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volbeat
#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

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

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

volbeat Front Front
volbeat Back Back
volbeat Front Shiny Front Shiny
volbeat Back Shiny Back Shiny
volbeat Official Art Official Art
volbeat Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 2.2%
Weather Supporter
Moves
Sunny Day / Rain Dance
Item
Heat Rock / Damp Rock
Ability
Prankster
Nature
Relaxed
EVs
HP 252
Atk 4
Def 252

Strategy Overview

Volbeat finds itself as an excellent weather setter in the PU metagame thanks to Prankster, which almost always guarantees weather setup. In addition to this, Volbeat can utilize a slow U-turn to get in weather sweepers such as Golduck and Sawsbuck safely. It also has the ability to provide invaluable support with Thunder Wave and Encore, with the former helping it stop fast and powerful threats such as Dodrio and Sawsbuck and the latter giving Volbeat's teammates a free turn. However, a weakness to Stealth Rock and a lack of reliable recovery mean that it is worn down easily. Volbeat also has middling bulk, which makes it hard for it to set up weather later in the game.

Most Used Moves

Encore
83.2%
U-turn
60.7%
Tail Glow
26.6%

Most Used Items

Damp Rock
47.6%
Heat Rock
20.2%
Leftovers
15.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc