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General
Abilities
- Levitate
- This Pokémon does not take damage from Ground moves.
Dex Numbers
- Generation
DPPT
Kanto- 479
Johto- n/a
Hoenn- n/a
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
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
Comparison of this evolution chain
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Stats
| Stat | Base | Max Stat | %ile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L50 | L100 | |||
| HP | 157 | 304 | 22.7 | |
| Attack | 102 | 199 | 20.9 | |
| Defense | 129 | 253 | 64.3 | |
| Special Attack | 147 | 289 | 80.1 | |
| Special Defense | 129 | 253 | 64.9 | |
| Speed | 143 | 281 | 81.5 | |
| Average | - | - | 55.8 | |
Flavor
All versions' flavor text and sprites
Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc.
Locations
Note: this ONLY shows Diamond locations for the moment. (New Pokédex with all three games' encounters is in the works.)
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Move List
Rotom's Special Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with special (
) moves.
Rotom gets the STAB from
and
moves.
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Move | Type | Dmg | PP | Power | Acc.* | Pri. | Description | |
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| -- | Astonish | ![]() |
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15 | 30 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. | ||
| -- | Confuse Ray | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Confuses the target. | ||
| -- | Thunder Wave | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Paralyzes the target. | ||
| -- | ThunderShock | ![]() |
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30 | 40 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||
| -- | Trick | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | User and target swap items. | ||
| 8 | Uproar | ![]() |
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10 | 50 | 100% | Prevents any Pokemon from Sleeping for 2-5 turns. | ||
| 15 | Double Team | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Raises the user's Evasion. | ||
| 22 | Shock Wave | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | ||
| 29 | Ominous Wind | ![]() |
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5 | 60 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats. | ||
| 36 | Substitute | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Raises the user's Special Defense. User's Electric moves inflict double damage next turn. | ||
| 50 | Discharge | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||
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Swift | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | ||
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Snore | ![]() |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | ||
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Spite | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Lowers the PP of the target's last used move by 2 to 5 points. | ||
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Mud-Slap | ![]() |
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10 | 20 | 100% | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy. | ||
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Trick | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | User and target swap items. | ||
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Signal Beam | ![]() |
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15 | 75 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Confuse the target. | ||
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Sucker Punch | ![]() |
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5 | 80 | 100% | 1 | Goes first. Only works if the target uses a damaging move this turn. | |
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Ominous Wind | ![]() |
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5 | 60 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to raise all of the user's stats. | ||
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57 | Charge Beam | ![]() |
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10 | 50 | 90% | Has a 70% chance to raise the user's Special Attack. | |
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79 | Dark Pulse | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to make the target Flinch. | |
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32 | Double Team | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Raises the user's Evasion. | |
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85 | Dream Eater | ![]() |
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15 | 100 | 100% | Heals the user by half the damage the target receives. Only works on Sleeping Pokemon. | |
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58 | Endure | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn. |
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42 | Facade | ![]() |
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20 | 70 | 100% | Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. | |
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70 | Flash | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Accuracy. | |
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21 | Frustration | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102. | |
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10 | Hidden Power | ![]() |
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15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70. | |
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16 | Light Screen | ![]() |
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30 | -- | 100% | Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns.. | |
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83 | Natural Gift | ![]() |
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15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend on the held berry. | |
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17 | Protect | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 0% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. |
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77 | Psych Up | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Discards the user's stat changes and copies the target's. | |
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18 | Rain Dance | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | |
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33 | Reflect | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50%. | |
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44 | Rest | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | User Sleeps, completely healing itself. | |
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27 | Return | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102. | |
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43 | Secret Power | ![]() |
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20 | 70 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain. | |
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30 | Shadow Ball | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense. | |
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34 | Shock Wave | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | |
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82 | Sleep Talk | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | |
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49 | Snatch | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | 4 | Goes first. Steals the target's move, if it is self-targeted. |
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90 | Substitute | ![]() |
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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. | |
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11 | Sunny Day | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to sunny for five turns. | |
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87 | Swagger | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 90% | Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | |
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46 | Thief | ![]() |
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10 | 40 | 100% | Takes the target's item. | |
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25 | Thunder | ![]() |
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10 | 120 | 70% | Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target. | |
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73 | Thunder Wave | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Paralyzes the target. | |
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24 | Thunderbolt | ![]() |
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15 | 95 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target. | |
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06 | Toxic | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 85% | Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | |
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61 | Will-O-Wisp | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 75% | Burns the target. | |
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