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houndour
Generation II

houndour

Dark Pokémon

darkfire

They make repeated eerie howls before dawn to call attention to their pack.

0.6 m

Height

10.8 kg

Weight

66

Base XP

120

Capture Rate

35

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP45
Attack60
Defense30
Sp. Atk80
+1 EV
Sp. Def50
Speed65
Total330

Abilities

Early Bird
Slot 1Generation III

Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.

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

Flash Fire
Slot 2Generation III

Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.

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

Unnerve
Slot 3HiddenGeneration V

Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.

Evolution Chain

Breeding

Egg Groups

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Rough Terrain

Habitat

Slow

Growth Rate

Quadruped

Shape

No

Gender Diff.

Moves (95)

Level Up (12)

Lv.MoveTypeClassPwrAccPP
1

Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.

All Opponents

normalstatus100%30
1

Has a chance to burn the target.

firespecial40100%25
4

Raises the user’s Attack by one stage.

User And Allies

Changed in: Sword Shield

normalstatus40
8

Has a chance to poison the target.

Changed in: X Y

poisonspecial3070%20
16

Has a chance to make the target flinch.

Changed in: Gold Silver

darkphysical60100%25
20

Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.

normalstatus40
20

Destroys the target’s held berry.

All Opponents

Changed in: X Y

firespecial60100%15
25

Hits once for every conscious Pokémon the trainer has.

Changed in: Black White

darkphysical100%10
32

Never misses.

darkphysical6020
32

Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.

darkstatus100%15
37

Specific Move

darkphysical1100%10
56

Has a chance to burn the target.

firespecial10050%5

TM / HM (67)

Egg Moves (7)

Tutor (8)

Xd Purification (1)

Sprites (13)

houndour Back defaultBack default
houndour Back shinyBack shiny
houndour Front defaultFront default
houndour Front shinyFront shiny
houndour Other dream world front defaultOther dream world front default
houndour Other home front defaultOther home front default
houndour Other home front shinyOther home front shiny
houndour Other official Artwork front defaultOther official Artwork front default
houndour Other official Artwork front shinyOther official Artwork front shiny
houndour Other showdown back defaultOther showdown back default
houndour Other showdown back shinyOther showdown back shiny
houndour Other showdown front defaultOther showdown front default
houndour Other showdown front shinyOther showdown front shiny

Cries

Latest

Legacy

Encounter Locations

Valor Lakefront Area

PlatinumWalk Lv.2720%

Sinnoh Route 214 Area

PlatinumWalk Lv.2241%

Kanto Route 7 Area

GoldWalk Lv.155%
SilverWalk Lv.155%
CrystalWalk Lv.1820%
HeartgoldWalk Lv.155%
SoulsilverWalk Lv.155%

Hoenn Safari Zone Expansion North

EmeraldWalk Lv.365%

Kanto Altering Cave D

FireredWalk Lv.16100%
LeafgreenWalk Lv.16100%

Kalos Route 10 Area

XWalk Lv.2135%

Poke Pelago Poni Island Reached

Ultra SunGift Lv.37–433%

Poke Pelago Elite Four Defeated

Ultra SunGift Lv.49–552%

Cipher Lab Outside

XdSnag Lv.17100%

Game Appearances

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Pokédex Numbers

#228

National

#176

Extended Sinnoh

#75

Kalos Coastal

#123

Kitakami

#91

Lumiose City

#209

Original Johto

#25

Paldea

#289

Updated Alola

#214

Updated Johto

#110

Updated Ulaula

Names in Other Languages

델빌

Korean

Malosse

French

Hunduster

German

Houndour

Spanish

Houndour

Italian

デルビル

Japanese

Pal Park

Mountain

Score: 50Rate: 30

Meta

#329

Order

Yes

Default Form

Generation II

Generation

Black

Color