Dark Fire

Houndour is a Dark and Fire-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1395 in Pokémon GO. Houndour's best moveset is Feint Attack and Flamethrower. It is weather boosted by Fog and Sunny weather, and it was originally found in the Johto region. Shiny Houndour is available in Pokémon GO.

Houndour is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Dark, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Steel, and Psychic-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1395 CP
Attack	152 ATK
Defense	83 DEF
Stamina	128 STA
Weather Boost	Fog Sunny
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	3 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#228
Height	0.61 m
Weight	10.8 kg
Region	Johto Generation 2
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	50 50000
Mega Energy reward For walking as a Buddy	15 Mega Energy

Houndour type chart

Takes increased damage

Fighting	160.0%
Ground	160.0%
Rock	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Houndour's best moves and movesets

Houndour's best moveset is Feint Attack and Flamethrower, with 10.18 DPS (damage per second) and 99.0 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Fog and Sunny weather.

Best Houndour moves

Feint Attack

Flamethrower

DPS10.18

TDO99.04

Score11.3

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Houndour with its best moveset, we recommend to use Ember/Flamethrower. You will lose around 4.1% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Houndour's strongest moveset (Feint Attack/Flamethrower).

Houndour moves comparison

The following chart shows Houndour's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Houndour's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Feint Attack	Flamethrower	10.18	99.0	11.3
2.	Ember	Flamethrower	9.77	95.0	10.8
3.	Feint Attack	Dark Pulse	9.76	95.0	10.8
4.	Feint Attack	Crunch	9.49	92.3	10.5
5.	Ember	Dark Pulse	9.41	91.5	10.4
6.	Ember	Crunch	9.25	90.0	10.2

Fast Attacks

• Ember10101.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Bug
    • Steel
    • Grass
    • Ice

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	10
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	1.0s
  Damage window	0.6s - 0.8s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	7
  Energy	6

  
  

  Effects

  Ember has no special effects.

  See Ember details page ↗
• Feint Attack1090.9s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	10
  Energy	9
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	0.9s
  Damage window	0.8s - 0.9s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	6

  
  

  Effects

  Feint Attack has no special effects.

  See Feint Attack details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Dark Pulse80503.0s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.0s
  Damage window	1.4s - 2.3s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Dark Pulse has no special effects.

  See Dark Pulse details page ↗
• Flamethrower70502.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Bug
    • Steel
    • Grass
    • Ice

  • 62.5%
  • • Rock
    • Fire
    • Water
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	2.2s
  Damage window	1.5s - 1.7s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	90
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Flamethrower has no special effects.

  See Flamethrower details page ↗
• Crunch70333.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 3.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Crunch has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Crunch details page ↗

Houndour Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Houndour's Max CP is at Level 50. Houndour Combat Power values in Pokémon GO Raids, Eggs, and Field Research encounter can be found below.

Max CP	1395 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	491 CP - 529 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	654 CP - 705 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	654 CP - 705 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Fog Sunny	818 CP - 881 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Houndour Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Houndour Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Houndour evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Houndour	50 Candy	Houndoom
Houndoom	100 / 20 Mega Energy	Mega Houndoom

• Houndour evolves into Houndoom which costs 50 Candy.
• Houndoom can Mega evolve into Mega Houndoom. Evolving Mega Houndoom costs 100 Mega energy the first time, and 20 energy every other time.

Regular and Shiny Houndour

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Mega Pokémon that boost Houndour

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Houndour's Dark and Fire-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Houndour.

Mega Gyarados

Mega Houndoom

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Blaziken

Mega Absol

Primal Groudon

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Houndour Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Houndour in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Dark medal

None↓

Fire medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Houndour, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Houndour family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Houndour in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Houndour

Houndoom

Mega Houndoom

Shadow Houndour

Shadow Houndoom

List of Houndour costumes

A list of Houndour costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Houndour high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Houndour. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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