Volcarona counters

#0637

bug fireTier 1

Lobby CP

9,761

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

166

Defense

121

Difficulty

0.06

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

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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 Rhyperior, Rampardos, Shadow Archeops & Shadow Tyrantrum.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
M. Diancie
S. Rhyperior
Rampardos
S. Archeops
S. Tyrantrum

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 Slide0.050:10
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Power Gem0.060:10
3Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker0.060:11
4Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.060:11
5RampardospartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.070:12
6Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.070:12
7Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide0.070:13
8Shadow ArcheopsShadowpartyWing Attack / Ancient Power0.070:13
9Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam0.070:13
10Mega SkarmoryMegaAir Slash / Drill Peck+0.070:13

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:10	0.05	0.0	4523.5%
2	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockPower Gem	4,346	0:10	0.06	0.0	4359.9%
3	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	0:11	0.06	0.0	4063.7%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:11	0.06	0.0	3864.4%
5	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	0:12	0.07	0.1	3643.0%
6	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:12	0.07	0.0	3487.8%
7	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	0:13	0.07	0.0	3411.3%
8	Shadow Archeopsrockflying	flyingWing AttackrockAncient Power	3,331	0:13	0.07	0.1	3350.3%
9	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:13	0.07	0.0	3343.3%
10	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	0:13	0.07	0.0	3322.4%
11	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	0:13	0.07	0.0	3312.8%
12	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	0:13	0.07	0.0	3287.8%
13	Shadow Aurorusrockice	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	2,802	0:13	0.07	0.1	3277.4%
14	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	3,588	0:14	0.08	0.0	3175.3%
15	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	0:14	0.08	0.0	3156.9%

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%	690%	3854.9%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Bug Bite / Solar Beam	100%	657%	3522.3%	0:12	0.2	0.07
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	100%	864%	3845.4%	0:11	0.1	0.06
Bug Bite / Overheat	100%	671%	3849.2%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Fire Spin / Bug Buzz	100%	601%	3850.8%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	640%	3851.8%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	762%	3875.4%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Bug Bite / Hurricane	100%	720%	3884.9%	0:11	0.0	0.06
Fire Spin / Hurricane	100%	709%	3933.6%	0:11	0.0	0.06

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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 166 / Defense 121 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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	95%	4523.5%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,298	64.7	609
2	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Power Gem	Rock Throw / Power Gem+5 more movesets	100%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	4,346	61.4	614
3	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	90%	4063.7%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,733	58.4	614
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	83%	3864.4%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,701	54.6	615
5	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	72%	3643.0%	0.07	0:12	0.1	100%	3,298	53.6	598
6	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	80%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	5,713	49.0	612
7	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	74%	3411.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,118	52.1	667
8	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	69%	3350.3%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	3,331	50.2	625
9	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	70%	3343.3%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,128	63.5	825
10	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	73%	3322.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,741	49.5	649
11	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	69%	3312.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,273	56.6	743
12	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	69%	3287.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,128	52.8	698
13	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	65%	3277.4%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,802	51.8	649
14	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	62%	3175.3%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,588	50.5	693
15	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	62%	3156.9%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,783	51.0	705
16	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	67%	3127.4%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,228	51.2	714
17	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	63%	3116.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,698	47.6	668
18	Aurorus rockice Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	63%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	2,802	43.2	605
19	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Gust / Brave Bird+	Gust / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	68%	3114.0%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,979	45.9	643
20	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	60%	3057.2%	0.08	0:14	0.2	100%	2,949	47.5	608
21	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	62%	3054.5%	0.08	0:14	0.2	100%	3,733	46.8	615
22	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	61%	3046.8%	0.08	0:14	0.2	100%	3,228	57.0	733
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+8 more movesets	59%	3027.5%	0.08	0:14	0.2	100%	2,949	47.3	613
24	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	62%	3019.1%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,000	54.1	780
25	Shadow Regirock rockshadow Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	61%	3006.6%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,122	42.5	616
26	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	58%	3005.7%	0.08	0:15	0.0	100%	2,689	42.5	607
27	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	58%	2977.3%	0.08	0:15	0.2	100%	2,786	44.4	590
28	Lycanroc (Dusk) rock Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+11 more movesets	55%	2900.5%	0.08	0:15	0.2	100%	2,701	43.1	569
29	Lycanroc (Midday) rock Rock Throw / Stone Edge	Rock Throw / Stone Edge+7 more movesets	55%	2896.7%	0.08	0:15	0.2	100%	2,678	42.0	556
30	Shadow Sudowoodo rockshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+11 more movesets	53%	2863.2%	0.08	0:15	0.3	100%	2,148	43.5	561

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