Volcarona [QC 2/3]

[vNatFly]

Um sorry if i'm mistaken but

This doesn't match the presented spread. And 16 Def EVs aren't enough to survive banded aqua-jet from Daunt anyway.

thx. its actually 156 defense evs. i got lazy so i just coped and pasted wht the gp said, turns out he wrote an error. ty again :)

 

[Gomi]

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[Overview]

Volcarona is one of the best sweepers in the tier because of its access to Quiver Dance, great offensive stats, and ability to pick its checks and counters. Thanks to Volcarona's STAB combination, coverage options in Giga Drain and Psychic, and access to Safeguard, it can customize its checks according to its team support. Volcarona's decent Speed tier allows it to outpace common Pokemon such as Hydreigon, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele before a Speed boost while outspeeding every unboosted Pokemon in OU after a single Quiver Dance. This gives Volcarona more setup opportunities and an easier job cleaning. However, Volcarona is left vulnerable to many physical attackers, including Garchomp, Choice Scarf Specially Defensive Landorus-T,Scarf lando is slower and dies to offensive volc w/ Fire Blast very easily and Urshifu-R, which can either take a hit and OHKO it back cripple it in return or revenge kill it with strong priority. the grounds dont run stone edge terribly often and most of the time will just EQ for good chip or Toxic Its coverage can also be taken advantage of by common Pokemon resistant to it, most notably Heatran. Heatran blanks every move Volcarona gets so listing it as an example of pokemon that exploit volc's 4mss makes zero sense

[SET]
name: Bulkarona
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Psychic / Safeguard / Bug Buzz
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 16 SpA / 88 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

A bulkier set allows Volcarona to abuse passive pokemon and its plentiful resists for easy set up opportunities vs a number of popular pokemon, such as the Slowtwins, Kyurem, and Melmetal. use bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Slowbro as set up fodders, as their respective Water-type moves will not do significant damage after many Special Defense boosts. It is flat out not true to say that bulkarona can abuse Fini for setup bc of taunt and the possibility of CM, and not listing the offensive pokemon bulkarona reliably forces out and abuses for setup here is odd Roost also greatly improves Volcarona's longevity, which makes it a more reliable tank and gives it more setup opportunities. Volcarona's defensive typing and access to Flame Body lets it take advantage of Pokemon like Kartana and easily switch into threats like Melmetal, Kyurem, Scizor, and Rillaboom. Very very very relevant to mention somewhere here that the grasses you listed and Scizor have Knock Off, so its smart to be cautious when switching into them Safeguard lets it handle status users like Blissey, Clefable, Tank Garchomp, and Landorus-T. Alternatively, Psychic allows it to hit Urshifu-R and Toxapex for super effective damage, while Bug Buzz can be used to hit Garchomp and Tyranitar more reliably. 88 Speed EVs allow Volcarona to outspeed Zeraora after one Quiver Dance. The 16 Special Attack EVs allow it to always OHKO Rillaboom without boosting. 248 HP EVs and 156 Defense EVs let Volcarona survive an Aqua Jet from Choice Band Crawdaunt.

Common Defoggers like Corviknight, Zapdos, and Tapu Fini can remove entry hazards as well as check Flying-types like Dragonite and Hawlucha. Landorus-T is a great offensive partner because it brings Volcarona in on Steel-types like Skarmory, which Volcarona can set up on. Landorus-T can also potentially KO Toxapex and Heatran, easing Volcarona's job in sweeping. Tapu Fini can switch into Urshifu-R, Heatran, and the aforesaid Flying-types and cripple the latter with Knock Off. Volcarona appreciates entry hazard and Knock Off support to chip potential checks like Heatran and Blissey. Volcarona also likes being paired with pivots like Zeraora, Tornadus-T, Slowking, and Slowbro. Because? this just cuts itself off Trick Clefable and Tapu Fini can lure Heatran and Toxapex and give them an unfavorable item, making them easier to set up on. This whole section is pretty funky. Fog fini is p rare, there should be more of a mention of Skarm and Ferro being great partners due to checking mons like Garchomp and Urshi respectively whilst forcing chip onto Heatran+Pex via spikes, and Pex and Heatran staying in on an offensive lando (which im assuming thats what is being implied since defensive does jack to pex) is dumb and it would be smarter to state that it abuses Volc's checks for setup opportunities.

[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower / Fire Blast
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Quiver Dance's Special Defense boosts become especially problematic for special wallbreakers like Hydreigon and Dragapult, which could normally threaten Volcarona. Quiver dance allows Volcarona to pose a significant threat mid to late game as a powerful sweeper and cleaner. this is such a weird thing to lead with is all Fire Blast guarantees an OHKO on defensive Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance at the cost of less accuracy and PP. Fiery Dance is an option that makes it easier to snowball with its high Special Attack raise chance, but Fire Blast and Flamethrower are often better choices because they offer more immediate damage. Psychic can deal hefty damage to Toxapex and Urshifu-R, but Giga Drain can be used instead to punish Water- and Ground-types like Swampert, Tapu Fini, Hippowdon, and Gastrodon, as well as providing gradual recovery it can offer during a sweep. Heavy-Duty Boots negates damage from entry hazards, namely Stealth Rock. This greatly enhances Volcarona's longevity and setup opportunities.

This Volcarona set is commonly seen on offensively oriented teams because it likes being paired with strong wallbreakers, which allows Volcarona to begin attempting to sweep after its checks, suck as grounds, have been heavily weakened. preferably physical attackers, as they can more reliably hit specially defensive walls allowing Volcarona to sweep as soon and reliably as possible.obviously volc appreciates physical attackers abusing special walls for offensive openings but its much more important to mention that pokemon such as Lando-t being weakened allows offensive volc to clean very easily Examples are Urshifu-R, Garchomp, and Landorus-T, which can all remove Heatran and severely damage Blissey and Tyranitar. Urshifu-R and Landorus-T can also pivot on Skarmory and Tangrowth, which Volcarona can set up on. Pokemon such as Urshifu Rapid and Garchomp also heavily appreciate Volcarona's ability to pressure walls such as Skarmory and force in pokemon such as Blissey to abuse for offensive openings. Urshifu-R is also really good at luring and chipping away at Slowking and Tapu Fini, which can both limit Volcarona's sweeping potential if healthy. Landorus-T and Garchomp can additionally set up Stealth Rock to wear down Heatran and other defensive checks. Rillaboom can safely bring Volcarona into incoming Skarmory, Corviknight, and Scizor and provide passive healing with its Grassy Terrain, weakening Earthquake from common Volcarona switch-ins like Landorus-T and Garchomp. either mention this bit right after the bit about physical attackers luring in Volcarona set up bait and emphasize Gterrain makes Rillaboom in particular a good teammate or don't really bother mentioning this at all, super fluff-y and makes this flow poorly Other you never explicitly mentioned knock before this point Knock Off users like Clefable and Ferrothorn can lure and dispatch Heatran of recovery remove Heatran's primary source of recovery, allowing Volcarona to easily chip it down. it's not really luring if its an incredibly well known option on both pokemon and it doesn't outright take heatran out of the picture either and the latter two can set up entry hazards to further pressure it. Tapu Lele is a great partner because it can help Volcarona overwhelm their shared checks, specifically Heatran. Tapu Lele can also block priority moves and power up Volcarona's Psychic with Psychic Terrain. Nasty Plot Tornadus-T can lure and 2HKO both Heatran and Stealth Rock Tyranitar, opening up Volcarona's sweeping potential late-game. Nasty plot Tornadus therian is often restricted to fat teams due to its inherent inconsistency as a breaker, due to relying on Focus Blast+Hurricane. pretty much the polar opposite of what Off Volc is made for.

Other Options
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On top of its already present 4MSS, Volcarona's options can't be replaced by any other moves.

Checks and Counters
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**Revenge Killers** Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Garchomp often carry Rock-type coverage in the form of Stone Edge, which will OHKO Volcarona. However, these Pokemon are prone to be outpaced and overwhelmed after a Quiver Dance boost. Urshifu-R's Aqua Jet and Bisharp's Sucker Punch can revenge kill Volcarona if it is already weakened.

**Heatran**: Heatran is a hard counter to Volcarona. It resists both of its main coverage options, as well as being immune to its Fire-type STAB moves. Heatran is also capable of shutting it down with Taunt and putting it on a timer with Toxic. However, Heatran lacking Toxic can still lose to Roost Volcarona because of its incapability to break it after the Special Defense boosts and its lack of recovery.

**Water-types**: Urshifu-R and Crawdaunt can easily force out Volcarona or potentially KO it with Aqua Jet. However, neither want to switch in, as Volcarona can nail both of them super effectively. Haze Toxapex, Calm Mind Tapu Fini, Gastrodon, and Swampert can shut down Volcarona lacking the right coverage moves.

**Special Walls**: Blissey can comfortably beat non-Safeguard Volcarona variants, which otherwise uses it as setup fodder, as Blissey is very reliant on status to beat Volcarona. Tyranitar is capable of removing Volcarona with its Rock-type STAB, as it can also take Volcarona's Bug-type STAB move reasonably well after a Quiver Dance why would mentioning ttar be relevant if it can't check volc whilst its boosted unboosted. Haze Toxapex can easily outlast Non-Psychic Volcarona. Toxapex loses to Volcarona without both Haze and Toxic so this is partially incorrect, a Haze pex without Toxic just gets psy>qd>psy>qd spammed down so unless your plans to sack pex for something else to Rk, its doomed.

- Written by: [[vNatFly, 540444]]
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Ausma you cant kill every pokemon we have in qc

[Overview]

Volcarona is one of the best sweepers in the tier because of its access to Quiver Dance, great offensive stats, and ability to pick its checks and counters. Thanks to Volcarona's STAB combination, coverage options in Giga Drain and Psychic, and access to Safeguard, it can customize its checks according to its team support. Volcarona's decent Speed tier allows it to outpace common Pokemon such as Hydreigon, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele before a Speed boost while outrunning every unboosted Pokemon in OU after a single Quiver Dance. This gives Volcarona more setup opportunities and an easier job cleaning. However, Volcarona is left vulnerable to many physical attackers, including Garchomp, Choice Scarf Landorus-T This set isnt relevant enough anymore, and Urshifu-R, which can either take a hit and OHKO it back or revenge kill it with strong priority. Its coverage can also be taken advantage of by common Pokemon resistant to it, most notably Heatran.

[SET]
name: Bulkarona (Bulky Quiver Dance)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Roost
move 3: Flamethrower
move 4: Psychic / Safeguard / Bug Buzz
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 248 HP / 156 Def / 16 SpA / 88 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

A bulkier set allows Volcarona to use bulky Water-types like Tapu Fini, Slowking, and Slowbro as set up fodders, as their respective Water-type moves will not do significant damage after many Special Defense boosts. Roost greatly improves Volcarona's longevity, which makes it a more reliable tank and gives it more setup opportunities. Volcarona's defensive typing and access to Flame Body lets it take advantage of Pokemon like Kartana and This line is pretty out of place, and you can mention kart with the other examples easily switch into threats like Melmetal, Kyurem, Scizor Kartana, and Rillaboom. Safeguard lets it handle status users like Blissey, Clefable, Tank Garchomp, and Landorus-T. Alternatively, Psychic allows it to hit Urshifu-R and Toxapex for super effective damage. Bug Buzz can be used to hit Garchomp and Tyranitar more reliably. 88 Speed EVs allow Volcarona to outspeed Zeraora after one Quiver Dance. The 16 Special Attack EVs allow it to always OHKO Rillaboom without boosting. 248 HP EVs and 156 Defense EVs let Volcarona survive an Aqua Jet from Choice Band Crawdaunt.

Common Defoggers like Corviknight, Zapdos, and Tapu Fini can remove entry hazards as well as check Flying-types like Dragonite and Hawlucha. Landorus-T is a great offensive partner because it brings Volcarona in on Steel-types like Skarmory, which Volcarona can set up on. Landorus-T can also potentially KO deal with Toxapex and Heatran, easing Volcarona's job in sweeping. Tapu Fini can switch into Urshifu-R, Heatran, and the aforesaid Flying-types and cripple the latter with Knock Off. Volcarona appreciates entry hazard and Knock Off support to chip potential checks like Heatran and Blissey Blissey always runs boots and really tries to avoid them being knocked, so most of the time this isnt effective. Volcarona also likes being paired with pivots like Zeraora, Tornadus-T, Slowking, and Slowbro. Trick Clefable and Tapu Fini can lure Heatran and Toxapex and give them an unfavorable item, making them easier to set up on.

[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower / Fire Blast
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Giga Drain
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Quiver Dance's Special Defense boosts become especially problematic for special wallbreakers like Hydreigon and Dragapult, which could normally threaten Volcarona. Fire Blast guarantees an OHKO on defensive Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance at the cost of less accuracy and PP. Fiery Dance is an option that makes it easier to snowball with its high Special Attack raise chance, but Fire Blast and Flamethrower are often better choices because they offer more immediate damage. Psychic can deal hefty damage to Toxapex and Urshifu-R, but Giga Drain can be used instead to punish Water- and Ground-types like Swampert, Tapu Fini, Hippowdon, and Gastrodon, as well as providing gradual recovery it can offer during a sweep. Heavy-Duty Boots negates damage from entry hazards, namely Stealth Rock. This greatly enhances Volcarona's longevity and setup opportunities.

This Volcarona set is commonly seen on offensively oriented teams because it likes being paired with strong wallbreakers, preferably physical attackers, as they can more reliably hit specially defensive walls allowing Volcarona to sweep as soon and reliably as possible. Examples are Urshifu-R, Garchomp, and Landorus-T, which can all remove Heatran and severely damage Blissey and Tyranitar. Urshifu-R and Landorus-T can also pivot on Skarmory and Tangrowth, which Volcarona can set up on. Urshifu-R is also really good at luring and chipping away at Slowking and Tapu Fini, which can both limit Volcarona's sweeping potential if healthy. Landorus-T and Garchomp can set up Stealth Rock to wear down Heatran and other defensive checks. Rillaboom can safely bring Volcarona into incoming Skarmory, Corviknight, and Scizor and provide passive healing with its Grassy Terrain, weakening Earthquake from common Volcarona switch-ins like Landorus-T and Garchomp This line is out of place because you already mentioned pokemon that can pivot on steel types earlier in this paragraph, so move it to there . Other Knock Off users like Clefable and Ferrothorn can lure and dispatch Heatran of recovery and the latter two can set up entry hazards to further pressure it. Tapu Lele is a great partner because it can help Volcarona overwhelm their shared checks, specifically Heatran. Tapu Lele can also block priority moves and power up Volcarona's Psychic with Psychic Terrain. Nasty Plot Tornadus-T can lure and 2HKO both Heatran and Stealth Rock Tyranitar, opening up Volcarona's sweeping potential late-game.

Other Options
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On top of its already present 4MSS, Volcarona's options can't be replaced by any other moves.

Checks and Counters
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**Revenge Killers** Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Garchomp often carry carries Rock-type coverage in the form of Stone Edge, which will OHKO Volcarona. However, these Pokemon are prone to be outpaced and overwhelmed after a Quiver Dance boost. Urshifu-R's Aqua Jet and Bisharp's Sucker Punch can revenge kill Volcarona if it is already weakened.

**Heatran**: Heatran is a hard counter to Volcarona. It resists both of its main coverage options, as well as being immune to its Fire-type STAB moves. Heatran is also capable of shutting it down with Taunt and putting it on a timer with Toxic. However, Heatran lacking Toxic can still lose to Roost Volcarona because of its incapability to break it after the Special Defense boosts and its lack of recovery.

**Water-types**: Urshifu-R and Crawdaunt can easily force out Volcarona or potentially KO it with Aqua Jet. However, neither want to switch in, as Volcarona can nail both of them super effectively. Haze Toxapex, Calm Mind Tapu Fini, Gastrodon, and Swampert can shut down Volcarona lacking the right coverage moves.

**Special Walls**: Blissey can comfortably beat non-Safeguard Volcarona variants, which otherwise uses it as setup fodder, as Blissey is very reliant on status to beat Volcarona. Tyranitar is capable of removing Volcarona with its Rock-type STAB, it can also take Volcarona's Bug-type STAB move reasonably well unboosted. Haze Toxapex can easily outlast Non-Psychic Volcarona.

- Written by: [[vNatFly, 540444]]
- Quality checked by: [[ausma, 360720], [airfare, 513717]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Milak, 262594], [bandkrook,301217]]

Good Job on this one

 

[airfare]

locking and moving for reassignment as discussed in pms