Volcarona counters

#0637

bug fireTier 3

Lobby CP

23,909

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

203

Defense

148

Difficulty

0.46

Pokebattler scale

Beating Volcarona should take 1 trainer 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 Rampardos, Mega Diancie, Shadow Tyrantrum, Shadow Rhyperior, Glimmora & Shadow Gigalith.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Tyrantrum
S. Rhyperior
Glimmora
S. Gigalith

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 RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.441:17
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide0.451:19
3Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.451:19
4Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.461:21
5Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge0.471:22
6Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.471:23
7Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.481:24
8GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.501:28
9Shadow GigalithShadowpartySmack Down / Meteor Beam0.531:32
10TyrantrumRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.531:33

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

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Raid tier — Group 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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:17	0.44	4.3	303.5%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	1:19	0.45	3.2	296.0%
3	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	1:19	0.45	2.8	295.4%
4	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:21	0.46	1.8	290.7%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	1:22	0.47	2.3	286.0%
6	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	1:23	0.47	2.5	283.2%
7	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	1:24	0.48	3.1	280.6%
8	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	1:28	0.50	2.7	266.9%
9	Shadow Gigalithrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,228	1:32	0.53	3.9	254.3%
10	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	1:33	0.53	2.6	253.4%
11	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:33	0.53	4.4	253.4%
12	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	1:33	0.53	3.0	252.3%
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	3,588	1:34	0.53	4.2	250.2%
14	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	1:34	0.54	4.0	248.5%
15	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	1:36	0.54	4.1	245.6%

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.

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 % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	127%	282.4%	1:23	3.3	0.47
Bug Bite / Solar Beam	100%	85%	229.3%	1:42	5.1	0.58
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	100%	89%	233.2%	1:41	4.9	0.57
Bug Bite / Overheat	100%	146%	295.9%	1:19	3.0	0.45
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	150%	298.8%	1:19	2.9	0.45
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	148%	303.5%	1:17	3.0	0.44
Fire Spin / Bug Buzz	100%	145%	303.8%	1:17	3.0	0.44
Fire Spin / Hurricane	100%	179%	306.0%	1:17	2.2	0.44
Bug Bite / Hurricane	100%	188%	308.9%	1:16	2.1	0.43

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 1 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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 203 / Defense 148 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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 % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	90%	303.5%	0.44	1:17	4.4	100%	3,298	49.4	696
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	92%	296.0%	0.45	1:19	3.3	100%	4,346	47.5	957
3	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	95%	295.4%	0.45	1:19	2.6	100%	3,128	46.2	1046
4	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	290.7%	0.46	1:21	1.6	100%	5,713	45.3	1377
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	94%	286.0%	0.47	1:22	2.1	100%	5,347	44.9	1238
6	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	93%	283.2%	0.47	1:23	2.3	100%	4,118	44.4	1087
7	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	88%	280.6%	0.48	1:24	3.4	100%	3,733	46.1	993
8	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	86%	266.9%	0.50	1:28	2.5	100%	3,273	42.0	1027
9	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	77%	254.3%	0.53	1:32	4.2	100%	3,228	41.6	793
10	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	82%	253.4%	0.53	1:33	2.3	100%	3,128	39.6	1077
11	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	253.4%	0.53	1:33	4.7	100%	3,298	41.0	672
12	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	80%	252.3%	0.53	1:33	2.7	100%	3,000	39.7	1026
13	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	76%	250.2%	0.53	1:34	3.8	100%	3,588	39.3	735
14	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	74%	248.5%	0.54	1:34	4.4	100%	3,834	40.3	773
15	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	73%	245.6%	0.54	1:36	4.3	100%	2,783	39.4	727
16	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	79%	243.3%	0.55	1:36	2.5	100%	3,979	38.5	1071
17	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	72%	236.2%	0.57	1:39	3.7	100%	3,733	38.3	947
18	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	72%	234.3%	0.57	1:40	3.3	100%	3,834	36.7	887
19	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	71%	233.2%	0.57	1:41	4.0	100%	3,698	37.5	836
20	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	68%	229.6%	0.58	1:42	4.8	100%	3,331	37.4	648
21	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	227.9%	0.59	1:43	2.4	100%	5,902	35.5	1069
22	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	67%	226.2%	0.59	1:44	4.5	100%	2,802	36.9	738
23	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	66%	225.3%	0.59	1:44	4.7	100%	2,786	36.2	713
24	Mega Aggron steelmega Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	72%	223.2%	0.60	1:45	2.5	100%	4,162	34.8	1090
25	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	66%	222.0%	0.60	1:46	4.8	100%	3,784	36.3	646
26	Aerodactyl rockflying Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	68%	221.6%	0.60	1:46	3.5	100%	2,783	34.4	767
27	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	71%	221.5%	0.60	1:46	2.7	100%	3,835	34.7	963
28	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	70%	221.0%	0.60	1:46	2.9	100%	3,465	34.4	921
29	Gigalith rock Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	66%	219.0%	0.61	1:47	4.1	100%	3,228	35.8	836
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	64%	213.6%	0.63	1:50	4.3	100%	3,701	35.5	706

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