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.
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BASE STATS
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.
Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.