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ElectricWater C-Tier Sweeper

Wash Rotom

Wash Rotom is a sweeper ranked C-Tier in Pokémon Champions with a 2% usage rate. Primary ability: Levitate (100%). Most common item: Leftovers (49%). Top moves: Hydro Pump, Will-O-Wisp, Thunderbolt, Volt Switch.

Moves

  • Water Hydro Pump 37%
  • Fire Will-O-Wisp 32%
  • Electric Thunderbolt 28%
  • Electric Volt Switch 19%
  • Normal Protect 13%
  • Electric Electroweb 10%

Ability

Levitate 100%

Item

Leftovers 49%

EV Spread

Timid · 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe

Weaknesses

Ground Grass

Best Teammates

GarchompSneaslerIncineroarAerodactyl

How Wash Rotom plays

Levitate plus Water, niche and reliable

Wash Rotom is the niche Levitate plus Water-type pivot the format keeps coming back to. Levitate immunity to Earthquake makes Garchomp partnerships natural, and the Water STAB threatens the Fire-type sweepers that Garchomp itself struggles into.

Will-O-Wisp on the support spread cripples physical attackers without losing tempo, and Volt Switch keeps offensive momentum on momentum-based teams. Champions bans Choice Specs, so the item choice is between Leftovers (48% of sets) for long pivot cycles and Sitrus Berry (34%) for a single larger recovery. Speed at base 86 is awkward in the format: above Pelipper and Sinistcha, below Garchomp and the Tailwind cluster. Position Wash Rotom to come in after a fast partner has established speed control, and avoid lead positions where it eats Fake Out without giving Volt Switch back. Knock Off into a defensive Rotom shuts down the pivot pattern entirely.

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