Arcanine counters

Gen 9 PU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Arcanine
#0059 Arcanine
Fire
USAGE 14.8% #11
ABILITYIntimidate
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 110
DEF 80
SPA 100
SPD 80
SPE 95
BST555
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Flare Blitz 98.6% Extreme Speed 98.0% Morning Sun 78.3% Curse 73.0% Close Combat 22.2% Wild Charge 12.6% Raging Fury 7.8% Will-O-Wisp 5.1%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 50.2% Leftovers 29.4% Choice Band 14.7% Life Orb 4.4% Sitrus Berry 0.5% Rocky Helmet 0.2% Assault Vest 0.2% Silk Scarf 0.2%
Abilities
Intimidate95.8%Justified2.1%Flash Fire2.1%
Tera Types
Normal 95.1% Poison 1.0% Fire 1.0% Water 0.8% Electric 0.8% Grass 0.4% Ghost 0.3% Fighting 0.2%
Common Teammates
Bombirdier50.4%Sandslash-Alola47.9%Mudsdale47.1%Lanturn38.0%Shaymin35.9%Rhydon19.7%Uxie16.1%Avalugg-Hisui12.9%

Checks & Counters

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

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #11 with 14.79% usage. Sorted by reliability score.