You are just stating all of Volcarona obvious flaws and calling that reasoning as a drop. That would be like me saying that Landorus Therian is slow, easy to revenge kill, and is matchup-reliant because everyone prepares for it, and that is why it should drop to A+. All of those factors were taken into account when ranking Volcarona. You could argue that Volcarona is overrated in A+, but you haven’t done anything to say that either.
Volcarona A+ ---> A
1. Volcarona is currently #45 by usage in OU and for a good reason. I haven't seen a Volcarona sweep for like a month. Volcarona can be dangerous, yes, but it is very inconsistent and match up reliant. It won't sweep if you don't manage to clear entry hazards, any team with Chansey or Mantine is safe against Volcarona, it can't break both Pex and Heatran (which are now really common), it is revenge killed by scarf Keldeo and scarf Greninja and it is vulnerable to priority such as Mega Pinsir's Quick Attack and Ash-Greninja's Water Shuriken. Also stuff like Thunder Wave Mew and Thunder Wave Ferrothorn (which is pure evil btw) started appearing, which means it is harder for Volcarona to set up on Pokemon it used to before. You might say that Volcarona sets up on Kartana, one of the best Pokemon in the tier. And yes, it sets up on Kartana, but only on the scarf variant. If you switch in on SD Kartana as it sword dances, you die to +2 AOP. So setting up on Kartana is quite risky and you have to scout its set before attempting to do so.
2. If you're building a team with Volcarona, you need to build the team AROUND Volcarona, you can't just slap it on a team. And most of the time it requires so much support that it almost isn't worth using. First off, you need a consistent hazard remover that can come in multiple times and guarantee that Stealth Rock will be gone. Then you need something that can remove either Pex or Heatran depending if your Volcarona set is Psychium-Z or HP Ground. And lastly you need to take care of anything that's able to revenge kill Volc before you attempt a sweep.
3. The current ranking doesn't reflect Volcarona's performance compared to some Pokemon in lower ranks. I know it isn't really comparable to Hawlucha, but both of these Pokemon have a similar role, they're late game sweepers. So I'll compare them anyways lol. Hawlucha (currently in A rank) requires terrain support, but it is much easier to sweep with it than with Volc because:
A) Setting up terrain is easier than removing entry hazards and it isn't a momentum drain.
B) It can't be revenge killed by scarfers.
C) It has fewer counters than Volcarona (physically defensive Zapdos and Hippowdon, Koko is just a check).
D) It sets up on the most overused Pokemon in the tier.
It doesn't really make sense to me why is Hawlucha ranked lower than Volcarona when it is much more consistent at its job and is easier to fit on teams.
4. The popularity of rain teams is really annoying for Volcarona.
For these reasons I think Volcarona is currently the worst Pokemon in A+ and should drop.
Scarf Keldeo is non existent because how it is deadweight against any team with Toxapex. You would also have to be foolish to try and sweep in the range of those priority moves, as none of them OHKO. Even then, Volcarona would have made an irreparable hole in the opponents team, making it very easy for other Pokémon to clean up.
Thunder Wave Mew and TWaveFerrothorn are really non existent outside of lower ladder. Especially in the formers case.
Also kind of a Side note that Volcarona is actually extremley threatening to rain as it can easily set up two quiver dances and sweep the opposing team.
You also argue that Hawlucha is better than volcarona, which isn’t nessecarily a bad argument, but I think it would more sense to give Hawlucha a raise.
Keep Volcarona in A+.
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