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Pokémon · #59

Arcanine

Fire Legal in M-C

Arcanine is #133 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 90
Atk 110
Def 80
SpA 100
SpD 80
Spe 95

Base stat total 555

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 2 SpD / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

Fire
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRock
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

With Flash Fire: Fire ×0

Abilities

Intimidate
On switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opponents by 1 stage. · used by 90%
Flash Fire
This Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1.5× damage if hit by one Fire move; Fire immunity. · used by 1%
Justified
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage after it is damaged by a Dark-type move. · used by 9%

Speed tier

Most common
161
Fastest
161 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
115 (0 SP)
Slowest
103 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 161, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Garchomp 169
  2. Mega Charizard Y 167
  3. Mega Gardevoir 167
  4. Arcanine (this) 161
  5. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  7. Mega Dragonite 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #133 · on 0.2% of teams · 13,601 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Extreme Speed 77.8%
  2. Will-O-Wisp 55.4%
  3. Flare Blitz 54.3%
  4. Protect 51.0%
  5. Snarl 48.5%
  6. Howl 31.4%
  7. Burn Up 30.5%
  8. Morning Sun 7.6%
  9. Close Combat 7.2%
  10. Helping Hand 5.4%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 50.6%
  2. Passho Berry 27.9%
  3. Leftovers 6.1%
  4. Rocky Helmet 4.0%
  5. Focus Sash 2.5%
  6. Choice Scarf 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 90.4%
  2. Justified 8.6%
  3. Flash Fire 0.9%

Spreads

  1. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 161 28.3%
  2. Adamant 31/3/3/0/29/0 · Spe 115 15.6%
  3. Careful 31/0/2/0/10/23 · Spe 138 3.3%
  4. Jolly 2/28/4/0/0/32 · Spe 161 3.0%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 161 2.8%
  6. Adamant 6/32/0/0/8/20 · Spe 135 2.4%
  7. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 161 2.4%
  8. Adamant 31/10/15/0/2/8 · Spe 123 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 37.8%
  2. Mega Metagross 34.1%
  3. Araquanid 31.1%
  4. Grimmsnarl 30.9%
  5. Kingambit 28.2%
  6. Sneasler 27.9%
  7. Bellibolt 26.1%
  8. Mega Raichu Y 23.2%
  9. Tyranitar 22.2%
  10. Mega Baxcalibur 19.9%
  11. Basculegion 10.5%
  12. Indeedee-F 9.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #146 · on 0.3% of teams · 13,601 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Flare Blitz 64.4%
  2. Protect 61.7%
  3. Extreme Speed 59.8%
  4. Snarl 47.6%
  5. Will-O-Wisp 42.4%
  6. Howl 26.5%
  7. Flamethrower 12.3%
  8. Close Combat 11.4%
  9. Heat Wave 10.8%
  10. Roar 10.0%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 59.4%
  2. Leftovers 10.3%
  3. Rocky Helmet 7.1%
  4. Life Orb 3.7%
  5. Passho Berry 3.7%
  6. Charcoal 3.5%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 87.7%
  2. Justified 7.0%
  3. Flash Fire 5.3%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 31/3/3/0/29/0 · Spe 115 11.7%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 161 8.8%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 117 5.7%
  4. Adamant 32/29/0/0/5/0 · Spe 115 2.8%
  5. Jolly 32/0/7/0/14/13 · Spe 140 2.7%
  6. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 115 2.4%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 161 2.3%
  8. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 103 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.9%
  2. Sneasler 26.5%
  3. Mega Raichu Y 18.4%
  4. Kingambit 17.3%
  5. Mega Baxcalibur 17.3%
  6. Milotic 13.1%
  7. Mega Salamence 12.8%
  8. Gholdengo 12.3%
  9. Whimsicott 12.0%
  10. Indeedee-F 10.8%
  11. Farigiraf 9.3%
  12. Mega Metagross 8.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #155 · on 0.4% of teams · 13,601 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Flare Blitz 64.3%
  2. Protect 59.7%
  3. Extreme Speed 57.6%
  4. Snarl 42.6%
  5. Will-O-Wisp 39.5%
  6. Howl 22.1%
  7. Close Combat 14.0%
  8. Morning Sun 14.0%
  9. Heat Wave 13.0%
  10. Flamethrower 10.8%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 48.1%
  2. Leftovers 13.0%
  3. Rocky Helmet 7.4%
  4. Charcoal 5.7%
  5. Life Orb 4.8%
  6. Passho Berry 4.0%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 85.0%
  2. Justified 9.0%
  3. Flash Fire 6.1%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 161 11.7%
  2. Adamant 31/3/3/0/29/0 · Spe 115 7.6%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 117 5.6%
  4. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 103 2.3%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 115 2.3%
  6. Jolly 32/0/7/0/14/13 · Spe 140 2.2%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 147 2.1%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 117 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 29.2%
  2. Sneasler 22.3%
  3. Kingambit 14.4%
  4. Mega Baxcalibur 14.0%
  5. Mega Raichu Y 13.2%
  6. Whimsicott 12.7%
  7. Milotic 12.2%
  8. Gholdengo 11.0%
  9. Mega Salamence 11.0%
  10. Indeedee-F 10.2%
  11. Farigiraf 9.5%
  12. Sinistcha 6.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 13 of 4,641 teams (0.3%) · win rate 41.2% (95% interval 28.8%–54.8%, n = 51 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Araquanid +30.6 pp n = 4,223 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Arcanine teams; Araquanid is on 0% of all teams (66.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Bellibolt +25.8 pp n = 3,550 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Arcanine teams; Bellibolt is on 0% of all teams (99.09× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Tyranitar +19.9 pp n = 3,015 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Arcanine teams; Tyranitar is on 2% of all teams (9.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Baxcalibur +17.0 pp n = 2,709 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Arcanine teams; Mega Baxcalibur is on 3% of all teams (6.84× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Grimmsnarl +25.6 pp n = 4,196 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Arcanine teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (5.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Metagross +27.9 pp n = 4,641 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Arcanine teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (5.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Raichu Y +10.7 pp n = 3,161 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Arcanine teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Kingambit +2.9 pp n = 3,830 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Arcanine teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom -8.8 pp n = 5,147 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 38% of Arcanine teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.81× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sneasler -9.2 pp n = 3,797 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Arcanine teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -10.1 pp n = 1,431 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Arcanine teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Indeedee-F -10.6 pp n = 1,308 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Arcanine teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.47× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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