4th Gen Rotom. Legendary or nay?

Started by Ichida April 29th, 2007 10:49 PM
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Do you think Rotom is a legendary?

Ichida

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It's been bugging me. Who considers Rotom, the new Ghost/Electric Pokemon found in the Old Chateau, a legendary? On one hand, there's only one of it. So what? Same deal with Eevee. On the other hand, it can breed itself. Big deal, so can Manaphy/Phione. I don't know under which category to place its statpool, since they're kind of metagame-average. Its catch rate isn't low enough to call it a legendary either, nor its appearance level. So what do you think?
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It's been bugging me. Who considers Rotom, the new Ghost/Electric Pokemon found in the Old Chateau, a legendary? On one hand, there's only one of it. So what? Same deal with Eevee. On the other hand, it can breed itself. Big deal, so can Manaphy/Phione. I don't know under which category to place its statpool, since they're kind of metagame-average. Its catch rate isn't low enough to call it a legendary either, nor its appearance level. So what do you think?
What you've said isn't entirely accurate as well.
There isn't only one Eevee ingame, you can get more from the Pokemon Mansion. I have already 4 from there. A better example would be Lucario (as mentioned above), as that is an one-off receiving.
It's more of a half half Pokemon, it's not a legendary, but it's exclusive in being one-off to start with. I dont count it as legendary and I'm sure many others don't either... it's just one of those Pokemon... kinda similar to the Metagross chain of R/S/E.

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If I remember correctly, Rotoms are part of the indeterminate egg group and can breed with Dittos. So it isn't legendary since it can lay eggs :3 Manaphy seems like a legendary to me since it doesn't produce another Manaphy in the egg...just Phione...the knock-off Pokemon. Rotoms produce more Rotoms making them less exclusive.



Being Electric/Ghost type makes for an interesting team addition. :P

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Spiritomb especially, since it has no elemental weakness, a good set of stats, and a decent movepool. :P
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Rotom's stats aren't up to legendary snuff. I think the lowest stats you need to be a legendary are like an avg. of 96.3 or something in base stats. All trio legendaries I believe have a 96.3.

I'm SURE that Rotom does NOT have beautiful stats comparable to Zapdos or Azelf...
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Diamond and Pearl do seem to have a lot of new legendaries...I honestly think Rotom is not a legendary, it just doesn't seem legendary material. It's hard to explain, but just look at the Pokemon that we're sure are legendary. Rotom doesn't have that air about to him.

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I think 13 Legendaries is more than enough for one generation. 14 isn't that great of a number, but "lucky 13" is :D
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No way. Rotom may be decent but he's no legendary.
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Rotom also doesn't have the total max stats of a legendary, which is 680, I believe. Don't quote me on it *checks Wiki*

But, I must admit, its Electric/Ghost typing is very, very unique, and cool. Hey, being immune to Normal-type moves can help somehow! xD

I'm also sad because you can't catch it until after you beat the Elite Four because it's not in the Sinnoh Dex. ;_;
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Of course he's legendary!

Edit:
1. Any of the trios..DUH!!
2. Manaphy
3. That's stating what u think he is, not a reason why he ain't legendary.
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