Mow Rotom - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle

This is a strategy guide for using Mow Rotom in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Mow Rotom, as well as its strengths and weak points.

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Basic Information for Mow Rotom

Types and Abilities

Pokemon	Type 1	Type 2
Mow Rotom
Abilities
Levitate	Gives immunity to Ground type moves.

Mow Rotom Weaknesses and Resistances

	Type
Takes 4x damage	-
Takes 2x damage
Takes 0.5x damage
Takes 1/4x damage
Takes 0x damage	-

What is Type Effectiveness?

Base Stats

Best Nature for Mow Rotom

What are Natures?

Singles Movesets for Mow Rotom

Choice Specs Moveset & Best Build

This set equips Mow Rotom with some bangin' Choice Specs to give him the juice he needs to be a Special attacker. Its combination of the Grass and Electric types help it handle Pokemon like Corviknight and Quagsire that are frequently used as tanks, allowing it to break through when up against a wall-heavy player.

Against Pokemon which rely on boosting moves to set up, Rotom can use Trick to force them to hold Choice Specs and limit their effectiveness. This set requires some degree of read on your opponent, but when used well it can pull the battle into your favor in a single turn.

Other Viable Moves

Nasty Plot Moveset & Best Build Moveset & Best Build

This set aims to put up a Substitute to avoid status moves like Yawn, and seize the opening to set up with Nasty Plot. Mow Rotom can use this combination to mow through defensive walls like Quagsire, Toxapex, and Corviknight, and turn the tables on status-reliant threats like Gastrodon and Umbreon by using them to set up itself instead.

Its Speed EVs are placed so as to allow it to outspeed the fastest possible Gyarados (with a final stat value of 146). If Gyarados has 4 EVs in HP, it can be fainted in one hit, and when Dynamaxed, Max Lightning has a high chance of scoring a one-hit KO.

Other Viable Moves

How to Use Mow Rotom Effectively

A Special attacker which can break defensive walls

In the current metagame, Pokemon like Corviknight, Quagsire, and Gastrodon are ubiquitous as defensive tanks, so Mow Rotom's combination of Grass and Electric types is in a unique position to deal with these threats. Its high Special attack allows it to push Grass and Electric moves to their limits and smash through wall Pokemon.

Grass typing comes with a host of weaknesses

The Grass typing is weak to four types, including Fire, Ice, Poison, and Bug. Its Defense and Special Defense are on the high end, but its low HP can allow opponents to attack with high power and aim for a one-hit mow-down.

Counters for Mow Rotom

Weakness

Use a Pokemon that can handle its attacks

Mow Rotom, while effective as a Special attacker, can run out of options quickly when its signature Grass and Electric-type moves don't work. As this combination is rather commonly countered by other Pokemon, it's easy enough to keep a Pokemon on your team that can not only absorb its moves, but also hit back for super effective damage.

Best Pokemon to Use

Pokemon	Description
Naganadel	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can resist most of Mow Rotom's moves by half. ・Sludge Wave can hit hard. ・Taking out Mow Rotom will tick Beast Boost. Moveset & Best Build for Naganadel
Hydreigon	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can take almost all of Mow Rotom's attacks with reduced damage. ・Can learn Fire Blast to hit super effectively. ・When using Nasty Plot, can use Mow Rotom to set itself up. Moveset & Best Build for Hydreigon
Heat Rotom	Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can take Mow Rotom's main weapons with reduced damage. ・Can deal super effective damage with Overheat. Moveset & Best Build for Heat Rotom
Dragapult	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can take Mow Rotom's main weapons with reduced damage. ・Can deal super effective damage with either Fire or Flying moves. Moveset & Best Build for Dragapult
Nihilego	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Very durable against special attacks. ・Knocking out Mow Rotom with Sludge Wave can start Beast Boost. Moveset & Best Build for Nihilego
Toxtricity	Ranking: ★★★★ ・Can take Mow Rotom's main weapons with reduced damage. ・Can take Mow Rotom's main weapons with reduced damage. Moveset & Best Build for Toxtricity

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Movesets & Best Builds for Returning Pokemon
Mimikyu	Wash Rotom	Gyarados
Ferrothorn	Aegislash	Excadrill
Tyranitar	Hydreigon	Heat Rotom
Arcanine	Mamoswine	Toxapex
Togekiss	Cloyster	Durant
Snorlax	Charizard	Sylveon
Lucario	Hippowdon	Umbreon
Conkeldurr	Quagsire	Gastrodon
Lapras	Whimsicott	Rhyperior
Goodra	Haxorus	Glaceon
Mow Rotom	Type: Null	Gengar
Milotic	Gardevoir	Flygon
Chandelure	Lanturn	Torkoal
Bisharp	Seismitoad	Silvally
Butterfree	Primarina	Incineroar
Blastoise	Decidueye	Venusaur
Darmanitan	Alolan Ninetales	Gothitelle
Crawdaunt	Clefable	Reuniclus
Kommo-o	Terrakion	Cobalion
Virizion	Noivern	Fan Rotom
Toxicroak	Pelipper	Jellicent
Celebi	Clefairy	Hitmontop
Diggersby	Ditto	Raichu
Hawlucha	Shiftry	Tsareena
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