Volt Plant in Pokemon Survivor

Volt Plant at a glance

What the Volt Plant is

A rift is a short fight against a legendary Pokemon. When the game opens one, it picks a legendary and then one of that legendary's types, and the arena of that type is where the fight happens. Volt Plant is the arena for Electric. It is a circle about 11 tiles in radius, the fight lasts at most 120 seconds, and the legendary does not suffer the hazards of its own arena.

Puddles that discharge electricity. A moderate number of columns offers some cover.

Volt Plant terrain: electric discharge

Standing in the electric discharge hurts every 0.7 seconds. Each tick takes the larger of 4 HP and 2.3% of your max HP, and it ignores the short invulnerability that follows a normal hit. Armor and damage reduction still apply. The flat part decides the damage up to about 178 max HP, which covers most Pokemon at the start of a run.

Electric or Ground-type Pokemon ignore it completely. That is 133 Pokemon on the roster, or 14% of it. Everyone else should keep moving, because the electric discharge covers about 28% of the arena.

Weather in the Volt Plant: Rain

Rain is forced for the whole fight. Water moves hit 50% harder, Electric moves 20% harder, and Fire moves lose half their damage.

The multipliers apply to the legendary's attacks as well. An enemy attacks as its first type, so 6 legendaries here hit harder in this weather (Zapdos, Raikou, Thundurus, Tapu Koko, Zeraora and more).

Moves worth carrying here: Water Gun, Bubble, Hydro Pump, Aqua Ring, Bubble Beam, Thunder Shock, Discharge, and Thunderbolt. The weather guide lists every multiplier.

Legendaries that can open the Volt Plant

7 legendaries have the Electric type, and all of them shoot from a distance. Their speed runs from 71 to 98. A legendary with two types opens this arena only half the time, and a legendary you have not beaten yet is picked 4 times as often as one you have.

How to fight in the Volt Plant

• Bring Electric or Ground-type Pokemon if you have them. The best by Stat Score are Xurkitree, Zekrom, Groudon, Iron Hands, and Regieleki.
• At 6 HP per second for a Pokemon with 150 max HP, the floor can take more life than a mistake against the legendary. Treat the electric discharge as a wall and fight from the clean ground.
• Every legendary here is a shooter. Columns and distance matter more than raw speed.
• Plan for the clock. At minute 10 the legendary has about 8,600 HP, so you need roughly 72 damage per second for 120 seconds. Its contact hit takes 66 HP and its shots 33 HP at that point, before armor and type effects. The rifts guide has the full table.
• Speed: the legendaries here move at 71 to 98, and the median Pokemon moves at 105, faster than all of them.

What you get for winning

A win gives the same prize in every arena: the legendary joins you as a bond, plus a held item, experience, three tickets and a share of coins, and a ten-ticket one time in two. The legendaries guide lists all 87, and beating one counts toward the legendary achievements in the achievements guide.

Volt Plant in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

Which legendaries appear in the Volt Plant?

7 legendaries: Zapdos, Raikou, Thundurus, Zekrom, Tapu Koko, Zeraora and more. The arena is the one of the legendary's type that the game picks, and a dual-type legendary opens this arena half the time.

How likely is the Volt Plant?

On a fresh save, 5.75% of rifts open this arena. The game picks one of the 87 legendaries, then one of its types, and unbeaten legendaries are 4 times as likely to be picked, so the chance moves as you win.

How dangerous is the electric discharge in the Volt Plant?

A Pokemon with 150 max HP that is not Electric or Ground-type loses 6 HP per second standing in it. Electric or Ground-type Pokemon take nothing.

Browse all 18 arenas in the Pokemon Survivor arenas list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.