Arcanine.
VGC 2026 Reg M-B usage profile · rank #140
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
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Usage · August 2026
0.2%
Arcanine is ranked #140 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B, carried by 15,015 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#140 of 277
Raw count15,015
Viability ceiling78
Month on month-0.07pp
13 month peak0.3%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 555
HP
90
Atk
110
Def
80
SpA
100
SpD
80
Spe
95
Usage over time0.2%▼ 0.07pppeak 0.3% · Jun '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
19.2% of Arcanine teamsHP
31
Atk
0
Def
20
SpA
0
SpD
5
Spe
10
NatureTimid
AbilityIntimidate · 95.3%
ItemSitrus Berry · 86.4%
EV spread31 HP / 20 Def / 5 SpD / 10 Spe
Moves
74.5%
60.7%
58.9%
53.5%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant22 HP / 32 Atk / 12 Spe11.5%
Timid31 HP / 11 Def / 6 SpD / 18 Spe8.8%
Moves
12 tracked74.5%
60.7%
58.9%
53.5%
52.0%
27.1%
19.6%
12.6%
10.6%
5.2%
5.1%
4.8%
Items
86.4%
4.5%
4.3%
Abilities
95.3%
3.6%
1.2%
EV spreads
top 6Timid31 HP / 20 Def / 5 SpD / 10 Spe19.2%
Adamant22 HP / 32 Atk / 12 Spe11.5%
Timid31 HP / 11 Def / 6 SpD / 18 Spe8.8%
Adamant31 HP / 32 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpD / 1 Spe6.9%
Adamant31 HP / 31 Atk / 4 Spe6.3%
Careful31 HP / 10 Def / 20 SpD / 5 Spe4.4%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Arcanine build for VGC 2026 Reg M-B
The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-B players run most often, taken from 1,269,250 battles in August 2026. Arcanine sits at rank #140 with 0.2% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.07 points on the month before.
These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.
The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.