Arcanine-Hisui counters

Gen 9 Champions VGC 2026 Regulation MA Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Arcanine-Hisui
#0059 Arcanine-Hisui
FireRock
USAGE 1.9% #51
ABILITYRock Head
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 115
DEF 80
SPA 95
SPD 80
SPE 90
BST555
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
WaterGround
2×
FightingRock
½×
NormalIcePoisonFlyingBugFairy
¼×
Fire
Moves
Flare Blitz 99.7% Rock Slide 88.8% Protect 81.2% Extreme Speed 59.2% Head Smash 55.6% Close Combat 10.8% Rock Tomb 0.9% Wild Charge 0.7%
Items
Focus Sash 54.0% Choice Scarf 18.6% Sitrus Berry 9.8% Hard Stone 5.9% Shuca Berry 3.7% White Herb 2.5% Chople Berry 2.2% Lum Berry 1.9%
Abilities
Rock Head54.3%Intimidate44.2%Flash Fire1.5%
Tera Types
Fire 0.0%
Common Teammates
Kingambit75.7%Sneasler68.3%Froslass-Mega58.9%Whimsicott46.2%Basculegion43.6%Floette-Mega27.3%Rotom-Wash20.4%Garchomp18.5%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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Ranked #51 with 1.94% usage. Sorted by reliability score.