Competitive Information for Volcanion [X/Y]
Fire / Water
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Water Absorb ability are immune to Water attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Volcanion? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Volcanion is an outstanding Fire and Water-typed Pokemon. It's pretty regular to see Volcanion show up as a X/Y opponent. Volcanion can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Volcanion is weak to Electric, Ground, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Superpower / Brick Break
- Return / Body Slam
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Volcanion (Water Absorb)
Volcanion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Volcanion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Volcanion heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Volcanion's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Volcanion's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Steam Eruption / Scald
- Flash Cannon / Weather Ball
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
Special Sweeper Volcanion (Water Absorb)
Volcanion is a legendary Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Volcanion's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Volcanion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Volcanion heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity. Flash Cannon was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Steam Eruption is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Volcanion? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Smack Down
- Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Volcanion (Water Absorb)
Volcanion is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Volcanion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Volcanion heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity.
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Volcanion's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Smack Down is a physical 50-base power Rock-type move (removes the target's ground immunity).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Volcanion's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Steam Eruption / Scald
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Flash Cannon / Weather Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Volcanion (Water Absorb)
Volcanion is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Volcanion's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Volcanion's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Water Absorb, Volcanion heals 1/4 of its max hp when hit by water moves; water immunity. Flash Cannon was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Steam Eruption is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target).
♦ Scald is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
♦ Sludge Bomb is a special 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ Flash Cannon is a special 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Volcanion 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 Volcanion can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Volcanion
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Scald
Moves that boost Volcanion's stats
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Volcanion
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Protect
- Rest
- Scald
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Volcanion in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Volcanion's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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