#059
Arcanine
Legendary Pokémon
Fire
Overflowing with beauty and majesty, this strong Pokémon appears in ancient Eastern folklore.
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
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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
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Helpful Pupper (Bulky Support)
Item
Aguav Berry / Sitrus Berry
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 244
Def 188
SpD 76
Attack Doggo (Physically Offensive)
Item
Firium Z / Electrium Z
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Arcanine is one of very few Pokemon in the VGC17 format with access to Intimidate, an extremely valuable ability for most teams.
- Its well-rounded stats can be tailored to offensive or defensive roles, allowing it to fit on many different teams.
- Arcanine's deep movepool gives it options to further customize its set and makes it difficult to play around until its moves have been scouted.
- Its Fire typing lets it check many threats in the metagame; Grass-, Ice-, and Steel-types like Kartana, Ninetales, and Celesteela are at a disadvantage both offensively and defensively, and the resistance to Fairy- and opposing Fire-type attacks is often useful.
- Lack of any exceptional stat can make Arcanine underwhelming compared to more specialized offensive or defensive Pokemon.
- Common Ground-, Water-, and Rock-type attackers threaten to KO Arcanine even when weakened.
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Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc