Arcanine Weaknesses and Strengths

Arcanine is a Fire type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Fire Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Ground	160%
Rock	160%
Water	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Bug	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%

Best Moves for Arcanine in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Arcanine.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Fire Fang	Fire Blast	56.00	514.40
Fire Fang	Flamethrower	54.18	503.25
Fire Fang	Wild Charge	50.62	495.34
Fire Fang	Return	66.00	486.17
Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	45.69	483.45
Thunder Fang	Fire Blast	50.00	471.38
Snarl	Fire Blast	50.91	470.03
Snarl	Flamethrower	49.09	465.95
Thunder Fang	Flamethrower	48.18	460.50
Snarl	Wild Charge	45.53	457.77

All Moves for Arcanine

Below are all the moves that Arcanine can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Fire Blast	Charged	140	40	4200ms	-100
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Wild Charge	Charged	90	34.62	2600ms	-50
Scorching Sands	Charged	95	29.69	3200ms	-50
Crunch	Charged	70	21.88	3200ms	-33
Flamethrower	Charged	70	38.18	2200ms	-50
Psychic Fangs	Charged	30	25	1200ms	-33
Bulldoze EliteTM	Charged	80	22.86	3500ms	-50
Thunder Fang	Quick	12	10	1200ms	16
Fire Fang	Quick	12	16	900ms	8
Bite EliteTM	Quick	6	12	500ms	4
Snarl	Quick	12	10.91	1100ms	14

Arcanine Evolution

Growlithe

Requires 50x Candy

Arcanine

Best Arcanine Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Arcanine Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Arcanine in a raid.

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