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