Competitive Information for Volcarona [Sun/Moon]
Bug / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Volcarona? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Volcarona is an interesting Bug and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to see Volcarona show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Volcarona can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Volcarona is weak to Flying, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Buginium Z / Leftovers
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fiery Dance / Flamethrower
- Giga Drain
- Quiver Dance / Bug Buzz
- Roost
Special Sweeper Volcarona (Popular/Trending)
Volcarona is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Volcarona last longer regaining it's it's vitality every turn. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Volcarona will be burned.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Volcarona recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Quiver Dance is a status move (raises your Volcarona's special attack, special defense, speed by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Bug Buzz / Signal Beam
- Psychic
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Volcarona (Flame Body)
Volcarona is a marvelous Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Volcarona from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Volcarona will be burned.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Volcarona recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fiery Dance / Fire Blast
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Substitute
Volcarona Special Sweeper (Bug Burning Gallows*)
Volcarona is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Volcarona's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Volcarona will be burned. Lum Berry I would first choose for item.
Life Orb next suggestion.
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Quiver Dance is a status move (raises your Volcarona's special attack, special defense, speed by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Volcarona takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Volcarona? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Volcarona (Flame Body)
Volcarona is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Volcarona from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Volcarona will be burned.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
♦ Bug Buzz is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Volcarona recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Volcarona learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Volcarona can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Volcarona
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Rage Powder
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Volcarona's stats
- Amnesia
- Calm Mind
- Fiery Dance
- Flame Charge
- Harden
- Quiver Dance
- Silver Wind
Most notable and possible best moves for Volcarona
- Bug Buzz
- Fiery Dance
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Ground
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Quiver Dance
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Volcarona in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Volcarona's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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