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Houndstone, a Ghost type Pokémon, official artwork

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Houndstone: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Houndstone is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (101) and Defense (100), with a base stat total of 488. Competitively it is competitive in the NeverUsed tier. In the VGC ladder it sits at 1.4% usage.

Build a team with Houndstone

What is Houndstone weak to?

How much damage Houndstone takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDarkGhost
0.5×ResistsBugPoison
0×Immune toFightingNormal

With Fluffy, Fire attacks do double damage instead of normal damage.

Houndstone takes super-effective damage from Dark, Ghost. It resists Bug, Poison and is immune to Fighting, Normal. That is by type alone: with Fluffy, Fire attacks do double damage instead of normal damage.

Best moveset for Houndstone

The most-used moves on Houndstone in VGC (official doubles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • Last RespectsGhost5026%
  • ProtectNormal-24%
  • Will-O-WispFire-23.5%
  • Ally SwitchPsychic-17.7%
  • Shadow SneakGhost403.1%
  • PoltergeistGhost1102.3%

Best nature for Houndstone

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 28/9/9/0/0/20 EVs (45.6% of sets).

Abilities

  • Sand RushIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled; immunity to Sandstorm.
  • FluffyThis Pokemon takes 1/2 damage from contact moves, 2x damage from Fire moves.

Evolution line

Greavard
Houndstone

Best teammates for Houndstone

Pokémon most often paired with Houndstone on successful VGC (official doubles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (50 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
PoltergeistGhost11090%Physical
Phantom ForceGhost90100%Physical
Play RoughFairy9090%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
UproarNormal90100%Special
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Shadow BallGhost80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Ice FangIce6595%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
BiteDark60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
ThiefDark60100%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Last RespectsGhost50100%Physical
TackleNormal40100%Physical
LickGhost30100%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
Night ShadeGhost?100%Special
CharmFairy-100%Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Pain SplitNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
TrickPsychic-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status