Please retcon him to fire/ground type in gen 10....
>>58906137>No STAB Rock Slide for double battles>No STAB Head Smash for single battles Why would you make it objectively worse for no reason?
>>58906156>STAB earthquake for double battles>STAB High Horsepower for single battles> And more importantly ONE 4x weakness less than the original typing
>>58906197>STAB earthquake for double battlesRock Slide doesn’t hurt your teammates, can flinch, and isn’t neutered by Grassy Terrain >STAB High Horsepower for single battlesSignificantly weaker and less spamable than Head Smash. You underestimate Rock as an attack type when no type is IMMUNE to it. And unlike most Rock types Arcanine’s speed tier is flexible enough to take full advantage of that
>>58906137I'd be happy if they changed the Shiny's color to a white and gray version that resembled a statue.It would even be a good idea for a hidden boss fight: you reach a temple full of these statues, and suddenly one opens its eyes and a surprise battle begins.
>>58906137>I care about its competitive viabilityUse a different pokemon>I just want my bro to be goodNot your bro if you care about how strong it is>>58906663Actual based arcanine enjoyer
>>58906137It would be much, much worse with that typing. Arcanine is good in VGC because it can spam rock slide, which can both flinch and deal with genies, in addition to having no immunities. STAB rock head head smash is also better for it on single targets than literally any ground type move could be.
>>58906137>please make [actually good Pokemon] worseAre you just a big fucking retard? It's good in nonfanfic formats because of its typing. Last I checked it had ~10% usage
>>58906137Fuck no I love head smash dog.
Why do Pokemon fans get so easily triggered over double weaknesses?You even see this regarding playthroughs in the very games they say are easy.
>>58906952Because none of them ever used Geodude in GS
>>58906197>muh weaknesses>thinks earthquake is good in double battlescampaignshitters, not even once
>Flare Blitz>Head Smashthe bravest dog
>>58906982And unlike Talonflame it doesn't have to worry about HP recoil.
>>58906137Why would a Pokemon based on a stone statue be ground type and not rock?
>>58906137Please retcon his design to something decent
>>58906137>>58906197this might be the worst theorycrafting i've ever seen on /vp/ in months that doesn't involve shoehorning in changes to the battle system>>58906663this reminds me that there should be an ice type arcanine variant to go along with alolan ninetales
>>58906678did you sleep through generation 7 before incelroar got its hidden ability and any vgc formats without incineroarplus hisuian arcanine shows up from time to time in both vgc and ou because of STAB rockslide + intimidate and STAB head smash + rock head, respectivelyit's good enough especially if you account for all of gen 9's infamous powercreep>>58906952because they're shitters scared of oddish using ababorjust completely disregard that a ton of very good pokemon have quad weaknesses and are still high usage in both singles and doubles formats anyways, and that at least a few of them are so strong they have to be actively and specifically nerfed like talonflamemost of my favorite pokemon have quad weaknesses and that doesn't stop me from loving them
>>58906287>>58906952>>58906966>>58907443>>58907460Quad weakness dog is good with duh 90% accuracy rock moves, but no one ever dares to talk about how to overcome 4x weakness to water, which is a dominant type in VGC.
>>58907972You don't really need to, it does what it needs to do in spite of urshifu and other water types.Having an Achilles heel doesn't matter if you get the job done anyways.
>>58907972Campaignshitter-kun I hate to break this to you but there are 17 other types in the game that aren’t water and only 8 move slotsYour opponent isn’t going to conveniently always have a water move available, and even if they did, moves like Fake Out, Follow Me, Rage Powder, and Ally Switch exist for a reasonTry learning some game mechanics other than >MUH TYPE CHART!!!
>>58906137retcon it out of this franchise more like
