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arcanine
#059

Arcanine

Legendary Pokémon

Fire

A Pokémon that has long been admired for its beauty. It runs agilely as if on wings.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 110
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 80
Speed 95
Total 555

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Legendary Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 155.0 kg
Base Exp 194
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 75% ♂ / 25% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

arcanine Front Front
arcanine Back Back
arcanine Front Shiny Front Shiny
arcanine Back Shiny Back Shiny
arcanine Official Art Official Art
arcanine Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 13.2%
Defensive
Item
Leftovers / Rocky Helmet
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Atk 8
Def 252
Offensive
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Flash Fire / Intimidate
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Arcanine stands out as an offensive Fire-type with great coverage moves such as Crunch, Close Combat, Extreme Speed, and Wild Charge, allowing it to clean up solidly late-game. Arcanine also has a niche as a defensive Fire-type, as Intimidate drops the foe's Attack by one stage, making it a great switch-in to physical attacks. Having decent recovery in Morning Sun also helps its cause; however, Arcanine's huge weakness to Stealth Rock makes it hard to switch in multiple times once entry hazards are set up. Additionally, offensive sets face huge competition from Entei, which has access to the coveted Sacred Fire, as well as higher Attack and uninvested bulk.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Leftovers
47.0%
Life Orb
13.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc