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Arcanine
Champions-legal
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Arcanine

Fire

Legal in the current Regulation Set M-B (Jun 17 – Sep 2, 2026).

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Base stats

HP
90
Atk
110
Def
80
SpA
100
SpD
80
Spe
95
Total555

Abilities

Intimidate

Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.

Flash Fire

Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.

JustifiedHidden

Raises Attack one stage upon taking damage from a Dark move.

Competitive usage

M-BJun 2026M-AJun 2026
#68·1.2% usageof 199 ranked

Ladder snapshot Jun 2026 · 1,163,315 battles·Win rate: not published by this source

Moves

  • Flare Blitz24.0%
  • Protect19.6%
  • Rock Slide17.9%
  • Extreme Speed16.9%
  • Head Smash14.2%
  • Close Combat2.8%
  • Wild Charge0.9%
  • Psychic Fangs0.6%
  • Will-O-Wisp0.4%
  • Snarl0.4%

Items

  • Focus Sash51.0%
  • Life Orb18.0%
  • Choice Scarf17.0%
  • Shuca Berry2.4%
  • Sitrus Berry2.0%
  • Chople Berry1.7%
  • Leftovers1.6%
  • White Herb1.5%

Abilities

  • Rock Head67.5%
  • Intimidate31.7%
  • Flash Fire0.8%

Natures

  • Jolly71.6%
  • Adamant26.3%
  • Modest0.9%
  • Brave0.5%
  • Hardy0.4%

Common teammates

Stat-Point spreads

  • Jolly · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP29.1%
  • Jolly · 1/32/0/0/1/32 SP20.7%
  • Adamant · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP8.6%
  • Adamant · 1/32/0/0/1/32 SP8.3%
  • Jolly · 1/32/1/0/0/32 SP7.1%
  • Jolly · 1/32/0/0/5/28 SP5.6%

Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.

Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) — Showdown ladder, not the official in-game ranked ladder. 1,163,315 battles, snapshot 2026-06. Methodology

Notable moves

Its hardest-hitting attacks, one per type — from a movepool of 93 legal moves.

Giga Impact150Burn Up130Close Combat120Outrage120Solar Beam120Iron Tail100Play Rough90Wild Charge90Psychic Fangs85Crunch80