honestly i dont like volcanion that much rn lol. with 70 speed it cant do all that much in such a fast paced meta, and while bloom doom is cool in theory, a lot of times you'd wanna be using ur zmove slot on something else. without a boosting item its not all that strong, with choice specs you cant switch your moves which it really wants to half of the time, and with lo youre really putting a strain on its passable bulk, and it already gets worn down enough thanks to sr weakness despite having water absorb. i dont think its anywhere near the level of the other things nominated since its pretty easy to pressure, although that could very obviously change later on.



idk, maybe its just me but i hate running the kind of balances that were so good in oras right now because there are a fuck ton of threats that you need to account for and if you try to cover everything you just end with a meh team a lot of times. with that being said, sylveon / mew / keys are being slept on in my experience atm, and if i were to use some kind of balance id definitely use one of those