Houndour

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.
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
- WATER2×FIGHTING2×GROUND2×ROCK2×
- 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
Type effectiveness
Damage taken when Houndour is hit by each type:
Weak to
Resists
Immune to
Based on Dark / Fire typing. Abilities may modify these matchups.
Pokémon Gold and Silver
Pokédex entries
It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing its prey.
To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand.
Level-up moves
| Level | Move | Type | Power | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ember | FIRE | 40 | 100 |
| 1 | Leer | NORMAL | — | 100 |
| 7 | Roar | NORMAL | — | — |
| 13 | Smog | POISON | 30 | 70 |
| 20 | Bite | DARK | 60 | 100 |
| 27 | Feint Attack | DARK | 60 | — |
| 35 | Flamethrower | FIRE | 90 | 100 |
| 43 | Crunch | DARK | 80 | 100 |
