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Houndoom, a Dark and Fire type Pokémon, official artwork

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Houndoom: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Houndoom is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (110) and Speed (95), with a base stat total of 500. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

Build a team with Houndoom

What is Houndoom weak to?

How much damage Houndoom takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingGroundRockWater
0.5×ResistsDarkFireGhostGrassIceSteel
0×Immune toPsychic

With Flash Fire, Fire attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Houndoom takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Ground, Rock, Water. It resists Dark, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Steel and is immune to Psychic. That is by type alone: with Flash Fire, Fire attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Houndoom

Houndoom has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OverheatFire130
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • Foul PlayDark95

Best nature for Houndoom

Timid. Houndoom is a special attacker (110 Sp. Atk) with usable 95 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • Early BirdThis Pokemon's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1.
  • Flash FireThis Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one Fire move; Fire immunity.
  • UnnerveWhile this Pokemon is active, it prevents opposing Pokemon from using their Berries.

Evolution line

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Houndoom
Full learnset (62 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
InfernoFire10050%Special
Foul PlayDark95100%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Hyper VoiceNormal90100%Special
Sludge BombPoison90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
Burning JealousyFire70100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
IncinerateFire60100%Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
EmberFire40100%Special
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
SmogPoison3070%Special
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Beat UpDark?100%Physical
ComeuppanceDark?100%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Super FangNormal?90%Physical
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
HowlNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
TauntDark-100%Status
TormentDark-100%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status