Monotype Volcanion (Fire) [QC 2/2] [GP 1/1]

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Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Water Absorb (Fire)
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 160 HP / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Steam Eruption
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcanion is a useful Pokemon on Fire teams mainly thanks to its ability, Water Absorb, offering the type an immunity to one of its most common weaknesses. Steam Eruption is Volcanion's preferred Water-type move, with it being able to burn its switch-ins like Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, and Iron Hands, reducing their overall longevity. Earth Power allows Volcanion to threaten opposing Volcanion, Toxapex, and Heatran. Sludge Bomb allows Volcanion to revenge kill Azumarill after a Belly Drum and threaten other Fairy-type Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus. It is also able to target Walking Wake and Rotom-W, which resist Volcanion's STAB attacks, potentially crippling them thanks to the 30% poison chance. Flamethrower is preferred over Fire Blast since it doesn't miss, and the reduced damage is not too significant if Volcanion is under sun, but Fire Blast can be used in order to 2HKO Hisuian Goodra under sun. 96 Speed EVs let Volcanion outspeed Adamant Azumarill in order to revenge kill it with Sludge Bomb, and the rest of the EVs are put in HP to improve Volcanion's overall bulk.

Torkoal is a solid partner for Volcanion that assists it with Stealth Rock support, chipping down its switch-ins like Rotom-W and Alolan Muk and working well in conjunction with Steam Eruption's burn chance. Torkoal can also use Rapid Spin to clear away entry hazards for Volcanion if its Heavy-Duty Boots get removed by Alolan Muk or Meowscarada. Furthermore, Torkoal provides Volcanion with sun thanks to Drought, which boosts Volcanion's Fire-type attacks. In return, Volcanion can switch into Water attacks from Barraskewda and Pelipper, which threaten Torkoal. Scovillain helps out Volcanion by threatening Water-immune Pokemon like Clodsire and Gastrodon, and its damage onto the former allows Volcanion to revenge kill it and proceed to threaten slower Ground-types like Quagsire and Ting-Lu. Cinderace is able to threaten Hisuian Goodra with Libero High Jump Kick, whose Assault Vest set easily shrugs off Earth Power from Volcanion and chips it down with Draco Meteor. Cinderace can also steal dual screens from Klefki with Court Change in the Fairy matchup, which supplement Volcanion's naturally good bulk, letting it take hits better. In return, Volcanion offers an answer to Belly Drum Azumarill and threatens Cinderace's defensive answers like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Choice Scarf Hisuian Arcanine offers a solution to handle opposing Dragon-types like Baxcalibur, which can use Volcanion as setup fodder, and also threatens Dragapult and non-Choice Scarf Hydreigon. Rotom-Heat provides an invaluable Ground immunity for Volcanion to avoid Earthquake from Pokemon like Iron Hands, Iron Treads, and Landorus-T and threatens all 3 of them with a burn from Will-O-Wisp. Rotom-H is also able to threaten defensive Water-types like Toxapex and offensive Water-types like Hisuian Samurott and Quaquaval if it opts for a Choice Scarf. Heatran can help Volcanion deal with Poison teams with its stallbreaker set, which allows it to trap and beat Pokemon like Toxapex one-on-one. Choice Scarf Iron Moth can revenge kill weakened Dragon-types like Walking Wake and Baxcalibur.

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Volcanion is a useful Pokemon on Fire teams, mainly thanks to its ability Water Absorb offering Fire teams an immunity to one of its most common weaknesses. Steam Eruption is Volcanion's preferred Water-type move of choice, its burn chance being able to cripple its switchins like Rotom-Wash and Walking Wake Wouldn't it better to place physical attackers that can switch into Volcanion here? The burn will affect them more than the two you mentioned, reducing their overall longevity. Earth Power allows Volcanion to threaten opposing Volcanion, Toxapex and Iron Hands Specifically mention non-Assault Vest variants, since AV sets get 4HKOed by EP and can 2HKO you back with TPunch. Sludge Bomb allows Volcanion to revenge kill Azumarill after a Belly Drum and also allows Volcanion to threaten other Fairy-type Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus You can add your Rotom-W and Walking Wake mentions here and mention how the 30% poison chance can cripple them. Flamethrower is preferred over Fire Blast due to not missing and the reduced damage is not too significant if Volcanion is under sun Mention as well Fire Blast's merits, such as being able to 2HKO Hisuian Goodra under sun. 96 Speed EVs lets Volcanion outspeed Adamant Azumarill in order to revenge kill it with Sludge Bomb and the rest of the EVs are put in HP to improve Volcanion's overall bulk.

Torkoal is a solid partner of Volcanion that assists Volcanion with Stealth Rock support, chipping down its switchins like Rotom-Wash and Alolan Muk and works well in conjunction with Steam Eruption's burn chance Mention as well that Torkoal can spin just in case Volcanion gets boots removed by Knock Off or Trick. Torkoal also provides Volcanion with sun thanks to Drought, which boosts Volcanion's Fire attacks. In return, Volcanion can switch into Water attacks from Barraskewda and Pelipper, who threaten Torkoal. Scovillain helps out Volcanion by threatening the Water-immune Pokemon on ground like Clodsire and Gastrodon and its damage onto the former allows Volcanion to revenge kill it and proceed to threaten slower Ground-types like Quagsire and Ting-Lu. Cinderace is able to threaten Hisuian Goodra with Libero High Jump Kick, whose Assault Vest set easily shrugs off Earth Power from Volcanion and chips it down with Draco Meteor. Cinderace can also take advantage of dual screens from Klefki with Court Change in the Fairy matchup, which supplements Volcanion's naturally good bulk and letting it take hits better. In return, Volcanion offers an answer to Belly Drum Azumarill and threatens Cinderace's defensive answers like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Choice Scarf Hisuian Arcanine offers a solution to handle opposing Dragon-types like Baxcalibur, who can use Volcanion as setup fodder and also threatens Dragapult and Dragapult is immune to CC non Choice Scarf Hydreigon with Close Combat. Rotom-Heat provides an invaluable Ground immunity for Volcanion to avoid Earthquake from Pokemon like Iron Hands, Iron Treads, and Landorus-T and threatens all 3 of them with a burn from Rotom-Heat's Will-o-Wisp. Rotom-Heat is also able to threaten defensive Water types like Toxapex and offensive Waters like Hisuian Samurott and Quaquaval if it opts for a Choice Scarf.
 
[SET]
Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Water Absorb (Fire)
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 160 HP / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Steam Eruption
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcanion is a useful Pokemon on Fire teams, mainly thanks to its ability Water Absorb offering Fire teams an immunity to one of its most common weaknesses. Steam Eruption is Volcanion's preferred Water-type move of choice, its burn chance being able to cripple its switchins like Alolan Muk and Hisuian Goodra, reducing their overall longevity. Earth Power allows Volcanion to threaten opposing Volcanion, Toxapex and non-Assault Vest variants of Iron Hands (hisui Goodra/Heatran?). Sludge Bomb allows Volcanion to revenge kill Azumarill after a Belly Drum and also allows Volcanion to threaten other Fairy-type Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus, while also being able to target Walking Wake and Rotom-Wash, who resist your its STAB attacks, and also crippling them thanks to the 30% poison chance. Flamethrower is preferred over Fire Blast due to not missing and the reduced damage is not too significant if Volcanion is under sun whereas Fire Blast can be used in order to 2HKO Hisuian Goodra under sun. 96 Speed EVs lets Volcanion outspeed Adamant Azumarill in order to revenge kill it with Sludge Bomb and the rest of the EVs are put in HP to improve Volcanion's overall bulk.

Torkoal is a solid partner of Volcanion that assists Volcanion with Stealth Rock support, chipping down its switchins like Rotom-Wash and Alolan Muk and works well in conjunction with Steam Eruption's burn chance. Torkoal can also use Rapid Spin to clear away hazards for Volcanion if its Heavy-Duty Boots get knocked off from Tinkaton or tricked by Iron Valiant (problem is Valiant wouldnt want to be vs volcanion in the first place, while tinka is fine because it doesnt really do much anyway, so might as well knock, set rocks, and die). Furthermore, Torkoal provides Volcanion with sun thanks to Drought, which boosts Volcanion's Fire-type attacks. In return, Volcanion can switch into Water attacks from Barraskewda and Pelipper, who threaten Torkoal. Scovillain helps out Volcanion by threatening the Water-immune Pokemon on ground like Clodsire and Gastrodon and its damage onto the former allows Volcanion to revenge kill it and proceed to threaten slower Ground-types like Quagsire and Ting-Lu. Cinderace is able to threaten Hisuian Goodra with Libero High Jump Kick, whose Assault Vest set easily shrugs off Earth Power from Volcanion and chips it down with Draco Meteor. Cinderace can also take advantage of dual screens from Klefki with Court Change in the Fairy matchup, which supplements Volcanion's naturally good bulk and letting it take hits better. In return, Volcanion offers an answer to Belly Drum Azumarill and threatens Cinderace's defensive answers like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Choice Scarf Hisuian Arcanine offers a solution to handle opposing Dragon-types like Baxcalibur, who can use Volcanion as setup fodder and also threatens Dragapult and non Choice Scarf Hydreigon. Rotom-Heat provides an invaluable Ground immunity for Volcanion to avoid Earthquake from Pokemon like Iron Hands, Iron Treads, and Landorus-T and threatens all 3 of them with a burn from Rotom-Heat's Will-o-Wisp. Rotom-Heat is also able to threaten defensive Water types like Toxapex and offensive Waters like Hisuian Samurott and Quaquaval if it opts for a Choice Scarf.*Heatran works well on the Anti-fairy thing and helps break down poison with its stallbreaker set, and Scarf Iron Moth/ Volcarona helping with against dragons seems nice too

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[SET]
Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Water Absorb (Fire)
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 160 HP / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Steam Eruption
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcanion is a useful Pokemon on Fire teams, mainly thanks to its ability Water Absorb offering Fire teams the type an immunity to one of its most common weaknesses. Steam Eruption is Volcanion's preferred Water-type move of choice, its burn chance being able to cripple its switchins like Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra and Iron Hands, reducing their overall longevity. Earth Power allows Volcanion to threaten opposing Volcanion, Toxapex and non-Assault Vest variants of Iron Hands Heatran. Sludge Bomb allows Volcanion to revenge kill Azumarill after a Belly Drum and also allows Volcanion to threaten other Fairy-type Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus, while also being able to target Walking Wake and Rotom-Wash, who resist your STAB attacks, and also potentially crippling them thanks to the 30% poison chance. Flamethrower is preferred over Fire Blast due to not missing since it doesn't miss and the reduced damage is not too significant if Volcanion is under sun, whereas Fire Blast can be used in order to 2HKO Hisuian Goodra under sun. 96 Speed EVs lets Volcanion outspeed Adamant Azumarill in order to revenge kill it with Sludge Bomb and the rest of the EVs are put in HP to improve Volcanion's overall bulk.

Torkoal is a solid partner of Volcanion that assists Volcanion with Stealth Rock support, chipping down its switchins like Rotom-Wash and Alolan Muk and works well in conjunction with Steam Eruption's burn chance. Torkoal can also use Rapid Spin to clear away hazards for Volcanion if its Heavy-Duty Boots get knocked off by Alolan Muk or Meowscarada. Furthermore, Torkoal provides Volcanion with sun thanks to Drought, which boosts Volcanion's Fire-type attacks. In return, Volcanion can switch into Water attacks from Barraskewda and Pelipper, who threaten Torkoal. Scovillain helps out Volcanion by threatening the Water-immune Pokemon on ground like Clodsire and Gastrodon and its damage onto the former allows Volcanion to revenge kill it and proceed to threaten slower Ground-types like Quagsire and Ting-Lu. Cinderace is able to threaten Hisuian Goodra with Libero High Jump Kick, whose Assault Vest set easily shrugs off Earth Power from Volcanion and chips it down with Draco Meteor. Cinderace can also take advantage of dual screens from Klefki with Court Change in the Fairy matchup, which supplements Volcanion's naturally good bulk and letting it take hits better. In return, Volcanion offers an answer to Belly Drum Azumarill and threatens Cinderace's defensive answers like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Choice Scarf Hisuian Arcanine offers a solution to handle opposing Dragon-types like Baxcalibur, who can use Volcanion as setup fodder and also threatens Dragapult and non Choice Scarf Hydreigon. Rotom-Heat provides an invaluable Ground immunity for Volcanion to avoid Earthquake from Pokemon like Iron Hands, Iron Treads, and Landorus-T and threatens all 3 of them with a burn from Rotom-Heat's Will-o-Wisp. Rotom-Heat is also able to threaten defensive Water types like Toxapex and offensive Waters like Hisuian Samurott and Quaquaval if it opts for a Choice Scarf. Heatran can help Volcanion deal with Poison teams with its stallbreaker set, which allows it to trap and 1v1 Pokemon like Toxapex. and Choice Scarf Iron Moth can revenge kill weakened Dragon-types like Walking Wake and Baxcalibur.

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[SET]
Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Name: Water Absorb (Fire)
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 160 HP / 252 SpA / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
- Steam Eruption
- Sludge Bomb
- Earth Power
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcanion is a useful Pokemon on Fire teams, (comma) mainly thanks to its ability, (comma) Water Absorb, (comma) offering the type an immunity to one of its most common weaknesses. Steam Eruption is Volcanion's preferred Water-type move, its burn chance being able to cripple with it being able to burn its switchins switch-ins like Alolan Muk, Hisuian Goodra, (comma) and Iron Hands, reducing their overall longevity. Earth Power allows Volcanion to threaten opposing Volcanion, Toxapex, (comma) and Heatran. Sludge Bomb allows Volcanion to revenge kill Azumarill after a Belly Drum and to threaten other Fairy-type Pokemon like Hatterene and Enamorus, while also being Enamorus. It is also able to target Walking Wake and Rotom-Wash Rotom-W, who which resist your Volcanion's STAB attacks, potentially crippling them thanks to the 30% poison chance. Flamethrower is preferred over Fire Blast since it doesn't miss, (comma) and the reduced damage is not too significant if Volcanion is under sun, (comma) whereas but Fire Blast can be used in order to 2HKO Hisuian Goodra under sun. 96 Speed EVs lets let Volcanion outspeed Adamant Azumarill in order to revenge kill it with Sludge Bomb, (comma) and the rest of the EVs are put in HP to improve Volcanion's overall bulk.

Torkoal is a solid partner of for Volcanion that assists it with Stealth Rock support, chipping down its switchins switch-ins like Rotom-Wash Rotom-W and Alolan Muk and works working well in conjunction with Steam Eruption's burn chance. Torkoal can also use Rapid Spin to clear away entry hazards for Volcanion if its Heavy-Duty Boots get knocked off removed by Alolan Muk or Meowscarada. Furthermore, Torkoal provides Volcanion with sun thanks to Drought, which boosts Volcanion's Fire-type attacks. In return, Volcanion can switch into Water attacks from Barraskewda and Pelipper, who which threaten Torkoal. Scovillain helps out Volcanion by threatening Water-immune Pokemon like Clodsire and Gastrodon, (comma) and its damage onto the former allows Volcanion to revenge kill it and proceed to threaten slower Ground-types like Quagsire and Ting-Lu. Cinderace is able to threaten Hisuian Goodra with Libero High Jump Kick, whose Assault Vest set easily shrugs off Earth Power from Volcanion and chips it down with Draco Meteor. Cinderace can also take advantage of steal dual screens from Klefki with Court Change in the Fairy matchup, which supplements supplement Volcanion's naturally good bulk, (comma) and letting it take hits better. In return, Volcanion offers an answer to Belly Drum Azumarill and threatens Cinderace's defensive answers like Toxapex and Skeledirge. Choice Scarf Hisuian Arcanine offers a solution to handle opposing Dragon-types like Baxcalibur, who which can use Volcanion as setup fodder, (comma) and also threatens Dragapult and non Choice non-Choice Scarf Hydreigon. Rotom-Heat provides an invaluable Ground immunity for Volcanion to avoid Earthquake from Pokemon like Iron Hands, Iron Treads, and Landorus-T and threatens all 3 of them with a burn from Will-O-Wisp. Rotom-Heat Rotom-H is also able to threaten defensive Water types Water-types like Toxapex and offensive Waters Water-types like Hisuian Samurott and Quaquaval if it opts for a Choice Scarf. Heatran can help Volcanion deal with Poison teams with its stallbreaker set, which allows it to trap and 1v1 beat Pokemon like Toxapex one-on-one. Choice Scarf Iron Moth can revenge kill weakened Dragon-types like Walking Wake and Baxcalibur.

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Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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