Pokémon Champions

Reg M-C Updated

Pokémon · #479

Rotom-Heat

ElectricFire Legal in M-C

Rotom-Heat is #88 on the ladder, on 0.5% of teams.

Rotom-Heat

Stats at level 50

HP 50
Atk 65
Def 107
SpA 105
SpD 107
Spe 86

Base stat total 520

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151

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

ElectricFire
Weak ×4
Ground
Weak ×2
WaterRock
Resists ×½
FireElectricGrassIceFlyingBugFairy
Resists ×¼
Steel

With Levitate: Ground ×0

Abilities

Levitate
This Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
106 (Bold, 0 Spe SP, 37% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
159 (held by 32%)
Fastest
151 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
106 (0 SP)
Slowest
95 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 151, it outspeeds 25 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  2. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  3. Mega Dragonite 152
  4. Rotom-Heat (this) 151
  5. Archaludon 150
  6. Gholdengo 149
  7. Excadrill 140
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rating cutoff

Rank #88 · on 0.5% of teams · 35,721 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Overheat 99.7%
  2. Thunderbolt 73.6%
  3. Will-O-Wisp 59.8%
  4. Volt Switch 40.4%
  5. Electroweb 33.9%
  6. Protect 33.7%
  7. Light Screen 18.1%
  8. Discharge 15.1%
  9. Trick 14.1%
  10. Thunder Wave 3.1%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 42.9%
  2. Choice Scarf 32.3%
  3. Leftovers 11.8%
  4. Magnet 3.5%
  5. Life Orb 2.4%
  6. Wide Lens 1.6%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 151 16.3%
  2. Bold 32/0/17/17/0/0 · Spe 106 8.5%
  3. Bold 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 106 8.1%
  4. Bold 32/0/6/15/0/13 · Spe 119 6.2%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 138 4.8%
  6. Bold 32/0/3/15/0/13 · Spe 119 4.7%
  7. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 106 4.0%
  8. Bold 32/0/14/1/15/4 · Spe 110 3.2%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 34.6%
  2. Mega Salamence 33.9%
  3. Basculegion 30.1%
  4. Rillaboom 26.4%
  5. Mega Tyranitar 24.8%
  6. Excadrill 23.5%
  7. Kingambit 23.1%
  8. Mega Garchomp Z 12.8%
  9. Corviknight 12.7%
  10. Milotic 11.8%
  11. Mega Golisopod 11.6%
  12. Mega Floette 11.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #89 · on 0.8% of teams · 35,721 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Overheat 98.9%
  2. Thunderbolt 59.1%
  3. Volt Switch 55.6%
  4. Will-O-Wisp 49.3%
  5. Electroweb 33.6%
  6. Protect 31.5%
  7. Trick 23.8%
  8. Discharge 21.0%
  9. Light Screen 6.7%
  10. Nasty Plot 4.1%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 43.0%
  2. Sitrus Berry 29.6%
  3. Leftovers 8.9%
  4. Life Orb 3.1%
  5. White Herb 2.2%
  6. Wide Lens 2.1%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 151 19.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 138 8.5%
  3. Bold 32/0/17/17/0/0 · Spe 106 6.7%
  4. Timid 9/0/0/32/0/25 · Spe 144 3.8%
  5. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 106 2.6%
  6. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 108 2.3%
  7. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 106 2.1%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 106 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 30.5%
  2. Rillaboom 23.4%
  3. Mega Salamence 21.9%
  4. Kingambit 18.1%
  5. Mega Tyranitar 17.0%
  6. Milotic 15.8%
  7. Mega Sceptile 13.5%
  8. Excadrill 12.3%
  9. Mega Garchomp Z 12.2%
  10. Sinistcha 12.0%
  11. Mega Golisopod 11.9%
  12. Indeedee-F 11.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #90 · on 1.0% of teams · 35,721 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Overheat 98.0%
  2. Volt Switch 58.3%
  3. Thunderbolt 51.4%
  4. Will-O-Wisp 50.0%
  5. Protect 31.6%
  6. Electroweb 29.7%
  7. Discharge 25.0%
  8. Trick 22.3%
  9. Light Screen 7.1%
  10. Shadow Ball 3.9%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 41.8%
  2. Sitrus Berry 25.1%
  3. Leftovers 10.2%
  4. Life Orb 3.9%
  5. White Herb 3.5%
  6. Wide Lens 2.4%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 151 24.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 138 7.0%
  3. Bold 32/0/17/17/0/0 · Spe 106 5.7%
  4. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 106 3.5%
  5. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 108 2.6%
  6. Timid 9/0/0/32/0/25 · Spe 144 2.3%
  7. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 106 1.8%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 106 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 27.0%
  2. Rillaboom 21.4%
  3. Mega Salamence 16.8%
  4. Kingambit 15.5%
  5. Mega Sceptile 13.3%
  6. Indeedee-F 12.8%
  7. Mega Tyranitar 12.6%
  8. Milotic 12.2%
  9. Sinistcha 11.7%
  10. Garchomp 10.9%
  11. Mega Golisopod 10.8%
  12. Mega Garchomp Z 10.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 28 of 4,299 teams (0.7%) · win rate 45.1% (95% interval 37.2%–53.3%, n = 144 games) · 1 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Corviknight +10.5 pp n = 4,522 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Rotom-Heat teams; Corviknight is on 2% of all teams (5.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Tyranitar +19.0 pp n = 8,845 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Rotom-Heat teams; Mega Tyranitar is on 6% of all teams (4.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Excadrill +17.8 pp n = 8,394 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Rotom-Heat teams; Excadrill is on 6% of all teams (4.10× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Garchomp Z +4.9 pp n = 4,558 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Rotom-Heat teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (1.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Basculegion +9.5 pp n = 10,741 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Rotom-Heat teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Salamence +5.9 pp n = 12,124 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Rotom-Heat teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Floette +0.7 pp n = 4,122 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Rotom-Heat teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Milotic -0.1 pp n = 4,212 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Rotom-Heat teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -2.5 pp n = 12,356 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Rotom-Heat teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kingambit -2.1 pp n = 8,266 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Rotom-Heat teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Golisopod -4.1 pp n = 4,129 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Rotom-Heat teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -20.2 pp n = 9,441 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Rotom-Heat teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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