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Volcanion is a Mythical Fire- and Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. At level 50, Volcanion has a maximum CP of 4,102. It is weak to Electric, Ground, and Rock-type attacks. The best raid moveset for Volcanion is Water Gun and Hydro Pump.

Volcanion Stats and Max CP

Volcanion's Tier Ranking & Meta Analysis

Read meta analysis

PvE Analysis

Volcanion PvE Analysis

Recommended moves

• Fire Attacker:IncinerateOverheat
• Water Attacker:Water GunHydro Pump

Volcanion possesses a unique Fire/Water typing and is among the viable Mythicals in Pokémon GO PvE. High offensive and defensive stats as well as a functional moveset make it a meta relevant addition to your collection, although it is outclassed by a good number of Pokémon, making it an inferior choice overall.

⚔️ Raids

Volcanion offers higher DPS as a Fire type than a Water type, although it's decent in both departments.

🔥 As a Fire type, its damage output is below Blacephalon, Reshiram, Heatran, Moltres, Blast Burn starters, Chandelure, Volcarona, and Darmanitan (not considering Megas and Shadows).

🌊 As a Water type, its damage output is below Kyogre, Hydro Cannon starters, Kingler, Crawdaunt, and Sharpedo (not considering Megas and Shadows).

However, Volcanion does have a high TDO to its credit. On the flip side, maxing out a Mythical is a tedious challenge in comparison to the Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon users, where Candy farming is a breeze on their Community Day.

As such, with Volcanion trailing behind cheaper and more accessible options (in terms of Candy) in power, it seems unjustified to spend your resources on Volcanion at the moment.

That said, Volcanion has a signature Water-type move called Steam Eruption. If tuned well in stats (like done for Heatran), it could propel Volcanion to a higher pecking order in the Water-type meta. ♨️

🛡️ Gyms

N/A

💎 The best PvE moveset for Volcanion is:

Incinerate and Overheat (Fire) Water Gun and Hydro Pump (Water)

PvP Analysis

Volcanion PvP Analysis

Recommended moves

• Great League:IncinerateScaldOverheat
• Ultra League:IncinerateScaldOverheat
• Master League:IncinerateScaldEarth Power

Volcanion’s Fire/Water typing is a blessing for the Mythical. It's a great defensive combo as Fire and Water have excellent synergy: Fire takes out Water’s weakness to Grass and Water takes out Fire’s weakness to Water.

This leaves only Electric, Ground, and Rock as weaknesses but Volcanion learns Earth Power in Pokémon GO, accounting for ALL its weaknesses! 🤩

That's not all as Volcanion heavily resists Fire, Ice, and Steel type damage while also resisting Bug and Fairy. No points for guessing but all except Bug are prominent types in the Master League, where Volcanion should ideally be used based on its high stats. With that being said, here's how it performs in the Master League:

🟣 Master League

Volcanion breaks into the big, bad Master League with a dominant showing, flexing the defensive prowess of its Fire/Water typing.

Volcanion beats numerous threats in this format, including White Kyurem, Metagross, Togekiss, Xerneas, Charm Primarina (loses to the Waterfall variant), Mewtwo, Mamoswine, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Excadrill, Enamorus Incarnate, Yveltal, Dialga regular and Origin, Melmetal, and even Zacian Crowned Sword and Zamazenta Crowned Shield! 👀

Without shields, it beats Urshifu Single Strike Style but loses Dialga Origin, Yveltal, and Excadrill.

So it's best to use Volcanion as a lead in battle. This battling position also suits Incinerate the best. 🔥

You can run Sludge Bomb instead of Earth Power, helping Volcanion gain both Waterfall and Charm Primarina in its list of wins. The performance is pretty similar in unshielded faceoffs.

💎 The best PvP moveset for Volcanion is Incinerate, Overheat and Earth Power/Sludge Bomb.

Raid Attacker

F#277

Fire-type

B#43

Water-type

B#28

Great League

D#749

Ultra League

C#374

Master League

D#82

Volcanion Type Chart

Volcanion takes increased damage from:

Electric160.0%

Ground160.0%

Rock160.0%

Volcanion takes reduced damage from:

Fire39.1%

Ice39.1%

Steel39.1%

Bug62.5%

Fairy62.5%

Volcanion best moveset

Water Gun + Hydro Pump

B

Water Gun

Hydro Pump

The best Water-type moveset for Volcanion is Water Gun and Hydro Pump (13.77 DPS, 343.1 TDO). In raids, Volcanion ranks #28 among Water-type attackers (B Tier).

Incinerate + Overheat

B

Incinerate

Overheat

The best Fire-type moveset for Volcanion is Incinerate and Overheat (14.54 DPS, 362.3 TDO). In raids, Volcanion ranks #43 among Fire-type attackers (B Tier).

15 of 15 matches

Settings

Data table

Sort: #	Sort: Fast Attack	Sort: Charged Attack	Sort: eDPS	Sort: DPS	Sort: TDO
1.	Water Gun	Overheat	13.32	14.61	364.1
2.	Incinerate	Overheat	13.25	14.54	362.3
3.	Incinerate	Hydro Pump	12.62	13.85	345.1
4.	Water Gun	Hydro Pump	12.55	13.77	343.1
5.	Incinerate	Sludge Bomb	12.44	13.65	340.0
6.	Water Gun	Sludge Bomb	12.10	13.27	330.7
7.	Incinerate	Earth Power	12.00	13.17	328.2
8.	Water Gun	Earth Power	11.69	12.82	319.5

Rows per page820501002001–8 of 15

Fast Attacks

• Incinerate32222.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Bug160%
  • Steel160%
  • Grass160%
  • Ice160%

  Resisted by

  • Rock62.5%
  • Fire62.5%
  • Water62.5%
  • Dragon62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	32
  Energy	22
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	2.5s
  Damage window	0.7s - 2.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	20
  Energy	20

  
  

  Effects

  Incinerate has no special effects.

  See Incinerate details page ↗
• Take Down781.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Resisted by

  • Rock62.5%
  • Ghost39.1%
  • Steel62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	7
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Partly Cloudy
  Duration	1.0s
  Damage window	0.8s - 0.9s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	14
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Take Down has no special effects.

  See Take Down details page ↗
• Water Gun550.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Ground160%
  • Rock160%
  • Fire160%

  Resisted by

  • Water62.5%
  • Grass62.5%
  • Dragon62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	5
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	3

  
  

  Effects

  Water Gun has no special effects.

  See Water Gun details page ↗

Charged Attacks

• Overheat1601004.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Bug160%
  • Steel160%
  • Grass160%
  • Ice160%

  Resisted by

  • Rock62.5%
  • Fire62.5%
  • Water62.5%
  • Dragon62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	160
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	4.0s
  Damage window	2.6s - 3.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	130
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Overheat has a 100.0% chance to:

  • Decrease User's Attack by 33.3%

  See Overheat details page ↗
• Earth Power100503.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Poison160%
  • Rock160%
  • Steel160%
  • Fire160%
  • Electric160%

  Resisted by

  • Flying39.1%
  • Bug62.5%
  • Grass62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	2.6s - 3.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Earth Power has a 10.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Earth Power details page ↗
• Sludge Bomb85502.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Grass160%
  • Fairy160%

  Resisted by

  • Poison62.5%
  • Ground62.5%
  • Rock62.5%
  • Ghost62.5%
  • Steel39.1%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	85
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Cloudy
  Duration	2.5s
  Damage window	1.3s - 2.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Sludge Bomb has no special effects.

  See Sludge Bomb details page ↗
• Scald75503.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Ground160%
  • Rock160%
  • Fire160%

  Resisted by

  • Water62.5%
  • Grass62.5%
  • Dragon62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	75
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	1.1s - 3.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	85
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Scald has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Scald details page ↗
• Hydro Pump1351003.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  Super effective against

  • Ground160%
  • Rock160%
  • Fire160%

  Resisted by

  • Water62.5%
  • Grass62.5%
  • Dragon62.5%

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	135
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	1.1s - 3.2s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	130
  Energy	75

  
  

  Effects

  Hydro Pump has no special effects.

  See Hydro Pump details page ↗

Volcanion CP Chart

At Level 50, Volcanion maxes out at 4,102 CP. Raid catches are 1,987 to 2,073 CP, or 2,485 to 2,592 CP weather boosted. Field and Special Research catches are 1,491 to 1,555 CP. The top of each range is a hundo.

Max CP	4102 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	1491 CP - 1555 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	1987 CP - 2073 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	1987 CP - 2073 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
	2485 CP - 2592 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15, with a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20, with a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without a weather boost are always Level 20, with a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25, with a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to 30, with no IV floor.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5-level boost, to Level 6 to 35, and a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Mega Pokémon that boost Volcanion

Mega Pokémon that boost Volcanion’s Fire and Water-type moves and give extra Candy and Candy XL when you catch Volcanion.

Fire

Water

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#721
Height	1.7 m
Weight	195 kg
Region	Generation 6
Can be traded	Not Allowed
Gender	Genderless
Buddy distance	20 km
Released	Yes
Shiny released	No
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	100 100000

Volcanion family

Volcanion’s evolutions, regional forms and other variants in Pokémon GO.

Volcanion

The illustration compares it with a 1.70 m (5′07″) Trainer.

XXS	XS	M	XL	XXL
0.83 m	0.85 m	1.7 m	2.55 m	2.64 m

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Size bounds

Volcanion's height ranges from 0.833 m to 2.635 m, with the average being 1.7 m.

Movement type

Jumping

Movement Timer

10s

Jump Time

0.9s

Attack Probability

30%

Attack Timer

29s

Dodge Probability

15%

Action Frequency

0.2–1.6s

Power-up costs

LVL	Stardust	Candy	Candy XL
50	520,000	304	296
40	280,000	304	10
35	190,000	196	-
30	125,000	126	-
25	80,000	87	-
20	47,500	58	-
15	25,500	38	-
10	11,000	19	-
5	3,000	9	-

Stardust, Candy and Candy XL to power up Volcanion from Level 1 to 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 50. Maxing it out costs 520,000 Stardust, 304 Candy and 296 Candy XL.

Sprites

Regular and Shiny Volcanion

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Volcanion high resolution sprites

High-resolution Pokémon HOME sprites for Volcanion. Labels are our best match for each sprite. Click one to download it at 512×512.

• #721
• #721

Official artwork

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