[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: Close Combat/Play Rough
move 3: Outrage
move 4: Extreme Speed
item: Choice Band
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 8 HP / 152 Atk / 132 SpD / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Arcanine can use its powerful Fire-type STAB moves against many top threats in the metagame such as non-Occa Berry Whimsicott, Galarian Darmanitan, and Corviknight. In addition to this, its fantastic ability in Intimidate makes its good physical bulk better, allowing it to even face foes that can hit it super effectively such as Haxorus and Choice Scarf Excadrill. Flare Blitz is Arcanine's STAB move of choice, allowing it to OHKO Pokemon such as Rillaboom and Excadrill. Close Combat can help with handling and OHKOing Normal-, Rock-, and Dark-types such as Choice Specs Porygon-Z, Tyranitar, and non-Choice Specs Hydreigon, while Play Rough lets you OHKO Urshifu-S while still being able to OHKO non-Choice Specs Hydreigon. Outrage is useful for the plethora of Dragon-types in 1v1 such as Haxorus, Dracovish, and Dragapult, assuming they aren't holding a Haban Berry. Extreme Speed gives Arcanine a guaranteed matchup against Choice Scarf Togekiss as Arcanine 3HKOes with priority whilst Togekiss can only 3HKO back but lacks priority itself. Wild Charge can also be used for a better matchup against non-bulky Gyarados. The given HP and Special Defense investment allows Arcanine to avoid the OHKO from Timid Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor. The given Speed investment outspeeds Timid Choice Specs Porygon-Z. You can also use a simple spread with maximum Attack and Speed investment, which lets you OHKO non-bulky Urshifu-S with Close Combat at the cost of the Choice Specs Dragapult matchup.
Water-types like bulky Assault Vest or Chilan Berry Primarina or Life Orb or Wacan Berry Azumarill are great teammates due to their great coverage against Rock- and Ground-types like Crustle and Rhyperior. In return, Arcanine covers for Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Celebi and non-Occa Berry Whimsicott. In addition to this, Grass-types such as Rillaboom cover Arcanine's weaknesses in Rock-, Ground- and Water-types such as Rhyperior and Gastrodon, and Arcanine in return covers for some of their weaknesses such as Bug-types like Durant and certain opposing Grass-types like Venusaur.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Krytocon, 451287]]
- Quality checked by: [[zioziotrip, 480297]], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Flare Blitz
move 2: Close Combat/Play Rough
move 3: Outrage
move 4: Extreme Speed
item: Choice Band
ability: Intimidate
nature: Jolly
evs: 8 HP / 152 Atk / 132 SpD / 216 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Arcanine can use its powerful Fire-type STAB moves against many top threats in the metagame such as non-Occa Berry Whimsicott, Galarian Darmanitan, and Corviknight. In addition to this, its fantastic ability in Intimidate makes its good physical bulk better, allowing it to even face foes that can hit it super effectively such as Haxorus and Choice Scarf Excadrill. Flare Blitz is Arcanine's STAB move of choice, allowing it to OHKO Pokemon such as Rillaboom and Excadrill. Close Combat can help with handling and OHKOing Normal-, Rock-, and Dark-types such as Choice Specs Porygon-Z, Tyranitar, and non-Choice Specs Hydreigon, while Play Rough lets you OHKO Urshifu-S while still being able to OHKO non-Choice Specs Hydreigon. Outrage is useful for the plethora of Dragon-types in 1v1 such as Haxorus, Dracovish, and Dragapult, assuming they aren't holding a Haban Berry. Extreme Speed gives Arcanine a guaranteed matchup against Choice Scarf Togekiss as Arcanine 3HKOes with priority whilst Togekiss can only 3HKO back but lacks priority itself. Wild Charge can also be used for a better matchup against non-bulky Gyarados. The given HP and Special Defense investment allows Arcanine to avoid the OHKO from Timid Choice Specs Dragapult's Draco Meteor. The given Speed investment outspeeds Timid Choice Specs Porygon-Z. You can also use a simple spread with maximum Attack and Speed investment, which lets you OHKO non-bulky Urshifu-S with Close Combat at the cost of the Choice Specs Dragapult matchup.
Water-types like bulky Assault Vest or Chilan Berry Primarina or Life Orb or Wacan Berry Azumarill are great teammates due to their great coverage against Rock- and Ground-types like Crustle and Rhyperior. In return, Arcanine covers for Grass-types such as Rillaboom, Celebi and non-Occa Berry Whimsicott. In addition to this, Grass-types such as Rillaboom cover Arcanine's weaknesses in Rock-, Ground- and Water-types such as Rhyperior and Gastrodon, and Arcanine in return covers for some of their weaknesses such as Bug-types like Durant and certain opposing Grass-types like Venusaur.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Krytocon, 451287]]
- Quality checked by: [[zioziotrip, 480297]], [Alakazam, 276708]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Estronic, 240732]]
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