Competitive Information for Volcarona [Sword/Shield]
Bug / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Volcarona? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Volcarona is pretty popular Bug and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a pretty common sight to see Volcarona out in the 8th generation battlefield. Volcarona can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Volcarona is weak to Flying, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Coba Berry / Focus Sash
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Fiery Dance
- Protect
- Rage Powder / Struggle Bug
- Will-O-Wisp
Special Sweeper Volcarona (Popular/Trending)
Volcarona is a remarkable Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed 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. With a Coba Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective flying-type attack then the Coba Berry gets consumed.
◆ Fiery Dance is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (50% chance to raise your Volcarona's special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Volcarona this turn).
◆ Rage Powder is a status move (the foes' moves target your Volcarona on the turn used).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Bug Buzz / Struggle Bug
- Psychic
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Volcarona (Flame Body)
Volcarona is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's purpose 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. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ 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).
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack 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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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Fiery Dance / Fire Blast
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Substitute
Volcarona Special Sweeper (Bug Burning Gallows*)
Volcarona is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is 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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave
- Struggle Bug
- Rage Powder
- Protect
Doubles Support Volcarona (Popular VGC)
Volcarona is a pretty decent Support for double battles. This particular build was popular during previous competitions. 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.
◆ Struggle Bug is a special STAB-boosted 50-base power Bug-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
◆ Rage Powder is a status move (the foes' moves target your Volcarona on the turn used).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Volcarona this turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Struggle Bug / Bug Buzz
- Psychic
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Volcarona (Flame Body)
Volcarona is a remarkable Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset 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. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ 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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Volcarona
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- 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
Most notable and possible best moves for Volcarona
- Fiery Dance
- Heat Wave
- Hurricane
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rage Powder
- Rest
- Roost
- Struggle Bug
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Volcarona in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Volcarona's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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