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volcarona
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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

Sub + Quiver Dance (Bug)
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Swarm
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 60
SpA 196
Spe 252
Sub + Quiver Dance (Fire)
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Swarm
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 60
SpA 196
Spe 252
Quiver Dance (Fire)
Item
Focus Sash / Lum Berry
Ability
Swarm
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Offensive Quiver Dance (Bug)
Moves
Fire Blast / Fiery Dance
Bug Buzz / Hidden Power Ground
Giga Drain / Hidden Power Ground
Item
Lum Berry / Focus Sash
Ability
Flame Body / Swarm
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Bulky Quiver Dance (Bug)
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 248
Def 156
Spe 104

Strategy Overview

Fire

Quiver Dance Volcarona is a phenomenal setup sweeper for Fire teams thanks to its great natural special bulk and ability to take on Psychic teams with ease. Its STAB combination and coverage options threaten Water-type defensive cores as well. While Volcarona is blessed with phenomenal special bulk, its physical bulk is rather lackluster and makes it rather hard to time a Quiver Dance sweep properly, often forcing Volcarona to rely on its Focus Sash. While its Bug typing does help Fire teams in the Psychic matchup, it stacks the type's natural weakness to Rock-type attacks and Stealth Rock.

Bug

Volcarona is the premier option for a setup sweeper on Bug teams, with access to Quiver Dance to boost three of its already high stats to higher levels, a great offensive typing, a great movepool that helps it patch up its most of its weaknesses, and reliable recovery in Roost. Volcarona can pick apart Steel teams, which are a huge threat to Bug-types, especially if it runs Hidden Power Ground. It also serves as a great wincon against Psychic and Water teams if Bug Buzz and Giga Drain, respectively, are run. Its great base 100 Speed tier allows it to outspeed troublesome Choice Scarf users such as Excadrill, Landorus-T, and Heracross after one boost. Volcarona is a very frail Pokemon physically, however. Therefore, it can be easily revenge killed by priority moves such as Sucker Punch, Extreme Speed, and Aqua Jet; however, Volcarona's ability Flame Body can punish physical attackers that try to revenge kill it. Volcarona suffers from four-moveslot syndrome, as it cannot run all the coverage moves it wants to alongside Quiver Dance. Its huge 4x weakness to Stealth Rock severely hinders its sweeping capabilities.

Most Used Moves

Bug Buzz
72.5%
Roost
30.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
34.1%
Lum Berry
20.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc