Competitive Information for Arcanine [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Arcanine? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Arcanine is a fabulous Fire-typed Pokemon. Arcanine is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Arcanine is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Arcanine is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Band / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz
- Crunch
- Extreme Speed
- Thunder Fang
Physical Sweeper Arcanine (Popular/Trending)
Arcanine is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Arcanine's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Arcanine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Arcanine lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Extreme Speed is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
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Item: Razor Fang / Shell Bell
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Fang
- Thunder Fang / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Crunch / Bite
Physical Sweeper Arcanine (Flash Fire)
Arcanine is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Flash Fire, Arcanine's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. Thunder Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Solar Beam
Special Sweeper Arcanine (Flash Fire)
Arcanine is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Arcanine's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Arcanine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Arcanine's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Arcanine cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Arcanine must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Arcanine? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Razor Fang / Shell Bell
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Fang
- Thunder Fang / Double-Edge
- Iron Head
- Crunch / Bite
Doubles Physical Sweeper Arcanine (Flash Fire)
Arcanine is popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Flash Fire, Arcanine's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. Thunder Fang was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Fang is a physical STAB-boosted 65-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Thunder Fang is a physical 65-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze. 10% chance to flinch).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Bite is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Beam / Snore
- Solar Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Arcanine (Flash Fire)
Arcanine is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Arcanine's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Arcanine's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Arcanine's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Arcanine's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Arcanine cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Arcanine must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Arcanine learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Arcanine can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Arcanine
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Thrash
- Moves: Endure + Reversal
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Reversal
- Ability: Intimidate + Move: Will-o-wisp
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Extreme Speed, Helping Hand
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Arcanine's stats
- Agility
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Arcanine
- Crunch
- Extreme Speed
- Flare Blitz
- Hidden Power Ground
- Howl
- Iron Head
- Morning Sun
- Overheat
- Protect
- Rest
- Thunder Fang
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Arcanine in Diamond and Pearl
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Hasty Nature ( 0/252/0/4/0/252/ )
- Optimize Arcanine's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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