 132+ SpD Thundurus: 74-87 (39.7 - 46.7%) -- 85.8% chance to 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 20 SpD Mega Charizard Y: 135-164 (72.9 - 88.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Talonflame: 211-250 (114 - 135.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 92 HP / 0 SpD Sylveon: 62-74 (34 - 40.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 180+ SpD Mega Mawile: 179-213 (114 - 135.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 60 SpD Suicune: 133-156 (64.2 - 75.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 36 SpD Mega Metagross: 198-237 (105.8 - 126.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

20+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Thunderbolt vs. 252 HP / 148 SpD Zapdos: 71-86 (36 - 43.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Life Orb v2
[Image: rotom-heat.gif]
Rotom-Heat @ Life Orb  
Ability: Levitate  
EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 124 SpA / 20 SpD / 12 Spe  
Modest Nature  
- Thunderbolt  
- Overheat  
- Hidden Power [Ice]  
- Protect

Similar build to the first set, but substituting Speed for more Attacking power to pick up KOs on slightly bulkier variants of Pokemon. Both of these sets ideally need some speed control to enable them to attack first.

Damage Calculations;

Defensive

Same as previous set

Offensive

124+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Hidden Power Ice vs. 116 HP / 4 SpD Landorus-T: 182-218 (101.6 - 121.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

124+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 188 HP / 156+ SpD Amoonguss: 226-268 (106.1 - 125.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

124+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 108 SpD Ferrothorn in Rain: 192-234 (106 - 129.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO

124+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Hidden Power Ice vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Mega Salamence: 172-203 (100.5 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

124+ SpA Life Orb Rotom-H Overheat vs. 252 HP / 76 SpD Aegislash-Shield: 166-198 (99.4 - 118.5%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO

Support

[Image: rotom-heat.gif]
Rotom-Heat @ Sitrus Berry / Safety Goggles  
Ability: Levitate  
EVs: 244 HP / 84 Def / 52 SpA / 116 SpD / 12 Spe  
Bold Nature  
- Thunderbolt  
- Overheat  
- Will-O-Wisp / Reflect / Thunder Wave / Electroweb / Light Screen
- Protect

You can pick and choose which support options benefit your team.  Sitrus allows Rotom to stay around a little longer, while Safety Goggles shut down Breloom and Amoonguss.
As you can see, Rotom has the option to cripple physical attackers with W-o-W, set up a Light Screen if the opponent has a team of Special Attackers or even
provide Speed control through Thunder Wave / Electroweb, and that's essentially the idea of this set; Support the team as necessary and maybe pick off weakened foes with Thunderbolts and Overheats.. The Special Attack investment is enough to 2HKO Level 51's Charizard Y (252 HP / 20 SpD).

Damage Calculations

Defensive

252+ Atk Parental Bond Mega Kangaskhan Double-Edge vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 130-155 (83.3 - 99.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ Atk Landorus-T Rock Slide vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 62-74 (39.7 - 47.4%) -- 88.3% chance to 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252 Atk Terrakion Rock Slide vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 78-92 (50 - 58.9%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252 Atk Terrakion Close Combat vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 82-97 (52.5 - 62.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ SpA Mega Charizard Y Overheat vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Rotom-H in Sun: 90-106 (57.6 - 67.9%) -- 56.3% chance to 2HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ SpA Choice Specs Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Voice vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Rotom-H: 46-54 (29.4 - 34.6%) -- 84.1% chance to 4HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ SpA Choice Specs Sylveon Shadow Ball vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Rotom-H: 57-68 (36.5 - 43.5%) -- 9.6% chance to 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Rotom-H: 151-178 (96.7 - 114.1%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO

252+ Atk Aerilate Mega Salamence Double-Edge vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 63-75 (40.3 - 48%) -- 98.2% chance to 3HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ SpA Mega Salamence Draco Meteor vs. 248 HP / 116 SpD Rotom-H: 99-117 (63.4 - 75%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Sitrus Berry recovery

252+ Atk Bisharp Knock Off (97.5 BP) vs. 248 HP / 84+ Def Rotom-H: 70-84 (44.8 - 53.8%) -- 6.3% chance to 2HKO
Potential Teammates include, but aren't limited to;
  • Bulky Water Types such as Suicune and Milotic to take care of Pokemon like Landorus-T, Terrakion an Tyranitar
  • Mega Venusaur to handle Bulky Water Types
  • I mean, Mega Kangaskhan goes with anything, so....
Threats include, but aren't imited to;
  • Fast Rock Slides from Terrakion and Landorus-T
  • Bulky Water Types such as Gastrodon Rotom-W and Milotic
  • Rain Teams
Other Notable Moves
  • Trick - If you run a Choice Scarf set tis could potentially cripple your Foes, particularlly support Pokemon
  • Swagger - Raise your Foes Attack by two stages, but confuses them
  • Confuse Ray - Confuses the opponent
  • Volt Switch - Useful to swirtch out while doing some chip damage. Used mainly on Specs or Scarf Sets.
  • Pain Split - Pain Split adds the current HP of the user and target Pokémon. It then divides this value by two and sets the HP of both Pokémon to the result. If the new value is higher than the maximum HP of either Pokémon, that Pokémon will have its HP set to that maximum.
    Pain Split will fail if the target is behind a Substitute
Other Notable Items
  • Charti or Passho Berry - Decreases the amount of damage taken from a Super Effective Rock or Water Type attack respectively
  • Choice Scarf - Able to outspeed your opponent at the cost of locking yourself into a move
  • Choice Specs - Higher damage output at the cost of locking yourself into a move
Thanks for reading. Hopefully these builds will help some of you or even give you a base to come up with your own. If you have any builds of your own feel free to PM me :]

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Slec - Oct 7, 2015

Eckly... these builds... STAHP making me look bad Sad





Anyways great build as always, Rotom-H is a fun pokemon to use and HP Ice definitely catches common threats like Lando T and Salamence

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Eckley - Oct 7, 2015

Thank you Alec <3

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Podfighterninja123 - Oct 7, 2015

normal gem explosion flame choke attack ohkos all of these, im sorry.

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Shachi - Oct 7, 2015

Stealin' the support build, Or the EV's from it atleast, i ran like 252/252/4 before due to lack of time to do dmg calcs :P

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Eckley - Oct 7, 2015

(Oct 7, 2015, 12:48 PM)podfighterninja123 Wrote: normal gem explosion flame choke attack ohkos all of these, im sorry.

Get out of my thread

(Oct 7, 2015, 12:48 PM)Shachi Wrote: Stealin' the support build, Or the EV's from it atleast, i ran like 252/252/4 before due to lack of time to do dmg calcs :P

You're welcome :] Hopefully it helps you

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Shachi - Oct 7, 2015

Eckley, Does your rotom have poor eye sight? Mine does, I'm sure of it. damn will-o-miss. But yeah the build was awesome for a support :-)

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Eckley - Oct 8, 2015

(Oct 7, 2015, 06:09 PM)Shachi Wrote: Eckley, Does your rotom have poor eye sight? Mine does, I'm sure of it. damn will-o-miss. But yeah the build was awesome for a support :-)

Don't get me started on the amount of times I've missed Will-o-Wisp.

I've actually revised the spread. It still survives M-Kang's Double Edge and it's still a 3HKO from Landorus-T's Rock Slides, but it's got more SpD investment to take special hits better. Since the Physical investment still hits the benchmark I was aiming for, I thought it would be better to buff up his special side. W-o-W can always help against Physical attacks as well, provided it doesn't miss :p
But, if you feel like the more physically defensive version is better I have no right to tell you otherewise

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - Floppy48 - Oct 19, 2015

I like the support one it works really well on my team Smile

RE: [VGC '15] Rotom-H Moveset - Special Attacker / Support (3 Options) - jadenzambon - Nov 23, 2016

Love it, such a great pokemon! Thank you for your effort!