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B/FT Arcanine for dodging

I searched Q&A and cant find an answer for my question. Today I caught an Growlithe 844 cp (4500 stardust to power up lvl 27 I think) with 82 IV and this is the first one that I caught with worthy IVs and high level and I have just hit lvl 30. I evolved it and came from bite/flamethrower. As I read in Q&A bite has its own advantages and overall as good as fire fang. And even flamethrower has slightly lower DPS than Fire blast its better for dodging and more versatile.
Im a player who dodges everything, want to save some dust, and cant find Growlithe s often. I dont think I can find better in the wild with good IVs and high lvl soon and want to power him up and make him one of my main attackers. What do you think about it according to things I wrote?
Thanks in advance for all answers.

Asked by Pleindelavie8 years 5 months ago
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No, bite is way worse than fire fang in practical terms. The lack of STAB along with mismatched type against what you'll be fighting against (i.e. Grass types), you'll be losing out on a 1.56X multiplier (or in other words, you'll be dealing only 64% of Fire Fang damage.) It holds its own against Exeggutor however as it is weak to Dark moves as well.

I'm also hesitant to power a 82 IV as well, you probably have a higher IV Flareon than this Arcanine? Flareon does better than Arcanine, if you dodge properly, as you mentioned.

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I have no luck with eevees. And if bite is that much worse than ff, I wont power this one up and leave it as it is. But isn t Ember on Flareon too weak?

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I cant disagree more with you sir. I know the vast majority of the advanced players on this site also disagree with you. Flareon has higher attack but it is overall much much weaker then Arcanine. Ember is a horrible attack move. Its a fact and not up to debate.

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by TopDog 8 years 5 months ago

I have a FF/FB and a B/FT both 91% 2585 cp and powered up to level 34.5. I primarily use them against Eggys and B/FT is the undoubtedly better mon for dodging. I can takeout more eggys with the B/FT then I could with the FF/FB. When im in a hurry I use the FFFB and when Im taking down a diversified level 10 gym I use the B/FT. Bite is horrible on defense but on attack its a star. You can get 2-3 more bite attacks in between dodges then with FF which combined with the faster charge yields a way way higher DPS with bite against Eggy(Dark is SE on Psycic). Against Venusaur the gains are smaller and closer together.
82% is a strong IV and you have your ideal moveset thats very valuable. I think the game is currently being much more stingy with tier 1 IV's so getting something better with the moveset you prefer may take you a long time.
Its already almost level 30 so Id definitely power that up to there. Im a tightass with my stardust so I would recommend holding off on any power ups past 30 tho. Gen 2 is right around the corner and a superior fire mon may be released then. If there isnt and you still love that puppy power it up some more.

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Thanks for sharing experiences and I was thinking like what you said. But with two completely diffrent answer, I should try him in a gym soon.

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Apologies! I missed that he is Lv 27 already. In that case, go ahead and power it up!

You will only really lose the super effective benefit fighting a Venusaur, Victreebel and Vileplume. Against Exeggutor, your Arcanine would work just as great as a Fire Fang one.

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by ring 8 years 5 months ago

I have 2 Arcanines aswell, one with FF and one with Bite. Imo Bite is superior quick move, its a lot faster, it generates a lot more energy, easier to dodge, has better type coverage (nothing really resists dark atm).
Dps might be a little bit smaller than stab Fire Fang if you just stand still and spam attack, but i really prefer to dodge stuff.

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