New Moon D. Volcarona Idea

Battle Simulator Meta Discussion
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D. Volcarona is a great Pokemon. Most people don’t think about Absolution, which is fair because Levitate is more viable, but D. Volcarona can function as an offensive sweeper. D. Volcarona with a naturally high 135 base special attack, plus the Absolution 1.5x boost, plus Lunar Cannon being STAB and hitting for 35% more, makes this set amazing. It also has a 100 base speed which allows you to outspeed most Pokemon in the tier.

Now, let’s get into the set.

New Moon Sweeper Set

Delta Volcarona @ Life Orb / D. Volcarona Armor
Ability: Absolution
Timid / Modest Nature
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Speed

  • Lunar Cannon: boosted up to ~212 base power with STAB and New Moon, pretty spammable on neutral/effective targets
  • Corrode / Sludge Bomb: Additional STAB move
  • Earth Power: Good coverage move
  • Thunderbolt / Shadow Ball: Thunderbolt is a great coverage move, Shadow Ball is nice with its extra boost in New Moon
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100 is good in normal gen6 but all those new megas outspeed it and its only speed boosting move is tailwind which lasts 3 turns which is pretty unreliable but if you give it armor it can take a hit but then it wont strike as hard because darkness ends so i think it would be a pretty good late game sweeper but delta roserade is better at it because it only needs darkness and its easier to setup darkness because of noctem mons

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It could always use Choice Scarf I guess but I think base 100 with Timid is enough and packs enough power…

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100 is almost always enought but then you run into a mega cryogonal or some other fast mega with high attack and then u get 1shot