Houndour

Houndour official artwork
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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.

Houndour is No. 0228 in the National Pokédex and is listed here as a Dark and Fire-type 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. This page brings together its key game data, including typing, abilities, base stats, evolution details, forms, Pokédex entries and moves, so it can be used as a quick reference before building out a deeper guide.

Houndour first belongs to Generation Ii. Houndour does not have a longer evolution chain recorded in the current local data. Its strongest listed base stat is Special Attack, which helps show where it naturally fits when comparing Pokémon by role. Its abilities can include Early Bird, Flash ♀ire and Unnerve, giving players useful options when comparing forms, movesets and team roles. The sections below are generated from the local Pokémon database and can be expanded later with matchup advice, best games to use it in, notable appearances and more detailed strategy notes.

Houndour at a glance

Type
DARKFIRE
Weak to
WATERFIGHTINGGROUNDROCK
Best base stat
Special Attack — 80
Abilities
Early Bird, Flash ♀ire, Unnerve (Hidden)
Next evolution
Houndoom — Level 24
Height
0.6 m
Weight
10.8 kg
Generation
Generation Ii
Growth rate
Slow
Capture rate
120
Base happiness
35

Base stats

Hp45
Attack60
Defense30
Special Attack80
Special Defense50
Speed65
Total330

Type effectiveness

Damage taken when Houndour is hit by each type:

Weak to

WATERFIGHTINGGROUNDROCK

Resists

FIRE½×GRASS½×ICE½×GHOST½×DARK½×STEEL½×

Immune to

PSYCHIC

Based on Dark / Fire typing. Abilities may modify these matchups.

Evolution family

Selected game context

Pokémon Gold and Silver

Pokédex entries

GameEntry
Gold

It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing its prey.

Silver

To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand.

Level-up moves

LevelMoveTypePowerAccuracy
1EmberFIRE40100
1LeerNORMAL100
7RoarNORMAL
13SmogPOISON3070
20BiteDARK60100
27Feint AttackDARK60
35FlamethrowerFIRE90100
43CrunchDARK80100