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AAA Volcarona (QC 2/2) (GP 1/1)

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[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 144 SpD / 116 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a strong setup sweeper with good defensive utility. It utilizes Desolate Land to stop common Flip Turn users such as Barraskewda and Swampert. Roost allows Volcarona to recover HP and set up multiple Quiver Dances, boosting past special walls and revenge killers. Flamethrower is a STAB and weather-boosted option, allowing it to deal good damage even without any boosts. Giga Drain is a useful move for hitting Pokemon such as Swampert and Barraskewda super effectively, as well as being a secondary way to recover HP. The EV spread allows Volcarona to check Sheer Force Tapu Lele while maintaining as much Speed as possible.

Volcarona is often found on bulky offense teams with more than one Fire-type, so that they are able to break past each others' checks. Desolate Land blocks Flip Turn users from freely pivoting, which other common Fire-types such as Heatran and Cinderace greatly appreciate. Volcarona can have trouble getting through specially bulky Fire-resistant Pokemon such as RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp. Therefore, it likes to have powerful physical teammates such as Terrakion as well as Pokemon that can chip these Pokemon, such as Mold Breaker Heatran through its use of Toxic, Magma Storm, and Protect. Volcarona can struggle to beat Primordial Sea Pokemon like Zapdos and appreciates teammates that can threaten Zapdos or switch into it, such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. Finally, it appreciates having entry hazards to chip RegenVest users like Garchomp.

name: Magic Guard
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic / Bug Buzz
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard Volcarona is a powerful and difficult-to-stop setup sweeper. Magic Guard, besides fixing its Stealth Rock weakness, allows Volcarona to use recoil-free Life Orb and avoid passive damage like Toxic. Quiver Dance, beyond just letting Volcarona sweep, gives it the capacity to beat premier special walls. Giga Drain is chosen to hit targets like Swampert, Barraskewda, and Tapu Fini for super effective damage and as a method of recovering HP. Psychic nails Pokemon like Toxapex, which would otherwise be a roadblock for Volcarona, as well as being its best option to hit Primordial Sea Zapdos. Bug Buzz is another option to beat soft checks such as Latias and to hit RegenVest Garchomp harder.

Volcarona fits best on offensive teams with powerful wallbreakers such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele, using the holes they open to sweep. Volcarona can struggle to get past Flash Fire Steel-types such as Corviknight and Ferrothorn, and these wallbreakers can break them down in return. Volcarona is vulnerable to Barraskewda, as it always fears Aqua Jet, but a teammate like Tapu Fini can help this weakness. It also cannot directly switch into battle given its frailty and appreciates pivots such as Blissey to let it come in safely. Volcarona can have trouble KOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Blissey or RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp, which often threaten it with paralysis or good damage. Due to this weakness, powerful physical attackers such as Terrakion, Cinderace, and Garchomp make good teammates. It can have difficulties getting past Primordial Sea users such as Zapdos, so it enjoys having Pokemon that can threaten or switch into Zapdos such as specially defensive Garchomp or Blissey. Lastly, Volcarona appreciates having entry hazards to accumulate extra chip damage on RegenVest Pokemon, making them easier to KO.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Volcarona can forgo some survivability and use a Sheer Force Life Orb set, increasing its damage output significantly. However, this set lacks the utility of Magic Guard and Desolate Land, and it usually requires a lot of support to work. Bug Buzz is also usable with Desolate Land to hit Psychic- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Both sets can be used in either a defensive or an offensive way with appropriate EV spreads, depending of the needs of your team. Offensive Desolate Land can opt for Solar Beam to threaten more bulky Water-types such as Tapu Fini and Swampert. Lastly, Toxic can be used on the bulkier sets to weaken switch-ins such as Garchomp thoughout the game.

Checks and Counters
===================

**RegenVest Pokemon**: RegenVest users such as Garchomp and Silvally-Dragon are able to withstand Volcarona's attacks and threaten a KO back.

**Primordial Sea Users**: Pokemon such as Zapdos and Barraskewda threaten Volcarona with super effective moves and an immunity to Fire. Barraskewda often carries Aqua Jet and is able to revenge kill. Zapdos resists Volcarona's common attacks and can threaten it with Hurricane or Weather Ball.

**Flash Fire Steel-types**: Flash Fire users such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight can give Volcarona serious trouble, not allowing it to make progress.

**Blissey**: Blissey can seriously cripple Volcarona through the use of Toxic or Thunder Wave, either putting it on a timer or making it easier to revenge kill and less reliable. It is also able to tank many of Volcarona's moves even after several uses of Quiver Dance.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[iapt, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[Osake, 524664], [UT, 523866]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
 
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I am prtty trash said:
[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 144 SpD / 116 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a strong setup sweeper with good defensive utility in the AAA metagame. It utilizes Desolate Land to stop common Flip Turn users such as Barraskewda and Swampert. Quiver Dance is a very important move for Volcarona, allowing it to get past even the sturdiest special walls. Roost allows Volcarona to quickly recover HP and to increase its sweeping potential. Flamethrower is Volcarona's STAB and weather boosted option, allowing it to deal good damage even without any boosts. Giga Drain is a useful move for hitting Pokemon such as Swampert and Barraskewda for super-effective damage, as well as being a secondary way to recover HP. Volcarona uses 248 HP and 144 Special Defense EVs to allow it to function as a Sheer Force Tapu Lele check Psyshock owns you veryyy badly, while the Speed EVs and Timid nature allow it to reach the highest speed tier possible while maintaining its ability to check Tapu Lele.

Volcarona is often found on offensive teams with more than one Fire-type. im not sure. i dont use Volcarona much but I think u use bulky rona, esp as a lele check, in bulky offense bc in offense you dont care much about SFLO Lele Desolate Land blocks Flip Turn users from being able to freely pivot, something greatly appreciated by other common Fire-types such as Heatran or Cinderace. Volcarona can have trouble getting through specially bulky Fire resistant Pokemon such as RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp. As such, it likes to have poweful physical attackers such as Terrakion as well as Pokemon that can threaten to chip these Pokemon, such as Mold Breaker Heatran through its use of Toxic, Magma Storm, (add comma) and Protect. Volcarona can struggle to beat Primordial Sea Pokemon like Zapdos and appreciates teammates that can threaten Zapdos or switch into it give example. Finally, it appreciates having hazard support on its team to increase its ability to sweep. to chip its switchins such as RegenVest Garchomp (or w/e)

name: Magic Guard
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic / Bug Buzz
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard Volcarona is a powerful and difficult to stop set-up sweeper. Its ability Magic Guard gives it an immunity to passive damage, increasing its ability to stay on the field explain more : Ignore SR, ignore Toxic, mainly and its capacity to deal damage by utilizing Life Orb. Quiver Dance gives Volcarona the capacity to sweep unprepared teams and to beat premier special walls. Fire Blast is chosen as the primary STAB option to deal as much damage as possible after Quiver Dances. Giga Drain is chosen to hit targets like Swampert, Barraskewda, and Tapu Fini for super-effective damage and as a method of recovering HP. Psychic is used to hit Pokemon like Toxapex for super-effective damage, which would otherwise be a roadblock for Volcarona, as well as being its best option to hit Primordial Sea Zapdos. Bug Buzz is an other option to beat soft checks such as Latias and to hit harder RegenVest Garchomp. An EV spread of 252 SpA, 4 SpD and 252 Spe with a Modest nature is used to maximize Volcarona's damage output and speed tier after Quiver Dance boosts.

Volcarona fits best on offensive teams with powerful breakers that appreciate its ability to sweep after they have opened holes in the opposing team. As such, Pokemon such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele love Volcarona's presence, and it in turn, likes their ability to ease its sweep. Volcarona can struggle to get past Flash Fire Steel-types such as Corviknight and Ferrothorn and appreciates breakers like Terrakion and Tapu Lele breaking them down. Volcarona is relatively frail, so Pokemon that can stop threaten it immediately such as Barraskewda or Landorus-T are troublesome, so teammates such as Tapu Fini and Corviknight are a great teammates. I would rephrase this to say that a) Barraskewda can always threaten it thanks to Aqua Jet, so you need answers, and b) Volcarona is frail so it needs pivots to come on the field + examples Volcarona can have trouble KOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Blissey or RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp and is often threatened with status paralysis or good damage. Due to this weakness, powerful physical attackers such as Terrakion, Cinderace, and Garchomp make good offensive teammates for Volcarona. It can have difficulties getting past Primordial Sea users such as Zapdos and as such, enjoys having Pokemon that can threaten Zapdos as well as Pokemon able to switch into it. Lastly, Volcarona appreciates having entry hazards on its team to increase its ability to sweep. rephrase it to say that it weakens SI RegenVest

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Volcarona can forgo some survivability and opt to use a Sheer Force Life Orb set, increasing its damage output significantly. However, this set lacks the utility of Magic Guard and Desolate Land, and usually requires a lot of support to work. Bug Buzz is also usable to hit Psychic- and Dark-types for super-effective damage. Both sets can be used in either a defensive or offensive way, depending of the needs of your team. Offensive Desolate Land can opt for Solar Beam to threaten more bulky Water such as Tapu Fini and Swampert. Lastly, Toxic can be used on the bulkier sets to weaken switch-ins such as Garchomp thoughout the game. (feel free to rephrase this if needed, but keep the ideas)

Checks and Counters
===================

**RegenVest Pokemon**: RegenVest users such as Garchomp and Silvally-Dragon are able to withstand Volcarona's attacks and threaten back with a Rock-type move that will deal high damage.

**Primordial Sea Users**: Pokemon such as Zapdos and Barraskewda threaten Volcarona with super effective moves and an immunity to Fire. Barraskewda outspeeds Modest Volcarona after one Quiver Dance no lol and can KO and also often carries Aqua Jet. Zapdos resists Volcarona's common attacks and can threaten to deal high damage with Hurricane or Weather Ball.

Flash fire : Corv, ferro, lando, what u want (at least corvi)

**Blissey**: Blissey is able to seriously cripple Volcarona through the use of Toxic or Thunder Wave, either putting it on a timer or making it easier to revenge kill and more unreliable. It is also able to tank many of Volcarona's moves even after several uses of Quiver Dance.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[I am prtty trash, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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good start ! I'll take a second look after this has been implemented and then give QC
 
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I am prtty trash said:
[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 144 SpD / 116 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a strong setup sweeper with good defensive utility in the AAA metagame. It utilizes Desolate Land to stop common Flip Turn users such as Barraskewda and Swampert. Quiver Dance is a very important move for Volcarona, allowing it to boost past special walls and revenge killers get past even the sturdiest special walls. Roost allows Volcarona to quickly recover HP and set up multiple Quiver Dancesto increase its sweeping potential. Flamethrower is Volcarona's STAB and weather boosted option, allowing it to deal good damage even without any boosts. Giga Drain is a useful move for hitting Pokemon such as Swampert and Barraskewda for super-effective damage, as well as being a secondary way to recover HP. Volcarona uses 248 HP and 144 Special Defense EVs to allow it to function as a Sheer Force Tapu Lele check, while the Speed EVs and Timid nature allow it to reach the highest speed tier possible while maintaining its ability to check Tapu Lele. The EV spread allows Volcarona to serve as a check to Sheer Force Tapu Lele while maintaining as much speed as possible. just a little more concise

Volcarona is often found on bulky offensive teams with more than one Fire-type. elaborate on why, ie they break down shared checks Desolate Land blocks Flip Turn users from being able to freely pivot, something greatly appreciated by other common Fire-types such as Heatran or Cinderace. Volcarona can have trouble getting through specially bulky Fire resistant Pokemon such as RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp. As such, it likes to have poweful physical attackers such as Terrakion as well as Pokemon that can threaten to chip these Pokemon, such as Mold Breaker Heatran through its use of Toxic, Magma Storm, and Protect. Volcarona can struggle to beat Primordial Sea Pokemon like Zapdos and appreciates teammates that can threaten Zapdos or switch into it, such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. Finally, it appreciates having hazard support on its team to chip its switchins such as RegenVest Garchomp.

name: Magic Guard
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic / Bug Buzz
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard Volcarona is a powerful and difficult to stop set-up sweeper. Its ability Magic Guard gives it an immunity to passive damage sources such as Stealth Rock and Toxic, increasing its longevity, and allows it to use recoil-free its capacity to deal boosted damage by utilizing Life Orb. Quiver Dance gives Volcarona the capacity to sweep unprepared teams and to beat premier special walls. Fire Blast is chosen as the primary STAB option to deal as much damage as possible after Quiver Dances. Giga Drain is chosen to hit targets like Swampert, Barraskewda, and Tapu Fini for super-effective damage and as a method of recovering HP. Psychic is used to hit Pokemon like Toxapex for super-effective damage, which would otherwise be a roadblock for Volcarona, as well as being its best option to hit Primordial Sea Zapdos. Bug Buzz is an other option to beat soft checks such as Latias and to hit harder RegenVest Garchomp. An EV spread of 252 SpA, 4 SpD and 252 Spe with a Modest nature The given EV spread is used to maximize Volcarona's damage output and speed tier after Quiver Dance boosts.

Volcarona fits best on offensive teams with powerful breakers that appreciate its ability to sweep after they have opened holes in the opposing team. As such, Pokemon such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele love Volcarona's presence, and Volcarona it in turn, likes their ability to ease its sweep. Volcarona can struggle to get past Flash Fire Steel-types such as Corviknight and Ferrothorn and appreciates breakers like Terrakion and Tapu Lele breaking them down. Volcarona is vulnerable to Barraskewda, as it is always threatened by Aqua Jet. It also cannot directly switch in due to its frailty and appreciates pivots such as Blissey to allow it to come on the field safely. Volcarona can have trouble KOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Blissey or RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp and is often threatened with paralysis or good damage. Due to this weakness, powerful physical attackers such as Terrakion, Cinderace, and Garchomp make good offensive teammates for Volcarona. It can have difficulties getting past Primordial Sea users such as Zapdos and as such, enjoys having Pokemon that can threaten Zapdos as well as Pokemon able to switch into it such as?. Lastly, Volcarona appreciates having entry hazards on its team to accumulate extra chip damage on RegenVest Pokemon, making them easier to KO.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Volcarona can forgo some survivability and opt to use a Sheer Force Life Orb set, increasing its damage output significantly. However, this set lacks the utility of Magic Guard and Desolate Land, and usually requires a lot of support to work. Bug Buzz is also usable to hit Psychic- and Dark-types for super-effective damage. Both sets can be used in either a defensive or offensive way, depending of the needs of your team. Offensive Desolate Land can opt for Solar Beam to threaten more bulky Water such as Tapu Fini and Swampert. Lastly, Toxic can be used on the bulkier sets to weaken switch-ins such as Garchomp thoughout the game.
is Magic Bounce worth mentioning? Also let’s it avoid Thunder Wave
Checks and Counters
===================

**RegenVest Pokemon**: RegenVest users such as Garchomp and Silvally-Dragon are able to withstand Volcarona's attacks and threaten a KO back back with a Rock-type move that will deal high damage.

**Primordial Sea Users**: Pokemon such as Zapdos and Barraskewda threaten Volcarona with super effective moves and an immunity to Fire. Barraskewda often carries Aqua Jet and is able to revenge kill. Zapdos resists Volcarona's common attacks and can threaten it to deal high damage with Hurricane or Weather Ball.

**Flash Fire Steel-types**: Flash Fire users such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight can give Volcarona serious trouble, not allowing it to make progress.

**Blissey**: Blissey is able to seriously cripple Volcarona through the use of Toxic or Thunder Wave, either putting it on a timer or making it easier to revenge kill and more unreliable. It is also able to tank many of Volcarona's moves even after several uses of Quiver Dance.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[I am prtty trash, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[ Osake, 524664]], [UT, 523866]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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QC 2/2, great job! Just some minor clean up to take care of.
 
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[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 144 SpD / 116 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a strong setup sweeper with good defensive utility in the AAA metagame. It utilizes Desolate Land to stop common Flip Turn users such as Barraskewda and Swampert. Quiver Dance is a very important move for Volcarona, allowing it to boost past special walls and revenge killers. Roost allows Volcarona to recover HP and set up multiple Quiver Dances, boosting past special walls and revenge killers. Flamethrower is Volcarona's STAB and weather boosted a STAB and weather-boosted option, allowing it to deal good damage even without any boosts. Giga Drain is a useful move for hitting Pokemon such as Swampert and Barraskewda for super-effective damage, super effectively, as well as being a secondary way to recover HP. The EV spread allows Volcarona to serve as a check to check Sheer Force Tapu Lele while maintaining as much Speed as possible.

Volcarona is often found on bulky offensive teams with more than one Fire-type, so that they are able to break past each others' (added apostrophe) checks. Desolate Land blocks Flip Turn users from being able to freely pivot, something greatly appreciated by freely pivoting, which other common Fire-types such as Heatran or Cinderace. and Cinderace greatly appreciate. Volcarona can have trouble getting through specially bulky Fire-resistant (added hyphen) Pokemon such as RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp. As such, Therefore, it likes to have poweful physical attackers powerful physical teammates such as Terrakion as well as Pokemon that can threaten to (unless there's eg a specific implication i'm missing here) chip these Pokemon, such as Mold Breaker Heatran through its use of Toxic, Magma Storm, and Protect. Volcarona can struggle to beat Primordial Sea Pokemon like Zapdos and appreciates teammates that can threaten Zapdos or switch into it, such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. Finally, it appreciates having hazard support on its team to chip its switchins such as RegenVest Garchomp. entry hazards to chip RegenVest users like Garchomp. (made it a bit less generalist, bc regenvest pokemon not having damage stick to them is a more volc-specific and less general reason you want hazards. if the change makes it wrong, you can delete the sentence or add a different specific reason hazards help)

name: Magic Guard
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic / Bug Buzz
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard Volcarona is a powerful and difficult to stop set-up sweeper. Its ability Magic Guard gives it an immunity to passive damage sources such as Stealth Rock and Toxic, increasing its longevity, and allows it to use recoil-free Life Orb. difficult-to-stop setup sweeper. Magic Guard, besides fixing its Stealth Rock weakness and allowing for recoil-free Life Orb, frees it up to not run Roost thanks to the broad passive damage immunity. (I predict the ending clause point is true? obv you can tinker. If it's not or not worth mentioning, just delete it and make the resulting sentence fragment grammatically reasonable) Quiver Dance gives Volcarona the capacity to sweep unprepared teams and Dance, beyond just letting Volcarona sweep, gives it the capacity to beat premier special walls. Fire Blast is chosen as the primary STAB option to deal as much damage as possible after Quiver Dances. Giga Drain is chosen to hit targets like Swampert, Barraskewda, and Tapu Fini for super effective (removed hyphen) damage and as a method of recovering HP. Psychic is used to hit Pokemon like Toxapex for super-effective damage, nails Pokemon like Toxapex, which would otherwise be a roadblock for Volcarona, as well as being its best option to hit Primordial Sea Zapdos. Bug Buzz is an other another option to beat soft checks such as Latias and to hit harder RegenVest Garchomp. The given EV spread is used to maximize Volcarona's damage output and speed tier after Quiver Dance boosts. RegenVest Garchomp harder.

Volcarona fits best on offensive teams with powerful breakers that appreciate its ability to sweep after they have opened holes in the opposing team. As such, Pokemon such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele love Volcarona's presence, and Volcarona in turn likes their ability to ease its sweep. wallbreakers such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele, using the holes they open to sweep. Volcarona can struggle to get past Flash Fire Steel-types such as Corviknight and Ferrothorn, (AC) and appreciates breakers like Terrakion and Tapu Lele breaking them down. these wallbreakers can break them down in return. Volcarona is vulnerable to Barraskewda, as it is always threatened by always fears Aqua Jet, but a teammate like (fill in the blank) can help this weakness. It also cannot directly switch in due to into battle given its frailty and appreciates pivots such as Blissey to allow it to come on the field let it come in safely. Volcarona can have trouble KOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Blissey or RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp and is often threatened Garchomp, which often threaten it with paralysis or good damage. Due to this weakness, powerful physical attackers such as Terrakion, Cinderace, and Garchomp make good offensive teammates for Volcarona. It can have difficulties getting past Primordial Sea users such as Zapdos and as such, Zapdos, so it enjoys having Pokemon that can threaten Zapdos as well as Pokemon able to switch into it or switch into Zapdos such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. (if both of these pokemon are exclusively "able to switch in" and not "able to threaten" zapdos, you should add a teammate that can threaten zapdos and put it before blissey) Lastly, Volcarona appreciates having entry hazards on its team to accumulate extra chip damage on RegenVest Pokemon, making them easier to KO.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

Volcarona can forgo some survivability and opt to use a Sheer Force Life Orb set, increasing its damage output significantly. However, this set lacks the utility of Magic Guard and Desolate Land, and it usually requires a lot of support to work. Bug Buzz is also usable with Desolate Land to hit Psychic- and Dark-types for super effective (removed hyphen) damage. Both sets can be used in either a defensive or an offensive way with appropriate EV spreads, (I assume?) depending of the needs of your team. Offensive Desolate Land can opt for Solar Beam to threaten more bulky Water-types such as Tapu Fini and Swampert. Lastly, Toxic can be used on the bulkier sets to weaken switch-ins such as Garchomp thoughout the game.

Checks and Counters
===================

**RegenVest Pokemon**: RegenVest users such as Garchomp and Silvally-Dragon are able to withstand Volcarona's attacks and threaten a KO back.

**Primordial Sea Users**: Pokemon such as Zapdos and Barraskewda threaten Volcarona with super effective moves and an immunity to Fire. Barraskewda often carries Aqua Jet and is able to revenge kill. Zapdos resists Volcarona's common attacks and can threaten it with Hurricane or Weather Ball.

**Flash Fire Steel-types**: Flash Fire users such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight can give Volcarona serious trouble, not allowing it to make progress.

**Blissey**: Blissey is able to can seriously cripple Volcarona through the use of Toxic or Thunder Wave, either putting it on a timer or making it easier to revenge kill and more unreliable. less reliable. It is also able to tank many of Volcarona's moves even after several uses of Quiver Dance.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[I am prtty trash, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[Osake, 524664], [UT, 523866]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
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[SET]
name: Desolate Land
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 144 SpD / 116 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a strong setup sweeper with good defensive utility in the AAA metagame. It utilizes Desolate Land to stop common Flip Turn users such as Barraskewda and Swampert. Quiver Dance is a very important move for Volcarona, allowing it to boost past special walls and revenge killers. Roost allows Volcarona to recover HP and set up multiple Quiver Dances, boosting past special walls and revenge killers. Flamethrower is Volcarona's STAB and weather boosted a STAB and weather-boosted option, allowing it to deal good damage even without any boosts. Giga Drain is a useful move for hitting Pokemon such as Swampert and Barraskewda for super-effective damage, super effectively, as well as being a secondary way to recover HP. The EV spread allows Volcarona to serve as a check to check Sheer Force Tapu Lele while maintaining as much Speed as possible.

Volcarona is often found on bulky offensive teams with more than one Fire-type, so that they are able to break past each others' (added apostrophe) checks. Desolate Land blocks Flip Turn users from being able to freely pivot, something greatly appreciated by freely pivoting, which other common Fire-types such as Heatran or Cinderace. and Cinderace greatly appreciate. Volcarona can have trouble getting through specially bulky Fire-resistant (added hyphen) Pokemon such as RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp. As such, Therefore, it likes to have poweful physical attackers powerful physical teammates such as Terrakion as well as Pokemon that can threaten to (unless there's eg a specific implication i'm missing here) chip these Pokemon, such as Mold Breaker Heatran through its use of Toxic, Magma Storm, and Protect. Volcarona can struggle to beat Primordial Sea Pokemon like Zapdos and appreciates teammates that can threaten Zapdos or switch into it, such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. Finally, it appreciates having hazard support on its team to chip its switchins such as RegenVest Garchomp. entry hazards to chip RegenVest users like Garchomp. (made it a bit less generalist, bc regenvest pokemon not having damage stick to them is a more volc-specific and less general reason you want hazards. if the change makes it wrong, you can delete the sentence or add a different specific reason hazards help)

name: Magic Guard
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Psychic / Bug Buzz
item: Life Orb
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Modest
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Magic Guard Volcarona is a powerful and difficult to stop set-up sweeper. Its ability Magic Guard gives it an immunity to passive damage sources such as Stealth Rock and Toxic, increasing its longevity, and allows it to use recoil-free Life Orb. difficult-to-stop setup sweeper. Magic Guard, besides fixing its Stealth Rock weakness and allowing for recoil-free Life Orb, frees it up to not run Roost thanks to the broad passive damage immunity. (I predict the ending clause point is true? obv you can tinker. If it's not or not worth mentioning, just delete it and make the resulting sentence fragment grammatically reasonable) Quiver Dance gives Volcarona the capacity to sweep unprepared teams and Dance, beyond just letting Volcarona sweep, gives it the capacity to beat premier special walls. Fire Blast is chosen as the primary STAB option to deal as much damage as possible after Quiver Dances. Giga Drain is chosen to hit targets like Swampert, Barraskewda, and Tapu Fini for super effective (removed hyphen) damage and as a method of recovering HP. Psychic is used to hit Pokemon like Toxapex for super-effective damage, nails Pokemon like Toxapex, which would otherwise be a roadblock for Volcarona, as well as being its best option to hit Primordial Sea Zapdos. Bug Buzz is an other another option to beat soft checks such as Latias and to hit harder RegenVest Garchomp. The given EV spread is used to maximize Volcarona's damage output and speed tier after Quiver Dance boosts. RegenVest Garchomp harder.

Volcarona fits best on offensive teams with powerful breakers that appreciate its ability to sweep after they have opened holes in the opposing team. As such, Pokemon such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele love Volcarona's presence, and Volcarona in turn likes their ability to ease its sweep. wallbreakers such as Terrakion, Primarina, and Tapu Lele, using the holes they open to sweep. Volcarona can struggle to get past Flash Fire Steel-types such as Corviknight and Ferrothorn, (AC) and appreciates breakers like Terrakion and Tapu Lele breaking them down. these wallbreakers can break them down in return. Volcarona is vulnerable to Barraskewda, as it is always threatened by always fears Aqua Jet, but a teammate like (fill in the blank) can help this weakness. It also cannot directly switch in due to into battle given its frailty and appreciates pivots such as Blissey to allow it to come on the field let it come in safely. Volcarona can have trouble KOing specially bulky Pokemon such as Blissey or RegenVest Silvally-Dragon and Garchomp and is often threatened Garchomp, which often threaten it with paralysis or good damage. Due to this weakness, powerful physical attackers such as Terrakion, Cinderace, and Garchomp make good offensive teammates for Volcarona. It can have difficulties getting past Primordial Sea users such as Zapdos and as such, Zapdos, so it enjoys having Pokemon that can threaten Zapdos as well as Pokemon able to switch into it or switch into Zapdos such as Blissey or specially defensive Garchomp. (if both of these pokemon are exclusively "able to switch in" and not "able to threaten" zapdos, you should add a teammate that can threaten zapdos and put it before blissey) Lastly, Volcarona appreciates having entry hazards on its team to accumulate extra chip damage on RegenVest Pokemon, making them easier to KO.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Volcarona can forgo some survivability and opt to use a Sheer Force Life Orb set, increasing its damage output significantly. However, this set lacks the utility of Magic Guard and Desolate Land, and it usually requires a lot of support to work. Bug Buzz is also usable with Desolate Land to hit Psychic- and Dark-types for super effective (removed hyphen) damage. Both sets can be used in either a defensive or an offensive way with appropriate EV spreads, (I assume?) depending of the needs of your team. Offensive Desolate Land can opt for Solar Beam to threaten more bulky Water-types such as Tapu Fini and Swampert. Lastly, Toxic can be used on the bulkier sets to weaken switch-ins such as Garchomp thoughout the game.

Checks and Counters
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**RegenVest Pokemon**: RegenVest users such as Garchomp and Silvally-Dragon are able to withstand Volcarona's attacks and threaten a KO back.

**Primordial Sea Users**: Pokemon such as Zapdos and Barraskewda threaten Volcarona with super effective moves and an immunity to Fire. Barraskewda often carries Aqua Jet and is able to revenge kill. Zapdos resists Volcarona's common attacks and can threaten it with Hurricane or Weather Ball.

**Flash Fire Steel-types**: Flash Fire users such as Ferrothorn and Corviknight can give Volcarona serious trouble, not allowing it to make progress.

**Blissey**: Blissey is able to can seriously cripple Volcarona through the use of Toxic or Thunder Wave, either putting it on a timer or making it easier to revenge kill and more unreliable. less reliable. It is also able to tank many of Volcarona's moves even after several uses of Quiver Dance.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[I am prtty trash, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[Osake, 524664], [UT, 523866]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]
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Implemented, thanks so much!

Should be all ready for upload!
 
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