Gen 9 NU Howl
Arcanine @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Flash Fire
Tera Type: Normal
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant / Jolly Nature
- Howl
- Extreme Speed
- Flare Blitz
- Double-Edge
Arcanine recently dropped to NU, so here is a Howl set Arcanine can use on HO or offense teams. Howl is Arcanine's only move to raise its attack, making Arcanine's attacks more powerful. Extreme Speed allows Arcanine to have a nice priority move to pick off faster Pokemon. With Tera Normal, Arcanine gets STAB on Extreme Speed, making it more powerful to revenge kill faster Pokemon. Flare Blitz is used for a powerful Fire STAB, being useful to hit Steel-types such as Copperajah and Bronzong super effectively. Double-Edge takes advantage of Tera Normal to become a powerful Normal STAB that hits most Pokemon who resist Flare Blitz such as Qwilish, Tauros-Paldea-Blaze, Oricorio, and Tauros-Paldea-Aqua. Close Combat is an option over Double-Edge to hit Pokemon such as Coalossal and Lycanroc super effectively, but Lycanroc is usually a HO lead, so Close Combat doesn't really hit much else. Heavy-Duty Boots is used to prevent Arcanine from being chipped by hazards. Flash Fire lets Arcanine freely switch into Fire moves. Adamant Nature gives Arcanine as much power as possible, while Jolly Nature lets Arcanine have more speed.
