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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

Offensive Quiver Dance
Item
Life Orb / Lum Berry
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Volcarona is a unique attacker because it is the only viable Quiver Dance user in the tier, which in combination with great STAB moves in Fire Blast and Heat Wave, decent coverage against Water- and Rock-types in Giga Drain, and high Special Attack and Speed enables it to be a powerful special attacker. Its Speed allows it to Speed tie with Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gardevoir and more importantly lets it outspeed many threats, such as Choice Scarf Landorus-T, once it has one Quiver Dance boost. Despite its okay HP and Special Defense, Volcarona is physically frail, so it struggles against powerful physical attackers such as Mega Kangaskhan and Talonflame, even though the former can be burned by Flame Body. Also, it has a tough time hitting Fire-types such as Mega Charizard Y and Heatran. Even though it has access to Giga Drain for Water- and Rock-types such as Keldeo, Mega Diancie, Terrakion, and Rhyperior, Volcarona still struggles against these Pokemon unless boosted by Quiver Dance.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
96.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc