Hisuian Arcanine
FireRock
Best attacking moveset: Fire Fang and Flamethrower, worth 12.3 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Hisuian Arcanine can learn 12 combinations. Fire Fang with Flamethrower 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 |
| Rock Smash | Fighting | 17 | 1.5s | +12 |
| Snarl | Dark | 11 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunch | Dark | 65 | 3.0s | -33 |
| Flamethrower | Fire | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
| Rock Slide | Rock | 75 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Wild Charge | Electric | 90 | 2.5s | -50 |
Shiny
Shiny availability is tracked for Arcanine as a species, on the Arcanine page.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,556 at level 50, 3,145 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,797 CP at level 20, or 2,247 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,717 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 232 attack · 165 defense · 216 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
Hisuian Arcanine does not have one best moveset, it has 7. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Ice, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fire Fang + Rock Slide | 19.5 |
| Ice | Fire Fang + Rock Slide | 19.5 |
| Steel | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 19.3 |
| Grass | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 19.3 |
| Snarl + Rock Slide | 16.1 | |
| Fire | Snarl + Rock Slide | 16.1 |
| Water | Snarl + Wild Charge | 16.1 |
| Ghost | Snarl + Crunch | 14.9 |
| Psychic | Snarl + Crunch | 14.9 |
| Normal | Rock Smash + Flamethrower | 12.8 |
| Dark | Rock Smash + Flamethrower | 12.8 |
| Rock | Rock Smash + Rock Slide | 12.7 |
| Fighting | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 12.3 |
| Poison | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 12.3 |
| Ground | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 12.3 |
| Electric | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 12.3 |
| Fairy | Fire Fang + Flamethrower | 12.3 |
| Dragon | Snarl + Rock Slide | 11.4 |
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 Hisuian Arcanine is actually for.
Counters: what beats Hisuian Arcanine
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 47.3 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 47.1 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 46.2 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 44.7 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 44.5 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 43.8 |
 Mamoswine | IceGround | Mud Slap + High Horsepower | 43.1 |
 Quaquaval | WaterFighting | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 42.8 |
 Primarina | WaterFairy | Waterfall + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 42.1 |
 Rhyperior | GroundRock | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 41.6 |
Ranked by damage per second against Hisuian Arcanine's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.