Arcanine
Despite its bulk, it deftly feints every which way, leading opponents on a chase as it dances past them.
Arcanine has some good stats spread out. Both attack and special attack are more even so its another mixed attacker. Physical with Flare Blitz and Extreme Speed, or special with Fire Blast. You'll need to grab Fire Blast as a TM and make sure to get Extreme Speed on evolution from Growlithe. Its plain form is a pretty safe pick as a fire type Pokemon.
The Hisuian form adds Rock as a secondary type, which changes the coverage a bit. It increases its weakness to types the plain form is just not weak to but it does add some additional strengths from different types.
Lowers the foe's Attack stat.
Boosts Fire moves if hit by one. Nullifies Fire-type damage.
Boosts Attack when hit by Dark moves.
Evolution Chain
Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. This was a feature that was added specifically to Polished Crystal. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Professor Elm.
How to Obtain
Wild Encounters (4)
Evolution Moves (1)
Moves learned upon evolving into Arcanine.
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extremespeed | |||||
| normal |  | 80 | 100 | 5 | |
| A powerful firststrike attack. | |||||
Level Up Moves (6)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon DanceLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dragon |  | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Raises the user's Attack and Speed. | ||||||
| GrowlLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 40 | ||
| A move that lowers the foe's Attack. | ||||||
| BiteLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| RoarLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Scares wild foes to end battle. | ||||||
| Flame ChargeLevel: 1 | ||||||
| fire | | 50 | 100 | 20 | ||
| An attack that may up user's Speed. | ||||||
| Take DownLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 90 | 100 | 15 | ||
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||
Egg Moves (9)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Kick | |||||
| fighting | | 30 | 100 | 30 | |
| A double kicking attack. | |||||
| Fire Spin | |||||
| fire |  | 40 | 90 | 15 | |
| Traps the foe for 2-5 turns. | |||||
| Healinglight | |||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 5 | |
| Restores HP based on weather. | |||||
| Thrash | |||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| Works 2-3 turns and confuses user. | |||||
| Crunch | |||||
| dark | | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| An attack that may lower Defense. | |||||
| Flare Blitz | |||||
| fire | | 120 | 100 | 15 | |
| A charge that also hurts the user. | |||||
| Body Slam | |||||
| normal | | 85 | 100 | 15 | |
| An attack that may cause paralysis. | |||||
| Safeguard | |||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 25 | |
| Prevents all status problems. | |||||
| Close Combat | |||||
| fighting | | 120 | 100 | 5 | |
| Lowers the user's Def and Sp.Def. | |||||
TM/HM Moves (30)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curse | ||||||
| ghost | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM03 | |
| Works differently for Ghost-types. | ||||||
| Roar | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | TM05 | |
| Scares wild foes to end battle. | ||||||
| Toxic | ||||||
| poison | | 0 | 90 | 10 | TM06 | |
| A Poison move with increasing damage. | ||||||
| Hidden Power | ||||||
| The type varies with the Pokémon. | ||||||
| Sunny Day | ||||||
| fire | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM11 | |
| Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| Hyper Beam | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | TM15 | |
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Protect | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM17 | |
| Foils attack that turn. It may fail. | ||||||
| Safeguard | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 25 | TM20 | |
| Prevents all status problems. | ||||||
| Bulldoze | ||||||
| ground | | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM21 | |
| A Ground attack that lowers Speed. | ||||||
| Solar Beam | ||||||
| grass | | 120 | 100 | 10 | TM22 | |
| 1st turn: Prepare 2nd turn: Attack | ||||||
| Iron Tail | ||||||
| steel | | 100 | 75 | 15 | TM23 | |
| An attack that may lower Defense. | ||||||
| Return | ||||||
| normal | | 1 | 100 | 20 | TM27 | |
| An attack that is based on loyalty. | ||||||
| Dig | ||||||
| ground | | 90 | 100 | 10 | TM28 | |
| 1st turn: Burrow 2nd turn: Attack | ||||||
| Brick Break | ||||||
| fighting | | 75 | 100 | 15 | TM31 | |
| Removes Reflect and Light Screen. | ||||||
| Double Team | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM32 | |
| Raises the user's evasiveness. | ||||||
| Flamethrower | ||||||
| fire | | 90 | 100 | 15 | TM35 | |
| An attack that may inflict a burn. | ||||||
| Fire Blast | ||||||
| fire | | 110 | 85 | 5 | TM38 | |
| An attack that may inflict a burn. | ||||||
| Swift | ||||||
| normal | | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM39 | |
| An attack that never misses. | ||||||
| Aerial Ace | ||||||
| 60 | 100 | 20 | TM40 | ||
| An attack that never misses. | ||||||
| Substitute | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM41 | |
| Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP. | ||||||
| Facade | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 20 | TM42 | |
| Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz. | ||||||
| Flame Charge | ||||||
| fire | | 50 | 100 | 20 | TM43 | |
| An attack that may up user's Speed. | ||||||
| Rest | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM44 | |
| Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover. | ||||||
| Attract | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM45 | |
| Makes the opposite gender infatuated. | ||||||
| Thief | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | TM46 | |
| An attack that may steal a held item. | ||||||
| Wild Charge | ||||||
| electric | | 90 | 100 | 15 | TM57 | |
| A charge that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Dragon Pulse | ||||||
| dragon | | 85 | 100 | 10 | TM59 | |
| Attacks foe with a shock wave. | ||||||
| Will O Wisp | ||||||
| fire | | 0 | 85 | 15 | TM61 | |
| A move that may burn the foe. | ||||||
| Giga Impact | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | TM68 | |
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||
| fighting | | 80 | 100 | 15 | HM04 | |
| A powerful physical attack. | ||||||
Move Tutor Moves (10)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 30 | MT01 | |
| Sharply raises the user's Speed. | ||||||
| Body Slam | ||||||
| normal | | 85 | 100 | 15 | MT04 | |
| An attack that may cause paralysis. | ||||||
| Charm | ||||||
| fairy | | 0 | 100 | 20 | MT05 | |
| Sharply lowers the foe's Attack. | ||||||
| Double Edge | ||||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 15 | MT08 | |
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Endure | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT11 | |
| Endures any hit with at least 1HP. | ||||||
| Headbutt | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 15 | MT13 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Hyper Voice | ||||||
| normal | | 90 | 100 | 10 | MT14 | |
| Attack the foe with sound waves. | ||||||
| Iron Head | ||||||
| steel | | 80 | 100 | 15 | MT17 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Sleep Talk | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT24 | |
| Randomly attacks while asleep. | ||||||
| Swagger | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 85 | 15 | MT26 | |
| Causes confusion but raises Attack. | ||||||
Arcanine in Pokémon Polished Crystal
Arcanine is #137 in the PolishedDex for Pokémon Polished Crystal. This page covers its fire typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 4 encounter locations. Use the moves and counters links below to plan a team around this Arcanine form.
