About Houndoom
Houndoom is a Dark / Fire-type Pokémon, the Dark Pokémon (No. 229), introduced in Generation II and native to the Johto region.
Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it.
Forms
Pokédex data
- Category
- Dark Pokémon
- Height
- 1.4 m
- Weight
- 35.0 kg
- Color
- Black
- Shape
- Quadruped
- Habitat
- Rough Terrain
- Generation
- Generation II
- Region
- Johto
Base stats
- HP75
- Attack90
- Defense50
- Sp. Atk110
- Sp. Def80
- Speed95
Type defenses (Dark / Fire)
Weak to
water
fighting
ground
rockResists
fire
grass
ice
ghost
dark
steelImmune to
psychicAbilities
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.
Unnerve
Hidden abilityUnnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.
Evolution
Houndour
#228
Lv. 24
Houndoom
#229
Breeding
Egg groups
Gender ratio
♂ 50% / ♀ 50%
Hatch counter
20 cycles (~5,140 steps)
Planning a specific spread? Open the breeding calculator to find compatible partners and hatch odds.
Training
EV yield (when defeated)
- Catch rate
- 45
- Base happiness
- 35
- Base XP
- 175
- Growth rate
- Slow
Trivia & history
Regional Pokédex appearances
Sprites & cry
Artwork
- Artwork
- Shiny artwork
Sprites
- Front
- Front shiny
- Back
- Back shiny
Animated
- Front
- Front shiny
- Back
- Back shiny
Cry