Pokemon Champions Build Guide

Best Arcanine Build in Pokemon Champions

Arcanine is best used as a bulky Fire-type support attacker in Pokemon Champions. Its best builds use Intimidate, strong Fire damage and utility to support balanced teams.

Arcanine Form

Normal Form

Arcanine

Last Updated: Regulation M-2

Page Status: This Arcanine build guide will be updated when new Pokemon Champions regulations, items, buffs or nerfs change its best set.

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Best Arcanine Builds in Pokemon Champions

Arcanine has two main builds in Pokemon Champions. The Intimidate support build is the safest option, while the offensive Fire attacker build is better when your team needs stronger immediate damage.

Build 1: Intimidate Support Attacker

This is the main Arcanine build. It weakens physical attackers, threatens Steel and Grass-types and gives teams reliable defensive utility.

Build 2: Offensive Fire Attacker

This version gives Arcanine stronger damage and priority pressure. Use it when your team wants Arcanine to attack more often than it supports.

Arcanine Stats

Arcanine base stats are shown below for easy reference.

Best Items for Arcanine

Sitrus Berry is the best item for the support build because it lets Arcanine stay on the field longer while cycling Intimidate.

Life Orb or Choice Band are better for offensive Arcanine when damage is the priority.

Best Pokemon to Pair with Arcanine

Arcanine works best with Pokemon that appreciate Intimidate, need Steel-types removed or cover Water, Rock and Ground-type attacks.

What Arcanine Is Good Against

Arcanine is strong against Grass, Bug, Steel and Ice-type Pokemon. Intimidate also makes it useful into teams built around physical attackers.

Snarl and Will-O-Wisp give support Arcanine value even when Fire damage is resisted.

Potential Counters for Arcanine

Arcanine is threatened by Water, Ground and Rock-type attacks. Bulky Water-types and weather control can make it difficult to use.

Arcanine All Moves

Arcanine can learn Fire, Electric, Dark, Normal and utility moves across different Pokemon games. Use the section below to view the full move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Start	Extreme Speed	Normal	Physical	80	100
1	Agility	Psychic	Status	–	–
1	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
1	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100
1	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
1	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100
1	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100
1	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Howl	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Leer	Normal	Status	–	100
1	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90
1	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100
1	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	–	100
1	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
1	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
5	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	–
TM	Agility	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
TM	Charm	Fairy	Status	–	100
TM	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Curse	Ghost	Status	–	–
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85
TM	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
TM	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85
TM	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100
TM	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
TM	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	–	100
TM	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	90	100
TM	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100
TM	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100
TM	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90
TM	Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	–	100
TM	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95
TM	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Swift	Normal	Special	60	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Temper Flare	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100
TM	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95
TM	Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100
TM	Will O Wisp	Fire	Status	–	85

Arcanine Pokemon Champions Regulation History

This section keeps older Arcanine builds available in case a previous regulation returns.

Should You Use Arcanine?

Arcanine is worth using if your team wants Intimidate, Fire pressure and flexible support in one slot.

It fits balanced teams very well and can be tuned toward bulk or damage depending on what the team needs.

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