[SET]
name: Charti Berry Setup
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Overheat
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Substitute / Flame Charge / Roost
item: Charti Berry
ability: Flame Body
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 124 SpA / 112 SpD / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
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Volcarona is the best Fire-type in BW 1v1 due to its natural power and its access to Quiver Dance. Overheat does massive damage to non-resistant targets like Zapdos, while Bug Buzz threatens common Psychic-types like Cresselia, Latios, and Meloetta and comes without Overheat's stat drop. Volcarona's last move is quite customizable. Substitute buys Volcarona a free turn on status moves, gives it a better matchup against other Volcarona, and allows it to fish for misses on inaccurate attacks such as Choice Band Sawk's Stone Edge. On the other hand, Flame Charge guarantees the win against Magnezone, and Roost helps against other Volcarona and stall Snorlax. Charti Berry is used to survive various Rock-type coverage moves, like Choice Scarf Heracross's Rock Slide or Choice Specs Magnezone's Hidden Power Rock.
EVs
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The Special Defense investment allows Volcarona to survive Choice Specs Zapdos's Hidden Power Flying. The Speed investment allows Volcarona to outspeed Magnezone.
Usage Tips
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If Volcarona can take an OHKO on turn 1, such as against Metagross, Celebi, or Genesect, it will.
To avoid being locked into Quiver Dance by Trick users such as Cresselia and Porygon-Z, Volcarona should use Bug Buzz or Overheat, respectively, on turn 1.
Versus Latios, Volcarona has an unintuitively bad matchup. Bug Buzz is not guaranteed to OHKO no bulk Latios and it commonly carries Trick + Choice Specs or Calm Mind to stop Volcarona's Quiver Dance. Volcarona must choose between setting up Quiver Dance on an attack or Calm Mind or using Bug Buzz to use Latios's Choice Specs against it or go for a damage roll.
Against opposing Volcarona, both players should use Quiver Dance repeatedly before attacking each other. If either player has Substitute, they should use it early on to force the opponent to lower their Special Attack with Overheat. If you have Roost, use it to heal off damage from Overheat.
Substitute allows Volcarona to fish for misses on inaccurate Rock-type moves from slower opponents like Tyranitar, and may buy free turns if the opponent decides to set up, like against Bulk Up Scrafty or Conkeldurr.
Flame Charge breaks Magnezone's Sturdy so that Volcarona does not have to worry about Mirror Coat.
Roost allows Volcarona to outlast stall Snorlax's Seismic Toss and boost up to +6 to match Snorlax's Amnesia boosts. It then 4HKOes most stall Snorlax with Bug Buzz. Roost is also helpful versus opposing Volcarona, since it heals off damage from Overheat and forces them to use Quiver Dance to regain maximum Special Attack.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Volcarona may opt for Bug Gem for extra insurance versus Latios, or Fire Gem for extra damage against neutral targets like opposing Volcarona, Conkeldurr, and Scrafty.
Will-O-Wisp + Roost defeats some physical attackers like Choice Band Snorlax, but requires Volcarona to drop an attacking move.
Volcarona can lure in some of its supposed checks as well: Life Orb + Giga Drain defeats Rhyperior, Jacoba Berry beats Crustle by using Overheat turn 1, and Passho Berry with Psychic or Hurricane wins against Keldeo. Psychic is perfectly accurate, but can lose to bulkier Keldeo, while Hurricane is more reliable versus bulky variants, at the cost of shaky accuracy. If you wish to use this set, use an EV spread of 248 HP / 200 SpA / 40 SpD / 20 Spe with a Modest nature, which allows Volcarona to survive Timid Choice Specs Latios's Draco Meteor and Choice Specs Keldeo's Hydro Pump, as well as outspeeding Magnezone.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Itchy, 518399]]
- Quality checked by: [[Lumii, 493772], [DEG, 234355]
- Grammar checked by: [[dex, 277988]
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