Houndoom
#0229

Houndoom

Houndoom
📏 1.4 m ⚖️ 35 kg 🎯 45 · Hard to catch
Mega

Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it.

Houndoom is a Dark/Fire-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock, resists six types, and is immune to Psychic. Its base stats add up to 500: the highest is Special Attack (110) and the lowest is Defense (50).

It is the second stage of its evolution line, along with Houndour. Its abilities are Early Bird and Flash Fire, and its Hidden Ability is Unnerve. It is in the Field egg group and can breed with 277 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 17 moves by level-up and 52 by TM. Its Mega Houndoom form has its own page.

FORMS WITH THEIR OWN PAGE

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 75
260-354
Attack 90
166-306
Defense 50
94-218
Sp. Atk 110
202-350
Sp. Def 80
148-284
Speed 95
175-317
TOTAL 500
EVs on defeat: Sp. Atk +2

ABILITIES

The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.

If hit by a Fire-type move, the Pokémon absorbs the flames and uses them to power up its own Fire-type moves.

Unnerve (hidden)

Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.

BREEDING

GroupsField
Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Breeds with277

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 17 moves
Lv. 1 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30
Lv. 1 Ember Fire Special 40 100% 25
Lv. 1 Smog Poison Special 30 70% 20
Lv. 1 Howl Normal Status — — 40
Lv. 1 Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20
Lv. 1 Thunder Fang Electr. Physical 65 95% 15
Lv. 13 Roar Normal Status — — 20
Lv. 16 Bite Dark Physical 60 100% 25
Lv. 20 Incinerate Fire Special 60 100% 15
Lv. 26 Beat Up Dark Physical — 100% 10
Lv. 30 Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95% 15
Lv. 35 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15
Lv. 41 Comeuppance Dark Physical 1 100% 10
Lv. 45 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15
Lv. 50 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100% 15
Lv. 56 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15
Lv. 62 Inferno Fire Special 100 50% 5

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

🛡️ RESISTS x0.5 / x0.25

🚫 IMMUNE

EVOLUTION LINE

Houndour #0228 Houndour
Lv. 24 ▶ Houndoom #0229 Houndoom