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[SET]
name: Quiver Dance (Bug)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Great Special Attack and Speed alongside access to Quiver Dance make Volcarona one of the best setup sweepers in the metagame, helping Bug in tough matchups such as Steel, Electric, and Poison. Fire Blast hits walls such as Gliscor and Mandibuzz hard and beats Steel-types such as Celesteela and Ferrothorn. Psychic helps Volcarona in dealing with troublesome Poison types such as Toxapex. Hidden Power Ground bypasses Heatran after its Air Balloon has been popped, which can otherwise wall it. Giga Drain can be used instead to nail bulky Water- and Ground-types such as Gastrodon, Slowking, and Hippowdon while also granting a bit of recovery. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Volcarona to switch in throughout the game despite its huge Stealth Rock weakness. Volcarona should try setting up against a passive Pokemon like Toxapex or Mandibuzz once its checks such as Mantine are weakened or KOed, allowing it to pull off a clean sweep. Max Speed investment with a Timid nature allows Volcarona to outspeed Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Urshifu unboosted while outspeeding Choice Scarf users such as Excadrill and Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance boost.
Choice Scarf users like Buzzwole and Heracross are great partners to revenge kill faster threats such as Garchomp and Mega Lopunny. Volcarona in return can weaken opposing teams, allowing them to clean with Beast Boost and Moxie boosts, respectively. Heracross can also Pursuit trap offensive Heatran and pop its Air Balloon, thus allowing Volcarona to KO it with Hidden Power Ground, while Buzzwole helps against Dragon- and Ground-types like Landorus and Zygarde-10% with Ice Punch. Shuckle provides Stealth Rock and Sticky Web support; Stealth Rock chips foes while also breaking Focus Sash and Sturdy, while Sticky Web allows Volcarona to outspeed Choice Scarf users like Greninja and Nihilego after a boost. Araquanid can switch into strong special Water-type attacks directed towards Volcarona while also checking Fire-types such as Mega Charizard Y that resist Volcarona's coverage. Galvantula is also helpful in beating Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex and Mantine. Furthermore, both Araquanid and Galvantula can also provide Sticky Web support. Scizor is great to deal with Rock-types like Tyranitar and Mega Diancie and Pursuit trap threats to Volcarona such as Choice Scarf Latias, and Choice Band Victini after the V-Create Speed drop. Mega Scizor also forms a great offensive core with Volcarona, taking on special walls such as Blissey while Volcarona handles physical ones such as Celesteela and Hippowdon. Mega Pinsir is helpful against Choice Scarf users like Keldeo and Zarude, which could threaten Volcarona, with its strong priority in Quick Attack while also beating special walls like Tyranitar for it. Scolipede deals with offensive Fire- and Rock-types like Blacephalon and Nihilego due to its coverage.
[SET]
name: Z-Move (Bug)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power Ground / Psychic
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Firium Z / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Teams with good entry hazard removal can use a Z-Crystal of choice on Volcarona instead of Heavy-Duty Boots, which lets it word as a wallbreaker that breaks through Pokemon like Hippowdon and Toxapex after a Quiver Dance boost. Quiver Dance notably allows Volcarona to outspeed threats like Tapu Koko and Zygarde-10% after a boost. Fire Blast hits neutral targets such as Zapdos for good damage while nailing Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Aegislash. Firium Z turns Fire Blast into a one-time nuke in form of Inferno Overdrive, allowing it to OHKO Pokemon such as Mega Venasaur and specially defensive Zapdos after a boost. Volcarona running Firium Z uses Hidden Power Ground to better deal with Steel-type teams by beating Heatran, while Psychium Z variants run Psychic to for strong Shattered Psyche that bypasses one of its biggest checks in Toxapex. Giga Drain helps in hitting bulky Water-types like Slowking and Swampert while acting as a semi-reliable form of recovery. Volcarona should avoid switching in when Stealth Rock is up or getting poisoned or paralyzed, as both greatly harm its sweeping potential. Its checks like Mantine and Tyranitar should also be taken care of before it attempts to pull off a sweep. Max Speed investment alongside a Timid nature makes Volcarona outspeed threats like Choice Scarf Excadrill after a boost and Speed tie other base 100s like Galarian Zapdos unboosted.
Armaldo and Forretress are mandatory teammates for Z-Move Volcarona, as they can clear Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin while providing their own Stealth Rock support, giving Volcarona an easier time securing KOs. Armaldo can check Fire-types like Choice Scarf Victini with Stone Edge, while Forretress can further bring in Volcarona safely with a slow Volt Switch and also takes on Rock-types such as Terrakion with Gyro Ball. Mega Scizor is great to take on threating Pokemon such as Mega Diancie, Nihilego, and Terrakion with Bullet Punch while also beating special walls such as Mantine and Tyranitar that Volcarona struggles with. Choice Scarf Heracross or Buzzwole further helps Volcarona in dealing with faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Zarude. Additionally, Heracross can Pursuit trap offensive Heatran and Victini, popping the former's Air Balloon for Volcarona running Hidden Power Ground and potentially removing the latter after a V-Create, while Buzzwole can help against troublesome Dragon- and Flying-types such as Garchomp and Landorus-T with Ice Punch. Mega Heracross is good with Volcarona lacking Hidden Power Ground, as it can take on Heatran. It also forms a good wallbreaking core with Volcarona, helping in the Dark, Normal, and Rock matchups, which Volcarona puts little work in. Specially defensive Araquanid can be useful in dealing with Fire-types such as opposing Volcarona and Mega Charizard Y. Sticky Web support from the likes of Araquanid and Galvantula is greatly appreciated, as it allows Volcarona to outspeed troublesome Pokemon like Choice Scarf Nihilego and Greninja at +1. Choice Band Scizor is an offensive pivot for Volcarona that Pursuit traps Choice Band Victini after V-Create.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Bug
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Flamethrower can be used over Fire Blast due to its higher accuracy and PP, but Fire Blast is preferred due to its higher power and stronger Inferno Overdrive. After a Quiver Dance boost, Fire Blast also guarantees OHKOs against threats like Landorus-T and Zeraora while Flamethrower is a very low roll to OHKO. Hidden Power Electric can work over Hidden Power Ground to deal with Mantine better, but then Volcarona struggles against Heatran. Bug Buzz can be used in the last moveslot as a secondary STAB move that deals with Dark- and Psychic-types such as Hydregion and Latias, but Volcarona's teammates already takes care of those Pokemon adequately. Roost can also be used for extra longevity but it generally prefers its coverage moves to effectively sweep teams.
Checks and Counters
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Bug
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**Status**: Status such as paralysis and Toxic poison greatly cripples Volcarona as a sweeper, with paralysis leaving it revenge killed even with Speed boosts.
**Revenge Killers**: Faster Choice Scarf users such as Nihilego and Terrakion are able to OHKO Volcarona even after a Quiver Dance due to their high Speed stats and super effective attacks.
**Priority Users**: Pokemon such as Azumarill and Mega Pinsir threaten to KO Volcarona after some prior chip damage thanks to their strong priority moves.
**Haze Users and Phazers**: Pokemon such as Mantine and Empoleon, are tough for Volcarona to break through as they can live a hit and remove its boosts with Haze and Roar, respectively, although Empoleon needs to be careful of a Inferno Overdrive KOing it after some prior chip damage.
**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls such as Blissey, Mantine, Araquanid, and specially defensive Tyranitar take very little damage from Volcarona's attacks, and the former two can threaten it with Toxic, while the latter two can OHKO it with their STAB moves. Volcarona lacking Hidden Power Ground struggles greatly against Heatran, which takes little or no damage from any of Volcarona's moves while threatening it with Toxic.
**Stealth Rock**: Volcarona running a Z-Crystal instead of Heavy-Duty Boots struggles greatly to switch in and setup with Stealth Rock up.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Bug analysis by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [Mateeus, 321991]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
name: Quiver Dance (Bug)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Psychic
move 4: Hidden Power Ground / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Great Special Attack and Speed alongside access to Quiver Dance make Volcarona one of the best setup sweepers in the metagame, helping Bug in tough matchups such as Steel, Electric, and Poison. Fire Blast hits walls such as Gliscor and Mandibuzz hard and beats Steel-types such as Celesteela and Ferrothorn. Psychic helps Volcarona in dealing with troublesome Poison types such as Toxapex. Hidden Power Ground bypasses Heatran after its Air Balloon has been popped, which can otherwise wall it. Giga Drain can be used instead to nail bulky Water- and Ground-types such as Gastrodon, Slowking, and Hippowdon while also granting a bit of recovery. Heavy-Duty Boots allows Volcarona to switch in throughout the game despite its huge Stealth Rock weakness. Volcarona should try setting up against a passive Pokemon like Toxapex or Mandibuzz once its checks such as Mantine are weakened or KOed, allowing it to pull off a clean sweep. Max Speed investment with a Timid nature allows Volcarona to outspeed Pokemon like Tapu Lele and Urshifu unboosted while outspeeding Choice Scarf users such as Excadrill and Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance boost.
Choice Scarf users like Buzzwole and Heracross are great partners to revenge kill faster threats such as Garchomp and Mega Lopunny. Volcarona in return can weaken opposing teams, allowing them to clean with Beast Boost and Moxie boosts, respectively. Heracross can also Pursuit trap offensive Heatran and pop its Air Balloon, thus allowing Volcarona to KO it with Hidden Power Ground, while Buzzwole helps against Dragon- and Ground-types like Landorus and Zygarde-10% with Ice Punch. Shuckle provides Stealth Rock and Sticky Web support; Stealth Rock chips foes while also breaking Focus Sash and Sturdy, while Sticky Web allows Volcarona to outspeed Choice Scarf users like Greninja and Nihilego after a boost. Araquanid can switch into strong special Water-type attacks directed towards Volcarona while also checking Fire-types such as Mega Charizard Y that resist Volcarona's coverage. Galvantula is also helpful in beating Water- and Flying-types such as Toxapex and Mantine. Furthermore, both Araquanid and Galvantula can also provide Sticky Web support. Scizor is great to deal with Rock-types like Tyranitar and Mega Diancie and Pursuit trap threats to Volcarona such as Choice Scarf Latias, and Choice Band Victini after the V-Create Speed drop. Mega Scizor also forms a great offensive core with Volcarona, taking on special walls such as Blissey while Volcarona handles physical ones such as Celesteela and Hippowdon. Mega Pinsir is helpful against Choice Scarf users like Keldeo and Zarude, which could threaten Volcarona, with its strong priority in Quick Attack while also beating special walls like Tyranitar for it. Scolipede deals with offensive Fire- and Rock-types like Blacephalon and Nihilego due to its coverage.
[SET]
name: Z-Move (Bug)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Hidden Power Ground / Psychic
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Firium Z / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Teams with good entry hazard removal can use a Z-Crystal of choice on Volcarona instead of Heavy-Duty Boots, which lets it word as a wallbreaker that breaks through Pokemon like Hippowdon and Toxapex after a Quiver Dance boost. Quiver Dance notably allows Volcarona to outspeed threats like Tapu Koko and Zygarde-10% after a boost. Fire Blast hits neutral targets such as Zapdos for good damage while nailing Grass- and Steel-types like Ferrothorn and Aegislash. Firium Z turns Fire Blast into a one-time nuke in form of Inferno Overdrive, allowing it to OHKO Pokemon such as Mega Venasaur and specially defensive Zapdos after a boost. Volcarona running Firium Z uses Hidden Power Ground to better deal with Steel-type teams by beating Heatran, while Psychium Z variants run Psychic to for strong Shattered Psyche that bypasses one of its biggest checks in Toxapex. Giga Drain helps in hitting bulky Water-types like Slowking and Swampert while acting as a semi-reliable form of recovery. Volcarona should avoid switching in when Stealth Rock is up or getting poisoned or paralyzed, as both greatly harm its sweeping potential. Its checks like Mantine and Tyranitar should also be taken care of before it attempts to pull off a sweep. Max Speed investment alongside a Timid nature makes Volcarona outspeed threats like Choice Scarf Excadrill after a boost and Speed tie other base 100s like Galarian Zapdos unboosted.
Armaldo and Forretress are mandatory teammates for Z-Move Volcarona, as they can clear Stealth Rock with Rapid Spin while providing their own Stealth Rock support, giving Volcarona an easier time securing KOs. Armaldo can check Fire-types like Choice Scarf Victini with Stone Edge, while Forretress can further bring in Volcarona safely with a slow Volt Switch and also takes on Rock-types such as Terrakion with Gyro Ball. Mega Scizor is great to take on threating Pokemon such as Mega Diancie, Nihilego, and Terrakion with Bullet Punch while also beating special walls such as Mantine and Tyranitar that Volcarona struggles with. Choice Scarf Heracross or Buzzwole further helps Volcarona in dealing with faster threats such as Mega Lopunny and Zarude. Additionally, Heracross can Pursuit trap offensive Heatran and Victini, popping the former's Air Balloon for Volcarona running Hidden Power Ground and potentially removing the latter after a V-Create, while Buzzwole can help against troublesome Dragon- and Flying-types such as Garchomp and Landorus-T with Ice Punch. Mega Heracross is good with Volcarona lacking Hidden Power Ground, as it can take on Heatran. It also forms a good wallbreaking core with Volcarona, helping in the Dark, Normal, and Rock matchups, which Volcarona puts little work in. Specially defensive Araquanid can be useful in dealing with Fire-types such as opposing Volcarona and Mega Charizard Y. Sticky Web support from the likes of Araquanid and Galvantula is greatly appreciated, as it allows Volcarona to outspeed troublesome Pokemon like Choice Scarf Nihilego and Greninja at +1. Choice Band Scizor is an offensive pivot for Volcarona that Pursuit traps Choice Band Victini after V-Create.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Bug
--------
Flamethrower can be used over Fire Blast due to its higher accuracy and PP, but Fire Blast is preferred due to its higher power and stronger Inferno Overdrive. After a Quiver Dance boost, Fire Blast also guarantees OHKOs against threats like Landorus-T and Zeraora while Flamethrower is a very low roll to OHKO. Hidden Power Electric can work over Hidden Power Ground to deal with Mantine better, but then Volcarona struggles against Heatran. Bug Buzz can be used in the last moveslot as a secondary STAB move that deals with Dark- and Psychic-types such as Hydregion and Latias, but Volcarona's teammates already takes care of those Pokemon adequately. Roost can also be used for extra longevity but it generally prefers its coverage moves to effectively sweep teams.
Checks and Counters
===================
Bug
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**Status**: Status such as paralysis and Toxic poison greatly cripples Volcarona as a sweeper, with paralysis leaving it revenge killed even with Speed boosts.
**Revenge Killers**: Faster Choice Scarf users such as Nihilego and Terrakion are able to OHKO Volcarona even after a Quiver Dance due to their high Speed stats and super effective attacks.
**Priority Users**: Pokemon such as Azumarill and Mega Pinsir threaten to KO Volcarona after some prior chip damage thanks to their strong priority moves.
**Haze Users and Phazers**: Pokemon such as Mantine and Empoleon, are tough for Volcarona to break through as they can live a hit and remove its boosts with Haze and Roar, respectively, although Empoleon needs to be careful of a Inferno Overdrive KOing it after some prior chip damage.
**Specially Defensive Pokemon**: Special walls such as Blissey, Mantine, Araquanid, and specially defensive Tyranitar take very little damage from Volcarona's attacks, and the former two can threaten it with Toxic, while the latter two can OHKO it with their STAB moves. Volcarona lacking Hidden Power Ground struggles greatly against Heatran, which takes little or no damage from any of Volcarona's moves while threatening it with Toxic.
**Stealth Rock**: Volcarona running a Z-Crystal instead of Heavy-Duty Boots struggles greatly to switch in and setup with Stealth Rock up.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Bug analysis by: [[The Thunderbirds, 475881]]
- Quality checked by: [[Maple, 473171], [Mateeus, 321991]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
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