houndoom
Dark Pokémon
Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it.
1.4 m
Height
35.0 kg
Weight
175
Base XP
45
Capture Rate
35
Base Happiness
♂ 50% ♀ 50%
Gender
Base Stats
Abilities
Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.
“The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.”
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.”
Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.
“Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.”
Evolution Chain
Evolves from Houndour
houndour
#228
Breeding
Egg Groups
20 cycles
Hatch Counter
Rough Terrain
Habitat
Slow
Growth Rate
Quadruped
Shape
Yes
Gender Diff.
Moves (95)
Level Up (12)
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Pwr | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | normal | status | — | 100% | 30 | |
| 1 | Has a chance to burn the target. | fire | special | 40 | 100% | 25 |
| 1 | poison | special | 30 | 70% | 20 | |
| 1 | normal | status | — | — | 40 | |
| 16 | dark | physical | 60 | 100% | 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. | normal | status | — | — | 40 |
| 20 | fire | special | 60 | 100% | 15 | |
| 26 | dark | physical | — | 100% | 10 | |
| 35 | Never misses. | dark | physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 35 | TormentTM41 Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row. | dark | status | — | 100% | 15 |
| 41 | Specific Move | dark | physical | 1 | 100% | 10 |
| 62 | Has a chance to burn the target. | fire | special | 100 | 50% | 5 |
TM / HM (72)
Sprites (22)
Back default
Back female
Back shiny
Back shiny female
Front default
Front female
Front shiny
Front shiny femaleOther dream world front default
Other home front default
Other home front female
Other home front shiny
Other home front shiny female
Other official Artwork front default
Other official Artwork front shiny
Other showdown back default
Other showdown back female
Other showdown back shiny
Other showdown front default
Other showdown front female
Other showdown front shiny
Other showdown front shiny femaleCries
Latest
Legacy
Encounter Locations
Sinnoh Route 214 Area
Sinnoh Route 215 Area
Alola Route 12 Area
Realgam Tower Colosseum
Game Appearances
Varieties
Pokédex Numbers
#229
National
#229
Champions
#177
Extended Sinnoh
#76
Kalos Coastal
#124
Kitakami
#92
Lumiose City
#210
Original Johto
#26
Paldea
#290
Updated Alola
#215
Updated Johto
#111
Updated Ulaula
Names in Other Languages
헬가
Korean
Démolosse
French
Hundemon
German
Houndoom
Spanish
Houndoom
Italian
ヘルガー
Japanese
Pal Park
Mountain
Meta
#330
Order
Yes
Default Form
Generation II
Generation
Black
Color