What is a good moveset for Rotom (Fan form)?
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Rotom-Fan @ Life OrbAbility: LevitateEVs: 192 HP / 64 SpA / 252 SpeTimid Nature- Air Slash- Volt Switch- Hidden Power [Fighting]- Dark Pulse / Shadow Ball
Finally a good STAB move with Rotom.Volt Switch is nice for STAB scouting.Yay for Hidden Power [Fighting] and Dark Pulse / Shadow Ball.
Gen 8 PURotom-Fan @ Heavy-Duty BootsAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Air Slash- Volt Switch- Defog- Will-O-Wisp
I sometimes run a Scarf set and it works really well:
Rotom-Shredder (Rotom-Fan) @ Choice ScarfAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpDTimid Nature- Electro Ball- Shadow Ball- Air Slash- Volt Switch
Fan form is the worst of all the Rotoms because it has a redundant Ability. Anyway here is my set.
Rotom-Fan @ LeftoversAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 Spe / 252 SpA / 4 HPTimid / Modest Nature- Thunder Wave / Will-O-Wisp- Air Slash- Volt Switch / Discharge- Shadow Ball
Thunder Wave: ParalysisAir Slash: Flinch + STABVolt Switch: STAB + SwitchShadow Ball: Coverage
You could also switch Thunder Wave for Will-O-Wisp and Volt-Switch for Discharge if you want to damage for the paralysis.
Rotom-Fan @ LeftoversAbility: LevitateEVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpDModest Nature- Air Slash- Discharge- Hex- Pain Split
Gen 8 ZURotom-Fan @ Heavy-Duty BootsAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 SpeTimid NatureIVs: 0 Atk- Nasty Plot- Thunderbolt- Air Slash- Volt Switch / Defog / Pain Split / Will-o-Wisp
Nasty Plot is to boost your special attack. Thunderbolt and Air Slash are STAB moves. Volt Switch is for pivoting. Defog can be used to clear entry hazards. Pain Split is another option to recover some HP. Will-o-Wisp is an option to cripple physical attackers and prevent them from coming in for free.
Gen 8 BSS Dynamax Sweeper
Rotom-Fan @ Life OrbAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP, Def, or SpDTimid / Modest Nature (power or speed. I would choose Modest because Air Slash when Dynamaxed boosts Speed)IVs: 0 Atk- Thunderbolt- Air Slash- Nasty Plot- Stored Power / Dark Pulse / Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt: STAB that can paralyze and sets up Electric Terrain when DynamaxedAir Slash: Can flinch, is STAB, and boosts Speed in Dynamax form tooNasty Plot: Boosts your Special AttackStored Power / Dark Pulse / Shadow Ball: Coverage. Dark Pulse can flinch, Shadow Ball can lower Special Defense, and Stored Power just does a lot of damage
Evil office fan. You know, the type that blows hot air straight into your face. Except now it’s alive, and it’s come to paralyze you from neck-down.
Rotom-Fan @ LeftoversAbility: LevitateEVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 100 SpDBold Nature- Thunder Wave- Confuse Ray- Air Slash- Substitute / Pain Split
And it’s fitting, since you can probably have your ceiling can play this set while you take a well-needed break to try to solve the hard questions, like what was Game Freak thinking with leaving Levitate on this thing? Anyways, Thunder Wave turn 1, Confuse Ray turn 2, Air Slash when you are not currently dying. From there, I don’t know if Pain Split is better for low health, or if it would be better to get the protection from Substitute, risking the chance that your opponent will attack again before you get enough health to put one up.
I think Rotom-Fan is one of, if not the only Pokémon with Thunder Wave, Confuse Ray, and a flinch move. Dragonite can do something similar with Rock Slide and Swagger, but, while he may be a better Pokémon overall, you have to double the opponent’s Attack stat. So, sacrificing the possibility of Roost and Marvel Scale for Pain Split and the ever-useful Levitate on a Flying-type, we get a Pokémon that can stand in front of physical attackers with more confidence, less weaknesses, and and actual tournament-legality (Swagger is banned anyways lol).
As for EVs, it’s probably best for a Pokémon weak to Ice and Rock to be more physically bulky, comparing Ice Beam and Blizzard, which are common, to Stone Edge, Ice Punch, Ice Shard, Rock Slide, etc, which are even more common.
Side note: This works best in Gen 5, just because that gives it the 50% Confusion, 1/4 Speed, 100% accurate Thunder Wave, and no Electric-type immunity to Thunder Wave. You might need some Speed investment after Gen 6.
