#313

Volbeat

Firefly Pokémon

Bug

It communicates with others by lighting up its rear at night. It loves Illumise’s sweet aroma.

Base Stats

HP 65

Attack 73

Defense 75

Sp. Atk 47

Sp. Def 85

Speed 85

Total 430

Type Effectiveness

Weak to

flying 2x rock 2x fire 2x

Resistant to

fighting ½x ground ½x grass ½x

Abilities

Illuminate Swarm Prankster (Hidden)

Held Items

Bright Powder 5%

Evolution Chain

Volbeat

Moves

Details

Category Firefly Pokémon

Height 0.7 m

Weight 17.7 kg

Base Exp 151

Growth Rate Slow Then Very Fast

Capture Rate 150

Base Happiness 70

Gender 100% ♂ / 0% ♀

Habitat Forest

Egg Groups Bug ,Humanshape

Sprites

Front

Back

Front Shiny

Back Shiny

Official Art

Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 11.6%

UU RU PU NU

Support

Moves

U-turn

Roost

Encore

Sunny Day / Rain Dance / Thunder Wave / Toxic

Item

Leftovers / Heat Rock

Ability

Prankster

Nature

Relaxed

EVs

HP 248

Def 252

SpD 4

Strategy Overview

Volbeat enjoys a small niche in PU thanks to its access to Prankster and its wide range of support moves such as Encore and weather moves like Sunny Day, making it the most consistent weather setter in the tier. However, its passiveness, weakness to Stealth Rock, and average bulk means that it only finds consistent success on weather teams.