Is Rotom Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Old Chateau TV at level 20 at night. Electric/Ghost with AbilityLevitate for three immunities (Normal, Fighting, Ground). Rotom doesn't evolve in standard Gen 4. Fast with interesting coverage. Available before Fantina's Ghost gym if you visit at night.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with Fantina'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 trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Rotom trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Rotom has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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 20, limited). Inside TV. Interact with the TV in the Old Chateau at night to battle Rotom.
Recommended Moves
- LV 22ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- 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
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM61FireWill-O-WispPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
How to Get Rotom in Platinum
Rotom hides inside the old television in the Old Chateau, found only at night when you check the set. It is a single one-time spawn at level 20, so the plasma ghost rewards a late-night trip to the haunted mansion.
1 location to catch Rotom
Badge 2How to Get Rotom in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Rotom in Platinum
Rotom haunts a television in the Old Chateau at night, but breeding it with a foreign Ditto is the surer shiny at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Rotom odds across every game
Shiny Rotom Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum 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 Platinum 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 | |
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Spiritomb builds →Feint Attack 2x64-77% Ominous Wind 2x64-77% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Gengar builds →Shadow Claw 2x57-69% Sucker Punch 2x43-51% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x113-133%KO Shadow Claw 2x53-63% Thief 2x31-37% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x109-129%KO Feint Attack 2x43-51% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Gabite builds →Earthquake 2x101-120%KO Shadow Claw 2x49-57% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x127-150%KO Knock Off 2x19-23% | ||
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Cubone builds →Earthquake 2x69-81% Thief 2x21-26% | ||
 Larvitar RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Larvitar builds →Earthquake 2x80-94% Bite 2x33-40% | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Drifloon builds →Payback 2x24-29% Astonish 2x24-30% | ||
 Duskull Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Rotom View Duskull builds →Shadow Sneak 2x24-30% Pursuit 2x16-20% | ||
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 onlyPt Rotom Best Moveset
Electric/Ghost is a unique type combination with three immunities: Normal, Fighting, and Ground (via AbilityLevitate). The moveset uses 95 Sp. Atk at 91 Speed for fast special Electric and Ghost coverage. Few things switch in safely against that.
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 and more 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 electric-like body can enter some kinds of machines and take control in order to make mischief.
Rotom Platinum Guide
Rotom is a static encounter at Old Chateau in Platinum. Rotom appears at level 20. Prerequisite: Inside TV. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For Platinum, go for it. Rotom rates A-Tier, and its electric/ghost typing handles most of what the story throws at you.
In Platinum, use Rotom as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Timid on Rotom. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
For Platinum, 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
Winds & Waves
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