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arcanine vs flareon

So lots of the posts here was suggesting flareon as a good attacker for blessy ( fs /oh) but flareon is so low on hp and generally weak specially the current bug after many attempts I got myself an arcanine with (Ff/Fb) wont it be better ? I have a flareon with those moves , but due to low potions I prefer to have multiple both IV is around 80 , arcanine is lvl 28 flareon is lvl 23

Asked by @6668 years 7 months ago
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Arc is bulkier, and fire fang is about as good as fire spin if you want to dodge. but fire blast is A LOT worse than overheat, and flareon att is like 20 points better than arc's, so flareon is faster and do a ridiculous amount of damage to anything that do not resist it.

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So fire blast flareon will still be better than arcanine ?
I didn't start using flareon till after the bug so I hope it goes soon may be then I will see its real potential

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In theory yes, but it is really hard to dodge with fire spin, so depends on you. In my opinion flareon is like a alakazam with confusion, even being the best on the paper it is hard to use (it is a little extreme example). If you don't dodge any hit flareon is better, but if you wan't to dodge arcanine is better (considering the fire blast versions).

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OH Flareon is a bit better than Arcky, but FB Flareon isn't. Arcky's bulk is more valuable on this specific scenario.

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Even without the bug, gym lags still cause players hard to dodge correctly.

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Arcanine is bulkier...that is exactly it...not to mention the time it takes to cast OH. While doing a lot of damage, you are going to take hits. FT is actually the safer charge move for Flareon.

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by Deco74 8 years 7 months ago

Flareon all the way. The key with him is dodging... yes he's not easy to dodge with but if you get used to his cool down he's a beast. I just took down a 2800 snorlax w L/HB and a 2600 blissy (got him down to about 20% before I ran out of health) and used dragonite to finish him keep in mind that's battling two big defenders.

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