Yet another advantage to stack up in favor of Arcanine is that you can get your hands on it relatively early on (in Fire Red at least – Leaf Green players will need to trade for one). Where to catch Arcanine in Fire Red/Leaf Green fast, strong, etc.) of Pokemon that it really struggles against. However, Arcanine’s stats are pretty solid all-round, so there isn’t a particular class (i.e. What is Arcanine weak against?įire types like Arcanine are naturally weak against Water, Ground, and Rock Pokemon. Intimidate weakens the attack of all opposing Pokemon when it enters (or starts) a battle. In short, it’s strong against pretty much everything excluding the natural Fire type weaknesses.Īrcanine’s Intimidate ability further underlines its status as the best Fire Pokemon in Fire Red/Leaf Green. What is Arcanine strong against?Īrcanine is fairly quick, has good attack and special attack stats, reasonable defense, and a decent HP.

That means if you want access to the full suite of moves with Arcanine, you should wait until your Growlithe is level 49 (when it learns Flamethrower) before evolving it. One thing to remember is that when you evolve Growlithe into Arcanine using a Fire Stone, it won’t be able to learn any more moves via level up. It’s a good idea to take full advantage of Arcanine’s huge move pool by filling your final slot with a strong move of a different type such as Aerial Ace, Dig, or Iron Tail (my preference is Aerial Ace because it’s unavoidable). It’s a powerful and 100% accurate move with a +1 priority. Overheat is stronger and more accurate but reduces special attack after use, so I prefer Fire Blast (which can also burn the opponent).ĮxtremeSpeed is a must have for Arcanine to make up for its sub-100 speed stat. Your second STAB boosted Fire type move is a choice between Fire Blast and Overheat. Best Arcanine moveset in Fire Red/Leaf Greenįlamethrower is very effective with same type attack bonus (STAB) plus Arcanine’s 100 special attack stat. With beneficial nature plus EVs and IVs, Arcanine’s max base stat total at level 100 is 1947. Arcanine base stats (Fire Red/Leaf Green) Arcanine’s Intimidate ability is also highly useful.

It’s in the Kanto Pokedex as a regular Pokemon but Arcanine’s near-legendary status goes some way to explaining its outrageous stats. Arcanine is known as the ‘Legendary Pokemon’ and was originally planned to be just that – a legendary Pokemon.

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