[SET]
Magic Guard (Arcanine-Hisui) @ Life Orb
Ability: Magic Guard
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Head Smash
- Flare Blitz
- Morning Sun
- Extreme Speed / Stealth Rock / Will-O-Wisp
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Arcanine is a fearsome wallbreaker, using Magic Guard to eliminate the recoil from Life Orb and its incredibly high-Base Power STAB moves and prevent chip damage from entry hazards. Morning Sun allows Hisuian Arcanine to have defensive utility, being a useful defensive check to Pokemon like Scream Tail and Iron Moth. Extreme Speed offsets Hisuian Arcanine's middling Speed and allows it to pick off chipped foes. Stealth Rock lets it leverage its good offensive typing against common Defog users like Corviknight and Mandibuz to function as an offensive entry hazard setter, while Will-O-Wisp debilitates switch-ins like Great Tusk, Swampert, and Zamazenta, greatly dampening their damage output. Hisuian Arcanine greatly struggles with being revenge killed by faster threats like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, and Zamazenta, so it appreciates defensive teammates like Corviknight and Manaphy. Slow pivots like the aforementioned Corviknight and Manaphy can help give Hisuian Arcanine more opportunities to wallbreak. Hisuian Arcanine can struggle with Well-Baked Body Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, and Skarmory, so teammates like Sandy Shocks and Zamazenta can help by breaking through them.
[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
- Morning Sun
- Extreme Speed / Stealth Rock / Will-O-Wisp
[SET COMMENTS]
Hisuian Arcanine is a fearsome wallbreaker, using Magic Guard to eliminate the recoil from Life Orb and its incredibly high-Base Power STAB moves and prevent chip damage from entry hazards. Morning Sun allows Hisuian Arcanine to have defensive utility, being a useful defensive check to Pokemon like Scream Tail and Iron Moth. Extreme Speed offsets Hisuian Arcanine's middling Speed and allows it to pick off chipped foes. Stealth Rock lets it leverage its good offensive typing against common Defog users like Corviknight and Mandibuz to function as an offensive entry hazard setter, while Will-O-Wisp debilitates switch-ins like Great Tusk, Swampert, and Zamazenta, greatly dampening their damage output. Hisuian Arcanine greatly struggles with being revenge killed by faster threats like Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, and Zamazenta, so it appreciates defensive teammates like Corviknight and Manaphy. Slow pivots like the aforementioned Corviknight and Manaphy can help give Hisuian Arcanine more opportunities to wallbreak. Hisuian Arcanine can struggle with Well-Baked Body Steel-types like Gholdengo, Kingambit, and Skarmory, so teammates like Sandy Shocks and Zamazenta can help by breaking through them.
[SET CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/evie.594122/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/slither-wing.603931/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/tranquility.475288/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/rose.511181/
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