[SET]
Magic Guard (Arcanine-Hisui) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Head Smash
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat / Will-O-Wisp
- Extreme Speed / Stealth Rock / Flame Charge
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Arcanine is a strong wallbreaker, capable of denting many physically defensive Pokemon such as Scream Tail while taking advantage of Magic Guard by using Head Smash and Flare Blitz in combination with Life Orb without any drawbacks. Close Combat allows Hisuian Arcanine to hit Ting-Lu and Well-Baked Body Iron Treads, while Will-O-Wisp threatens burns on checks like physically defensive Quaquaval and Garchomp. Extreme Speed is useful priority that picks off weakened targets, Stealth Rock allows Hisuian Arcanine to act as an offensive entry hazard setter that pressures Corviknight and Iron Treads, and Flame Charge boosts its Speed to thwart potential revenge killers. As Hisuian Arcanine places a lot of pressure on physical walls, other physical cleaners like Meowscarada and Chien-Pao can be partnered with Hisuian Arcanine to clean up after it has broken those walls while providing speed control. Since Hisuian Arcanine is checked by Garchomp and bulky Water-types like Quaquaval, Refrigerate Regieleki makes a good partner for it by forcing these Pokemon out, pivoting Hisuian Arcanine in, and helping to deal with faster threats through its raw Speed. Hisuian Arcanine's middling Speed makes slow pivots like Corviknight good partners due to their ability to bring it in safely; alternatively, Corviknight's dual screens set allows Arcanine to take a hit and strike back.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Magic Guard (Arcanine-Hisui) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Head Smash
- Flare Blitz
- Close Combat / Will-O-Wisp
- Extreme Speed / Stealth Rock / Flame Charge
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Arcanine is a strong wallbreaker, capable of denting many physically defensive Pokemon such as Scream Tail while taking advantage of Magic Guard by using Head Smash and Flare Blitz in combination with Life Orb without any drawbacks. Close Combat allows Hisuian Arcanine to hit Ting-Lu and Well-Baked Body Iron Treads, while Will-O-Wisp threatens burns on checks like physically defensive Quaquaval and Garchomp. Extreme Speed is useful priority that picks off weakened targets, Stealth Rock allows Hisuian Arcanine to act as an offensive entry hazard setter that pressures Corviknight and Iron Treads, and Flame Charge boosts its Speed to thwart potential revenge killers. As Hisuian Arcanine places a lot of pressure on physical walls, other physical cleaners like Meowscarada and Chien-Pao can be partnered with Hisuian Arcanine to clean up after it has broken those walls while providing speed control. Since Hisuian Arcanine is checked by Garchomp and bulky Water-types like Quaquaval, Refrigerate Regieleki makes a good partner for it by forcing these Pokemon out, pivoting Hisuian Arcanine in, and helping to deal with faster threats through its raw Speed. Hisuian Arcanine's middling Speed makes slow pivots like Corviknight good partners due to their ability to bring it in safely; alternatively, Corviknight's dual screens set allows Arcanine to take a hit and strike back.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/natcrozma.580765/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/lordbox.611238/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/ut.523866/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/
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