# Rotom: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Rotom in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | every Champions format published here |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/rotom.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/rotom/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `rotom` |
| Types | Electric / Ghost |
| Usage rank | #222 |
| Usage | 0.0% |
| Teams | 29 |
| Win rate | 46.5% |
| Decided matches | 218 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Electroweb, Hydro Pump, Volt Switch, Will-O-Wisp |
| Item | Leftovers |
| Ability | Levitate |
| Nature | Unknown |
| Share of lists | 6.9% |
| Win rate | 44.9% |
| Decided matches | 10 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thunderbolt | 62.1% | 40.2% |
| Hydro Pump | 55.2% | 42.0% |
| Volt Switch | 55.2% | 40.9% |
| Will-O-Wisp | 55.2% | 41.6% |
| Protect | 31.0% | 45.0% |
| Electroweb | 27.6% | 44.4% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Choice Scarf | 31.0% | 43.4% |
| Leftovers | 20.7% | 43.9% |
| Sitrus Berry | 20.7% | 44.3% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Levitate | 100.0% | 39.3% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unknown | 41.4% | 44.1% |
| Modest | 27.6% | 44.8% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sinistcha | 27.6% | 8 | 41.1% |
| Tyranitar | 27.6% | 8 | 39.3% |
| Garchomp | 24.1% | 7 | 41.6% |
| Kingambit | 20.7% | 6 | 38.6% |
| Charizard | 17.2% | 5 | 39.8% |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=rotom

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.