Arcanine.
VGC 2026 Reg M-C usage profile · rank #133
september 2026 · 1.6M battles
september 2026 · 1.6M battles
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Usage · September 2026
0.2%
Arcanine is ranked #133 in VGC 2026 Reg M-C, carried by 13,601 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#133 of 277
Raw count13,601
Viability ceiling77
Month on month+0.22pp
13 month peak0.2%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-C
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 555
HP
90
Atk
110
Def
80
SpA
100
SpD
80
Spe
95
Usage over time0.2%▲ 0.22pppeak 0.2% · Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
28.3% of Arcanine teamsHP
32
Atk
0
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
2
Spe
32
NatureTimid
AbilityIntimidate · 90.4%
ItemSitrus Berry · 50.6%
EV spread32 HP / 2 SpD / 32 Spe
Moves
77.7%
55.4%
54.3%
51.0%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant31 HP / 3 Atk / 3 Def / 29 SpD15.6%
Moves
13 tracked77.7%
55.4%
54.3%
51.0%
48.5%
31.4%
30.5%
7.6%
7.2%
5.4%
5.2%
4.2%
3.8%
Items
50.6%
27.9%
6.1%
4.0%
2.5%
1.8%
1.4%
1.3%
Abilities
90.4%
8.6%
0.9%
EV spreads
top 6Timid32 HP / 2 SpD / 32 Spe28.3%
Adamant31 HP / 3 Atk / 3 Def / 29 SpD15.6%
Careful31 HP / 2 Def / 10 SpD / 23 Spe3.3%
Jolly2 HP / 28 Atk / 4 Def / 32 Spe3.0%
Jolly2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe2.8%
Adamant6 HP / 32 Atk / 8 SpD / 20 Spe2.4%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Arcanine build for VGC 2026 Reg M-C
The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-C players run most often, taken from 1,631,943 battles in September 2026. Arcanine sits at rank #133 with 0.2% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.22 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.