Houndoom

Houndoom has 500 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (110) and a Speed of 95. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 205, which makes it a special tank.

Build a team with Houndoom

What Houndoom is weak to

Weak to: Water, Fighting, Ground, Rock. Resists: Fire, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel. Immune to: Psychic (×0).

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Best teammates for Houndoom

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Houndoom: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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4. Primarina WaterFairy

   Resists water, fighting, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, fighting, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Azumarill WaterFairy

   Resists water, fighting, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, fighting, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Empoleon WaterSteel

   Resists water, rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, ground, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fighting, ground.

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Counters to Houndoom

1. Quaquaval

   Water and Fighting STAB hits Houndoom super effectively and it resists everything Houndoom can hit it with by type.

2. Poliwrath

   Water and Fighting STAB hits Houndoom super effectively and it resists everything Houndoom can hit it with by type.

3. Great Tusk

   Ground and Fighting STAB hits Houndoom super effectively.

4. Rhyperior

   Ground and Rock STAB hits Houndoom super effectively.

5. Kabutops

   Rock and Water STAB hits Houndoom super effectively.

6. Drednaw

   Water and Rock STAB hits Houndoom super effectively.

Where you can use Houndoom

Houndoom is in the regional Pokédex of 5 games we cover: