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houndoom
Generation II

houndoom

Dark Pokémon

darkfire

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

HP75
Attack90
Defense50
Sp. Atk110
+2 EV
Sp. Def80
Speed95
Total500

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

Evolves from Houndour

Breeding

Egg Groups

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Rough Terrain

Habitat

Slow

Growth Rate

Quadruped

Shape

Yes

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
1

Has a chance to poison the target.

Changed in: X Y

poisonspecial3070%20
1

Raises the user’s Attack by one stage.

User And Allies

Changed in: Sword Shield

normalstatus40
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
26

Hits once for every conscious Pokémon the trainer has.

Changed in: Black White

darkphysical100%10
35

Never misses.

darkphysical6020
35

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

darkstatus100%15
41

Specific Move

darkphysical1100%10
62

Has a chance to burn the target.

firespecial10050%5

TM / HM (72)

Tutor (11)

Sprites (22)

houndoom Back defaultBack default
houndoom Back femaleBack female
houndoom Back shinyBack shiny
houndoom Back shiny femaleBack shiny female
houndoom Front defaultFront default
houndoom Front femaleFront female
houndoom Front shinyFront shiny
houndoom Front shiny femaleFront shiny female
houndoom Other dream world front defaultOther dream world front default
houndoom Other home front defaultOther home front default
houndoom Other home front femaleOther home front female
houndoom Other home front shinyOther home front shiny
houndoom Other home front shiny femaleOther home front shiny female
houndoom Other official Artwork front defaultOther official Artwork front default
houndoom Other official Artwork front shinyOther official Artwork front shiny
houndoom Other showdown back defaultOther showdown back default
houndoom Other showdown back femaleOther showdown back female
houndoom Other showdown back shinyOther showdown back shiny
houndoom Other showdown front defaultOther showdown front default
houndoom Other showdown front femaleOther showdown front female
houndoom Other showdown front shinyOther showdown front shiny
houndoom Other showdown front shiny femaleOther showdown front shiny female

Cries

Latest

Legacy

Encounter Locations

Sinnoh Route 214 Area

PearlWalk Lv.2322%

Sinnoh Route 215 Area

PearlWalk Lv.2022%

Alola Route 12 Area

Ultra SunWalk Lv.29–3220%

Realgam Tower Colosseum

ColosseumSnag Lv.48100%

Game Appearances

Gold#229Silver#229Crystal#229Ruby#229Sapphire#229Emerald#229Firered#229Leafgreen#229Diamond#229Pearl#229Platinum#229Heartgold#229Soulsilver#229Black#229White#229Black 2#229White 2#229

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

Score: 70Rate: 20

Meta

#330

Order

Yes

Default Form

Generation II

Generation

Black

Color