Volcarona counters

#0637

bug fireElite

Lobby CP

56,355

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

274

Defense

200

Difficulty

2.37

Pokebattler scale

Beating Volcarona should take 3 trainers 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 Mega Rayquaza, Shadow Rhyperior, Shadow Gigalith, Glimmora, Shadow Tyrantrum & Tyrantrum.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Rayquaza
S. Rhyperior
S. Gigalith
Glimmora
S. Tyrantrum
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 %

1Mega RayquazaMegaLegendarypartyAir Slash / Dragon Ascent2.2610:23
2Mega DiancieMegaLegendaryRock Throw / Rock Slide2.2610:24
3Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide2.3610:51
4Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge2.3610:51
5Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker2.4911:28
6Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam2.5211:36
7GlimmorapartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.5911:56
8Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.6212:03
9TyrantrumpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam2.6812:20
10Shadow TyranitarShadowSmack Down / Stone Edge2.6912:24

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

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Raid tier — Elite Raid

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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	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	10:23	2.26	6.0	48.8%
2	Mega Diancierockfairyjoint top pick	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	10:24	2.26	6.0	48.7%
3	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	10:51	2.36	6.0	46.7%
4	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	10:51	2.36	6.0	46.7%
5	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	11:28	2.49	6.0	44.2%
6	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	11:36	2.52	6.0	43.7%
7	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	11:56	2.59	6.0	42.5%
8	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	12:03	2.62	6.0	42.1%
9	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	12:20	2.68	6.0	41.1%
10	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	12:24	2.69	6.0	40.9%
11	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	12:29	2.71	6.0	40.6%
12	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	12:35	2.73	6.0	40.3%
13	Shadow Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	2,783	13:12	2.87	6.0	38.4%
14	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	13:25	2.92	6.0	37.8%
15	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	13:28	2.93	6.0	37.6%

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.

“Joint top pick”: 2 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 % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	94%	43%	43.9%	11:33	6.0	2.51
Bug Bite / Solar Beam	61%	34%	35.3%	14:21	6.0	3.12
Fire Spin / Solar Beam	71%	34%	36.8%	13:47	6.0	3.00
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	48%	45.9%	11:02	6.0	2.40
Bug Bite / Overheat	100%	47%	46.1%	11:00	6.0	2.39
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	49%	46.2%	10:59	6.0	2.39
Fire Spin / Bug Buzz	100%	48%	46.3%	10:57	6.0	2.38
Bug Bite / Hurricane	100%	59%	47.9%	10:35	6.0	2.30
Fire Spin / Hurricane	100%	60%	48.8%	10:23	6.0	2.26

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 3 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

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 274 / Defense 200 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

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 % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	48.8%	2.26	10:23	21.7	100%	5,713	33.7	903
2	Mega Diancie top pickrockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	95%	48.7%	2.26	10:24	36.1	100%	4,346	35.2	629
3	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	93%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	28.4	100%	4,118	32.6	682
4	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	93%	46.7%	2.36	10:51	28.2	100%	5,347	32.6	736
5	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	85%	44.2%	2.49	11:28	41.5	80%	3,733	32.4	568
6	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	85%	43.7%	2.52	11:36	35.7	96%	3,228	31.4	583
7	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	82%	42.5%	2.59	11:56	37.2	98%	3,273	30.2	561
8	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	80%	42.1%	2.62	12:03	44.1	76%	3,128	31.2	535
9	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	80%	41.1%	2.68	12:20	35.5	100%	3,128	28.9	562
10	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	77%	40.9%	2.69	12:24	49.1	76%	3,834	30.0	457
11	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	74%	40.6%	2.71	12:29	67.7	100%	3,298	30.9	317
12	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	75%	40.3%	2.73	12:35	53.5	76%	3,298	29.8	388
13	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	72%	38.4%	2.87	13:12	52.2	76%	2,783	28.0	399
14	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	37.8%	2.92	13:25	34.9	100%	5,902	26.4	572
15	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	71%	37.6%	2.93	13:28	45.8	76%	3,733	27.5	549
16	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Wing Attack / Fly	Wing Attack / Fly+11 more movesets	72%	37.1%	2.97	13:40	35.0	100%	3,465	25.9	576
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	71%	36.8%	2.99	13:45	38.9	100%	6,428	25.9	494
18	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	68%	36.4%	3.02	13:55	50.3	76%	3,698	26.5	463
19	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	68%	36.2%	3.04	14:01	50.4	76%	2,949	26.2	459
20	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	70%	36.2%	3.04	14:01	35.5	98%	3,835	25.2	550
21	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	67%	36.1%	3.05	14:03	52.3	76%	2,949	26.2	417
22	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	67%	36.0%	3.06	14:06	51.6	76%	2,786	26.1	426
23	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Dragon Tail / Fly	Dragon Tail / Fly+20 more movesets	69%	35.7%	3.09	14:13	39.6	100%	3,749	25.0	484
24	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	64%	34.2%	3.22	14:49	53.1	76%	3,834	25.1	458
25	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	62%	34.1%	3.23	14:53	66.9	50%	3,588	25.6	362
26	Gigalith rock Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	63%	33.8%	3.26	15:01	55.6	76%	3,228	25.0	430
27	Stonjourner rock Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+2 more movesets	61%	32.8%	3.36	15:27	55.6	76%	3,218	23.8	413
28	Aerodactyl rockflying Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	61%	32.8%	3.36	15:28	54.9	76%	2,783	23.7	412
29	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	57%	30.8%	3.58	16:28	54.5	74%	3,741	23.3	557
30	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	56%	30.7%	3.59	16:30	67.1	56%	3,701	23.2	354

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