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Volcarona: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds
Volcarona is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (135) and Sp. Def (105), with a base stat total of 550. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats. In the VGC ladder it sits at 1.2% usage.
Build a team with VolcaronaWhat is Volcarona weak to?
How much damage Volcarona takes from each attacking type.
Volcarona takes super-effective damage from Rock, Flying, Water (Rock hit it for 4x damage). It resists Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Ice, Steel, Grass.
Best moveset for Volcarona
The most-used moves on Volcarona in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):
- ProtectNormal-21.4%
- Rage PowderBug-19.5%
- Heat WaveFire9512.6%
- Struggle BugBug5012.4%
- Quiver DanceBug-11.1%
- Fiery DanceFire808.2%
Best nature for Volcarona
Modest. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Modest with 32/0/12/7/0/15 EVs (35.3% of sets).
Abilities
- Flame Body30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be burned.
- SwarmAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Bug attacks.
Evolution line
LarvestaBest teammates for Volcarona
Pokémon most often paired with Volcarona on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:
Full learnset (56 moves; tap to expand)
| Move | Type | Power | Acc. | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giga Impact | Normal | 150 | 90% | Physical |
| Hyper Beam | Normal | 150 | 90% | Special |
| Overheat | Fire | 130 | 90% | Special |
| Double-Edge | Normal | 120 | 100% | Physical |
| Flare Blitz | Fire | 120 | 100% | Physical |
| Solar Beam | Grass | 120 | 100% | Special |
| Fire Blast | Fire | 110 | 85% | Special |
| Hurricane | Flying | 110 | 70% | Special |
| Heat Wave | Fire | 95 | 90% | Special |
| Bug Buzz | Bug | 90 | 100% | Special |
| Flamethrower | Fire | 90 | 100% | Special |
| Fly | Flying | 90 | 95% | Physical |
| Psychic | Psychic | 90 | 100% | Special |
| Take Down | Normal | 90 | 85% | Physical |
| Wild Charge | Electric | 90 | 100% | Physical |
| Body Slam | Normal | 85 | 100% | Physical |
| Fiery Dance | Fire | 80 | 100% | Special |
| Leech Life | Bug | 80 | 100% | Physical |
| Lunge | Bug | 80 | 100% | Physical |
| Poison Jab | Poison | 80 | 100% | Physical |
| Tera Blast | Normal | 80 | 100% | Special |
| Zen Headbutt | Psychic | 80 | 90% | Physical |
| Air Slash | Flying | 75 | 95% | Special |
| Giga Drain | Grass | 75 | 100% | Special |
| Facade | Normal | 70 | 100% | Physical |
| Skitter Smack | Bug | 70 | 90% | Physical |
| U-turn | Bug | 70 | 100% | Physical |
| Air Cutter | Flying | 60 | 95% | Special |
| Bug Bite | Bug | 60 | 100% | Physical |
| Flame Wheel | Fire | 60 | 100% | Physical |
| Acrobatics | Flying | 55 | 100% | Physical |
| Flame Charge | Fire | 50 | 100% | Physical |
| Pounce | Bug | 50 | 100% | Physical |
| Struggle Bug | Bug | 50 | 100% | Special |
| Trailblaze | Grass | 50 | 100% | Physical |
| Dual Wingbeat | Flying | 40 | 90% | Physical |
| Ember | Fire | 40 | 100% | Special |
| Gust | Flying | 40 | 100% | Special |
| Fire Spin | Fire | 35 | 85% | Special |
| Amnesia | Psychic | - | - | Status |
| Calm Mind | Psychic | - | - | Status |
| Endure | Normal | - | - | Status |
| Light Screen | Psychic | - | - | Status |
| Protect | Normal | - | - | Status |
| Quiver Dance | Bug | - | - | Status |
| Rage Powder | Bug | - | - | Status |
| Rain Dance | Water | - | - | Status |
| Rest | Psychic | - | - | Status |
| Screech | Normal | - | 85% | Status |
| Sleep Talk | Normal | - | - | Status |
| String Shot | Bug | - | 95% | Status |
| Substitute | Normal | - | - | Status |
| Sunny Day | Fire | - | - | Status |
| Tailwind | Flying | - | - | Status |
| Whirlwind | Normal | - | - | Status |
| Will-O-Wisp | Fire | - | 85% | Status |