Is Rotom Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Old Chateau encounter at night after the National Dex. Electric/Ghost with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Rotom doesn't get its appliance forms until Platinum. In DP, it stays base form only. Unique typing with three immunities. More of a postgame novelty than a story team member.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Rotom resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Rotom on Old Chateau (interact, Lv 15, limited). Inside TV, after entering the Hall of Fame and obtaining the National Dex. Interact with the TV on the 2nd floor of Old Chateau at night.
Recommended Moves
- LV 22ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lake Valor
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 29GhostOminous WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 50ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Rotom in Diamond & Pearl
Rotom hides inside an old television in the Old Chateau, but only at night. Interact with the set after dark and the plasma Pokemon pops out at level 15, a single haunted-house catch.
1 location to catch Rotom
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How to Get Shiny Rotom in Diamond & Pearl
Rotom haunts a television in the Old Chateau at night, but a shiny is faster to breed with a foreign Ditto via the Masuda Method at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Rotom odds across every game
Shiny Rotom Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Rotom Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Rotom already selected.
Rotom Weakness
Rotom's Electric/Ghost typing leaves it vulnerable to Ground, Ghost, and Dark. It shrugs off Normal and Fighting-type attacks completely. The Electric/Ghost typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Rotom leans toward special offense (base 95 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Poison, Flying, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Rotom Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Rotom
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Gengar builds →Sucker Punch 2x45-53% Lick 2x20-25% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Murkrow builds →Pursuit 2x42-50% Astonish 2x22-27% | ||
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Cubone builds →Bone Club 2x47-55% Thief 2x18-23% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Misdreavus builds →Astonish 2x28-35% Thief 2x22-27% | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Drifloon builds →Payback 2x25-30% Astonish 2x25-30% | ||
Rotom Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Rotom sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and no compatible partners from one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Rotom is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Amorphous egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Rotom Best Moveset
Electric/Ghost is a unique typing available only here, and AbilityLevitate adds Ground immunity on top. 95 Sp. Atk at 91 Speed delivers fast special Electric and Ghost attacks. The moveset has excellent type coverage and few weaknesses.
Best Build
Rotom best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Revenge Killer Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Shadow Ball
- Will O Wisp
- Trick
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Rotom's Normal and Dark coverage all comes from technical machines, built on top of Thunder and Thunderbolt for same-type damage. Uproar and Dream Eater are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
28 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc.
Rotom Diamond & Pearl Guide
Rotom is a static encounter at Old Chateau in Diamond & Pearl. Rotom appears at level 15. Prerequisite: Inside TV, after entering the Hall of Fame and obtaining the National Dex. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For Diamond & Pearl, go for it. Rotom rates A-Tier, and its electric/ghost typing handles most of what the story throws at you.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Rotom as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Timid on Rotom. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Tyranitar. These have the highest co-usage rates with Rotom in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Rotom appears in 14 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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