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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, seeVolcanion (disambiguation).

Volcanion Steam Pokémon ボルケニオン Volcanion #0721 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Fire Water Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Water Absorb Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 3(1.6%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 120 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 5'07" 1.7 m Volcanion 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 429.9 lbs. 195.0 kg Volcanion 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 270	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Volcanion 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 3 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 100
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Volcanion (Japanese:ボルケニオンVolcanion) is a dual-typeFire/WaterMythical Pokémon introduced inGeneration VI.

It is not known toevolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Volcanion was leaked in the January 2016 issue ofCoroCoro magazine on December 12, 2015, and it wasofficially revealed on December 14, 2015.

Volcanion is the last Pokémon in theCentral Kalos Pokédex.

Biology

Volcanion is a primarily maroon, quadrupedalPokémon. It has pointed ears with blue interiors, bright blue eyes, yellow markings over and behind its eyes that resemble eyebrows and eyelashes, a pointed, yellow mandible, and a spike-like protrusion on each cheek. Its body is divided into three segments: a considerably larger front portion that has a hunched back, a thin, blue waist, and smaller hips that resemble its front portion. On its chest are four yellow, diamond-shaped bumps. There is a thin, yellow band around each of its leg joints and the lower, maroon portions of its legs are larger than the thin, blue upper portions. Each ankle has a short, blunt growth, while each foot has three yellow claws. Volcanion has a short, tapering tail with a slightly shorter blue bump along the top. On the back of the front portion of its body are two arm-like cannons. These cannons are normally held together and form a ring around the back. Each cannon is separated into three segments by bright blue lines and each segment has a single blue dot and a short, blunt growth. The topmost segments also have four small, yellow bumps around the ends.

Volcanion has an organ that allows it to vaporize the water it absorbs instantly with extremely high temperatures. The arms on Volcanion's back expel the resulting steam from inside its body, allowing it to disappear into the dense fog. It can expel steam of superbly high pressure and has the ability to blow away mountains. Volcanion can run out of water within its body to use, as depicted in the movieVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. When it does, a sound similar to a bell is heard, the lines and dots on its cannons turn red, and it is unable to use anyWater-type moves until it refills its water supply from another source. The movie also revealed that it can utilize its arm-like cannons for various purposes, such as flying through the air by launching water like rockets, blocking attacks, or grabbing objects.

It was also shown that Volcanion can live for several centuries. It's said to live in mountains where humans do not tread. Volcanion is capable of creating explosive shockwaves^[1]. This power also allows Volcanion to gouge out the earth and changing the land by reshaping it. Volcanion is worshiped in several regions, such asKalos, as a "nation-building Pokémon" due to its ability to alter the landscape for people to live on.^[2] Volcanion's power can potentially transform the world with its landscape-altering abilities.^[3]

Volcanion is theonly known Pokémon capable of learning the moveSteam Eruption.

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

In events

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Rage Candy Bar (100%)	Assault Vest (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Volcanion is available inScarlet and Violet andLegends Z-A.

Byleveling up

SV

ZA

ByTM

SV

Generation IX Other generations: VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM008 TM008 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM024 TM024 Fire Spin Fire Special 03535 085}}85% 15 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM038 TM038 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM093 TM093 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM107 TM107 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM110 TM110 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 100}}100% 10 TM118 TM118 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 090}}90% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM125 TM125 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM139 TM139 Misty Terrain Fairy Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM141 TM141 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 085}}85% 5 TM142 TM142 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 080}}80% 5 TM147 TM147 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 100}}100% 15 TM148 TM148 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM157 TM157 Overheat Fire Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM158 TM158 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 070}}70% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM165 TM165 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM174 TM174 Haze Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM179 TM179 Smack Down Rock Physical 05050 100}}100% 15 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM188 TM188 Scald Water Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM189 TM189 Heat Crash Fire Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM214 TM214 Sludge Wave Poison Special 09595 100}}100% 10 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Volcanion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Volcanion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM005 TM005 Roar Normal Status 0000— 6 TM010 TM010 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 7 TM012 TM012 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 7 TM014 TM014 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 6 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM021 TM021 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 6 TM028 TM028 Dig Ground Physical 08080 12 TM033 TM033 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 8 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 10 TM038 TM038 Fire Blast Fire Special 110110 10 TM041 TM041 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 6 TM044 TM044 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 20 TM046 TM046 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 6 TM048 TM048 Self-Destruct Normal Physical 200200 15 TM050 TM050 Overheat Fire Special 130130 10 TM052 TM052 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 8 TM053 TM053 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 7 TM055 TM055 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 20 TM057 TM057 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 10 TM062 TM062 Flamethrower Fire Special 09090 8 TM064 TM064 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 12 TM065 TM065 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 10 TM068 TM068 Heat Wave Fire Special 09595 9 TM069 TM069 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 10 TM072 TM072 Fire Spin Fire Special 02020 7 TM076 TM076 Liquidation Water Physical 08585 8 TM084 TM084 Flash Cannon Steel Special 08080 8 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM086 TM086 Wild Charge Electric Physical 09090 8 TM095 TM095 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 12 TM096 TM096 Hydro Pump Water Special 110110 12 TM102 TM102 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120120 12 TM104 TM104 Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120120 8 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM114 TM114 Flame Charge Fire Physical 05050 6 TM136 TM136 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 7 TM148 TM148 Scald Water Special 08080 7

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Volcanion Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Volcanion Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

Bybreeding

Side game data

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 2.4 seconds Base HP: 55 Base Attack: 84 Base Defense: 60 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon Shuffle Fire Attack Power: 80 - 130 10 #684 Risk-Taker Increases damage randomly.

Pokémon GO Base HP: 190 Base Attack: 252 Base Defense: 216 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 20 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Take Down,Incinerate,Water Gun Charged Attacks:Hydro Pump,Overheat,Sludge Bomb,Earth Power

Evolution data

Unevolved Volcanion  Fire  Water

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please seeVolcanion images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Main series

Major appearances

Volcanion (M19)

Volcanion played a major role inVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. It was portrayed as a Pokémon who had a hatred of humans, and was targeting theAzoth Kingdom to retrieve the man-made PokémonMagearna, of whom only it knew its true identity.

Minor appearances

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article:Volcanion (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Volcanion appears as aSpirit.

Trivia

• Volcanion is the onlyFire-type Pokémon capable of learningWater-type moves from level-up, excludingHidden Power andTera Blast.
• No otherPokémon has the sametype combination as Volcanion.
• Volcanion is the only Pokémon from the first sixgenerations to not appear inPokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, as it was not yet officially introduced at the time of the game's release.
• InPokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it is revealed that Volcanion has been sighted inKalos,Johto, andSinnoh, withBrandon having led expeditions to search for it in those regions.
• Volcanion is the onlyMythical Pokémon introduced inGeneration VI to not have an additionalform.

Origin

Given Volcanion's mechanical appearance, type combination, and ability to boil water into steam, it may be based onsteam engines and otherboilers, while its "arms" function asartillery weapons. It may draw inspiration from theRyukyuanshisa andkomainu, mythical creatures that resemble a mix betweenlions anddogs, who are often depicted with dragon-like features. Its signature move may refer togeysers.

Name origin

Volcanion may be a combination ofvolcano orvolcanic andlion orunion (given how it is both Water-type and Fire-type). It may also involvecanyon orcañón (Spanish for cannon).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ボルケニオンVolcanion Fromvolcano,lion, andcanyon orcañón French Volcanion Same as English/Japanese name Spanish Volcanion Same as English/Japanese name German Volcanion Same as English/Japanese name Italian Volcanion Same as English/Japanese name Korean 볼케니온Volcanion Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 波爾凱尼恩 / 波尔凯尼恩Bō'ěrkǎiní'ēn Transcription of Japanese name Cantonese Chinese 波爾凱尼恩Bōyíhhóinèihyān Mandarin-based transcription of Japanese name

More languages Greek ΒολκάνιονVolkánion Transcription of English name Hebrew וולקניוןVolkanion Transcription of English name Hindi वोल्केनियनVolcanion Transcription of English/Japanese name Russian ВулканионVulkanion Transcription of English name Thai โวลเคเนียนWonkhenian Transcription of Japanese name Vietnamese Volkenion Transposition of Japanese name

Related articles

• Volcanion (M19)
• Mythical Pokémon
• List of event Pokémon with in-game effects

References

External links

Mythical Pokémon

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

Generation V

Generation VI

Generation VII

Generation VIII

Generation IX

See also:Legendary Pokémon

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