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Volcarona
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Volcarona

BugFire

Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Overheat, worth 15.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Volcarona can learn 8 combinations. Fire Spin with Overheat does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageRock
Weak toFlyingWater
ResistsFightingBugSteelIceFairy
Strongly resistsGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BiteBug50.5s+6
Fire SpinFire131.0s+9
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bug BuzzBug953.5s-50
HurricaneFlying1052.5s-100
OverheatFire1604.0s-100
Solar BeamGrass1805.0s-100

Shiny

Volcarona
Normal
Shiny Volcarona
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Volcarona has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Evolution family

Larvesta
Larvesta
Volcarona
Volcarona

Numbers

Max CP4,106 at level 50, 3,632 at level 40
Raid catch2,075 CP at level 20, or 2,594 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,989 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats264 attack · 189 defense · 198 stamina

What it costs

Candy to evolve25 Candy
Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Size1.6 m and 46 kg

Best moveset against each type

Volcarona does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
BugFire Spin + Overheat24.3
SteelFire Spin + Overheat24.3
GrassFire Spin + Overheat24.3
IceFire Spin + Overheat24.3
PsychicBug Bite + Bug Buzz21.1
DarkBug Bite + Bug Buzz21.1
GroundBug Bite + Solar Beam18.3
RockBug Bite + Solar Beam18.3
WaterBug Bite + Solar Beam18.3
FightingFire Spin + Hurricane15.7
NormalFire Spin + Overheat15.2
FlyingFire Spin + Overheat15.2
PoisonFire Spin + Overheat15.2
GhostFire Spin + Overheat15.2
ElectricFire Spin + Overheat15.2
FairyFire Spin + Overheat15.2
DragonBug Bite + Bug Buzz13.5
FireBug Bite + Hurricane10.6

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Volcarona is actually for.

Counters: what beats Volcarona

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
GlimmoraRockPoisonRock Throw + Meteor Beam41.0
RampardosRockSmack Down + Rock Slide40.6
TyrantrumRockDragonRock Throw + Meteor Beam38.0
GigalithRockLock On + Meteor Beam Legacy38.0
RhyperiorGroundRockSmack Down + Rock Wrecker Legacy36.7
TerrakionRockFightingSmack Down + Rock Slide36.0
TyranitarRockDarkSmack Down + Stone Edge Legacy34.7
LycanrocRockRock Throw + Stone Edge33.0
AggronSteelRockSmack Down + Meteor Beam32.1
AerodactylRockFlyingRock Throw + Rock Slide31.7

Ranked by damage per second against Volcarona's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.