Arcanine is a quadruped, canine-like Pokémon that resembles the mythical Ryukyuan Shisa (a cross between a lion and a dog). Its head is covered in a cream-colored hair, except for the region around its eyes and ears, which is orange. Its body is a combination of the same orange fur with black stripes and completely black fur on its belly. It also has patches of cream-colored fur on its chest, legs, and tail, resembling smoke. Its paws each have three toes and a round pink paw pad underneath. Two fangs are seen when its mouth is closed.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Arcanine can spit large trails of flame, as well as run with extreme speed. Like other Fire-type Pokémon, Arcanine has a flame (or possibly a flame sac) within its body. Arcanine is capable of learning a variety of tooth-based moves such as Thunder Fang, Fire Fang, Crunch, etc. Since Arcanine is now fully evolved, it is capable of learning powerful moves such as Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
On rare occasions, Arcanine have been known to wield powerful Dragon-type attacks such as DragonBreath, Dragon Pulse and even Outrage.
Behavior
Arcanine are prized Pokémon, admired due to many people thinking of it as beautiful and regal. Arcanine has been depicted to stash food (such as Pecha Berries) in the voluminous fur of its mane, fishing the food out for its Growlithe youngsters to eat at its nest.
Arcanine live in active volcanoes, grassy plains, and scorched fields heated by geothermal energy. They have also been depicted to live in mountains. It is found within the same range that Growlithe are found, which includes Kanto and Johto.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Generation I
Kanto
A Pokémon that is described in Chinese legends. It is said to race at an unbelievable speed.
Generation II
Johto
This legendary Chinese Pokémon is considered magnificent. Many people are enchanted by its grand mane.
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No Pokédex data is available.
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Arcanine
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Arcanine
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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