No. 0059 · Gen 1
Arcanine weakness and type
Hit ARCANINE with Water, Ground and Rock for 2× damage.
Moves against Arcanine
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against ArcanineAbilities
- IntimidateNo change to type matchups
- Flash FireImmune to Fire
- JustifiedNo change to type matchups
The table on this page assumes no ability. Check which one it has before you commit.
Base stats
- HP90
- Attack110
- Defense80
- Sp. Atk100
- Sp. Def80
- Speed95
- Total555
Best nature
JollyFor a physical moveset: more Speed, less Sp. Atk.
TimidFor a special moveset: more Speed, less Attack.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Arcanine gives 2 Attack EVs.
Calculate Arcanine's statsHow Arcanine evolves
GrowlitheFire- Use Fire StoneArcanineFire
Hisuian GrowlitheFireRock- Use Fire Stone
Hisuian ArcanineNo evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Arcanine can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper Beam | Special | 150 |
| Fire | Overheatsame type | Special | 130 |
| Grass | Solar Beam | Special | 120 |
| Dragon | Outrage | Physical | 120 |
| Fighting | Superpower | Physical | 120 |
| Steel | Iron Tail | Physical | 100 |
| Electric | Wild Charge | Physical | 90 |
| Fairy | Play Rough | Physical | 90 |
| Psychic | Psychic Fangs | Physical | 85 |
| Dark | Crunch | Physical | 80 |
| Ground | Dig | Physical | 80 |
| Flying | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 |
Type counters to Arcanine
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.
