About Houndstone
Houndstone is a Ghost-type Pokémon, the Ghost Dog Pokémon (No. 972), introduced in Generation IX and native to the Paldea region.
A lovingly mourned Pokémon was reborn as Houndstone. It doesn’t like anyone touching the protuberance atop its head.
Pokédex data
- Category
- Ghost Dog Pokémon
- Height
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 15.0 kg
- Color
- White
- Shape
- Quadruped
- Generation
- Generation IX
- Region
- Paldea
Base stats
Per statTotal 488
- HP72
- Attack101
- Defense100
- Sp. Atk50
- Sp. Def97
- Speed68
Type defenses (Ghost)
Weak to
ghost
darkResists
poison
bugImmune to
normal
fightingAbilities
Sand Rush
Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a sandstorm.
Fluffy
Hidden abilityHalves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves.
Evolution
Greavard
#971
Lv. 30 · at night
Houndstone
#972
Breeding
Egg groups
Field
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)
+2 Attack
- Catch rate
- 60
- Base happiness
- 50
- Base XP
- 171
- Growth rate
- Medium Slow
Trivia & history
Regional Pokédex appearances
Paldea
Sprites & cry
Artwork
- Artwork
- Shiny artwork
Sprites
- Front
- Front shiny
- Back
- Back shiny
Animated
- Front
- Front shiny
- Back
- Back shiny
Cry