In this week’s edition of Legendary Pokemon of the Week, I’m going to be covering a Pokemon with a type combination that I never thought I’d ever actually see. Presenting the final Pokemon of the Kalos Region Pokedex, Volcanion.
Volcanion is something of a living contradiction. Ever since the days of the original Gold and Silver Pokemon games, we’ve been seeing more and more Pokemon with type combinations that really don’t make a lot of sense. We have Pokemon that are Water and Electric-Types and Pokemon that are Bug and Fire-Types, but I never thought I’d ever see a Pokemon that was a Fire and Water-Type. Fire and Water are totally opposite elements, so one wouldn’t expect to see a Pokemon that possesses both attributes, and yet here we have Volcanion. This legendary beast is probably the realization of a long-held dream that many Fire Pokemon specialists have had; a Fire Pokemon that is totally resistant to Water Pokemon attacks, and when I say totally resistant I am not kidding. In addition to its bizarre type combination, Volcanion has a little ability called Water Absorb that negates the damage from Water attacks and even heals Volcanion’s HP. While I wouldn’t say that Volcanion is the ultimate Fire Pokemon, there’s no doubt that it is at least one of the most powerful Fire Pokemon out there.
Since Volcanion is a special event Legendary Pokemon or “Mythical Pokemon” there no place to actually find it in the sixth generation games. In fact as far as I know, Volcanion hasn’t even been distributed outside of Japan yet. If I had my way though, I think I would’ve put a special location into the games where Volcanion could be fought and captured, a location that could only be accessed by a special item distributed to the games through a special event. As for what the location would be, the most appropriate place that I can think of would be some kind of hotspring. For instance maybe the special item could’ve unlocked a hidden area of that hotsrping in Lavaridge Town from the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games. On the other hand, just getting Volcanion automatically saves one the trouble of having to try and capture it in battle and from having to reset the game from the last save point after failed attempts. Anyway, onto the next section of this post!
Signature Move: Volcanion’s signature move comes in the form of a Water-Type attack called Steam Eruption. Basically, Volcanion uses the two appendages that form the ring on its back to fire superheated steam at the opponent. In addition to the heavy damage, Steam Eruption also has a good chance of leaving the opponent with a burn. Basically, Steam Eruption is the infamous Generation 5 move, Scald on steroids. It’s kind of funny that a Fire Pokemon’s ultimate attack would be a Water-Type move.
Movie Role: Volcanion is one of the few Legendary Pokemon out there that doesn’t have any elaborate myths or legends about it, sort of like Kanto’s Legendary Birds. So I’ve decided to go ahead and end this post by talking about its recent role in the newest Pokemon movie. In the new movie, Volcanion goes on its own mission to protect the mechanical Pokemon, Magearna from the evil dude that wants to use Magearna’s Soul Heart as a battery to power his doomsday machine. During its quest, Volcanion somehow gets equipped with a device that somehow pulls Ash along after it. I should probably also mention that Volcanion is very distrustful of humans, so all of you reading can imagine that it doesn’t get along with Ash very well at first. That’s pretty much all I can say without spoiling any of the major details of the film. I know this was probably a fairly pitiful summary, but bear in mind that I haven’t actually seen the movie.
That pretty much covers it for this week’s post. Next week I have something of a special event for this series lined up. As for what that event is and what Pokemon I’ll be covering, I’m going to keep that a secret for now. So until next week, stay tuned.
