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Does Volcarona deserve a banishment to Uber?
Okay, so, there has been some talk that Volcarona, one of the most powerful sweepers in OU, deserves to be removed from OU, and put into Ubers.
Do you feel Volcarona needs to go to Ubers? Why or Why not? |
tbh I don't think it does, with SR in play, which is common, and maybe a level of spikes or toxic spikes then it should be able to be taken out. Either by something faster like Latios w/o QD being used (then again chestorest maybe not). I dunno, I feel like there's a lot of Pokemon that can destroy it and without screens or sun I don't think it's that much of an issue. I mean I only really lost a lot to Volcarona in the early days before I used SR, which I think is a major thing in making it not so bad.
However, resisting the most common forms of priority other than Extremespeed (aka Bullet Punch and Vacuum Wave/Mach Punch), only really Sucker Punch stands a chance and if you don't have that in your team it's kinda a struggle, but I don't think that those things necessarily make it such an issue, especially against something like Unaware Quagsire. |
Ah excellent thread.
Firstly i want to draw up the Stealth Rock argument. No, i feel this is a weak argument or why cant Ho-Oh be Ou ? I just dont buy it especially with things on Volc teams like Xatu/Esp and spinners sure they can all be stopped, but still. :/ To be honest in some ways Volcarona is actually HARDER to beat than Ho-Oh is imo as 4x weak SR mons go. Honestly, Ho-Oh doesn't even get a stat boosting move outside of CM whilst Volcarona gets Quiver Dance, less weaks and better resists than Ho-Oh does. It also has superior speed which makes it alot harder to deal with because it outspeeds basically all of the metagame bar two viable scarfers i.e as Landorus and Terrakion. That more than makes up for Volcs lack of speed/ability to use its attack stat and def imo, being able to outrun basically anything in the metagame and KO them. As far as counters and checks go, Volcarona can basically muscle its way through 90% of its checks which ill expand on in a second. It can sweep entire rain teams which in my mind is just preposterous (so its arguably not the sun's fault either) because it actually sets up on its so called checks in bulky waters with Quiver Dance. Things like Jellicent stand 0 chance vs it. In the sun its even worse, a simple +1 (no LO) Fire Blast OHKO's Gyarados, Salamence and Dragonite with Stealth Rock present some more "so called checks" beaten. Chansey and Blissy are no match either and are both 2hko'd at +1 in the sun with SR present and are essentially +6+6+6 bait for the Chesto Rest. Volcarona is very much like Blaziken in that it destroys all but 3 or 4 very few select Pokemon and in my mind this really isnt healthy for the metagame. In ways its also worse than Blaziken as it resists all priority bar ES and the exceeding rare Aqua Jet (which wont come close to even 50% in the sun lol). Blaziken only has around the same number of mons that counld deal with it (Slowbro, Unaware Quag, CB Nite sort of ?) So as far as checks/counters to this set alone; [email protected] Chesto Berry Modest - Quiver Dance - Fire Blast - bug Buzz - Rest In Ou in the sun you have; - Scarf Landorus - Scarf Terrakion (NEEDS to be scarfer or takes 83.8% - 98.8% from +1 Modest Fire Blast in the sun) - Roar Heatran (loses if Volc is last poke however, which ive seen done and loses to the even more offensive versions with HP Ground). Heatran is on a death sentence against sun teams with [Possible Sash] Dugtrio, which is the majority of them which use it to kill Tyanitar/Blissey also. - Scarf Meinshao. - Snorlax and Hariyama possibly - CB Nite to pick it off at at like 50/60% ? The bolded are OU, just for reference. Volcarona also has other sets where things like Sub that eliminate the scarfers or random Hidden Powers and even Morning Sun. Im only assessing one set and not even going into other sets because i feel ive already assessed just how deadly it is with just 1 set. Quote:
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...Simply put? If Garchomp warrants a banish, Volcarona probably should too. Because outside of a very specific niche Volcarona more or less does what Garchomp does better. Mainly because in practice Garchomp is more frail and his boosting moves don't make him tankier like Volcarona's do. Also, Volcarona can heal itself via Morning Sun. Not to mention the fact that everyone and their uncle cannot get over the novelty of having ice moves ready to own dragon pokemon.
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I think that pokemon should have banishment to Uber because it's the only one that can learn a Fire attack that may raise its Sp. Atk. Despite being super weak against Rock, it can easily wipe out a lot after just one Quiver Dance.
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Generally speaking, I don't have much problems with Volcarona. Mainly cause I rarely, if ever, carry around a Special Attacker. I actually like seeing Volcarona being sent out as it usually warrants a free KO. More or less a STAB priority will take it out whether or not it resists it.
I haven't actually faced a Volca with no prior damage after a set up though, so I can't really shed light on the topic from that standpoint. |
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It takes huge damage from stealth rocks, gets completely wall'd by some pokemon and is rather easy to OHKO.
IMO should be kept were it is. |
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And if you see my previous post there are VERY few viable ways of beating Volcarona consistently. If you'd like to elaborate on what beats/walls it consistently in the sun that would be great also. |
Volcarona isn't uber material (Yay, 99% of all teams have a dragonite and stealth rock). Heatran and Dnite/Mence wall it because of resisting it's STABs. The only thing they have to fear is a random Hidden Power. Just make sure you bring a solid special wall and you should be fine. If you ban Volcarona, go ahead and ban the rest of the abusive pokes in gen 5 OU.
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Back in Gen 4 people said, "Garchomp isn't Uber material," "Just carry a revenge killing Weavile," "We might as well ban ___." The problem is, Garchomp really did cause problems, especially in the sand when you often had to sacrifice a Pokemon to bring it down. Keep in mind, like I've said, I've never had problems with Volcarona, personally. Also, Pokemon in the Uber tier aren't exactly there based on power within the tier, like the other tiers. Instead, the Uber tier is made of Pokemon deemed to powerful for OU play. |
what? no! Stealth rocks, whether you like it or not, is a defining force of this meta. 50% every switch in with rocks in play is bad. Even if no rocks, its still not uber material. The best set, the bulky one, has only a fire and a bug move. Rock types wall it completely (most notably terrakion, and if it has scarf +1)
Situation - it has a couple quiver dances up Response - Use a bulky water, rock type, or other wall. More checks - Aqua jet, Gyarados, Dragonite, Salamence, Heatran, and Terrakion, and Rain (unless rain abuser set) and sand. Personally, the most broken thing in today's meta is dragonite; even that isn't worthy of a ban. is the meta balanced? no, we still have DW stuff to come in. Volca is absolutely not broken; its just people who get swept by it too easily complaining. To an above poster; [email protected] Chesto Berry Modest - Quiver Dance - Fire Blast - bug Buzz - Rest is an OK set, but the one that works best imo as a late game cleaner (should be volca's main job) is [email protected] leftovers 252 Def 252 HP 4 Spe Bold - Quiver Dance - Fiery Dance - bug Buzz - Morning Sun Enough bulk to recover like 75% of its HP in sun, and can be the perfect cleaner. |
I kind of have mixed feelings about this, on one hand I feel like it does because it's insanely strong and kind of busted but on the other hand it can also be beaten fairly easily if it's not being used well. Its defense isn't very good and many powerful physical moves can OHKO it, and it's not like it doesn't require some sort of tactic to use.
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the arguments you guys put up are really weak imo "I've never had problems with Volcarona, personally."
The WHOLE point is to discuss whether it warrants a ban to ubers, not if you don't have any problems dealing with it [/rant] On the other issue, I don't believe that volcarona warrants a ban. There are quite a few checks. Stealth Rock. Phazers, unless last poke. volcarona always run quiver dance, though it would be awesome to see a choice specs user...hrmmm (plots) anyways... Latio's LO Draco Meteor outright OHKOs volcarona, though leftovers Latios draco meteor should be wary, as volcarona usually run a lot of HP, and has a great base sp def, and has a good chance of tanking the hit, QDing up and bug buzzing for the kill. Dragonite's ES 2HKOs all volcarona, though it should be wary of flame body. even if it does get burned, volcarona is usually at a low enough health that it wouldn't matter. Dnite should be wary of the rest set, as by then it will most likely have been burned and volca will be at full health. Heatran's roar. if last poke, lulz volcarona will power thru with bug buzz. if sun is up and volcarona has at least 1 QD, heatran's Fire Blast 2HKOs. Politoed. drizzle + water STAB. also toxic and perish song. I guess tyranitar could be considered a check in some ways, as more players are running the sp def sets, but its 2HKOd if volca has at least 1 QD. and all these are OU, and commonly used. |
^ Hey, hey, hey, don't target everyone just cause I'm the only one saying that :P
And by saying I haven't had problems, I'm just trying to politely say: Volcarona causes me problems maybe 20% of the time. A little residual damage here and there and even Scizor can pick it off with Bullet Punch. At least in my experience. |
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Oh also, it sets up on like all viable special walls ? See Blissey and Jirachi. Sr still isnt a good case for arguing something OU status and basically it being 100% relied on to beat said mon. See: Ho-oh. "99% of teams have Rotom-W and SR lets make Ho-oH Ou". Quote:
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Garchomp has a 4x weakness to ice. It is and was always very frail when combined with the fact it has no good healing options or defensive boosting options. Meanwhile Quiver Dance makes many water attacks a joke While simultaneously letting it outspeed anything and OHKO.
Rock types? /ROCK TYPES/? Rock hasn't been a great wall type since like... Gen 1. O_o One quiver dance completely nullifies the resistance (Admitedly at the cost of stab) and most rock types are physical, not special walls. I see a OHKO on most of them with 1-2 dances. |
You can't compare ho-oh to volca when considering the SR weakness. Ho-oh's stats more than make it up, which is why he even does so good in ubers. Volca's stats do not make up the stealth rock weakness; pretty much one more attack and it's dead.
And rock types ARE specially bulky in sand, which is a very common weather. Pretty much rain and sand screw volca over. lets back up our statements with damage calcs please Note that this is MODEST so some jolly sets end up doing even less. 252SpAtk Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast in Sun vs 0HP/4SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 49% - 58% (165 - 195 HP). Guaranteed 3HKO. 26% chance to 2HKO. 252SpAtk Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast in Rain vs 0HP/4SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 16% - 19% (55 - 66 HP). Guaranteed 7HKO. 252SpAtk +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast in Sun vs 0HP/4SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 74% - 87% (247 - 291 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO. 252SpAtk +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast in Rain vs 0HP/4SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 25% - 29% (83 - 98 HP). Guaranteed 4HKO. 252SpAtk +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast vs 0HP/4SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 49% - 58% (165 - 195 HP). Guaranteed 3HKO. 26% chance to 2HKO. No. +1 fire blast does NOT KO without rocks up. Though rocks are commonly up. I didn't calc other pokemon, but compare gyardos's bulk to dragonites. It will obviously do less damage. Though it would KO salamence. Terrakion does not need a scarf btw. It can take the hit all day and just counter with stone edge. Also, who said that sun will be up 100% of the time. Also, note that was FIRE BLAST. Fiery Dance is the more commonly used alternative, and if it isn't set up, lol it wont do anything. Gyara easily revenges with waterfall. Lets check out the other pokemon you said weren't checks. Also, that was non-bulky gyara. Here's max HP gyarados, +1, and in Sun (its pretty common) 252SpAtk +1 Swarm Volcarona (+SAtk) Fire Blast in Sun vs 252HP/0SpDef Gyarados (Neutral): 62% - 74% (248 - 292 HP). Guaranteed 2HKO. Consider all the other pokemon; in sand, rock types have doubled special defense. and sand is extremely common, meaning that a whole bunch of rock types can now take the attack decently. I also like how you say that DRAGONITE is not a check to volca. Not only can dragonite end up setting up on its own with dragon dance and kill it with stone edge or earth-quake or something, but it can also phaze if it has dragon tail. Garchomp was a league of it's own; it had sand veil. The popular sub yache set was horrendously broken, and is not comparable to volca. It could easily set up, given the common 20% miss chance, and even if you did hit with a super effective ice beam, chomp could just set up a sub and proceed to sweep. Volcarona is simply checked by too many things. Saying things like dragonite and salamence aren't checks is just dumb. They wont end up being setup bait, what do you think they'll do, just sit there while volca sets up? no, they will counter with their own powerful attacks, which is exactly what a check does. I'm not saying volca is a bad pokemon, its far from it. But it is simply not broken in OU standards. |
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Yeaaaaaaaaaah bold @@@@@@@@@ |
more checks -.-
Jellicent - The typing and access to taunt and toxic Bliss + Chans - can toxic / t-wave, crippling the moth, and also takes hit all day. In the team preview, you can see that they have a volca; so you have to prepare for it. Use stealth rocks early, try to predict the switches, etc. If volca sweeps turn, your team sucks. With the duggy argument, you can also say duggy makes ninetales lose by trapping it. Dugtrio can't even come in on tyranitar safely. Pretty much all of its moves at least 2hko it. Inb4 sash + reversal argument. Saying dugtrio takes out all of volca's checks is a bit of a stretch. You can easily KO it on a predicted switch or something of the like. Stealth rocks are the bain of sun teams, and its not that hard to get them set up, just use team preview, and if it will make things easier, come in and set up as close to turn 1 as you can. All right, one of my friends, Eternal, is probably one of the most experienced Wifi OU player. I asked him for his thoughts. Spoiler:
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Volca isn't broken. It's top tier at the most, but not broken. It is checked simply by too many pokemon, and even common walls can stop it. It wont always have sun up, and without sun, it just can stomp through its many checks. Just an afterthought, but why don't people think dragonite is broken? It's probably the most abusive pokemon atm. |
Sorry, but "Eternal said it" does not make your arguement stronger :(
anyways, jellicent will never beat volcarona because Jellicent takes >35% from bug buzz (and thats not even a fire blast) Chans+Bliss: allow me to show you +1 LO fire blast specially defensive blissey (252/252 +spdef lol): 607 Atk vs 405 Def & 714 HP (120 Base Power): 376 - 444 (52.66% - 62.18%) standard chansey (252/0 neutral nature): 607 Atk vs 369 Def & 704 HP (120 Base Power): 411 - 484 (58.38% - 68.75%) If you run ttar, then you are probably running sr on it since most people use that sucky mixtar lol alright so lets just assume you take out ttar to counter latios/latias/insert psychic type here. So lets just assume that you get rocks up with oh, lets just say bronzong. I get a free switch in to 'Top and can use rapid spin. Now you have to set up rocks again, or else ttar becomes dead bait for the rest of the game. literally. So either you bring in Zong again (which is setup bait for a hell lot of the meta) or you let the sun stay up for the whole game. Anyways, I won't use Dugtrio as my arguement, I'll use Wobbufett. Lets take your terrakion again, now heres your stone edge calc against Wobbufett scarf terrakion: 357 Atk vs 181 Def & 528 HP (100 Base Power): 211 - 250 (39.96% - 47.35%) You need sr to 2hko and even with it you don't have a full chance. On the other hand, I just got rid of your counter and now I can plow through your team with volcarona. Also, cb terrakion doesnt cut it because +1 fire blast ohkos lol. Now lets take dragonite and gyarados!! dragonite +1 bulky outrage: 472 Atk vs 181 Def & 528 HP (120 Base Power): 336 - 396 (63.64% - 75.00%) beautiful, you dd on one turn and attack me the next and now you're dead. Have fun, I just got rid of your counter. Bulky Multi scale because otherwise you lose to +1 fire blast. Gyarados:523 Atk vs 181 Def & 528 HP (80 Base Power): 249 - 294 (47.16% - 55.68%) +1 bulky waterfall does around that much, not exact but should be pretty close anyways, as you see, all of your checks are dead. Wat do? get swept? ya seriously, try volcarona with wobbuffet (god i hate spelling that) and you will see how easy it is to abuse. |
Guys, you can't compare Volcarona to Garchomp. Garchomp got banned because of Sand Veil BS and not because of its sweeping prowess. I'd rather face a +2 Chomp than a +2/+2/+2 Volcarona, since for one thing Chomp can be revenged killed easier since it isn't boosting its speed, and Garchomp's STAB isn't powered up by weather, so much so that it can beat "counters" like Gyara [albeit it can use Sand Veil to hax its way past counters, but that's unrelated]. Anyways, I'm on the fence about Volcarona, but some of Eternal's sentiments actually make me lead towards it being uber.
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Also, not losing the weather war isn't as easy as "Don't let Ttar [or Tran if you rely on that to beat sun] get beaten by Dugtrio". Dugtrio essentially scares them into not switching in, allowing sun to reign free as if you didn't even have a TTar on your team. Ttar doesn't want to switch in on Infernape or any of the grass type sun abusers, so any smart opponent will probably know when its safe for you to get TTar in, since the opportunities are few and far between. Sure, Volc has counters in Gyarados, Blissey and Dragonite, but sun allows it to pretty much bypass the first two, and HP Ground can let it beat Heatran [although using ChestoRest along with Duggy is generally more effective], so you're pretty much limited to something like SPDef Stone Edge Dnite or a Scarfer. |
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What Karp said anyway, just because something resists a move doesn't mean it a counter see: Jellicent who is mere Volc set up bait. |
Just to drop another check, heatran is an amazing one (especially the specially defensive sets)
At this point i'm not really gaining much support ._. |
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