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Rotom

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General

Rotom
electric ghost

Abilities

Levitate
This Pokémon does not take damage from Ground moves.

Damage Taken

Dex Numbers

Generation
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum DPPT
Red/Blue/Yellow Kanto
479
Gold/Silver/Crystal Johto
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Hoenn
n/a
Diamond/Pearl Sinnoh
n/a

Names

Japanese
ロトム
Romaji
Rotomu

Flavor

Height
11.8" or 0.3 m
Weight
0.7 lb or 0.3 kg
Species
Plasma
Color
red
Cry
mp3 here
Fire Red/Leaf Green Habitat
n/a
Pawprint

Misc

R/B/Y code
n/a

Breeding

Gender
No gender (code: 255 or 0xff)
Breeding groups
11: Indeterminate
Steps to hatch
5,120
Compatible with
Genderless; can only breed with Ditto

In the Wild

Base EXP
132 or 0x84
Capture rate
45 or 0x2d
Base happiness
70 or 0x46
Growth rate
medium
Effort points
1 Special Attack
1 Speed
Wild held items
n/a

Evolution Chain

See also: Comparison of this evolution chain

Basic
479 Rotom Base form

Stats

Stat Base Max Stat %ile
L50 L100
HP
50
 157 304 22.7
Attack
50
 102 199 20.9
Defense
77
 129 253 64.3
Special Attack
95
 147 289 80.1
Special Defense
77
 129 253 64.9
Speed
91
 143 281 81.5
Average
73.3
 - - 55.8

Flavor

See also: All versions' flavor text and sprites

Diamond/Pearl Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc.

Locations

Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.

Area Section Level Method

Move List

See also: This list in the move search

See also: Contest list

Rotom's Special Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with special () moves.

Rotom gets the STAB from electric and ghost moves.

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Move Type Dmg PP Power Acc.* Pri. Description
-- Astonish ghost physical 15 30 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.
-- Confuse Ray ghost none 10 -- 100% Confuses the target.
-- Thunder Wave electric none 20 -- 100% Paralyzes the target.
-- ThunderShock electric special 30 40 100% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target.
-- Trick psychic none 10 -- 100% User and target swap items until the end of the battle.
8 Uproar normal special 10 50 100% Prevents any Pokemon from Sleeping for 2-5 turns.
15 Double Team normal none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Evasion.
22 Shock Wave electric special 20 60 100% Never misses.
29 Ominous Wind ghost special 5 60 100% Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats.
36 Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
43 Charge electric none 20 -- 100% Raises the user's Special Defense. User's Electric moves inflict double damage next turn.
50 Discharge electric special 15 80 100% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Tutored moves
Platinum Swift normal special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Platinum Snore normal special 15 40 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Platinum Spite ghost none 10 -- 100% Lowers the PP of the target's last used move by 2 to 5 points.
Platinum Mud-Slap ground special 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy.
Platinum Trick psychic none 10 -- 100% User and target swap items until the end of the battle.
Platinum Signal Beam bug special 15 75 100% Has a 10% chance to Confuse the target.
Platinum Sucker Punch dark physical 5 80 100% 1 Goes first. Only works if the target uses a damaging move this turn.
Platinum Ominous Wind ghost special 5 60 100% Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats.
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum TMs and HMs
Chains 57 Charge Beam electric special 10 50 90% Has a 70% chance to raise the user's Special Attack.
Chains 79 Dark Pulse dark special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to make the target Flinch.
Chains 32 Double Team normal none 15 -- 100% Raises the user's Evasion.
Chains 85 Dream Eater psychic special 15 100 100% Heals the user by half the damage the target receives. Only works on Sleeping Pokemon.
Chains 58 Endure normal none 10 -- 100% 3 Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn.
Chains 42 Facade normal physical 20 70 100% Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.
Chains 70 Flash normal none 20 -- 100% Lowers the target's Accuracy.
Chains 21 Frustration normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 10 Hidden Power normal special 15 varies 100% Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70.
Chains 16 Light Screen psychic none 30 -- 100% Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns..
Chains 83 Natural Gift normal physical 15 varies 100% Power and type depend on the held berry.
Chains 17 Protect normal none 10 -- 0% 3 Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.
Chains 77 Psych Up normal none 10 -- 100% Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's.
Chains 18 Rain Dance water none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to rain for five turns.
Chains 33 Reflect psychic none 20 -- 100% Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50%.
Chains 44 Rest psychic none 10 -- 100% User Sleeps, completely healing itself.
Chains 27 Return normal physical 20 varies 100% Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102.
Chains 43 Secret Power normal physical 20 70 100% Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain.
Chains 30 Shadow Ball ghost special 15 80 100% Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense.
Chains 34 Shock Wave electric special 20 60 100% Never misses.
Chains 82 Sleep Talk normal none 10 -- 100% Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping.
Chains 49 Snatch dark none 10 -- 100% 4 Goes first. Steals the target's move, if it is self-targeted.
Chains 90 Substitute normal none 10 -- 100% Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
Chains 11 Sunny Day fire none 5 -- 0% Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.
Chains 87 Swagger normal none 15 -- 90% Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target.
Chains 46 Thief dark physical 10 40 100% Takes the target's item.
Chains 25 Thunder electric special 10 120 70% Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target.
Chains 73 Thunder Wave electric none 20 -- 100% Paralyzes the target.
Chains 24 Thunderbolt electric special 15 95 100% Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target.
Chains 06 Toxic poison none 10 -- 85% Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
Chains 61 Will-O-Wisp fire none 15 -- 75% Burns the target.

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