Volcanion Counters — Gen 9 National Dex FireWater

Gen 9 National Dex counter data · Sorted by KO Rate (P) · Smogon 2026-04

Checks and Counters

What beats Volcanion in Gen 9 National Dex? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, the following checks and counters are the most effective at beating Volcanion. Sorted by KO Rate (P) — the chance the checker wins when it encounters Volcanion.

Volcanion is ranked #94 in Gen 9 National Dex with a 1.05% usage rate.

The top five checks and counters for Volcanion in Gen 9 National Dex are Alomomola (33.9%).

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Alomomola Alomomola 37.435 33.9% 7.74%

KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Volcanion. KO Rate (D): % of Volcanion's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.

Volcanion Usage Stats

Most Used Moves

Steam Eruption 25.0% Flamethrower 21.3% Earth Power 17.1% Taunt 13.7% Fire Spin 6.1% Substitute 5.6% Sludge Bomb 2.2% Sludge Wave 1.9%

Most Used Items

Heavy-Duty Boots 81.5% Choice Specs 8.8% Assault Vest 3.5% Leftovers 2.3% Choice Scarf 1.0% Air Balloon 1.0% Shuca Berry 0.6% Expert Belt 0.6%

Common Teammates

Rillaboom 8.8% Diancie-Mega 7.3% Hydreigon 6.5% Nidoking 6.0% Metagross 5.7% Pecharunt 4.7% Ting-Lu 3.7% Corviknight 3.3%

Usage data based on Smogon weighted stats from 2026-04. Percentages show how often each move, item, ability, or Tera Type was used on Volcanion sets.

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