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houndoom
#229

Houndoom

Dark Pokémon

DarkFire

Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the grim reaper.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 90
Defense 50
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 80
Speed 95
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Dark Pokémon
Height 1.4 m
Weight 35.0 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

houndoom Front Front
houndoom Back Back
houndoom Front Shiny Front Shiny
houndoom Back Shiny Back Shiny
houndoom Front ♀ Front ♀
houndoom Back ♀ Back ♀
houndoom Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
houndoom Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
houndoom Official Art Official Art
houndoom Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Utility Attacker
Item
Houndoominite
Ability
Flash Fire
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 40
Def 8
SpA 208
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Though it is often forgotten, Mega Houndoom brings a huge amount of utility to the table, checking dangerous threats such as Bisharp and Latios. It also has favorable matchups against common Pokemon; against offensive teams, common switch-ins to it such as Tyranitar and Azumarill are crippled by Will-O-Wisp, while stall teams are troubled by Taunt. Mega Houndoom's access to Nasty Plot and its high Speed allows it to sweep teams with ease. However, its weakness to Stealth Rock can be troublesome: it also is forced out by threats such as Keldeo, Heatran, Rotom-W, Tornadus-T, Mega Lopunny and Mega Altaria. Nonetheless, Mega Houndoom's utility and ability to sweep balanced teams easily makes it a solid choice to build around.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc