Volbeat counters

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

Volbeat
#0313 Volbeat
Bug
USAGE 3.0% #60
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 99.3% Sunny Day 95.8% Encore 91.4% Roost 62.5% Moonlight 28.5% Thunder Wave 9.4% Taunt 8.4% Rain Dance 3.5%
Items
Heat Rock 95.7% Eject Button 2.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.2% Focus Sash 0.4% Iron Ball 0.1% Leftovers 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% Wide Lens 0.0%
Abilities
Prankster99.1%Illuminate0.9%Swarm0.0%
Tera Types
Ghost 62.2% Dark 23.7% Bug 6.9% Steel 5.5% Water 1.0% Fairy 0.3% Ground 0.2% Dragon 0.1%
Common Teammates
Venusaur87.3%Scovillain74.1%Tauros-Paldea-Blaze69.2%Mesprit40.0%Lilligant27.4%Coalossal25.1%Regirock21.3%Wo-Chien20.3%
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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 #60 with 3.03% usage. Sorted by reliability score.