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Volbeat

Firefly Pokémon

Bug

With the arrival of night, VOLBEAT emits light from its tail. It communicates with others by adjusting the intensity and flashing of its light. This POKéMON is attracted by the sweet aroma of ILLUMISE.

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: 3.6%

PU ZU

Weather Setter

Moves

Sunny Day / Rain Dance

U-turn

Thunder Wave

Encore

Item

Heat Rock / Damp Rock

Ability

Prankster

Nature

Relaxed

EVs

HP 252

Atk 4

Def 252

Strategy Overview

Volbeat is one of the tier's best weather setters due to Prankster, decent bulk, and key resistances to Ground and Fighting. Access to both Rain Dance and Sunny Day makes Volbeat a superb choice for hyper offensive rain and sun teams alike. Additionally, Volbeat has an array of utility support options like Defog, Thunder Wave, Encore and Roost, as well as U-turn for pivoting. However, Volbeat suffers from a weakness to Stealth Rock and being incredibly passive, meaning it can usually only get up sun or rain twice per game.