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Banned deucer.
[SET]
name: Burn Up Stall
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Morning Sun
move 3: Burn Up
move 4: Snarl / Flamethrower
item: Sitrus Berry / Air Balloon
ability: Intimidate
nature: Bold
evs: 240 HP / 228 Def / 20 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Arcanine is a reliable physical wall that can also counter many special attackers as well. Intimidate is Arcanine’s only viable ability, giving it an advantage against physical attackers at the start of a battle which lets it live more physical hits overall by reducing the opponent’s attack. Arcanine has access to reliable recovery in Morning Sun, giving it a favorable matchup against pokemon like golisopod. Will-O-Wisp is used to burn the opposing pokemon so that a critical hit does less damage, half the opponent’s attack, and also to allow the opponents hp to be slowly whittled down every turn. Burn Up is used as a powerful fire type move that can win some matchups against pokemon like Corviknight and Excadrill, and also removes Arcanine’s fire typing so that it is no longer weak to Ground, Water, and Rock type attacks. Using Burn Up will also remove resistances to Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Steel type attacks, so exercise caution when deciding wether to use Burn Up against pokemon like Sylveon and Cinderace. Snarl is used to lower the opponent’s SpA so that you can survive special hits and stall out the opponent if they are a special attacker. It can also be used to bypass substitute and still deal damage to the opponent. This is useful against pokemon like Choice Scarf Dragapult and Sylveon. Flamethrower allows Arcanine to defeat Pokemon that capitalize on Arcanine using Burn Up such as Fake Tears Sylveon and Trick Choice Band Grimmsnarl. Sitrus berry gives Arcanine a more reliable matchup against many pokemon, like Golisopod or Sylveon because it doesn’t need to waste a turn to use Morning Sun. Air Balloon can be used to give a more reliable matchup against ground type pokemon like Diggersby or Rhyperior by making Arcanine immune to major super effective STAB options. Arcanine’s 240 HP / 228+ Def is enough to survive adamant choice band darmanitan using earthquake. 20 SpA is enough to kill 252 HP / 52 SpD Corviknight (Common spread) in one hit. 20 speed is extra, but is enough to outspeed 0 Spe investment Mimikyu.
Arcanine works well with hard hitting pokemon that are frailer on the physically defensive side, like Sylveon, in covering their usual weakness to physical hits. Pokemon like Sylveon cover Arcanine’s weakness to other forms of stall and its inability to hit opposing pokemon hard. Arcanine is weak to Rock, Ground, and Water type pokemon, so grass types like Whimsicott and Ferrothorn are also a good choice while providing a way to beat stall and Arcanine helps their weakness to Fire.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lkjchjdhbjidcgjhd, 484118]]
- Quality checked by: [[AllFourtyOne, 457210], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
name: Burn Up Stall
move 1: Will-O-Wisp
move 2: Morning Sun
move 3: Burn Up
move 4: Snarl / Flamethrower
item: Sitrus Berry / Air Balloon
ability: Intimidate
nature: Bold
evs: 240 HP / 228 Def / 20 SpA / 20 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Arcanine is a reliable physical wall that can also counter many special attackers as well. Intimidate is Arcanine’s only viable ability, giving it an advantage against physical attackers at the start of a battle which lets it live more physical hits overall by reducing the opponent’s attack. Arcanine has access to reliable recovery in Morning Sun, giving it a favorable matchup against pokemon like golisopod. Will-O-Wisp is used to burn the opposing pokemon so that a critical hit does less damage, half the opponent’s attack, and also to allow the opponents hp to be slowly whittled down every turn. Burn Up is used as a powerful fire type move that can win some matchups against pokemon like Corviknight and Excadrill, and also removes Arcanine’s fire typing so that it is no longer weak to Ground, Water, and Rock type attacks. Using Burn Up will also remove resistances to Bug, Fairy, Fire, Grass, Ice, and Steel type attacks, so exercise caution when deciding wether to use Burn Up against pokemon like Sylveon and Cinderace. Snarl is used to lower the opponent’s SpA so that you can survive special hits and stall out the opponent if they are a special attacker. It can also be used to bypass substitute and still deal damage to the opponent. This is useful against pokemon like Choice Scarf Dragapult and Sylveon. Flamethrower allows Arcanine to defeat Pokemon that capitalize on Arcanine using Burn Up such as Fake Tears Sylveon and Trick Choice Band Grimmsnarl. Sitrus berry gives Arcanine a more reliable matchup against many pokemon, like Golisopod or Sylveon because it doesn’t need to waste a turn to use Morning Sun. Air Balloon can be used to give a more reliable matchup against ground type pokemon like Diggersby or Rhyperior by making Arcanine immune to major super effective STAB options. Arcanine’s 240 HP / 228+ Def is enough to survive adamant choice band darmanitan using earthquake. 20 SpA is enough to kill 252 HP / 52 SpD Corviknight (Common spread) in one hit. 20 speed is extra, but is enough to outspeed 0 Spe investment Mimikyu.
Arcanine works well with hard hitting pokemon that are frailer on the physically defensive side, like Sylveon, in covering their usual weakness to physical hits. Pokemon like Sylveon cover Arcanine’s weakness to other forms of stall and its inability to hit opposing pokemon hard. Arcanine is weak to Rock, Ground, and Water type pokemon, so grass types like Whimsicott and Ferrothorn are also a good choice while providing a way to beat stall and Arcanine helps their weakness to Fire.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lkjchjdhbjidcgjhd, 484118]]
- Quality checked by: [[AllFourtyOne, 457210], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]
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