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Pokemon Champions - Wash Rotom Best Build and How to Play

This is a guide to movesets and best builds for using Wash Rotom in competitive play for Pokemon Champions. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Wash Rotom, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.

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Pokedex		 Competitive Page IconWash Rotom
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Wash Rotom Base Stats, Type, Ability and Weakness

Wash Rotom Stats, Info, and Abilities

Wash RotomWash Rotom
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon
Stat Value
HP
50
Atk
65
Def
107
SpA
105
SpD
107
Spe
86
Total
520
Ability Effect
Levitate The Pokémon floats off the ground, making it immune to Ground-type moves, as well as the Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web statuses.

Type Matchups

Weak to:
⦿
(2x)
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Ground Type Icon
Damaged Normally By: (1x)
Pokemon Normal Type Icon Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon Pokemon Psychic Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Ghost Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Resists: △
(0.5x)
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Ice Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon
▼
(0.25x)
Pokemon Steel Type Icon

Type Chart:
Strengths and Weakness Matchups

Wash Rotom Strengths and Evaluation

Tier Singles A
Doubles A
Wash Rotom Strengths and Weaknesses
Advantage Decent overall bulk and can be built to withstand either physical or special attacks.
Advantage Can soak most attacks and use Will-O-Wisp or Thunder Wave to spread status.
Advantage Can use Volt Switch to safely pivot into its allies.
Disdvantage Lacks significant damage output to deal with major threats.
Disdvantage Can only be built to soak either physical or special attacks, not both.

A Reliable Plug-and-Play Option

Wash Rotom has been a VGC staple for multiple years due to its reliability and staying power. It only has one weakness to Grass and has decently high Def and SpD, allowing it to withstand multiple attacks.

In Singles, Wash Rotom can fulfill both a support and a pivot role, giving it flexibility to be a good fit in most team compositions. Volt Switch remains one of the best moves in the Singles metagame, and Wash Rotom is a great user of this move.

Best Builds for Wash Rotom

Doubles Bulky Wash Rotom

Wash RotomWash Rotom
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon 		Nature Calm
(SpD▲, Atk▼)
Ability Levitate
Held Item Sitrus BerrySitrus Berry
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
157 76 127 125 174 107
32 - - - 32 2
Moves
Electric Thunderbolt
Water Hydro Pump
Fire Will-O-Wisp
Normal Protect

Doubles Bulky Wash Rotom Alternate Builds

Move Explanation
Electric Volt Switch
An alternate Electric-type STAB that allows Rotom to switch out.
Electric Discharge
An alternate Electric-type STAB ideal when paired with a Ground-type Pokemon using Earthquake.

This is the stock standard build for Wash Rotom since its introduction in the VGC format. Maximum investment in HP and SpD allows it to barely survive Solar Beam from Modest Venusaur, which is one of Wash Rotom's biggest counters in the metagame. Will-O-Wisp is used to neutralize physical attackers with the Burn status.

Singles Pivot Wash Rotom

Wash RotomWash Rotom
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon 		Nature Bold
(Def▲, Atk▼)
Ability Levitate
Held Item LeftoversLeftovers
HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe
157 76 168 125 134 106
32 - 28 - 6 -
Moves
Electric Volt Switch
Water Hydro Pump
Fire Will-O-Wisp
Normal Pain Split

Singles Pivot Wash Rotom Alternate Builds

Move Explanation
Electric Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt can be used over Pain Split to retain a higher damage Electric-type attack.

In Singles, Wash Rotom's role is to use Volt Switch to pivot into favorable matchups for its allies. The defensive EV investment allows it to survive a Fake Out and Double-Edge combo from Mega Kangaskhan, with the remaining EVs placed in SpD to improve its other matchups.

Will-O-Wisp allows it to spread Burn status to enemy Physical attackers, and when paired with the defensive EV investment, allows Wash Rotom to soak up Physical attacks. Pain Split is its only recovery move, thus Leftovers is necessary for sustain.

Wash Rotom Checks and Counters

Counter Pokemon | Info
Use Grass-type Pokemon
Venusaur Mega Venusaur Mega Meganium
Wash Rotom's only weakness is Grass-type attacks,making Grass-types an ideal type to combat it.
Use defensive Pokemon
Mega Venusaur Snorlax Umbreon
Wash Rotom lacks the offensive pressure to deal relevant damage to bulky Pokemon, forcing it to switch out into its teammates to avoid wasting turns.

Grass-type Pokemon are the best checks for Wash Rotom due to Grass being its only weakness. Alternatively, defensive Pokemon can just sit in front of Wash Rotom and soak up damage, forcing it to switch out in order to avoid wasting turns.

Wash Rotom Teambuilding Guide

Singles Team Synergy

Pivot Pokemon Pivot Pokemon Setup Sweeper
Wash RotomWash Rotom
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon 		IncineroarIncineroar
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon 		Mega FloetteMega Floette
Pokemon Fairy Type Icon

Wash Rotom can be used as a pivot Pokemon to use Volt Switch and get Mega Floette in safely against enemy Special attackers, giving it a turn to set up Calm Mind and begin its sweep afterwards.

The rest of the team is built to cover Mega Floette's weaknesses. Will-O-Wisp can burn enemy Physical attackers to help weaken them and allow Mega Floette to survive key Physical attacks.

Intimidate and Parting Shot from Incineroar can serve a similar role as Wash Rotom. Intimidate weakens enemy Physical attackers and Parting Shot is another pivot move that can let Mega Floette enter safely.

Doubles Team Synergy

Weather Setter Weather Abuser
Mega Charizard YMega Charizard Y
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Flying Type Icon 		VenusaurVenusaur
Pokemon Grass Type Icon Pokemon Poison Type Icon
Bulky Attacker Support
Wash RotomWash Rotom
Pokemon Electric Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon 		IncineroarIncineroar
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Dark Type Icon

Wash Rotom is a versatile plug-and-play option that can fit in almost any team archetype such as Balance, Stall, Trick Room, Sun, Rain, and Sand. In the example above, we included Wash Rotom in a Sun team, to be used as a pivot when switching is necessary.

Rain is one of the biggest counters to Sun, and Wash Rotom can withstand most Water-type attacks and retaliate with a super-effective Thunderbolt. Will-O-Wisp is used to neutralize Physical attackers, specifically those that carry Rock Slide to knock out Mega Charizard Y.

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