#0721 · Kalos · Generation 6 · mythical

Volcanion

Steam Pokémon · Fire/Water-type

Volcanion is a Fire/Water-type Pokémon, the Steam Pokémon, number 721 (#0721) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 195 kg.

Volcanion is the Steam Pokémon, a Mythical Fire and Water type that boils water inside its body and blasts the steam out of two cannon-like arms with enough force to blow away a mountain. Bulbapedia says Kalos and other regions worship it as a land-shaping, nation-building Pokémon.

How to pronounce Volcanion

Volcanion is pronounced vol-KAY-nee-un. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Volcanion said out loud:

In Japanese it is ボルケニオン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Volcanion is a 1.7 m, 195 kg maroon quadruped with blue eyes, yellow eyebrow-like markings and a yellow mandible. Its body has a large front half, a thin blue waist and small hips. On its back sit two arm-like cannons that normally form a ring. Bulbapedia says an organ in its body vaporises the water it absorbs at extreme temperatures, and the Pokédex says the steam leaves through those arms.

Behaviour

Volcanion hides in billows of steam and vanishes into the fog. The Pokédex says it makes its home in mountains that people never walk. In the film it can run out of water, after which a bell-like sound rings, the markings on its cannons go red and it cannot use Water moves until it refills.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives in remote mountains that people never walk. In Scarlet and Violet it can only be brought from HOME, and in Legends: Z-A a single Volcanion appears in the Mega Dimension DLC, in the Pokémon Research Lab in Vert District.

Powers

Its Ability is Water Absorb. Its signature move is Steam Eruption, which Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can learn. It also learns Scald, Hydro Pump, Flare Blitz and Overheat. In the film it flies by firing water from its cannons like rockets and uses them to block attacks. Base Special Attack of 130 and Defense of 120 make it a sturdy special attacker.

Name origin

Volcanion may combine 'volcano' or 'volcanic' with 'lion' or 'union', since it is both Water and Fire, and perhaps 'canyon' or the Spanish cañón ('cannon'). The Japanese name is ボルケニオン, romanised Volcanion.

Design inspiration

Volcanion may draw on steam engines and boilers, with its arms acting as artillery. Bulbapedia also suggests the Ryukyuan shisa and komainu, lion-dog guardian statues. These are fan readings.

In the games

Volcanion is a Mythical Pokémon from Generation VI. In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the game reveals that Brandon has led expeditions to find it in Kalos, Johto and Sinnoh. It was handed out through serial-code events in 2016 and 2017.

In the anime

Volcanion stars in the film Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, where it hates humans and goes after the Azoth Kingdom to take back Magearna, an artificial Pokémon.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon shares Volcanion's Fire and Water type combination.
• It is the only Fire-type Pokémon that learns Water moves by levelling up, according to Bulbapedia, which excludes Hidden Power and Tera Blast.
• Of the Mythical Pokémon from Generation VI, Volcanion alone has no extra form.
• Despite disliking humans in Pokémon Pokopia, Volcanion has a base friendship of 100, above average.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Volcanion (Pokémon) · Serebii: Volcanion (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 80
• Attack: 110
• Defense: 120
• Sp. Atk: 130
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 70

Volcanion’s base stat total is 600. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Volcanion weak to?

Volcanion takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (¼×), Ice (¼×), Steel (¼×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

Volcanion does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Water Absorb: Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.

Moves

Moves Volcanion learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (58)

Volcanion can learn 58 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Water Pulse, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Liquidation, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Earth Power, Misty Terrain, Fire Blast, Hydro Pump, Wild Charge, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Haze, Smack Down, Gyro Ball, Scald, Heat Crash, Weather Ball, Double-Edge, Sludge Wave, Scorching Sands.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 100.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 270.

Pokédex entries

It expels its internal steam from the arms on its back. It has enough power to blow away a mountain. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

It lets out billows of steam and disappears into the dense fog. It's said to live in mountains where humans do not tread. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Fire type in Gen 6: 195 kg.
• Tallest Fire type in Gen 6: 1.7 m.
• Highest Attack among Fire types in Gen 6: 110.
• Highest Defense among Fire types in Gen 6: 120.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Fire types in Gen 6: 130.
• Highest base stat total among Fire types in Gen 6: 600.
• Heaviest Water type in Gen 6: 195 kg.
• Tallest Water type in Gen 6: 1.7 m.
• Highest HP among Water types in Gen 6: 80.
• Highest Attack among Water types in Gen 6: 110.
• Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 6: 120.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Water types in Gen 6: 130.
• Highest Sp. Def among Water types in Gen 6: 90.
• Highest base stat total among Water types in Gen 6: 600.
• The only Pokémon with the Fire/Water typing.
• Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
• Heavier than 91% of all Pokémon (195 kg).
• Base stat total 600, ranked #25 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #34 of 1,025.
• One of 1 Pokémon that are both Fire and Water.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 72 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Can learn 65 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Volcanion (Pokémon), Serebii: Volcanion (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (vol-KAY-nee-un): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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