#229

Houndoom

The Dark Pokémon

In a Houndoom pack, the one with its horns raked sharply back serves a leadership role. They choose their leader by fighting among themselves.

Base stat total: 500
Height: 1.4 m
Weight: 35 kg
Catch rate: 45

Base stats

500 total

HP 75 291 354

Atk 90 194 306

Def 50 122 218

SpA 110 230 350

SpD 80 176 284

Spe 95 203 317

At level 100, from no EVs and a hindering nature to 252 EVs and a beneficial one. Every Pokémon here has perfect IVs, so they are not part of the spread — except Speed, which the Iron Pill can drop to zero.

Type matchups

defending

Types onlyWith innates

Takes more

Fighting 2× Ground 2× Rock 2× Water 2×

Takes less

Ghost ½× Steel ½× Fire ½× Grass ½× Ice ½× Dark ½×

No effect

Psychic 0×

The other 7 types deal normal damage. Full chart

Takes more

Fighting 2× Ground 2× Rock 2× Water 2×

Takes less

Dark 0.38× Ghost ½× Steel ½× Grass ½× Ice ½× Fairy 0.75×

No effect

Fire 0× Psychic 0×

The other 6 types deal normal damage. Full chart

Nocturnal always on ×0.75 from Dark and Fairy
Flash Fire always on blocks Fire

Fae Hunter changes incoming damage too, but only in situations a type chart cannot show, so it is not in the numbers above.

Abilities

3 selectable · 3 innate

Main choose one, switch any time Strong Jaw Boosts biting moves. Molten Down Fire-type is super effective against Rock-type. Solar Power Sun boosts the higher Attack stat by 50%.

Innate always active, all of them Nocturnal Boosts own Dark moves by 1.25x. Takes -25% dmg from Dark/Fairy. Fae Hunter Deals 1.5x damage to Fairy. Takes 0.5x damage from Fairy. Flash Fire Powers up if hit by fire.

Evolution line

Houndour BST 330

Houndoom BST 500 Level · 24

Changed from vanilla

Main abilities new Strong Jaw Molten Down Solar Power now innate Flash Fire removed Early Bird Unnerve

Innates added Nocturnal Fae Hunter

Details

Height: 1.4 m
Weight: 35 kg
Gender: 50% male · 50% female
Egg groups: Field
Egg cycles: 20
Catch rate: 45
Base exp: 175
Growth rate: Slow
EV yield: 2 SpA
Base friendship: 35
Wild held item: —
Colour: Black

Moves

7 level-up · 0 egg · 101 teachable

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100	25
7	Roar	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
13	Smog	Poison	Special	50	70	20
20	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
30	Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	∞	20
41	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
52	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15

No egg moves.

Move	Type	Cat	Pwr	Acc	PP
Attract	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Beat Up	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
Burning Jealousy	Fire	Special	70	100	5
Captivate	Fairy	Special	65	100	20
Comeuppance	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
Confide	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	∞	10
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	∞	5
Detect	Fighting	Status	—	∞	5
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Double Team	Normal	Status	—	∞	15
Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
Embargo	Dark	Status	—	100	15
Ember	Fire	Special	40	100	25
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Feint	Normal	Physical	30	100	10
Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	∞	20
Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	80	100	15
Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85	15
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100	20
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100	15
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
Frustration	Dark	Physical	75	100	10
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90	10
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
Howl	Normal	Status	—	∞	40
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	90	100	10
Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100	15
Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50	5
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	90	100	10
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	—	∞	30
Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100	5
Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	∞	20
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	1	100	15
Nightmare	Ghost	Special	120	100	10
Odor Sleuth	Normal	Status	—	∞	40
Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90	5
Pain Split	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
Protect	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100	15
Punishment	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Rage	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	∞	5
Rest	Psychic	Status	—	∞	5
Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100	5
Return	Normal	Physical	102	100	20
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	1	100	15
Roar	Normal	Status	—	∞	20
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	60	100	15
Role Play	Psychic	Status	—	∞	10
Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
Smog	Poison	Special	50	70	20
Snarl	Dark	Special	55	95	15
Snatch	Dark	Status	—	∞	10
Snore	Normal	Special	85	100	15
Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
Spite	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	∞	10
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	∞	5
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	1	90	10
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	∞	20
Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
Temper Flare	Fire	Physical	75	100	10
Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	80	100	15
Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	100	20
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	90	10

Where to find it

Not in any wild encounter table. Evolve Houndour instead.