Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flamethrower
- Steam Eruption
- Defog
- Toxic
Blessed with fantastic dual STAB moves and a good support movepool, Volcanion is a great wallbreaker and Defogger in the RU metagame. Volcanion has great bulk even when uninvested, allowing it to tank hits from most Stealth Rock setters quite well and clear the field of entry hazards to ease pressure on its team. Flamethrower allows it to hit Steel-types such as Registeel, Metagross, and Cobalion for super effective damage, while Steam Eruption hits other Stealth Rock setters such as Rhyperior and Stakataka and has a 30% chance to burn the foe. Lastly, Toxic cripples Volcanion's usual checks and counters such as Gastrodon, Milotic, Seismitoad, and Noivern. Volcanion appreciates Pokemon like Zarude and Flygon that can stomach Electric-type attacks for it. Electric-types force Volcanion out, though its power means that they can only switch directly into its attacks once. Volcanion also has good synergy with pokemon that share the same checks such as Golisopod, Choice Scarf Mienshao, and Choice Scarf Heracross, as they can overwhelm checks such as Noivern and Gastrodon with a combination of hard-hitting moves.
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Flamethrower
- Steam Eruption
- Defog
- Toxic
Blessed with fantastic dual STAB moves and a good support movepool, Volcanion is a great wallbreaker and Defogger in the RU metagame. Volcanion has great bulk even when uninvested, allowing it to tank hits from most Stealth Rock setters quite well and clear the field of entry hazards to ease pressure on its team. Flamethrower allows it to hit Steel-types such as Registeel, Metagross, and Cobalion for super effective damage, while Steam Eruption hits other Stealth Rock setters such as Rhyperior and Stakataka and has a 30% chance to burn the foe. Lastly, Toxic cripples Volcanion's usual checks and counters such as Gastrodon, Milotic, Seismitoad, and Noivern. Volcanion appreciates Pokemon like Zarude and Flygon that can stomach Electric-type attacks for it. Electric-types force Volcanion out, though its power means that they can only switch directly into its attacks once. Volcanion also has good synergy with pokemon that share the same checks such as Golisopod, Choice Scarf Mienshao, and Choice Scarf Heracross, as they can overwhelm checks such as Noivern and Gastrodon with a combination of hard-hitting moves.
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