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volcarona
#637

Volcarona

Sun Pokémon

BugFire

A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 60
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 135
Sp. Def 105
Speed 100
Total 550

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Flame Body Swarm (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Sun Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 46.0 kg
Base Exp 248
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 15
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Bug

Sprites

volcarona Front Front
volcarona Back Back
volcarona Front Shiny Front Shiny
volcarona Back Shiny Back Shiny
volcarona Official Art Official Art
volcarona Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Special Sweeper
Moves
Fire Blast / Flamethrower
Bug Buzz / Giga Drain
Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
Item
Lum Berry / Focus Sash
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Volcarona stands out as a powerful special attacker in a format dominated by physical attackers, boasting a unique offensive typing that lets it threaten a wide variety of threats, such as Cresselia, Aegislash, Mega Mawile, Ferrothorn, Hydreigon, and Slowbro, with its STAB moves. Volcarona's naturally high Special Attack and Speed along with access to Quiver Dance make it an effective sweeper that is made more dangerous with the fact that most walls are physically defensive rather than specially defensive. Flame Body lets Volcarona punish physical attackers that manage to take it down using contact moves, potentially crippling a foe trying to hit its weaker Defense stat. However, this frailty makes it difficult for Volcarona to find setup opportunities against physical attackers, and weaknesses to common types such as Rock, Flying, and Water limit the number of Pokemon that Volcarona can set up on and allow it to be more easily revenge killed. Furthermore, Volcarona's Bug / Fire typing leaves it walled by many top threats such as Mega Salamence, Talonflame, Blaziken, Heatran, and Azumarill, forcing it to pick what it can and can't beat with its coverage moves.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
88.7%
Overheat
26.4%
Psychic
24.3%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
36.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc