Volcarona [QC 0/1]

[LOrd Fernado]

Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe
Tera Type: Dragon
Timid Nature
- Quiver Dance
- Fiery Dance
- Tera Blast
- Morning Sun

Volcarona makes it niche as the only Bug-type classified as OU! The given EV spread allows Volcarona to outspeed fast metagame threats such as Dragapult, Zamazenta, Great Tusk, and Gholdengo after a Quiver Dance. Fiery Dance nails staples like Gholdengo, Corviknight, and Skarmory, while also having a chance to provide a useful Special attack boost to aid in its sweep. Tera Blast in conjunction with Tera Dragon hits the myriad of Dragon-types in the metagame, like Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Walking Wake, and Dragonite. Morning Sun provides Volcarona a reliable form of recovery to increase its lonegvity. Heavy-Duty Boots are mandatory to offset Volcarona's crippling weakness to Stealth Rock, and Tera Dragon removes Volcarona's Water. Volcarona fits on a variety of teams, ranging from hyper offense to Sun teams. As a result, screens support from Deoxys-S can give Volcarona an easier time setting up, while Torkoal gives Volcarona a boost on its Fiery Dance, while also increasing the recovery of Morning Sun. Other entry hazard setters such as Hisuian Samurott and Glimmora can also help soften up the team for Volcarona, easing its sweep.

 

[LOrd Fernado]

b4 i write this can someone explain what the ev spread does?

 

[Marnie]

Hi, apologies but I have to QC-reject this spotlight in its current form.
Aside from wasting character spaces to explain what a simple STAB move in Fiery Dance hits, or that Morning Sun is used for recovery, or Heavy-Duty Boots is being used on a Pokemon 4x weak to Stealth Rock, or focusing too much on sun teams when it's not the most conventional pick in that archetype, the biggest issues are the lack of any mentions of its overall defensive utility (which can be tied in together with Morning Sun + Flame Body + bulky EV spread, the latter of which is what makes the set different than the standard offensive max/max that the Pokemon is mostly known for) and its place on fat/balances as well, which shows a lack of metagame knowledge. This is further enforced by only mentioning generic screens/hazard leads that one can look up on the role compendium as teammates, when talking about offensive partners that can overwhelm shared checks or a defensive backbone (specifically in balances) are better due to their more specific synergy with Volcarona.

There're also weird ordering of sentences (i.e. the EVs being mentioned on the first sentence instead of later on, what Tera Blast hits & the Dragon typing being separated in 2 different parts when combining them together makes it flow better, etc) though it's mostly minor and something that can be easily fixed if the content is there, which it unfortunately didn't.

b4 i write this can someone explain what the ev spread does?

Speed for Great Tusk, rest in bulk.

Please make sure to only reserve spotlight sets that you're knowledgeable at and certain about in the future, especially since this isn't the first time it has happened. Locking, archiving, and re-assigning (soon^TM)