Volcarona counters

#0637

bug fireTier 5

Lobby CP

48,805

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

220

Defense

161

Difficulty

1.36

Pokebattler scale

Beating Volcarona should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,989-2,075.

Weak torock2.56xflying1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy ★Partly cloudy ★Cloudy Windy ★Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Volcarona counters are Shadow Tyrantrum, Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Glimmora & Shadow Aggron.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Tyrantrum
M. Rayquaza
S. Rampardos
S. Rhyperior
Glimmora
S. Aggron

3 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.336:07
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent1.346:09
3Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.356:12
4Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide1.376:19
5Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide1.386:21
6Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge1.416:29
7Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker1.436:36
8GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.486:50
9Shadow AggronShadowpartySmack Down / Meteor Beam1.537:04
10RampardosSmack Down / Rock Slide1.567:10

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Volcarona

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Top 15 Volcarona counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragonjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	6:07	1.33	6.0	82.8%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	6:09	1.34	6.0	82.5%
3	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	6:12	1.35	6.0	81.8%
4	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	6:19	1.37	6.0	80.3%
5	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	6:21	1.38	6.0	79.8%
6	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	6:29	1.41	6.0	78.1%
7	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	6:36	1.43	6.0	76.8%
8	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	6:50	1.48	6.0	74.2%
9	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	7:04	1.53	6.0	71.8%
10	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	7:10	1.56	6.0	70.7%
11	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	7:17	1.58	6.0	69.5%
12	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	7:21	1.60	6.0	69.0%
13	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,228	7:22	1.60	6.0	68.7%
14	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingGustflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	7:36	1.65	5.9	66.7%
15	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	3,588	7:39	1.66	6.0	66.2%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Volcarona.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Volcarona's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

“Joint top pick”: 3 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	85%	77.6%	6:32	6.0	1.42
Bug Bite / Solar Beam	96%	75%	68.1%	7:26	6.0	1.62
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	96%	76%	69.0%	7:21	6.0	1.60
Bug Bite / Overheat	100%	90%	80.4%	6:18	6.0	1.37
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	89%	80.5%	6:18	6.0	1.37
Fire Spin / Bug Buzz	100%	94%	80.7%	6:17	6.0	1.36
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	99%	81.9%	6:11	6.0	1.35
Fire Spin / Hurricane	100%	118%	82.9%	6:07	6.0	1.33
Bug Bite / Hurricane	100%	123%	83.2%	6:05	6.0	1.32

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Volcarona weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

rock2.56x flying1.6x water1.6x normal1x poison1x ground1x ghost1x fire1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (9)
Resists (6)

It resists grass0.39xfighting0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Volcarona throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
flyingHurricane	105	-100	2.5s	1.00s
grassSolar Beam	180	-100	5.0s	2.80s
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,989	2,487
11/11/11	2,006	2,508
12/12/12	2,023	2,529
13/13/13	2,040	2,551
14/14/14	2,058	2,572
15/15/15hundo	2,075	2,594

Caught CP range 1,989 - 2,075, or 2,487 - 2,594 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Volcarona is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 220 / Defense 161 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Tyrantrum top pickrockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	96%	82.8%	1.33	6:07	15.4	100%	3,128	43.2	962
2	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	82.5%	1.34	6:09	10.1	100%	5,713	42.3	1361
3	Shadow Rampardos top pickrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	90%	81.8%	1.35	6:12	24.8	100%	3,298	44.9	613
4	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	91%	80.3%	1.37	6:19	20.0	100%	4,346	43.2	860
5	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	94%	79.8%	1.38	6:21	13.6	100%	4,118	41.1	1040
6	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	92%	78.1%	1.41	6:29	13.5	100%	5,347	40.5	1119
7	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	87%	76.8%	1.43	6:36	20.6	100%	3,733	41.7	916
8	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	86%	74.2%	1.48	6:50	15.5	100%	3,273	38.6	913
9	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	82%	71.8%	1.53	7:04	17.1	100%	3,000	37.3	906
10	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	78%	70.7%	1.56	7:10	25.7	100%	3,298	38.4	633
11	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	77%	69.5%	1.58	7:17	25.3	94%	3,834	37.9	708
12	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	79%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	16.5	100%	3,128	35.9	889
13	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	75%	68.7%	1.60	7:22	26.4	82%	3,228	38.0	688
14	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	77%	66.7%	1.65	7:36	15.9	100%	3,979	34.5	965
15	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	73%	66.2%	1.66	7:39	25.3	94%	3,588	35.5	609
16	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	72%	65.7%	1.68	7:43	26.1	94%	2,783	35.5	644
17	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	72%	64.9%	1.70	7:49	23.1	76%	3,733	35.2	894
18	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	15.6	100%	5,902	33.1	906
19	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	70%	64.2%	1.72	7:54	26.9	98%	3,784	34.6	577
20	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	72%	63.9%	1.72	7:56	21.2	100%	3,834	33.5	740
21	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	69%	62.6%	1.76	8:06	24.8	76%	3,698	33.8	771
22	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	68%	62.5%	1.76	8:06	28.9	84%	3,331	34.1	526
23	Mega Aggron steelmega Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	72%	62.3%	1.77	8:08	15.7	100%	4,162	32.1	983
24	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	68%	62.0%	1.78	8:10	26.6	80%	2,786	33.3	663
25	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	69%	62.0%	1.78	8:10	21.8	78%	3,228	33.3	775
26	Shadow Hisuian Arcanine firerockshadow Snarl / Rock Slide	Snarl / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	70%	61.4%	1.79	8:15	19.0	100%	3,145	31.9	754
27	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	69%	60.9%	1.81	8:19	19.1	100%	3,465	31.6	792
28	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	67%	60.3%	1.83	8:25	23.7	82%	3,701	32.2	659
29	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	65%	60.2%	1.83	8:25	28.2	78%	2,949	32.4	627
30	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	59.9%	1.84	8:28	30.7	76%	2,802	33.3	610

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.9 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.