National Dex Volcarona [done]

[pannu]

[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a great sweeper on offense teams, thanks to Quiver Dance, strong STAB moves, and solid coverage options, while also providing crucial defensive utility by checking the likes of Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, Kartana, and Kyurem. Psychic hits many of its checks, such as Toxapex and Kommo-o. Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground to hit one of its best counters in Heatran, but this causes it to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex and Kommo-o. Heavy-Duty Boots maintains Volcarona's defensive utility through Stealth Rock and gives it better opportunities to set up; meanwhile, Psychium Z allows it to deal incredible neutral damage with a Shattered Psyche at the cost of taking entry hazard damage. Flame Body can punish physical attackers like Rillaboom, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile, while a Timid nature lets it naturally outspeed Pokemon like Kyurem, Excadrill, and Urshifu-R, as well as Choice Scarf Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance boost. Modest can be used if more power is desired, grabbing notable KOs such as Kommo-o, Mega Tyranitar, and Garchomp, but Volcarona ends up easier to revenge kill by the likes of Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Mega Garchomp before a boost.

Volcarona mainly fits on hyper offense, teams as they appreciate the defensive utility and firepower it brings; in return, Volcarona appreciates hyper offense teammates weakening its checks and counters, as there are a lot of situations where it cannot set up and sweep. Entry hazards delay it if it's been hit by Knock Off, and a healthy Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Heatran can take a hit and KO it back. Good examples of powerful teammates are Bisharp, Rillaboom, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham. Meanwhile, cleaners like Hawlucha, Rillaboom, and Mega Gyarados can clean up late-game after Volcarona has broken through the opposing team. Serperior makes a stellar offensive core with Volcarona as Volcarona handles many of Serperior's checks such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Amoonguss, and Serperior's Glare can give Volcarona better opportunities to set up. Hazard control is also incredibly important when using Volcarona, encouraging teammates like Kartana, Corviknight, Excadrill, and Tapu Fini. Non-Heavy-Duty Boots variants used on HO absolutely need hazard removal through the likes of Excadrill or Regieleki to function. Leads such as Taunt Mew and Excadrill can stop Stealth Rock from being on the field, which Volcarona appreciates, and dual screens support through Grimmsnarl or Tapu Koko makes Volcarona harder to take down and give it more opportunities to set up. Lastly, Gliscor can freely set up on Volcarona's best counters: Heatran, Toxapex, and Blissey.

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

A bulky Quiver Dance set with Roost is an option on bulkier teams, as it has a lot of defensive utility from switching into the likes of Kyurem, Clefable, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, and Kartana. However, its reliance on Heavy-Duty Boots means it is crippled incredibly hard by Knock Off, and its limited coverage due to only having two attacks can make it hard to sweep. Giga Drain hits Pokemon like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini super effectively, but it's generally less useful than the listed coverage options.

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

**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, Toxapex, Gastrodon, and Heatran are able to take anything Volcarona hits them with, unless it's set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic or Clear Smog. However, Heatran and Toxapex should be wary of Hidden Power Ground and Psychic variants, respectively. Pokemon like Garchomp, Tyranitar, and Mega Tyranitar can take a hit from Volcarona at full health and KO back with a powerful Stone Edge; however, they fear a +1 Bug Buzz if they are slightly chipped.


**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster than Volcarona like Garchomp, Greninja, and Mega Diancie can hit it with a super effective attack before it can set up; meanwhile, priority users like Ash-Greninja, Mega Mawille, Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Mega Lopunny can chip down and revenge kill Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scarf users such as Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona even after a boost.

**Knock Off**: Due to Volcarona's reliance on its Heavy-Duty Boots, it cant risk setting up on the likes of Ferrothorn, Rillaboom, and Mega Scizor. Psychium Z variants don't have to worry about Knock Off, though.

**Status**: Status makes it incredibly hard for Volcarona to sweep, as paralysis from the likes of Serperior, Clefable, and Blissey means it cant freely switch in and set up on these Pokemon, and Toxic from the likes of Chansey, Toxapex, and Heatran will severely hinder its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [Solaros & Lunaris, 471780], [The Dragon Master, 521275], [Avery, 497633]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

 

[Solaros & Lunaris]

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Fire flakes…..hot

[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots Would definitely slash psychium here
ability: Flame Body
nature: Modest Will discuss with QC but I think Timid deserves the first slash here; Scarf Lando is way too important of a target to miss out on
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Volcarona is a staple on offense builds, as it provides incredibly useful defensive utility and important resists to many Pokemon its teammates can struggle against, such as Kartana, Mega Scizor, Mega Mawile, Kyurem, Rillaboom, and Mega Lopunny. Mention that alongside this defensive utility its an incredible sweeper Quiver Dance allows Volcarona to set up and be a threat, using its powerful STAB combination and good coverage options, Psychic allows Volcarona to hit many of its checks, such as Toxapex, Kommo-o, and Pelipper, Talk about Psychium turning psychic into smth that can rip mons like Toxapex, Fini, and ZardY apart Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground, which allows it to hit one of its best Counters in Heatran, while still hitting a lot of other Pokemon super effectively. but causes Volcarona to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex. Talk about the merits of Flame Body and potentially Timid vs Modest

Volcarona appreciates being paired up with Pokemon that can help it pressure Water-types, aswell as Specially bulky Pokemon, Teammates like Rillaboom, Tapu Fini, Kommo-o, and Mega Gyarados help pressure Pokemon that hinder Volcarona from Sweeping like Toxapex, Blissey, and Heatran, meanwhile Volcarona checks Pokemon like Clefable, Mega Scizor, Ferrothorn and Slowbro for them. This must be elaborated on. Volcarona has several matchups where it simply can’t make immediate progress. These situations include if Stealth Rock is up, whether Tyranitar and Garchomp are at sufficient health, facing a Pex/Heatran with HP Ground/Psychic Volc, etc. You need to talk about how these matchups can be fixed with Defoggers (Kart, Corv, Fini, Exca), Ttar/Chomp abusers (Kart, Clefable, Colbur Reuni even) and Pokemon like Gliscor that abuse Toxapex or Heatran.

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

Psychium Z when paired up with Psychic gives Volcarona access to an incredibly hard hitting Shattered Psyche, which OHKOs most non resists at +1, however the item slot being used means that Volcarona can't use Heavy Duty Boots, which makes hazards a big issue for it. Move this to the first paragraph; Mention bulksrona first here instead Giga Drain is another option that hits Pokemon like Gastrodon, Slowking, Tyranitar, and Tapu Fini super effectively, but its generally less useful then other coverage options.

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

**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, and Heatran are able to eat anything Volcarona hits them with, unless its set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic, Heatran should be wary of Hidden Power Ground Variants, however. Add both Tyranitar formes here, mention they pulverize you with Stone Edge, but they fear +1 Bug Buzz if at low health. Also mention Toxapex (which might need its own section, its basically the 2nd hardest counter behind Blissey) and how it fears Psychic

**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster then Volcarona before it can set up can force it out super effective attacks, meanwhile priority users like Mega Mawille, Mega Medicham, and Mega Lopunny can chip down Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scafers such as Greninja, Kartana, and Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona.

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I want to take another loook after this is implemented

 

[pannu]

Solaros & Lunaris you never took another look at this...

 

[Solaros & Lunaris]

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[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Volcarona is a staple on offense builds, as it provides incredibly useful defensive utility and important resists to many Pokemon its teammates can struggle against, such as Kartana, Mega Scizor, Mega Mawile, Kyurem, and Rillaboom, along with its defensive utility its also a fierce sweeper with Quiver Dance, which allows Volcarona to set up and be a threat, using its powerful STAB combination and good coverage options, Ayo this sentence is really long if you could break up into “Volcarona is a great sweeper on offensive teams thanks to [x, y, z]. It also provides crucial defensive utility by checking [a, b, c].“ Psychic allows Volcarona to hit many of its checks, such as Toxapex and Kommo-o, and in tandem with Psychium Z gives Volcarona access to an incredibly hard-hitting Shattered Psyche, which OHKOs most non resists at +1, however, the item slot being used means that Volcarona can't use Heavy Duty Boots, which makes hazards a big issue for it. Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground, which allows it to hit one of its best Counters in Heatran, but causes Volcarona to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex. Mention HDB and Psychium here, and the pros and cons of each Flame Body is the preferred ability as it can punish physical attackers like Rillaboom, Mega Scizor, and Jirachi, meanwhile Timid is the preferred nature to naturally outspeed Pokemon like Urshifu-RS, Kyurem, and Excadrill while also out speeding Choice Scarf Landorus-T after a boost. Put Urshifu-RS last here, it’s probably going to revenge with Aqua Jet anyway Modest can be used if more power is desired, but ends up making Volcarona easier to revenge kill.

Volcarona appreciates having teammates that can help weaken down its checks and counters, as there are a lot of situations where it cannot set up and sweep, such as if hazards are on the field or if the opponent has a Pokemon that lives a hit from Volcarona and can KO it back, such as a Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Heatran. As such Pokemon that can punch holes through the opposing teams defensive core like Bisharp, Rillaboom, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham make for excellent teammates for Volcarona to set up its sweep, meanwhile cleaners like Hawlucha, Tapu Lele, and Zeraora can clean up lategame after Volcarona has broken the opposing team. I wouldn’t really call Zeraora a sweeper, nor have I seen CM Tapu Lele cleaning a game. Hazard control is also incredibly important when using Volcarona, Pokemon like Kartana, Corviknight, Excadrill, and Tapu Fini that can clear the field of entry hazards and let Volcarona switch in for free are key to making Volcarona function. Lastly, Gliscor deserves a mention as it can take abuse Volcarona's best counters: Heatran, Toxapex, and Blissey, and use them for free set up.

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

Bulky Volcarona is an option on fatter teams, as it has a lot of defensive utility such as switching into the likes of Kyurem, Clefable, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, and Kartana. However its reliance on its Boots makes it weak to Knock Off in the long game. Giga Drain is another option that hits Pokemon like Gastrodon, Slowking, Tyranitar, and Tapu Fini super effectively, but its generally less useful than other coverage options.

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

**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, Toxapex, and Heatran are able to eat anything Volcarona hits them with, unless its set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic, Heatran and Toxapex should be wary of Hidden Power Ground and Psychic Variants respectively, however. Pokemon like Garchomp and both formes of Tyranitar can also eat a hit from Volcarona at full and KO back with a powerful Stone Edge, however they fear a +1 bug buzz if they are slightly chipped. Pex Hazes you so ur never getting more than two qds against it

**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster then Volcarona before it can set up can force it out super effective attacks, meanwhile priority users like Mega Mawille, Mega Medicham, and Mega Lopunny can chip down Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scafers such as Greninja, Kartana, and Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona.

Mention Knock Off bc Volcarona hates losing its Boots and alot of mons you could set up on (ferro sciz rilla) cripple volc in this regard

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2

 

[The Dragon Master]

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[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]

Volcarona is a great sweeper on offense teams, thanks to its access to Quiver Dance, strong STAB moves, and solid coverage options, while also providing crucial defensive utility by checking the likes of Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, Kartana kart kinda nukes u with boosted z giga or knock so not worth a mention, and Kyurem., Psychic allows Volcarona to hit many of its checks, such as Toxapex and Kommo-o. and in tandem with Psychium Z gives Volcarona access to an incredibly hard-hitting Shattered Psyche, which OHKOs most non resists at +1 mentioned later on, Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground, which allows it to hit one of its best Counters in Heatran, but causes Volcarona to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex and Kommo-o. Heavy-Duty Boots is a good item for Volcarona as it means it doesn't take hazard damage, which can be detrimental to its defensive utility, mention that hdb let's it set up more easily meanwhile, Psychium Z allows it to deal incredible neutral damage with a Shattered Psyche, at the cost of taking hazard damage. Flame Body is the preferred ability as it can punish physical attackers like Rillaboom, Mega Scizor, and Jirachi, meanwhile Timid is the preferred nature to naturally outspeed Pokemon like Kyurem, Excadrill, and Urshifu-RS, while also out speeding Choice Scarf Landorus-T after a boost. Modest can be used if more power is desired name some notable calcs here, but ends up making Volcarona easier to revenge kill with the likes of Choice Scarf Landorus-T.

What sort of teams does volc fit on?
Volcarona appreciates having teammates that can help weaken down its checks and counters, as there are a lot of situations where it cannot set up and sweep, such as if hazards are on the field or if the opponent has a Pokemon that lives a hit from Volcarona and can KO it back, such as a Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Heatran. As such Pokemon that can punch holes through the opposing teams defensive core like Bisharp, Rillaboom, Mega Garchomp, and Mega Medicham make for excellent teammates for Volcarona to set up its sweep, meanwhile cleaners like Hawlucha, Rillaboom, and Mega Gyarados can clean up lategame after Volcarona has broken the opposing team. Hazard control is also incredibly important when using Volcarona, Pokemon like Kartana, Corviknight, Excadrill, and Tapu Fini that can clear the field of entry hazards and let Volcarona switch in for free are key to making Volcarona function. Give lead exca a special mention here, also mention screens and Hazard support Lastly, Gliscor deserves a mention as it can take abuse Volcarona's best counters: Heatran, Toxapex, and Blissey, and use them for free set up.

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

Bulky Volcarona is an option on fatter teams, as it has a lot of defensive utility such as switching into the likes of Kyurem, Clefable, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, and Kartana. However its reliance on its Boots makes it weak to Knock Off in the long game. Mention that it has a hard time sweeping due to only having 2 attacking moves Giga Drain is another option that hits Pokemon like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini super effectively, but its generally less useful than other coverage options.

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

**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, Toxapex, and Heatran are able to eat anything Volcarona hits them with, unless its set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic, Heatran and Toxapex should be wary of Hidden Power Ground and Psychic Variants respectively, however. Pokemon like Garchomp and both formes of Tyranitar can also eat a hit from Volcarona at full and KO back with a powerful Stone Edge, however they fear a +1 bug buzz if they are slightly chipped. Split this section into bulky waters (fini gastro pex), Heatran, and bliss and chansey imo idt Garchomp and ttar are worth mentioning here as they need only slight chip to die to volc, if u want u can mention them as pecially bulky Pokemon

**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster then Volcarona like?? before it can set up can force it out super effective attacks, meanwhile priority users like Mega Mawille, Ash-Greninja Mega Medicham, and Mega Lopunny can chip down Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scafers such as Greninja, Kartana, these 2 are giga bad and Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona.

**Knock Off**: due to Volcaronas reliance on its Heavy-Duty Boots, it cant risk setting up on the likes of Ferrothorn, Rillaboom, or Mega Scizor only to get knocked, as it seriously cripples Volcarona.

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- Quality checked by: [Solaros & Lunarisl, 471780], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

Fairly well done, I'll stamp after I see this implemented properly

 

[Avery]

im going to give this a third qc check at pannu's request when the above is implemented

 

[The Dragon Master]

QC 2/2 once u implement the stuff i said on disc

 

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[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
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Volcarona is a great sweeper on offense teams, thanks to its access to Quiver Dance, strong STAB moves, and solid coverage options, while also providing crucial defensive utility by checking the likes of Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, Kartana, and Kyurem., Psychic allows Volcarona to hit many of its checks, such as Toxapex and Kommo-o. Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground, which allows it to hit one of its best Counters in Heatran, but causes Volcarona to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex and Kommo-o. Heavy-Duty Boots is a good item for Volcarona as it means it doesn't take hazard damage, which can be detrimental to its defensive utility, it also gives better opportunities to set up, meanwhile, Psychium Z allows it to deal incredible neutral damage with a Shattered Psyche, at the cost of taking hazard damage. Flame Body is the preferred ability as it can punish physical attackers like Rillaboom, Mega Scizor, and Jirachi Mega Mawile. meanwhile Timid is the preferred nature to naturally outspeed Pokemon like Kyurem, Excadrill, and Urshifu-RS, while also out speeding Choice Scarf Landorus-T after a boost. Modest can be used if more power is desired, grabbing notable kos KOs such as Kommo-o Mega Tyranitar, and Garchomp, but ends up making Volcarona easier to revenge kill by the likes of Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Mega Garchomp before a Quiver Dance boost.

Volcarona mainly fits on hyper offense teams as those types of teams appreciate the defensive utility and fire power it brings, in return Volcarona appreciates having teammates that can help weaken down its checks and counters, as there are a lot of situations where it cannot set up and sweep, such as if hazards are on the field or if the opponent has a Pokemon that lives a hit from Volcarona and can KO it back, such as a Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Heatran. As such Pokemon that can punch holes through the opposing teams defensive core like Bisharp, Rillaboom, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham make for excellent teammates for Volcarona to set up its sweep, meanwhile cleaners like Hawlucha, Rillaboom, and Mega Gyarados can clean up lategame after Volcarona has broken the opposing team. Hazard control is also incredibly important when using Volcarona, Pokemon like Kartana, Corviknight, Excadrill, and Tapu Fini that can clear the field of entry hazards and let Volcarona switch in for free are key to making Volcarona function. specify that z move sets NEED entry hazard control Leads such as Taunt Mew or Excadrill can stop Stealth Rock from being on the field, which Volcarona appreciates, and screens support through Grimmsnarl and Tapu Koko make Volcarona harder to take down and give it more opportunities to set up. Lastly, Gliscor deserves a mention as it can take abuse Volcarona's best counters: Heatran, Toxapex, and Blissey, and use them for free set up. the lack of serp mentions here is criminal as serp is probably the best partner to volc, volc beating tran corv sciz whereas serp's glare gives volc more room to setup and serp also beats the blobs for volc, do mention serp please

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

Bulky Volcarona is an option on fatter teams, as it has a lot of defensive utility such as switching into the likes of Kyurem, Clefable, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, and Kartana. However its reliance on its Heavy-Duty Boots makes it weak to Knock Off in the long game means it is crippled incredibly hard by Knock Off, and its limited coverage due to only having two attacking moves can make it hard to sweep. Giga Drain is another option that hits Pokemon like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini super effectively, but its generally less useful than other coverage options.

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

**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, Toxapex, Gastrodon, and Heatran are able to eat anything Volcarona hits them with, unless its set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic or Clear Smog, split the sentences here Heatran and Toxapex should be wary of Hidden Power Ground and Psychic Variants respectively, however. Pokemon like Garchomp and both formes of Tyranitar can also eat a hit from Volcarona at full and KO back with a powerful Stone Edge, however they fear a +1 Bug Buzz if they are slightly chipped.
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**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster than Volcarona like Garchomp, Greninja, and Mega Diancie can hit volcarona with a super effective attack before it can set up can force it out super effective attacks, meanwhile priority users like Ash Greninja, Mega Mawille, Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Mega Lopunny can chip down Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scafers such as Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona even after a boost.

**Knock Off**: due to Volcaronas reliance on its Heavy-Duty Boots, it cant risk setting up on the likes of Ferrothorn, Rillaboom, or Mega Scizor only to get knocked, as it seriously cripples Volcarona. Non Heavy-Duty Boots dont have to worry about Knock Off, but they are taking hazard damage either way.

**Status**: Volcarona being crippled by status makes it incredibly hard for it to sweep, as Paralysis from the likes of Serperior, Clefable, and Blissey mean it cant freely switch in and set up on these Pokemon, meanwhile Toxic from the likes of Chansey, Toxapex, or Heatran will severely hinder its longevity.

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- Written by: [[pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [Solaros & Lunarisl, 471780], [The Dragon Master, 521275], [Avery, 497633]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

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[SET]
name: Offensive Quiver Dance
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Bug Buzz
move 4: Psychic / Hidden Power Ground
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Psychium Z
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe


[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona is a great sweeper on offense teams, thanks to its access to Quiver Dance, strong STAB moves, and solid coverage options, while also providing crucial defensive utility by checking the likes of Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, Kartana, and Kyurem. (removed extraneous comma) Psychic allows Volcarona to hit hits many of its checks, such as Toxapex and Kommo-o. Volcarona can also run Hidden Power Ground (RC) which allows it to hit one of its best counters in Heatran, but causes Volcarona this causes it to falter against Pokemon like Toxapex and Kommo-o. Heavy-Duty Boots is a good item for Volcarona as it means it doesn't take hazard damage, which can be detrimental to its defensive utility, it also gives maintains Volcarona's defensive utility through Stealth Rock and gives it (I imagine this makes sense?) better opportunities to set up; (comma -> semicolon) meanwhile, Psychium Z allows it to deal incredible neutral damage with a Shattered Psyche (RC) at the cost of taking entry hazard damage. Flame Body is the preferred ability as it can punish physical attackers like Rillaboom, Mega Scizor, and Mega Mawile, meanwhile Timid is the preferred nature to while a Timid nature lets it naturally outspeed Pokemon like Kyurem, Excadrill, and Urshifu-R, while also out speeding as well as Choice Scarf Landorus-T after a Quiver Dance boost. Modest can be used if more power is desired, grabbing notable KOs such as Kommo-o, (AC) Mega Tyranitar, and Garchomp, but ends up making Volcarona ends up easier to revenge kill by the likes of Choice Scarf Landorus-T and Mega Garchomp before a Quiver Dance boost.

Volcarona mainly fits on hyper offense teams, (AC) as those types of teams they appreciate the defensive utility and fire power firepower it brings; (comma -> semicolon) in return, (AC) Volcarona appreciates having teammates that can help weaken down hyper offense teammates weakening its checks and counters, as there are a lot of situations where it cannot set up and sweep, such as if hazards are on the field or if the opponent has a Pokemon that lives a hit from Volcarona and can KO it back, such as a sweep. Entry hazards delay it if it's been hit by Knock Off, and a healthy (I imagine this makes sense?) Tyranitar, Garchomp, or Heatran. As such Pokemon that can punch holes through the opposing teams defensive core like Bisharp, Rillaboom, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham make for excellent teammates for Volcarona to set up its sweep, meanwhile Heatran can take a hit and KO it back. Good examples of powerful teammates are Bisharp, Rillaboom, Garchomp, and Mega Medicham. Meanwhile, cleaners like Hawlucha, Rillaboom, and Mega Gyarados can clean up late-game (added hyphen) after Volcarona has broken through the opposing team. Serperior makes for a stellar offensive core with Volcarona, (AC) as Volcarona handles many of Serperior's (added apostrophe) checks such as Heatran, Corviknight, and Heatran, (heatran twice; pls either replace one or consolidate) meanwhile Serperiors and Serperior's Glare can give Volcarona better opportunities to set up. Hazard control is also incredibly important when using Volcarona, Pokemon encouraging teammates like Kartana, Corviknight, Excadrill, and Tapu Fini. (added period) that can clear the field of entry hazards and let Volcarona switch in for free are key to making Volcarona function, and the non Heavy-Duty Non-Heavy-Duty Boots variants used (I predict, bc I'm not sure what relevance "on HO" would have otherwise, bc I assume all boots-less volc require hazard removal. you can also ignore this change and just remove "on HO", or do smth else if appropriate) on HO absolutely need hazard removal through the likes of Excadrill or Regieleki to function. Leads such as Taunt Mew or and Excadrill can stop Stealth Rock from being on the field, which Volcarona appreciates, and dual screens support through Grimmsnarl and or Tapu Koko makes Volcarona harder to take down and gives it more opportunities to set up. Lastly, Gliscor deserves a mention as it can take abuse can freely set up on Volcarona's best counters: Heatran, Toxapex, and Blissey, and use them for free set up.

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

Bulky Volcarona A bulky Quiver Dance set with Roost (I assume?) is an option on fatter bulkier teams, as it has a lot of defensive utility such as from switching into the likes of Kyurem, Clefable, Mega Scizor, Rillaboom, and Kartana. However, (AC) its reliance on Heavy-Duty Boots means it is crippled incredibly hard by Knock Off, and its limited coverage due to only having two attacking moves attacks can make it hard to sweep. Giga Drain is another option that hits Pokemon like Gastrodon and Tapu Fini super effectively, but it's (added apostrophe) generally less useful than other the listed coverage options.

Checks and Counters
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**Specially Bulky Pokemon**: Pokemon like Blissey, Chansey, Toxapex, Gastrodon, and Heatran are able to eat take anything Volcarona hits them with, unless its set up it's set up a lot of Quiver Dances, and threaten it back with Toxic or Clear Smog. However, Heatran and Toxapex should be wary of Hidden Power Ground and Psychic variants, (AC) respectively, however. Pokemon like Garchomp, (AC) and both formes of Tyranitar can also eat Tyranitar, and Mega Tyranitar can take a hit from Volcarona at full health and KO back with a powerful Stone Edge; (comma -> semicolon) however, (AC) they fear a +1 Bug Buzz if they are slightly chipped.


**Faster Pokemon and Priority**: Pokemon that are faster than Volcarona like Garchomp, Greninja, and Mega Diancie can hit Volcarona it with a super effective attack before it can set up; (comma -> semicolon) meanwhile, (AC) priority users like Ash-Greninja, (added hpyhen) Mega Mawille, Mega Medicham, Urshifu-R, and Mega Lopunny can chip down and revenge kill (I assume?) Volcarona. Lastly Choice Scafers Scarf users such as Victini can outspeed and KO Volcarona even after a boost.

**Knock Off**: Due to Volcarona's (added apostrophe) reliance on its Heavy-Duty Boots, it cant risk setting up on the likes of Ferrothorn, Rillaboom, or and Mega Scizor. Non Heavy-Duty Boots dont have to worry about Knock Off, but they are taking hazard damage either way. Psychium Z variants don't have to worry about Knock Off, though.

**Status**: Volcarona being crippled by status Status makes it incredibly hard for it Volcarona to sweep, as paralysis from the likes of Serperior, Clefable, and Blissey means it cant freely switch in and set up on these Pokemon, meanwhile and Toxic from the likes of Chansey, Toxapex, or and Heatran will severely hinder its longevity.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[pannuracotta, 517892]]
- Quality checked by: [Solaros & Lunaris, 471780], [The Dragon Master, 521275], [Avery, 497633]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Finland, 517429]]

1/1, however;
pls tell me if you make the substantive sort of changes i allude to in some comments
*moderately annoyed grammar noises* pls remember to briefly proofread before sending to queue, i had to read through 3x to make sure i didn't miss any apostrophes, we don't expect you catch everything but basic things like that should be better