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Arcanine

Rank 164

Arcanine build and set

Fire
Usage
0.2%—
Brought
66.2%
Leads
28.2%
Win rate
53.2%
▲ 3.2 pts above 50%
42.2% – 64.0% · 77 games

22,594 battles · 30 days · updated 6 min ago

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Arcanine

Fire

Intimidate

Timid+Spe −Atk

  • NormalStatusProtect
  • FirePhysicalFlare Blitz
  • DarkSpecialSnarl
  • FireStatusWill-O-Wisp
HP
197
32
Atk
117
0
Def
100
0
SpA
120
0
SpD
102
2
Spe
161
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

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Arcanine
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Protect
- Flare Blitz
- Snarl
- Will-O-Wisp

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    24.5%Most used
    • HP32
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD2
    • Spe32

  2. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    16.4%
    • HP31
    • Atk3
    • Def3
    • SpA0
    • SpD29
    • Spe0

  3. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    4.6%
    • HP11
    • Atk0
    • Def2
    • SpA21
    • SpD4
    • Spe28

Abilities

  • Intimidate 97.8%
  • Flash Fire 2.2%

Moves

Revealed in 47 games

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  • FireSpecialHeat Wave6.4%
  • PsychicPhysicalPsychic Fangs6.4%
  • FireSpecialOverheat4.3%
  • FairyStatusCharm2.1%
  • FireSpecialFire Blast2.1%
  • GroundSpecialScorching Sands2.1%
  • ElectricPhysicalWild Charge2.1%

Items

Revealed in 21 games

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30-day trend0.0% – 0.2%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

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Arcanine is on 0.2% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 164. Its most seen moves are Protect, Flare Blitz and Snarl. It usually teams up with Metagross and Rillaboom. It is brought in 66% of its games and leads in 28%.