Doubles XY Volcanion

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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Hidden Power Grass / Overheat
item: Assault Vest
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 56 SpA / 204 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Volcanion's excellent offensive coverage, backed by a base 130 Special Attack, makes it one of XY DOU's most prominent special attackers. Furthermore, its solid natural bulk coupled with Assault Vest makes it a defensive behemoth that is near impossible to take out in one hit. As a result of these excellent offensive and defensive capabilities, it's extremely difficult to trade KOs with it one for one.
  • Steam Eruption and Heat Wave form Volcanion's core offensive suite, hitting virtually every prominent Pokemonthat isn't Water- or Dragon-type for neutral damage. Notably, Volcanion burns foes often because of the aforementioned moves' chances to inflict burns.
  • Earth Power hits other Volcanion and other Water-types that resist its STAB attacks. Hidden Power Grass hits Gastrodon and the rare Jellicent, but it primarily flips the matchup against the former on its head. Overheat is notable for being a high-damage option, KOing Amoonguss after minimal chip damage, though the Special Attack drop greatly reduces Volcanion's offensive pressure. While more niche, Hidden Power Ice can be used to hit Mega Salamence and Hydreigon, and Sludge Bomb can hit Mega Gardevoir and Sylveon.
  • Assault Vest Volcanion can be brought in really easily, as it often finds fields where neither opposing Pokemon threatens it too much. Removing its scariest checks, like Mega Kangaskhan and Conkeldurr, before it enters battle will make it much more menacing, however.
  • Landorus-T is an excellent partner for Volcanion, primarily because of how well it matches up against opposing Landorus-T, weakning its Earthquake so Volcanion can use Steam Eruption much more safely. Thundurus's ability to spam Thunder Wave makes Volcanion's middling Speed much less of an issue. Volcanion will go down to two Seismic Tosses from Mega Kangaskhan; pairing it with a Rocky Helmet user like Amoonguss or Cresselia will go a long way in wearing Mega Kangaskhan down for it.
[SET]
name: Safety Goggles
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Protect
item: Safety Goggles
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Safety Goggles Volcanion is one of the best counters to Amoonguss in the metagame, circumventing its powder moves and threatening a 2HKO with Heat Wave.
  • Earth Power is the most recommended coverage option for Volcanion, as any other move will leave it useless in the mirror matchup.
  • Volcanion runs maximum Special Attack to pressure Amoonguss as much as possible with strong Heat Waves. An odd HP stat allows it to survive switching into Stealth Rock four times.
  • Switching Volcanion into Amoonguss's Spore when the other foe can't threaten it is one of the strongest plays available with this set.
  • Landorus-T and Thundurus greatly support Volcanion with their respective abilities and immunity to Ground. Specially bulky Pokemon like Sylveon, Porygon2, and Conkeldurr can switch into Thunderbolts aimed at Volcanion. Conversely, these Pokemon all greatly appreciate a partner that can ease their poor Amoonguss matchups.

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zee said:
[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Overheat / Hidden Power Grass
item: Assault Vest
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 56 SpA / 204 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Volcanion's excellent offensive coverage, backed by a base 130 Special Attack, makes it one of XY DOU's most prominent special attackers. Furthermore, its solid natural bulk coupled with Assault Vest make it a defensive behemoth that is near impossible to take out in one hit. just add a brief line about av volc being extremely hard to trade into to tie this one together
  • Steam Eruption and Heat Wave form Volcanion's core offensive suite, hitting virtually every prominent Pokemon in the tier that isn't Water- or Dragon-type for neutral damage. Notably, Volcanion is prone to burning foes often because of the aforementioned moves' chances to inflict burns.
  • Earth Power hits other Volcanion as well as Water-types that resist its STAB attacks. Overheat is notable for being a high damage option, KOing Amoonguss after minimal chip damage. Hidden Power Grass hits Gastrodon and the rare Jellicent. While more niche, Hidden Power Ice can be used to hit Mega Salamence and Hydreigon, or Sludge Bomb for hitting Mega Gardevoir and Sylveon. would switch the set slash order and the order in which the moves are mentioned here. while overheat is nice for a power option into amoong, it's not strong enough to be reliable at getting kill and the spa reduction is really bad, since volcanion generally wants to stay in for extended periods as constant switching can be really bad with rocks pressure. volcanion is also generally one of the better things to get spored anyway purely for how tanky it is, which makes burning sleep turns relatively simpler. hp grass is generally better value because it outright turns around the diancie gastro mu from outright losing into generally winning.
  • Assault Vest Volcanion can be positioned really easily, as it often finds boards where neither opposing Pokemon is threatening it too hard. Removing its scariest checks like Mega-Kangaskhan and Conkeldurr before it enters battle will make it much more menacing, however.
  • Landorus-T is an excellent partner for Volcanion, primarily because of how well it matches up into opposing Landorus-T, weakning its Earthquake so Volcanion can use Steam Eruption much more safely. Thundurus's ability to spam Thunder Wave on foes makes Volcanion's middling speed much less of an issue. Volcanion will go down to two Seismic Tosses from Mega Kangaskhan, so pairing it with a Rocky Helmet user like Amoonguss or Cresselia will go a long way in wearing Mega Kangaskhan down for it.
[SET]
name: Safety Goggles
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Protect
item: Safety Goggles
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 8 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Safety Goggles Volcanion is one of the best counters to Amoonguss in the metagame, circumventing its powder moves and threatening a 2HKO with Heat Wave.
  • Earth Power is the most recommended coverage option for Volcanion, as any other move will leave it useless in the mirror.
  • Volcanion runs max Special Attack on this set to make the most of its hits in absence of the longevity afforded by Assault Vest. the spa generally makes it better at pressuring amoong as well, which is the point of the set.
  • Switching in Volcanion to a Spore from Amoonguss when it is otherwise unthreatened is one of the strongest plays available with this set.
  • Landorus-T and Thundurus greatly support Volcanion with their respective abilities and immunity to Ground. Specially bulky Pokemon like Sylveon, Porygon2, and Conkeldurr can switch in to Thunderbolts aimed at Volcanion. coincidentally ,these pokemon are also ones that appreciate a reliable amooong answer so mention that synergy.
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My only minor suggestion, for the safety goggles set, is to place just 4 EVs into speed with the mention that it allows it to outspeed Thundurus-I with tailwind.
This has become slightly more relevant with the rise of defiant thund-i and the special offensive/support set's place on rain.
This is all great, good job
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[SET]
name: Specially Defensive
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Hidden Power Grass / Overheat
item: Assault Vest
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 56 SpA / 204 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Volcanion's excellent offensive coverage, backed by a base 130 Special Attack, makes it one of XY DOU's most prominent special attackers. Furthermore, its solid natural bulk coupled with Assault Vest make makes it a defensive behemoth that is near impossible to take out in one hit. As a result of these excellent offensive and defensive capabilities, it's extremely difficult to trade for KOs with it one for one.
  • Steam Eruption and Heat Wave form Volcanion's core offensive suite, hitting virtually every prominent Pokemon in the tier that isn't Water- or Dragon-type for neutral damage. Notably, Volcanion is prone to burning burns ('is prone to' makes it sound like a bad thing-if it is bad, ignore the change and pls elaborate on why that is) foes often because of the aforementioned moves' chances to inflict burns.
  • Earth Power hits other Volcanion as well as and other Water-types that resist its STAB attacks. Hidden Power Grass hits Gastrodon and the rare Jellicent, but it primarily flips the matchup against the former on its head. Overheat is notable for being a high-damage (added hyphen) option, KOing Amoonguss after minimal chip damage, though the Special Attack drop it incurs greatly reduces Volcanion's offensive pressure. While more niche, Hidden Power Ice can be used to hit Mega Salamence and Hydreigon, or Sludge Bomb for hitting and Sludge Bomb can hit Mega Gardevoir and Sylveon.
  • Assault Vest Volcanion can be positioned (if it makes sense here, 'brought in' would be preferred bc easier to understand) really easily, as it often finds boards fields where neither opposing Pokemon is threatening threatens it too hard. much. Removing its scariest checks, (AC) like Mega Kangaskhan (removed hyphen) and Conkeldurr, (AC) before it enters battle will make it much more menacing, however.
  • Landorus-T is an excellent partner for Volcanion, primarily because of how well it matches up into against opposing Landorus-T, weakning its Earthquake so Volcanion can use Steam Eruption much more safely. Thundurus's ability to spam Thunder Wave on foes makes Volcanion's middling speed Speed much less of an issue. Volcanion will go down to two Seismic Tosses from Mega Kangaskhan, so Kangaskhan; pairing it with a Rocky Helmet user like Amoonguss or Cresselia will go a long way in wearing Mega Kangaskhan down for it.
[SET]
name: Safety Goggles
move 1: Steam Eruption
move 2: Heat Wave
move 3: Earth Power
move 4: Protect
item: Safety Goggles
ability: Water Absorb
nature: Modest
evs: 248 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 4 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
  • Safety Goggles Volcanion is one of the best counters to Amoonguss in the metagame, circumventing its powder moves and threatening a 2HKO with Heat Wave.
  • Earth Power is the most recommended coverage option for Volcanion, as any other move will leave it useless in the mirror matchup.
  • Volcanion runs maximum Special Attack to pressure Amoonguss as much as possible with strong Heat Waves. An odd HP Stat stat allows it to survive in a scenario where it would switch switching into Stealth Rock four times. 4 Speed EVs allow it to outrun maximum Speed Thundurus in Tailwind, which is a common sight on Rain rain teams.
  • Switching in Volcanion to a Spore from Amoonguss Volcanion into Amoonguss's Spore when it is otherwise unthreatened (if it makes sense, "when the other foe can't threaten it" would be preferred for clarity) is one of the strongest plays available with this set.
  • Landorus-T and Thundurus greatly support Volcanion with their respective abilities and immunity to Ground. Specially bulky Pokemon like Sylveon, Porygon2, and Conkeldurr can switch in to into Thunderbolts aimed at Volcanion. Conversely, these Pokemon all greatly appreciate a partner that can ease their poor Amoonguss matchup. matchups.

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