A WHOLE THREAD DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO ARCANINE BECAUSE I FUCKING CHERISH ARCANINE AND YOU SHOULD TOO
>>59460823Tell me more about this Arcanine creature
Is arcanine dog or is it a lion?
>>59460832It's a legendary. Whatever that means
>>59460832>>59460825It's based on Chinese guardian lion statues which are also called lion-dogs cuz they're a mix of a dog's loyalty and a lion's supposed noble, evil-thwarting nature. (Which is why Arcanine has Justified.) I suppose they also threw some tiger in there just to make it more Chinese.
I like to affectionately refer to Arcanines as 'firebears'.
>>59460823Did americans seriously saw this and thought; "i want a morbidly obese non-dragon instead"
>>59460823this thread is now about the REAL best fire type in all of pokemon! Arcanine
why is his regional form>A) ugly as fuck>B) just a more literal, less subtle take on the dog-lion statues concept which adds nothing that wasn't already there and just makes it very heavy-handed>C) still part Fire Type, which therefore makes both the new form AND the old form less original, unique or interesting
nigger
>>59460848Hence it should have been mono Fairy (prev.Normal/Psychic) type with access to fire moves and dragon dance
>>59460909Because they want Arcanine's popularity to be closer to Ninetales' than Charizard's.
>>59460848>I suppose they also threw some tiger in there
Has such a high BST yet such an awful distribution.
firebear!
>>59460823
>>59460823He's a good boy
>>59461305Correct
>>59460909>hisHer.
The best
>>59460960>Normal/Psychic > FairyNo, going by this typing, it would’ve been pure Normal > Fairy if it debuted in Gen 1, 2, or 3, or Normal/Psychic > Fairy/Psychic if it debuted in 4 or 5. Gamefreak wasn’t as “give anything Normal” in early generations.Either way, it sure wouldn’t have gone from dual type to monotype.
>>59461480>Either way, it sure wouldn’t have gone from dual type to monotype.Slowpoke went from dual to mono and so did Farfetch'd and Corsola
>>59461483is this bait?
I dun like dags.
>>59461480Yesso in a hypothetical rom hacknu-Arcanine would be Fairy type with fire movesnu-Scyther would be Bug/Dragonnu-Koffing Poison Rocknu-Cubone Ground Rock (no other rock ground exists)nu-Arbok Poison Darknu-Primape Fighting Dark nu-Cloyster Water Rock, and Lapras Water Dragon (lowered bst)
>>59460823i used to really like it a lot but over time it felt like it slowly lost its charm. it doesn't really seem like a legendary shisa anymore and most fanart and official stuff like https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GuXytmjidbA embrace it being a big, goofy golden retriever instead. makes me wish it'd get a slight redesign like this that replaces the thick fur with billowing smoke to tone down the 'floofy dog' side of it and reemphasize it being mythical and majestic
>breed for competitive back in xy>accidental shiny>later read about niche defensive setup>now using in ChampionsWorks in singles too, but GrilledLemon is my common doubles lead. Intimidate & burn is detrimental>willowisp>roar>morning sun>flare blitz
>>59460960Never let this guy make decisions holy shit what a soulless idea
>>59460960>>59461480>>59462599she is beautiful
>>59460823If Meowth can get two regional forms, one with a regional Persian and the other with a cross-gen evolution, I would love to see the same with Growlithe.
>>59462609yes, Ninetales is beautifulbut this is an Arcanine thread
cute boyfriends
Give quiver dance
Actually give everything in this collage setup moves
>>59463026Take away dragon dance
>>59460823Why do you cherish it?
>>59463200why not?
Give defense curl
Nice Arcanine, but, I'm going to post a Sneasler! LOL!
>>59464175unless it has dragon dance, go home
>>59465166Give Fletchling dragon dance too
