Volcanion @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature / Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Steam Eruption
- Flamethrower
- Earth Power
- Sludge Bomb
Volcanion presents itself as a powerful wallbreaker in OU thanks to its strong base 130 Special Attack as well as solid bulk and movepool. A Timid nature lets Volcanion outspeed Bisharp and Magnezone and hit specific benchmarks for Landorus-T, Tapu Fini and Buzzwole, whereas Modest Volcanion hits much stronger and manages to stay ahead of particular Pokemon like defensive Scizor and Crawdaunt. Steam Eruption lets Volcanion cook targets like Landorus-T and Garchomp to a crisp and fish for burns. Flamethrower handles the numerous Steel-types in the tier like Scizor, Ferrothorn, and Kartana. Earth Power deals massive damage to Toxapex and picks off Galarian Slowking. Sludge Bomb gives Volcanion the ability to hit the large number of Fairy-types in the tier like Tapu Fini and Clefable. Volcanion appreciates pivot support from the likes of Tapu Koko and Landorus-T, pivoting it into Ground-types and Steel-types, giving it amazing opportunities to fire off powerful moves. Landorus-T makes for an excellent partner due to its ability to support Volcanion both with pivoting and entry hazards, making it much easier for Volcanion to pressure switch-ins. Tapu Lele also makes for a fantastic partner thanks to its ability to overwhelm the likes of Blissey, Toxapex, and a majority of Steel-types for Volcanion to dismantle teams late game, while Volcanion gets rid of Tapu Lele's common switch-ins like Ferrothorn, Corviknight, Clefable, and Heatran.
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