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Hey can someone tell me exactly what Volcarona sets are being run now anyways?
Personally I see bulky versions of Volcarona (well all versions really) as just another reason to use 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey now instead of 252 HP 252 Def Bold. Equipped with Toxic this Blissey for me has always been so much better on defensive teams where Blissey without SpD investment can sometimes get stomped on by NP Houndoom and NP PZ and Seed Flare Shaymin and Focus Energy Kingdra with pure special moves. But with this spread Blissey stands a much better chance at being a reliable counter to them and can even try and stall a CM Chandelure occasionally (very very hard to do but nearly completely impossible to do if you don't run SpD). Chesto Berry Volcarona might possibly still be able to beat you but you can force it to go to sleep for two turns because Chesto Berry is single use and the only way Volcarona can win is by PP stalling with Rest. Hopefully you can smack it with a Rock move or phaze in those two turns. Also I have noticed quite a few people run Wish/Heal Bell/Protect/Seismic Toss on Blissey but I think Granbull is becoming slightly more popular and significantly more popular with strong players. Since Granbull learns Heal Bell and can form the beginnings of a core with Blissey very well it sort of makes it easier to let Blissey run Toxic (or Thunder Wave which is very good in many situations).
This is somewhat less concrete evidence but I remember reading on these forums a year or two ago someone posting about the power levels of Adv Ubers and DPPT OU. They said something along the lines of "People used 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey in Adv Ubers which had comparable or even weaker special attackers to DPPT OU. So they should be using 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey in DPPT OU as well." If I remember correctly both spreads were used in DPPT OU but the Bold spread was significantly more popular, even on stall. Well I think now XY UU has a special attack power even stronger than both DPPT OU and Adv Ubers (and physical attack too so there is little argument in saying physical defense didn't matter as much in Adv Ubers or something similar).
To me this suggests the Calm Blissey spread is better for nearly all defensive teams and on some other teams where Blissey is needed.
Personally I see bulky versions of Volcarona (well all versions really) as just another reason to use 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey now instead of 252 HP 252 Def Bold. Equipped with Toxic this Blissey for me has always been so much better on defensive teams where Blissey without SpD investment can sometimes get stomped on by NP Houndoom and NP PZ and Seed Flare Shaymin and Focus Energy Kingdra with pure special moves. But with this spread Blissey stands a much better chance at being a reliable counter to them and can even try and stall a CM Chandelure occasionally (very very hard to do but nearly completely impossible to do if you don't run SpD). Chesto Berry Volcarona might possibly still be able to beat you but you can force it to go to sleep for two turns because Chesto Berry is single use and the only way Volcarona can win is by PP stalling with Rest. Hopefully you can smack it with a Rock move or phaze in those two turns. Also I have noticed quite a few people run Wish/Heal Bell/Protect/Seismic Toss on Blissey but I think Granbull is becoming slightly more popular and significantly more popular with strong players. Since Granbull learns Heal Bell and can form the beginnings of a core with Blissey very well it sort of makes it easier to let Blissey run Toxic (or Thunder Wave which is very good in many situations).
This is somewhat less concrete evidence but I remember reading on these forums a year or two ago someone posting about the power levels of Adv Ubers and DPPT OU. They said something along the lines of "People used 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey in Adv Ubers which had comparable or even weaker special attackers to DPPT OU. So they should be using 252 Def 252 SpD Calm Blissey in DPPT OU as well." If I remember correctly both spreads were used in DPPT OU but the Bold spread was significantly more popular, even on stall. Well I think now XY UU has a special attack power even stronger than both DPPT OU and Adv Ubers (and physical attack too so there is little argument in saying physical defense didn't matter as much in Adv Ubers or something similar).
To me this suggests the Calm Blissey spread is better for nearly all defensive teams and on some other teams where Blissey is needed.