Drone Rotom ドローンロトムDrone Rotom

Drone Rotom inPokémon Journeys: The Series

Debuts in Destination: Coronation! Gender Genderless Ability Unknown Current location Kanto

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Rotom Maxwell Powers Jake Paque

Drone Rotom (Japanese:ドローンロトムDrone Rotom) areRotom inhabiting drones that serve asbattle judges, primarily in theGalarregion. InPokémon Journeys: The Series, they act as the official judges throughout the world forWorld Coronation Seriesbattles.

Thisform of Rotom cannot be used in battle.

In the games

InPokémon Sword and Shield, a Drone Rotom can be seen flying inside stadiums when theplayer faces aGym Leader or otherTrainers.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

InPokémon Journeys: The Series, as soon as a battle appointment between two Trainers is made for aWorld Coronation Series match, a Drone Rotom is sent flying to the location where the battle takes place. The Drone Rotom can display a hologram picturing the participants in the battle and how many Pokémon they can send out. Like regular referees, it also explains the battle rules to Trainers. After the battle, the Drone Rotom will announce that the rankings have been updated and then leave the site.

A Drone Rotom first appeared inDestination: Coronation!, where it judged the battle betweenAsh andVisquez. A Drone Rotom has judged almost all of Ash's World Coronation Series matches.

InCurtain Up! Fight the Fights!, five Drone Rotom flew overWyndon while expelling colored smoke to form the logo of the World Coronation Series in the sky, in order to celebrate the start of theMasters Eight Tournament.

Voice actors

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

A Drone Rotom first appeared inRising!! Opal of Ballonlea. It was called byOpal during her match againstHenry, where she announced her retirement after the currentGym Challenge.

Another Drone Rotom appeared inShock!! Chairman Rose's Plan, filmingSordward andShielbert battlingEternatus on thetower summit.

Pokémon Journeys

A Drone Rotom first appeared inDestination: Coronation!, fulfilling the same role as in the animated series. It also judged all ofAsh's subsequentWorld Coronation Series matches.

In the TCG

Drone Rotom was introduced as anItem card in thePokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese SWSH Era). It was first released in the JapaneseAmazing Volt Tackle expansion and the EnglishVivid Voltage expansion, with artwork by5ban Graphics. It forces the opponent to reveal their hand and lets the player look at the top card of the opponent's deck.

In other languages

Related articles

• For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeRotom.
• Talking Pokémon

Rotom variants

Rotom Pokédex

Rotom Phone

Rotomi

Drone Rotom

Rotom Bike

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