Rotom

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#479  -  Rotom

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Rotom	Fan	Frost	Heat	Mow	Wash
#479    Rotom Types Electric Ghost Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Rare   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 50 Def 77 Sp.Atk 95 Sp.Def 77 Spd 91 Base-stat total: 440 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg	#479D    Rotom-Fan Types Electric Flying Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Unhuntable   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 65 Def 107 Sp.Atk 105 Sp.Def 107 Spd 86 Base-stat total: 520 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg	#479C    Rotom-Frost Types Electric Ice Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Unhuntable   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 65 Def 107 Sp.Atk 105 Sp.Def 107 Spd 86 Base-stat total: 520 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg	#479B    Rotom-Heat Types Electric Fire Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Unhuntable   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 65 Def 107 Sp.Atk 105 Sp.Def 107 Spd 86 Base-stat total: 520 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg	#479E    Rotom-Mow Types Electric Grass Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Unhuntable   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 65 Def 107 Sp.Atk 105 Sp.Def 107 Spd 86 Base-stat total: 520 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg	#479A    Rotom-Wash Types Electric Water Generation   IV   Abilities Ability 1 Levitate Rarity Tier   Unhuntable   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 65 Def 107 Sp.Atk 105 Sp.Def 107 Spd 86 Base-stat total: 520 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Spd 1 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   132   Gender Ratio     Genderless     Height   0.3m   Weight   0.7kg

Rotom is an Electric and Ghost type Pokémon.

While it does not evolve, it has five different forms. Rotom can change forms when you interact with a pile of boxes in any of the following locations:

• Vermilion City Pokémon Center
• Celadon Department Store 2.
• Goldenrod Department Store 3.
• Lilycove Department Store 4F.
• Veilstone Department Store 1F.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Breezy Cave Hidden Mines	16-19	Morning	Day	Night		Rare
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Suzuka Cave B1F	17-21	Morning	Day	Night			Rare
All rows with a fishing rod indicate that its corresponding Pokémon can also be fished with the rod tier shown Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Excavation

Site	Levels	Time period	Required discovery points	Rarity
Haunted Site	15-25	N/A	4,000	Very Rare

Mt. Coronet Summit

A wild catchable Rotom can be found inside the small room of Mt. Coronet 4F. To reach it, it is necessary to enter 4F through Mt. Coronet Summit's south-east entrance, then use Waterfall to reach its room. In there, examining the only rock in the room will trigger the fight with the level 10 wild Rotom.

Honey Tree

Rotom may spawn by following the correct pattern with Honey Trees.

Bosses

• Possible reward from Lt. Surge
• Possible reward from Morty
• Possible reward from Professor Oak
• Possible reward from Professor Rowan
• Possible reward from Terminator
• Possible reward from Tigerous

Ghoul Swamp

During the Halloween event (around October and November) can be found here in land area. (Updated for Halloween Event 2022).

Moves

Form specific moves

Rotom is learning a new, form-specific move every time it changes its form. The older forms specific move, is forgotten then.

Pokémon		Form-specific Move
	Rotom	Thunder Shock
	Rotom	Hydro Pump
	Rotom	Air Slash
	Rotom	Blizzard
	Rotom	Overheat
	Rotom	Leaf Storm

Interacting with the pile of boxes in following locations, the option to change Rotom's form is given:

• Vermilion City Pokémon Center
• Celadon Department Store 2.
• Goldenrod Department Store 3.
• Lilycove Department Store 4F.
• Veilstone Department Store 1F.

Level Up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
1	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
1	Discharge	Electric	Special	80	100	15
1	Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	40	100	30
1	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
1	Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100	10
8	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
15	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
22	Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
29	Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100	5
36	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
43	Electro Ball	Electric	Special	—	100	10
50	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
57	Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
64	Discharge	Electric	Special	80	100	15
Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Egg Moves

Rotom learns no Egg Moves.

TMs and HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
	TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM42	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM45	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM66	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM76	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM111	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85	15
	TM122	Volt Switch	Electric	Special	70	100	20
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	HM05	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

TM Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90	10
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Tutor

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100	10
Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

Rotom	Fan	Frost	Heat	Mow	Wash
Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Dark Ghost Dragon Fairy Fire Grass Ice Psychic Rock Water Bug Electric Fighting Poison Steel Fighting Ground Normal All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.	Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Ice Rock Dark Dragon Electric Fairy Fire Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Water Bug Fighting Flying Grass Steel Ground All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.	Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Fighting Fire Rock Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Grass Ground Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Steel Water Electric Flying Ice Ground All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.	Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Rock Water Dark Dragon Fighting Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Bug Electric Fairy Fire Flying Grass Ice Steel Ground All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.	Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Bug Fire Ice Poison Dark Dragon Fairy Flying Fighting Ghost Normal Psychic Rock Electric Grass Steel Water Ground All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.	Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Grass Bug Dark Dragon Electric Fairy Fighting Ghost Normal Poison Psychic Rock Fire Flying Ice Steel Water Ground All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• Shiny Rotom
  Shiny Rotom
• Shiny Rotom fan
  Shiny Rotom fan
• Shiny Rotom Frost
  Shiny Rotom Frost
• Shiny Rotom Heat
  Shiny Rotom Heat
• Shiny Rotom Mow
  Shiny Rotom Mow
• Shiny Rotom Wash
  Shiny Rotom Wash
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  Easter Rotom
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  Easter Rotom Fan
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  Easter Rotom Frost
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  Easter Rotom Heat
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  Easter Rotom Mow
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  Easter Rotom Wash