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In the World of Pokémon, there lives a vast number and variety of amazing creatures to befriend and collect. Every week, we will be focusing on a single one of these Pokémon or evolutionary line and talking about what makes it special. This week we will be looking at a Pokémon near and dear to my heart, Rotom.
Ordinarily an Electric/Ghost type, Rotom was introduced in Generation IV, debuting in Diamond and Pearl versions. Its name is the word motor backwards, due to its ability to possess certain machinery, leading to it gaining five new exclusive forms in Platinum, and became the only Pokémon, to date, that has had its type changed to an already pre-existing type in Gen V. Interestingly enough, despite its fan form gaining an immunity to Ground types due to its secondary Flying type, Rotom-Fan still retains its ability of Levitate. While useless in normal battling, it does have a niche in Inverse battling, since Rotom-Fan becomes the only Flying type to retain an immunity to Ground type moves.
Rotom has had several major appearances in the anime. Its first appearance was in the episode Get Your Rotom Running!. In that episode, Rotom was hanging around the Old Chateau and enjoyed playing pranks on Ash and the gang, transforming into its various forms throughout the episode. In another appearance, Rotom's Wish, a Rotom appears under the ownership of Weston, the owner of the Lost Hotel, wherfe it reveals another handy trick that it can perform, namely traveling through time. Professor Oak caught a Rotom in the episode To Catch a Rotom! and has appeared most recently in its Dex form in the new Sun and Moon series, helping Ash navigate his way through Alola.
Rotom and its five forms appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga, causing trouble for Diamond and Pearl, although it ultimately helps them defeat Charon and then decides to travel with Diamond. Rotom and its forms also appear in the Pokémon Pocker Monsters manga.
In the games, Rotom first appears in Diamond and Pearl, where it can be found in the aftergame lurking in a television at the old Chateau during the night. In Platinum, Rotom is catchable after obtaining HM01 Cut and the Forest Badge. Additionally, the Secret Key grants the player access to a secret room in the Eterna Galactic HQ, where a number of appliances for Rotom to possess are stored. In said room, there are also two notebooks that give some background to the discovery of Rotom and may hint that Rotom was, in fact, discovered by the Team Galactic Commander Charon. For a while, Rotom was speculated to be a Legendary Pokémon, since there was only one of it in the game and it played the Legendary Battle theme when encountered, however, Rotom is not a Legendary.
There are many competitive strategies one could use with Rotom, depending on the form used. No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Heat Rotom, Frost Rotom, or Mow Rotom, and it has access to such moves as Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Reflect, Trick, and Dark Pulse in Normal form, as well as access to Overheat, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Air Slash, or Leaf Storm depending on which alternate form it is using. It's usually better to use an alternate form competitively since they all have higher base stats. However, this was impossible in Platinum, since Rotom's alternate forms were incompatible with Diamond and Pearl.
Here are some questions to consider to get conversation rolling. You don't have to answer all of them or any of them in your post as long as you're staying on topic and within global forum rules.
Ordinarily an Electric/Ghost type, Rotom was introduced in Generation IV, debuting in Diamond and Pearl versions. Its name is the word motor backwards, due to its ability to possess certain machinery, leading to it gaining five new exclusive forms in Platinum, and became the only Pokémon, to date, that has had its type changed to an already pre-existing type in Gen V. Interestingly enough, despite its fan form gaining an immunity to Ground types due to its secondary Flying type, Rotom-Fan still retains its ability of Levitate. While useless in normal battling, it does have a niche in Inverse battling, since Rotom-Fan becomes the only Flying type to retain an immunity to Ground type moves.
Rotom has had several major appearances in the anime. Its first appearance was in the episode Get Your Rotom Running!. In that episode, Rotom was hanging around the Old Chateau and enjoyed playing pranks on Ash and the gang, transforming into its various forms throughout the episode. In another appearance, Rotom's Wish, a Rotom appears under the ownership of Weston, the owner of the Lost Hotel, wherfe it reveals another handy trick that it can perform, namely traveling through time. Professor Oak caught a Rotom in the episode To Catch a Rotom! and has appeared most recently in its Dex form in the new Sun and Moon series, helping Ash navigate his way through Alola.
Rotom and its five forms appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga, causing trouble for Diamond and Pearl, although it ultimately helps them defeat Charon and then decides to travel with Diamond. Rotom and its forms also appear in the Pokémon Pocker Monsters manga.
In the games, Rotom first appears in Diamond and Pearl, where it can be found in the aftergame lurking in a television at the old Chateau during the night. In Platinum, Rotom is catchable after obtaining HM01 Cut and the Forest Badge. Additionally, the Secret Key grants the player access to a secret room in the Eterna Galactic HQ, where a number of appliances for Rotom to possess are stored. In said room, there are also two notebooks that give some background to the discovery of Rotom and may hint that Rotom was, in fact, discovered by the Team Galactic Commander Charon. For a while, Rotom was speculated to be a Legendary Pokémon, since there was only one of it in the game and it played the Legendary Battle theme when encountered, however, Rotom is not a Legendary.
There are many competitive strategies one could use with Rotom, depending on the form used. No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Heat Rotom, Frost Rotom, or Mow Rotom, and it has access to such moves as Shadow Ball, Thunderbolt, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Reflect, Trick, and Dark Pulse in Normal form, as well as access to Overheat, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Air Slash, or Leaf Storm depending on which alternate form it is using. It's usually better to use an alternate form competitively since they all have higher base stats. However, this was impossible in Platinum, since Rotom's alternate forms were incompatible with Diamond and Pearl.
Here are some questions to consider to get conversation rolling. You don't have to answer all of them or any of them in your post as long as you're staying on topic and within global forum rules.
- Do you like or dislike this Pokémon? Why?
- How is this Pokémon in-game?
- How is this Pokémon in competitive play? Are there any interesting strategies you like to use for them?
- Do you like this Pokémon's representation in the anime? Are there any moments or qualities in particular you enjoy/dislike?
- How do you think this Pokémon would interact with our world?
- If given the power to, would you change anything about this Pokémon and if so, what would you change?
- Which Rotom form is your favorite?
- If you could create one new form for Rotom, what would it be? What type would it have, and what form exclusive move would it learn?
- Do you think other Pokémon should have their types changed to already existing types?
- As seen in the anime, Rotom possesses the ability to travel through time. Do you think this devalues Celebi as a Legendary?
- Do you think that Rotom Forms should be given signature moves of their secondary types?
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