#0228 · Dark Pokémon
Houndour
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HoundoomCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #296 · 8 votes · median B
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Rank #208 · 9 votes · median A
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2 recorded changes · 8 votes
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Game data
Abilities
- Early Bird
The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
- Flash Fire
If hit by a Fire-type move, the Pokémon absorbs the flames and uses them to power up its own Fire-type moves by 50%.
- UnnerveHidden
Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.
The Pokémon will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle, even if it did not participate.
Different passives in this line: Houndoom: Lightning Rod
Egg moves
- Earth PowerGroundSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user makes the ground under the target erupt with power. This move has a 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Def stat.
- ThunderboltElectricSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user attacks the target with a strong electric blast. This move has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target.
- MoonblastFairySpecial95 pow · 100%
Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This move has 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Fiery WrathDarkSpecial90 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user transforms its wrath into a fire-like aura to attack. This move has a 20% chance of making targets flinch.
Base stats
Houndour · BST 330
Houndoom · BST 500
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Houndour eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Houndour needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.