Arcanine
Fire
Best attacking moveset: Fire Fang and Fire Blast, worth 12.6 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Arcanine can learn 28 combinations. Fire Fang with Fire Blast does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Fang | Fire | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Snarl | Dark | 11 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Thunder Fang | Electric | 10 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Bite Legacy | Dark | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunch | Dark | 65 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Fire Blast | Fire | 140 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Flamethrower | Fire | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
| Psychic Fangs | Psychic | 25 | 1.0s | -33 |
| Scorching Sands | Ground | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Wild Charge | Electric | 90 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Bulldoze Legacy | Ground | 80 | 3.5s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Arcanine has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, evolution, photobomb.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,425 at level 50, 3,029 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,731 CP at level 20, or 2,164 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,652 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 227 attack · 166 defense · 207 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.9 m and 155 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Arcanine does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 19.8 |
| Steel | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 19.8 |
| Grass | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 19.8 |
| Ice | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 19.8 |
| Thunder Fang + Wild Charge | 17.6 | |
| Water | Thunder Fang + Wild Charge | 17.6 |
| Poison | Fire Fang + Scorching Sands | 14.8 |
| Electric | Fire Fang + Scorching Sands | 14.8 |
| Ghost | Bite + Crunch | 14.8 |
| Psychic | Bite + Crunch | 14.8 |
| Rock | Snarl + Scorching Sands | 14.6 |
| Fire | Snarl + Scorching Sands | 14.6 |
| Normal | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 12.6 |
| Fighting | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 12.6 |
| Ground | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 12.6 |
| Dark | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 12.6 |
| Fairy | Fire Fang + Fire Blast | 12.6 |
| Dragon | Bite + Scorching Sands | 10.6 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Arcanine is actually for.
Counters: what beats Arcanine
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 29.4 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 29.3 |
 Glimmora | RockPoison | Rock Throw + Meteor Beam | 28.9 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 28.7 |
 Rampardos | Rock | Smack Down + Rock Slide | 28.6 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 27.8 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 27.7 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 27.7 |
 Gigalith | Rock | Lock On + Meteor Beam Legacy | 27.5 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 27.2 |
Ranked by damage per second against Arcanine's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.