Arcanine with Snarl + WC as a viable defender?
I haven't seen many people talk about this moveset with Arcanine. With the new update coming to limit 1 of each mon species per gym, he seems like a great one to throw in. My 91% 2620cp was almost able to one hit a maxed out Gyrados with wild charge. Also looking at how much damage Wild Charge does, Arcanine hits with 227 and Raikou hits at 241 (within 14 damage of Raikou's best elec attack seems like a great move to have!)... I guess what my question would be is, does this make a Snarl + WC Arcanine the best cp viable fire defender?
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I hate it when people say this or that pokemon won't be a good defender because it has a weakness or pokemon A or B will destroy it. Fun fact, everything has a weakness. Fun fact, every pokemon can get destroyed, even Blissey gets destroyed. Blissey also gets beat pretty handedly by that Tyranitar you mentioned.
That's very true. I guess what I typed came off more harsh than I meant. As I expanded on below I think it's a good move. Not a Blissey substitute but a good move that's as good as others and tricky.
It's kind of hard to write my personal opinion while I've been forced to build an attacker army thanks to my area. In his area it may be a great mon. My intention wasn't to belittle his move. But it did read that way and I apologize for that.
No doubt. I'm not saying that the defensive set in question isn't his best, it probably is all things considered. I'm not saying he isn't a viable defender either. I'm just saying I was always usually taking my Dragon against him in my area. He will be marginally better the first time through the second time I'll either counter him directly or just run a Dragonite again then use his left over health for another target.
It's a good mon and a smart defensive play. But, you know, in the current system it's not much. As good as most other moves though.
i have a similar situation, lvl 20 100% ivs arcanine with same moveset. i'm waiting for the possible gym rework before powering it up: if things stays as they are it will be a nice troll defender in my opinion, because a lot of players will try to hit him with vaporeon&co, and wild charge is a nasty move against them. also, it is an high cp pokemon, which is a plus for a defender
