Volcarona counters

Gen 6 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Volcarona
#0637 Volcarona
BugFire
USAGE 7.9% #28
ABILITYFlame Body
BASE STATS
HP 85
ATK 60
DEF 65
SPA 135
SPD 105
SPE 100
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Rock
2×
WaterFlying
½×
IceFightingBugSteelFairy
¼×
Grass
Moves
Quiver Dance 97.6% Bug Buzz 61.1% Flamethrower 57.8% Giga Drain 43.8% Hidden Power Ground 40.7% Substitute 30.0% Fire Blast 18.9% Fiery Dance 18.4%
Items
Leftovers 37.9% Lum Berry 23.5% Life Orb 14.6% Chesto Berry 10.4% Sitrus Berry 6.2% Focus Sash 2.9% Choice Scarf 2.4% Passho Berry 1.3%
Abilities
Flame Body70.6%Swarm29.4%
Common Teammates
Excadrill40.5%Thundurus38.9%Bisharp31.0%Cloyster29.9%Landorus-Therian29.9%Gyarados-Mega27.0%Mew26.5%Serperior25.0%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #28 with 7.94% usage. Sorted by reliability score.