# Volcarona: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Volcarona in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/volcarona.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/volcarona/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `volcarona` |
| Types | Bug / Fire |
| Usage rank | #26 |
| Usage | 6.0% |
| Teams | 672 |
| Win rate | 50.7% |
| Decided matches | 7,027 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Giga Drain, Heat Wave, Protect, Quiver Dance |
| Item | Grassy Seed |
| Ability | Flame Body |
| Nature | Modest |
| Share of lists | 8.2% |
| Win rate | 50.9% |
| Decided matches | 627 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 80.2% | 50.8% |
| Quiver Dance | 59.5% | 50.2% |
| Rage Powder | 42.4% | 51.1% |
| Heat Wave | 41.2% | 49.9% |
| Giga Drain | 32.7% | 50.7% |
| Struggle Bug | 32.0% | 51.3% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grassy Seed | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| Rocky Helmet | 18.1% | 53.7% |
| Sitrus Berry | 12.7% | 51.2% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flame Body | 98.4% | 50.8% |
| No ability | 1.6% | 50.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 47.9% | 50.1% |
| Bold | 26.5% | 50.9% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 82.7% | 556 | 51.0% |
| Incineroar | 34.1% | 229 | 52.3% |
| Sneasler | 31.4% | 211 | 49.6% |
| Salamence | 29.6% | 199 | 52.0% |
| Garchomp | 28.0% | 188 | 51.6% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucario | 58.0% | 362 |
| Golisopod | 54.0% | 1,016 |
| Froslass | 53.0% | 373 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charizard | 45.8% | 771 |
| Garchomp | 47.2% | 1,033 |
| Glimmora | 47.7% | 309 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=volcarona

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.