GG Volcarona (GP 1/1)

[longhiep341]

[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance (Defense)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Giga Drain / Toxic
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona's good defensive typing and Quiver Dance make it a threatening late-game sweeper. Its significant bulk with a Defense donation lets it find many opportunities to set up against passive Pokemon such as RegenVest Reuniclus and Slowbro, as well as offensive Pokemon such as Buzzwole and Zamazenta-C. Flamethrower is a consistent STAB move that lets it deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, notably Tangrowth and Skarmory, as Fire Blast's low PP and accuracy is not worth the extra power. Giga Drain is the preferred coverage to heavily damage Water-types, especially Gastrodon, which can use Clear Smog to erase all Quiver Dance boosts. Toxic hits common switch-ins such as Ho-Oh, wearing them down more easily over the course of a game. Roost lets Volcarona consistently act as a defensive wall and has great synergy with Flame Body, as it can fish for burns against the likes of Zeraora and Corviknight. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, from limiting its attempts to switch in. The given EV spread alongside a Timid nature helps Volcarona outrun Tapu Fini, as well as Pheromosa and its Speed receivers at +1.

Volcarona is usually seen on balance and bulky offense builds as a late-game wincon. Gods with a high Defense stat like Necrozma-DM and Zamazenta-C greatly bolster Volcarona's defensive capabilities. However, even a lower donation from Rayquaza and Kyurem-W is appreciated. Water-types, notably Gastrodon and Rotom-W, appreciate Volcarona's ability to check Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. While Volcarona has to watch out for Knock Off from both, it can potentially burn them, making them much easier to deal with. In return, they take care of opposing Fire-types, namely Ho-Oh, Heatran, and Victini. Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona, as it also provides Defog, which comes in handy if Volcarona has to take Knock Off, and deals with Rayquaza and Urshifu-R, which beat Volcarona prior to boosting. Teammates that can break Ho-Oh and Heatran are a must, as the aforementioned Water-types can't heavily damage them, which makes Zeraora and Zygarde-10% great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A more offensive Quiver Dance set with Fire Blast, Bug Buzz, and Giga Drain or Psychic is an option on more hyper offense teams. However it struggles to break Ho-Oh without significant support.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Ho-Oh and Heatran resist most of Volcarona's attacks and cripple it with Brave Bird or Toxic, respectively.

**Dragon-type Pokemon**: Giratina and Rayquaza take little damage from Volcarona and can phaze it with Dragon Tail or threaten an OHKO with Dragon Ascent, respectively.

**Item Removal**: Heavy-Duty Boots are required on Volcarona to avoid taking 50% from Stealth Rock. Knock Off users such as Rillaboom, Ferrothorn, and Kartana threaten to remove its item when Volcarona switches in. Clefable and Tapu Fini can also threaten to remove its item with Trick.

**Status**: Paralysis greatly limits Volcarona's ability to sweep. Toxic also prevents Volcarona from sweeping and makes it difficult to muscle through foes such as Giratina that it would otherwise threaten.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[longhiep341, 500884]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [beauts, 484270]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [UT, 523866]]

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

QC Check

[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance (Defense)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Giga Drain
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona's good defensive typing and access to Quiver Dance makes it a threatening late-game sweeper and a wall against common Pokemon such as Kartana. It finds many opportunities to set up against passive Pokemon, including Clefable and Slowbro, (comma) as well as offensive Pokemon that it threatens like Buzzwole and Zamazenta-C. Flamethrower is the most consistent Fire-type STAB attack to deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, notably Tangrowth and Skarmory, as Fire Blast's low PPs PP and accuracy is not worth the extra power. Giga Drain is the preferred coverage to heavily damage Water-types, especially Gastrodon, which can use Clear Smog to erase all Quiver Dance boosts. Roost lets Volcarona consistently act as a defensive wall and has great synergy with Flame Body to fish for burns against the likes of Zeraora and Corviknight. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, from limiting its attempts to switch in. The given EV spread alongside a Timid nature helps Volcarona outrun Nidoking and max Speed Tapu Fini, and also Pheromosa and its Speed receivers at +1.

Volcarona is usually seen on offense builds as a late game wincon and a check to Grass-types, in particular Kartana and Rillaboom. Gods with a high Defense stat, like Necrozma-DM and Zamazenta-C, (comma) greatly bolster Volcarona's defensive capabilities, however even a lower donation from Kyogre and Kyurem-W is appreciated. Water-types, notably Gastrodon and Rotom-W, appreciate Volcarona's ability to check the aforementioned Grass-types and potentially burn them, making them much easier to deal with. In return, they take care of opposing Fire-types, namely Ho-Oh, Heatran, and Victini. Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona as it also provides Defog, which comes in handy if Volcarona has to take Knock Off, and deals with Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Urshifu-R, which beat Volcarona prior to boosting. Teammates that can break Ho-Oh and Heatran are a must, which makes Zeraora and Zygarde-10% great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A more offensive Quiver Dance set with Fire Blast, Bug Buzz, and Giga Drain or Psychic is an option on more offensive teams, however it still loses to common Pokemon like Ho-Oh and Rayquaza while sacrificing much of its defensive utility. Toxic can be used to target Ho-Oh, but is not useful otherwise.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Ho-Oh and Heatran resist most attacks Volcarona can throw at them and cripple it with Toxic, with the former also being able to 2HKO with Brave Bird and the latter even having an immunity to Fire.

**Dragon-type Pokemon**: Giratina and Rayquaza take little damage from Volcarona and can proceed to stall it or straight up threaten an OHKO. Dracozolt in sand and Garchomp also outspeed and heavily damage it, however they take more damage from its attacks compared to Rayquaza and Giratina.

**Item removal**: Without Heavy-Duty Boots, Volcarona loses half of its HP every time it switches in if Stealth Rock is up. Pokemon that it's supposed to set up on like Clefable and Slowking can cripple it with Trick. Even common Grass-types that Volcarona threatens like Rillaboom, Kartana, and Ferrothorn usually carry Knock Off, limiting its ability to deal with them consistently.

**Status**: Paralysis negates Volcarona's Speed, making it much easier for other Pokemon to outspeed and KO it. Toxic greatly limits its ability to set up and sweep, especially against bulky Pokemon like Giratina that requires multiple boosts to muscle through.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[longhiep341, 500884]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

QC 1/2! Nice job.

 

[longhiep341]

Implemented.

 

[hayedenn]

add remove conjecture other

[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance (Defense)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Giga Drain / Toxic
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona's good defensive typing and access to Quiver Dance makes it a threatening late-game sweeper and a wall against common Pokemon such as Kartana i dont really agree bc volc doesnt want its boots knocked. Its significant bulk with a Defense donation lets it find many opportunities to set up against passive Pokemon, including Clefable and Slowbro, good clef sets run anti-setup such as twave or encore such as RegenVest Reuniclus and Slowbro as well as versus offensive Pokemon such as that it threatens like Buzzwole and Zamazenta-C. Flamethrower is the most consistent Fire-type STAB attack to deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, notably Tangrowth and Skarmory, as Fire Blast's low PP and accuracy is not worth the extra power. Giga Drain is the preferred coverage to heavily damage Water-types, especially Gastrodon, which can use Clear Smog to erase all Quiver Dance boosts. Toxic hits common switch-ins such as Ho-oh, letting it be worn down more easily over the course of a game. Roost lets Volcarona consistently act as a defensive wall and has great synergy with Flame Body to fish for burns against the likes of Zeraora and Corviknight. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, from limiting its attempts to switch in. The given EV spread alongside a Timid nature helps Volcarona outrun Tapu Fini, and also as well as Pheromosa and its Speed receivers at +1.

Volcarona is usually seen on offense balance and bulky-offense builds as a late game wincon and a decent check to Grass-types, in particular Kartana and Rillaboom. i dont really get the inclusion of grass-types that carry knock off that limit volc's utility heavily. yeah technically it can check them but it isnt a great check Gods with a high Defense stat, like Necrozma-DM and Zamazenta-C, greatly bolster Volcarona's defensive capabilities, however even a lower donation from Kyogre and Kyurem-W is appreciated. Water-types, notably Gastrodon and Rotom-W, appreciate Volcarona's ability to check the aforementioned Grass-types and potentially burn them, making them much easier to deal with. In return, they take care of opposing Fire-types, namely Ho-Oh, Heatran, and Victini. Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona as it also provides Defog, which comes in handy if Volcarona has to take Knock Off, and deals with Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Urshifu-R, which beat Volcarona prior to boosting. Teammates that can break Ho-Oh and Heatran are a must, which makes Zeraora and Zygarde-10% great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A more offensive Quiver Dance set with Life Orb and Fire Blast, Bug Buzz, and Giga Drain or Psychic is an option on more offensive hyper offense teams, however it still loses to common Pokemon like Ho-Oh and Rayquaza while sacrificing much of its defensive utility struggles to break Ho-oh without significant support. Toxic can be used to target Ho-Oh, but is not useful otherwise.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Ho-Oh and Heatran resist most attacks Volcarona can throw at them Volcarona's attacks and cripple it with Brave Bird or Toxic, with the former also being able to 2HKO with Brave Bird and the latter even having an immunity to Fire.

**Dragon-type Pokemon**: Giratina and Rayquaza take little damage from Volcarona and can proceed to stall it or straight up threaten an OHKO. phaze it with Dragon Tail or threaten an OHKO with Dragon Ascent respectively. Dracozolt in sand and Garchomp also outspeed and heavily damage it, however they take more damage from its attacks compared to Rayquaza and Giratina.

**Item removal Knock Off**: Without Heavy-Duty Boots, Volcarona loses half of its HP every time it switches in if Stealth Rock is up. Pokemon that it's supposed to set up on like Clefable and Slowking can cripple it with Trick. Even common Grass-types that Volcarona threatens like Rillaboom, Kartana, and Ferrothorn usually carry Knock Off, limiting its ability to deal with them consistently. Heavy-Duty Boots are required on Volcarona to avoid taking 50% from Stealth Rock. Knock Off users such as Rillaboom, Ferrothorn and Kartana threaten to remove its item when Volcarona switches in. Clefable and Tapu Fini can also threaten to remove its item with Trick. make your writing a bit more formal and to the point

**Status**: Paralysis negates Volcarona's Speed, making it much easier for other Pokemon to outspeed and KO it. Toxic greatly limits its ability to set up and sweep, especially against bulky Pokemon like Giratina that requires multiple boosts to muscle through. Paralysis greatly limits Volcarona's ability to sweep due to halving its speed. Toxic also prevents Volcarona from sweeping and makes it difficult to muscle through foes such as Giratina that it would otherwise threaten. something like this except idt 0 invested volc is ever threatening tina

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[longhiep341, 500884]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [beauts, 484270]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

qc 2/2. your writing is improving but try and make it a bit more formal. you have a tendency to write oddly worded sentences. make it less how you would talk to someone and rather how you may read it in a book if that makes sense. you can also make a lot of your sentences shorter and more to the point

 

[longhiep341]

Done after further reviews, thanks! Ready for GP Team

 

[Sulo]

amgp check, implement what you want
add remove comment
ac = added comma
rc = removed comma
ap = added period

set it ablaze

[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance (Defense)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Giga Drain / Toxic
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona's good defensive typing and access to Quiver Dance make makes it a threatening late-game sweeper. Its significant bulk with a Defense donation lets it find many opportunities to set up against passive Pokemon such as RegenVest Reuniclus and Slowbro, as well as versus offensive Pokemon such as Buzzwole and Zamazenta-C. Flamethrower is a consistent STAB move that lets it deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, the most consistent Fire-type STAB attack to deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, notably Tangrowth and Skarmory, as Fire Blast's low PP and accuracy is not worth the extra power. Giga Drain is the preferred coverage to heavily damage Water-types, especially Gastrodon, which can use Clear Smog to erase all Quiver Dance boosts. Toxic hits common switch-ins such as Ho-Oh, wearing it down letting it be worn down more easily over the course of a game. Roost lets Volcarona consistently act as a defensive wall and has great synergy with Flame Body, (ac) as it can to fish for burns against the likes of Zeraora and Corviknight. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, from limiting its attempts to switch in. The given EV spread alongside a Timid nature helps Volcarona outrun Tapu Fini, as well as Pheromosa and its Speed receivers at +1.

Volcarona is usually seen on balance and bulky offense builds as a late-game (added hyphen) wincon. Gods with a high Defense stat (rc) like Necrozma-DM and Zamazenta-C (rc) greatly bolster Volcarona's defensive capabilities. (ap) However, however even a lower donation from Kyogre and Kyurem-W is appreciated. Water-types, notably Gastrodon and Rotom-W, appreciate Volcarona's ability to check Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. (ap) While albeit Volcarona has to watch out for Knock Off from both, it can and potentially burn them, making them much easier to deal with. In return, they take care of opposing Fire-types, namely Ho-Oh, Heatran, and Victini. Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona as it also provides Defog, which comes in handy if Volcarona has to take Knock Off, and deals with Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Urshifu-R, which beat Volcarona prior to boosting. (added space here) Teammates that can break Ho-Oh and Heatran are a must, as the aforementioned Water-types can't heavily damage them, which makes Zeraora and Zygarde-10% great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A more offensive Quiver Dance set with Fire Blast, Bug Buzz, and Giga Drain or Psychic is an option on more hyper offense teams. (ap) However, however it struggles to break Ho-Oh without significant support.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Ho-Oh and Heatran resist most of Volcarona's attacks and cripple it with Brave Bird or Toxic, (ac) respectively.

**Dragon-type Pokemon**: Giratina and Rayquaza take little damage from Volcarona and can proceed to phaze it with Dragon Tail or threaten an OHKO with Dragon Ascent, respectively.

**Item Removal removal**: Heavy-Duty Boots are required on Volcarona to avoid taking 50% from Stealth Rock. Knock Off users such as Rillaboom, Ferrothorn and Kartana threaten to remove its item when Volcarona switches in. Clefable and Tapu Fini can also threaten to remove its item with Trick.

**Status**: Paralysis greatly limits Volcarona's ability to sweep due to halving its speed (I think this is dex info). Toxic also prevents Volcarona from sweeping and makes it difficult to muscle through foes such as Giratina that it would otherwise threaten.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[longhiep341, 500884]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[UT]

add remove conjecture

GP Check

[SET]
name: Bulky Quiver Dance (Defense)
move 1: Quiver Dance
move 2: Flamethrower
move 3: Giga Drain / Toxic
move 4: Roost
item: Heavy-Duty Boots
ability: Flame Body
nature: Timid
evs: 252 HP / 120 Def / 136 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Volcarona's good defensive typing and access to Quiver Dance make makes it a threatening late-game sweeper. Its significant bulk with a Defense donation lets it find many opportunities to set up against passive Pokemon such as RegenVest Reuniclus and Slowbro, as well as versus offensive Pokemon such as Buzzwole and Zamazenta-C. Flamethrower is a consistent STAB move that lets it deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, the most consistent Fire-type STAB attack to deal with common Steel- and Grass-types, notably Tangrowth and Skarmory, as Fire Blast's low PP and accuracy is not worth the extra power. Giga Drain is the preferred coverage to heavily damage Water-types, especially Gastrodon, which can use Clear Smog to erase all Quiver Dance boosts. Toxic hits common switch-ins such as Ho-Oh, wearing them down letting it be worn down more easily over the course of a game. Roost lets Volcarona consistently act as a defensive wall and has great synergy with Flame Body, (ac) as it can to fish for burns against the likes of Zeraora and Corviknight. Heavy-Duty Boots prevents entry hazards, especially Stealth Rock, from limiting its attempts to switch in. The given EV spread alongside a Timid nature helps Volcarona outrun Tapu Fini, as well as Pheromosa and its Speed receivers at +1.

Volcarona is usually seen on balance and bulky offense builds as a late-game (added hyphen) wincon. Gods with a high Defense stat (rc) like Necrozma-DM and Zamazenta-C (rc) greatly bolster Volcarona's defensive capabilities. (ap) However, however even a lower donation from Kyogre and Kyurem-W is appreciated. Water-types, notably Gastrodon and Rotom-W, appreciate Volcarona's ability to check Grass-types like Rillaboom and Kartana. (ap) While albeit Volcarona has to watch out for Knock Off from both, it can and potentially burn them, making them much easier to deal with. In return, they take care of opposing Fire-types, namely Ho-Oh, Heatran, and Victini. Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona, (ac) as it also provides Defog, which comes in handy if Volcarona has to take Knock Off, and deals with Rayquaza, Kyogre, and Urshifu-R, which beat Volcarona prior to boosting. (added space here) Teammates that can break Ho-Oh and Heatran are a must, as the aforementioned Water-types can't heavily damage them, which makes Zeraora and Zygarde-10% great partners.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============

A more offensive Quiver Dance set with Fire Blast, Bug Buzz, and Giga Drain or Psychic is an option on more hyper offense teams. (ap) However, however it struggles to break Ho-Oh without significant support.

Checks and Counters
===================

**Fire-type Pokemon**: Ho-Oh and Heatran resist most of Volcarona's attacks and cripple it with Brave Bird or Toxic, (ac) respectively.

**Dragon-type Pokemon**: Giratina and Rayquaza take little damage from Volcarona and can proceed to phaze it with Dragon Tail or threaten an OHKO with Dragon Ascent, respectively.

**Item Removal removal**: Heavy-Duty Boots are required on Volcarona to avoid taking 50% from Stealth Rock. Knock Off users such as Rillaboom, Ferrothorn, (ac) and Kartana threaten to remove its item when Volcarona switches in. Clefable and Tapu Fini can also threaten to remove its item with Trick.

**Status**: Paralysis greatly limits Volcarona's ability to sweep due to halving its speed (I think this is dex info). Toxic also prevents Volcarona from sweeping and makes it difficult to muscle through foes such as Giratina that it would otherwise threaten.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[longhiep341, 500884]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [beauts, 484270]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Sulo, 528036], [UT, 523866]]

GP 1/1! Please make sure Sulo is credited as well.

Notes for Sulo

Generally, red/green is a bad color combination due to red/green colorblindness. I recommend blue/red for add/remove.
"access to" is generally a filler phrase that can be removed
"switch-ins such as Ho-Oh, wearing it down" 'switch-ins' is the subject here and plural, so it should be 'wearing them down'
"Rotom-W synergizes especially well with Volcarona as it also provides Defog" should have a comma before 'as'
"Knock Off users such as Rillaboom, Ferrothorn and Kartana" missing comma between ferrothorn and and

GP Team done

 

[longhiep341]

Implemented and eradicated all traces of Kyogre, thanks both Sulo and UT!

 

[UT]

Uploaded!

https://www.smogon.com/dex/ss/pokemon/volcarona/godly-gift/