Volcarona counters

Gen 8 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Volcarona
#0637 Volcarona
BugFire
USAGE 4.4% #38
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 99.9% Flamethrower 75.7% Psychic 67.6% Roost 46.4% Bug Buzz 46.1% Substitute 32.1% Giga Drain 11.2% Fire Blast 9.8%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 86.4% Leftovers 11.1% Life Orb 2.0% Focus Sash 0.2% Chesto Berry 0.1% Lum Berry 0.1% Choice Specs 0.1% Aguav Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Flame Body81.8%Swarm18.2%
Common Teammates
Weavile45.0%Dragapult33.6%Landorus-Therian31.5%Mew23.9%Clefable23.7%Garchomp23.7%Rillaboom23.2%Dragonite22.1%
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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 #38 with 4.41% usage. Sorted by reliability score.