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houndour
#228

Houndour

Dark Pokémon

DarkFire

It cooperates with others skillfully. When it becomes your partner, it’s very loyal to you as its Trainer and will obey your orders.

Base Stats

HP 45
Attack 60
Defense 30
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 50
Speed 65
Total 330

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Dark Pokémon
Height 0.6 m
Weight 10.8 kg
Base Exp 66
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 120
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

houndour Front Front
houndour Back Back
houndour Front Shiny Front Shiny
houndour Back Shiny Back Shiny
houndour Official Art Official Art
houndour Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.4%
Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Flash Fire
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 36
Def 36
SpA 196
Spe 236
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Flash Fire
Nature
Naive
EVs
Def 36
SpA 196
SpD 36
Spe 236

Strategy Overview

Houndour is one of LC's premier wallbreakers with a STAB combination resisted only by the frail Carvanha, opposing Houndour, and the largely unviable Deino. As a result, only a handful of Pokemon are able to switch into Houndour and even less can manage to more than once. STAB Sucker Punch helps Houndour fend off quicker foes as well, helping to augment its only okay Speed. Houndour's typing is quite lackluster defensively, however, as not only is Houndour weak to the ever-common Fighting-, Water-, and Ground-types in the tier, but it is also frail. This means Houndour is frequently forced out if it cannot KO what is in front of it, which is particularly bad because Houndour is weak to Stealth Rock. It also suffers from being weak to Mach Punch, Aqua Jet, and Vacuum Wave, all quite common priority moves.

Most Used Moves

Pursuit
29.3%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
49.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc