Volbeat counters

Gen 9 PU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Volbeat
#0313 Volbeat
Bug
USAGE 1.5% #83
ABILITYPrankster
BASE STATS
HP 65
ATK 73
DEF 75
SPA 47
SPD 85
SPE 85
BST430
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireFlyingRock
½×
GrassFightingGround
Moves
U-turn 99.8% Sunny Day 92.1% Encore 79.3% Moonlight 46.6% Roost 37.4% Taunt 20.7% Thunder Wave 13.7% Rain Dance 4.2%
Items
Heat Rock 92.0% Eject Button 3.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 3.2% Focus Sash 1.1% Wise Glasses 0.2% Iron Ball 0.1% Leftovers 0.0% Life Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Prankster97.9%Illuminate2.1%Swarm0.0%
Tera Types
Ghost 69.2% Steel 11.6% Bug 10.2% Water 5.1% Dark 4.0% Dragon 0.0% Rock 0.0% Ground 0.0%
Common Teammates
Venusaur79.8%Tauros-Paldea-Blaze57.3%Mesprit51.8%Scovillain47.1%Wo-Chien46.8%Avalugg-Hisui34.5%Rhydon21.3%Typhlosion-Hisui19.7%

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 #83 with 1.51% usage. Sorted by reliability score.