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TM 98 % Arcanine?

I have a 98% arcanine with fire fang and fire blast, should I use charge tms to go for wild charge?

Asked by JeffWhale8116 years 8 months ago
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No. You should be using your TM on meta relevant pokemon. Or at least on pokemon that are useful, arcanine is not the case.

If you're a new player you should focus on building a decent team. Check tier lists on this site to find out what you will be needing.
If you are a veteran player who has 30+ cTM and just wanted to use them because they take space, then go ahead and TM your arcanine.

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by hkn 6 years 8 months ago

Raikou is a far better Wild Charge user. If you lack one, then use Jolteon with Thunderbolt. Gen IV will also introduce Electivire and Magnezone.

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Certainly not, leave it as a fire mon and may find some use if you are very short in that area. CTM's are far too rare to use on a mon who doesn't have stab on Wild Charge, there are much better electric alternatives out there. It is an ok defender with WC but no better than a host of others. Electabuzz & Magneton both have gen 4 evos if you can't power up a decent Raikou or Zapdos. If your need for electric is now then evolve some high CP Eevee's & go for TS/TB Jolteon. Alolan Golem has access to Wild Charge with stab & has decent attack but unfortunately Volt Switch is very very slow. Electric not particularly relevant atm so I wouldn't say you're in a rush, hope that helps.

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Why would you? It's outclassed by several non-legendaries as an electric attacker and the best one is the obvious Jolteon that's easy to get.

Arcanine just isn't a very good pokemon at the moment, but a double fire moveset is the most useful for it, at least it can contribute somewhat to soloing a few raid bosses if high enough level.

EDIT: Jolteon is so much better that any moveset except VS/T outclasses Arcanine. A single FTM and a single CTM guarantees TS/TB or TS/D, both of which outclass all other non-legendary electrics.

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Yes you should

Well you I didn’t explain why you wanted Wild Charge on your Arcanine in the first place. People already showed that using him as an electric attacker is a poor choice. You have some to spare I just say try it. Maybe even get Snarl/Wild Charge and throw it in a gym for fun.

Everyone seems adamant about it being a poor choice but I feel like it is pretty obvious there are better choices for pure electric DPS. Wild Charge is a cool move, heck I think with Snarl/WC I think it almost does better neutral damage anyways

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Yes, you should.

Arcanine is a poor attacker, sure. With the legacy move Flamethrower being just passable. But if you like it (I sure do) and it's already a decent level. Might as well use it as a fun defender.

As a defender, Wild Charge is Arcanine's best choice as it is multi bar and has type coverage for one of his counters.

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