Volcarona counters

Gen 7 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Volcarona
#0637 Volcarona
BugFire
USAGE 6.7% #33
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 99.5% Flamethrower 70.3% Bug Buzz 69.9% Hidden Power Ground 50.2% Giga Drain 27.3% Substitute 25.9% Fire Blast 22.1% Roost 17.4%
Items
Leftovers 37.1% Iapapa Berry 11.8% Life Orb 11.5% Buginium Z 10.3% Firium Z 9.4% Lum Berry 6.8% Psychium Z 6.4% Passho Berry 2.0%
Abilities
Flame Body71.0%Swarm29.0%
Common Teammates
Diancie-Mega51.2%Magearna49.0%Landorus-Therian46.3%Serperior34.8%Kartana24.8%Tapu Lele23.6%Tapu Fini16.6%Kyurem-Black16.5%
Browse Gen 7 OU teams using Volcarona →
Teams using Greninja 62% Teams using Heatran 47% Teams using Kartana 44% Teams using Toxapex 41% Teams using Landorus-Therian 41%

Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Greninja
Greninja
WaterDark OFFENSIVE CHECK
59.582
62
62.1% dies 8.74%
02
Heatran
Heatran
FireSteel SOFT CHECK
20.273
47
47.3% dies 11.09%
03
Medicham-Mega
Medicham-Mega
FightingPsychic SOFT CHECK
22.838
45
44.5% dies 10.40%
04
Kartana
Kartana
GrassSteel SOFT CHECK
27.684
44
44.0% dies 9.44%
05
Toxapex
Toxapex
PoisonWater SOFT CHECK
73.171
41
40.7% dies 7.97%
06
Landorus-Therian
Landorus-Therian
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
98.922
41
40.7% dies 8.36%
07
Tapu Koko
Tapu Koko
ElectricFairy SOFT CHECK
34.145
38
37.6% dies 8.29%
08
Excadrill
Excadrill
GroundSteel SOFT CHECK
21.144
25
24.8% dies 9.39%
09
Magearna
Magearna
SteelFairy SOFT CHECK
98.351
6
5.9% dies 4.10%
10
Ferrothorn
Ferrothorn
GrassSteel SOFT CHECK
88.084
4
4.2% dies 3.32%

Ranked #33 with 6.73% usage. Sorted by reliability score.