[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fiery Dance
move 3: Morning Sun
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Grass / Fairy
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 108 Def / 152 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
With bulk investment and Morning Sun for recovery, Volcarona serves as a potent long-term wincon for offensive teams that can also use Will-O-Wisp or Flame Body to check physical sweepers such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Kingambit. Fiery Dance is the preferred Fire-type STAB move for bulky Volcarona sets, as it enables it to potentially snowball quickly. Giga Drain is an option over Will-O-Wisp that allows Volcarona to hit Pokemon that resist Fire such as Rotom-W, Garganacl, and Dondozo. Heavy-Duty Boots is run to avoid entry hazard damage, especially from Stealth Rock. A Timid nature and 152 Speed EVs ensure Volcarona outspeeds Jolly Great Tusk, allowing Volcarona to cripple it with Will-O-Wisp or deal massive damage with Giga Drain. The remaining EVs are placed in HP and Defense to maximize Volcarona's physical bulk. Tera Grass grants STAB on Giga Drain, turns Volcarona's Water weakness into a resistance, and grants important resistances to Ground and Electric. This type change is useful when facing common threats such as Garchomp and Dondozo. Tera Grass also prevents Tera Water or Fire Amoonguss from putting Volcarona to sleep via Spore while also ridding Volcarona of its quadruple Stealth Rock weakness, which can be very impactful if its Heavy-Duty Boots are removed by Knock Off.
Volcarona is a good wincon for offensive and bulky offensive teams that can use Will-O-Wisp to wear down its checks over the course of a game. Volcarona appreciates entry hazard support from Great Tusk, Glimmora, and Garchomp in order to weaken checks such as Garganacl and Clodsire. Gholdengo—especially with Covert Cloak—is a good partner that can help prevent entry hazard removal while also performing well against some of Volcarona's checks, such as Garganacl. Specially bulky Unaware users such as Skeledirge and Clodsire pose problems for Volcarona. A strong physical wallbreaker such as Baxcalibur can easily switch in on both Skeledirge and Clodsire to fire off powerful Glaive Rushes. Choice Band Great Tusk is another powerful wallbreaker that can take advantage of these Unaware walls while also threatening Kingambit and Tera Fire Hatterene. Volcarona can struggle with strong physical attackers such as Kingambit, especially if it is not running Will-O-Wisp. Dondozo is a good teammate that can handle these physical threats like Terastallized Kingambit, which may use Swords Dance to brute force its way through Volcarona. Volcarona can check Iron Valiant for Dondozo in return. Finally, if Volcarona is not running Giga Drain, bulky Fire-resistant foes such as Garganacl and Dondozo can also wall it. Strong wallbreakers such as Choice Band Breloom and Choice Specs Iron Valiant are good choices to weaken these foes for Volcarona to clean up. A Pokemon that can absorb Knock Off, such as Great Tusk, is also appreciated so Volcarona can keep its Heavy-Duty Boots.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[nimzowitsch, 272785]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[sabelette, 583793], [autumn, 384270]]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fiery Dance
move 3: Morning Sun
move 4: Will-O-Wisp / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
tera type: Grass / Fairy
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 108 Def / 152 Spe
ivs: 0 Atk
[SET COMMENTS]
With bulk investment and Morning Sun for recovery, Volcarona serves as a potent long-term wincon for offensive teams that can also use Will-O-Wisp or Flame Body to check physical sweepers such as Great Tusk, Dragonite, and Kingambit. Fiery Dance is the preferred Fire-type STAB move for bulky Volcarona sets, as it enables it to potentially snowball quickly. Giga Drain is an option over Will-O-Wisp that allows Volcarona to hit Pokemon that resist Fire such as Rotom-W, Garganacl, and Dondozo. Heavy-Duty Boots is run to avoid entry hazard damage, especially from Stealth Rock. A Timid nature and 152 Speed EVs ensure Volcarona outspeeds Jolly Great Tusk, allowing Volcarona to cripple it with Will-O-Wisp or deal massive damage with Giga Drain. The remaining EVs are placed in HP and Defense to maximize Volcarona's physical bulk. Tera Grass grants STAB on Giga Drain, turns Volcarona's Water weakness into a resistance, and grants important resistances to Ground and Electric. This type change is useful when facing common threats such as Garchomp and Dondozo. Tera Grass also prevents Tera Water or Fire Amoonguss from putting Volcarona to sleep via Spore while also ridding Volcarona of its quadruple Stealth Rock weakness, which can be very impactful if its Heavy-Duty Boots are removed by Knock Off.
Volcarona is a good wincon for offensive and bulky offensive teams that can use Will-O-Wisp to wear down its checks over the course of a game. Volcarona appreciates entry hazard support from Great Tusk, Glimmora, and Garchomp in order to weaken checks such as Garganacl and Clodsire. Gholdengo—especially with Covert Cloak—is a good partner that can help prevent entry hazard removal while also performing well against some of Volcarona's checks, such as Garganacl. Specially bulky Unaware users such as Skeledirge and Clodsire pose problems for Volcarona. A strong physical wallbreaker such as Baxcalibur can easily switch in on both Skeledirge and Clodsire to fire off powerful Glaive Rushes. Choice Band Great Tusk is another powerful wallbreaker that can take advantage of these Unaware walls while also threatening Kingambit and Tera Fire Hatterene. Volcarona can struggle with strong physical attackers such as Kingambit, especially if it is not running Will-O-Wisp. Dondozo is a good teammate that can handle these physical threats like Terastallized Kingambit, which may use Swords Dance to brute force its way through Volcarona. Volcarona can check Iron Valiant for Dondozo in return. Finally, if Volcarona is not running Giga Drain, bulky Fire-resistant foes such as Garganacl and Dondozo can also wall it. Strong wallbreakers such as Choice Band Breloom and Choice Specs Iron Valiant are good choices to weaken these foes for Volcarona to clean up. A Pokemon that can absorb Knock Off, such as Great Tusk, is also appreciated so Volcarona can keep its Heavy-Duty Boots.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[nimzowitsch, 272785]]
- Quality checked by: [[chimp, 197439], [royalfluxh, 493260]]
- Grammar checked by: [[sabelette, 583793], [autumn, 384270]]
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