Generation II

houndoom-mega

Dark Pokémon

darkfire

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

1.9 m

Height

49.5 kg

Weight

210

Base XP

Capture Rate

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP75

Attack90

Defense90

Sp. Atk140

+2 EV

Sp. Def90

Speed115

Total600

Abilities

Solar Power

Slot 1Generation IV

Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.

“In harsh sunlight, the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat is boosted, but its HP decreases every turn.”

Evolution Chain

Evolves from Houndour

houndour

#228

Lv. 24

houndoom

#229

Breeding

Ground

Egg Groups

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Rough Terrain

Habitat

Slow

Growth Rate

Quadruped

Shape

Yes

Gender Diff.

Moves (64)

Level Up (13)

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Pwr	Acc	PP
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. All Opponents	normal	status	—	100%	30
1	Ember Has a chance to burn the target.	fire	special	40	100%	25
1	Thunder FangTM09 Has a chance to paralyze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	electric	physical	65	95%	15
4	Howl Raises the user’s Attack by one stage. User And Allies Changed in: Sword Shield	normal	status	—	—	40
8	Smog Has a chance to poison the target. Changed in: X Y	poison	special	30	70%	20
16	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch. Changed in: Gold Silver	dark	physical	60	100%	25
20	Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	normal	status	—	—	40
26	Beat UpTM37 Hits once for every conscious Pokémon the trainer has. Changed in: Black White	dark	physical	—	100%	10
30	Fire FangTM08 Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	fire	physical	65	95%	15
35	Feint Attack Never misses.	dark	physical	60	—	20
56	CrunchTM108 Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	dark	physical	80	100%	15
60	Nasty PlotTM140 Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages. User	dark	status	—	—	20
65	Inferno Has a chance to burn the target.	fire	special	100	50%	5