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Houndoom Mega

Dark Pokémon

Game version
AppearanceStandard
Houndoom MegaHoundoom Mega (shiny)
Height
1.9 m
Weight
49.5 kg
Alternate forms (2)
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky
Base friendship35Low
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP210

Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it.

Base stats

HP
75
Attack
90
Defense
90
Sp. Atk
140
Sp. Def
90
Speed
115
Total
600
Base Stat Total

Abilities

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Ghost½×
Steel½×
Fire½×
Grass½×
Ice½×
Dark½×

Immune to

Where to find Houndoom Mega

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Evolution

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Houndoom Mega can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

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Lv.Move & effectTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
1Ember

Has a chance to burn the target.

FireSpecial4010025
1Howl

Raises the user’s Attack by one stage.

NormalStatus——40
1Inferno

Has a chance to burn the target.

FireSpecial100505
1Leer

Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.

NormalStatus—10030
1Nasty Plot

Raises the user’s Special Attack by two stages.

DarkStatus——20
1Smog

Has a chance to poison the target.

PoisonSpecial307020
1Thunder Fang

Has a chance to paralyze the target and a chance to make the target flinch.

ElectricPhysical659515
13Roar

Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.

NormalStatus——20
16Bite

Has a chance to make the target flinch.

DarkPhysical6010025
20Odor Sleuth

Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.

NormalStatus——40
26Beat Up

Hits once for every conscious Pokémon the trainer has.

DarkPhysical—10010
30Fire Fang

Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch.

FirePhysical659515
35Feint Attack

Never misses.

DarkPhysical60—20
41Embargo

Target cannot use held items.

DarkStatus—10015
45Foul Play

Calculates damage with the target’s attacking stat.

DarkPhysical9510015
50Flamethrower

Has a chance to burn the target.

FireSpecial9010015
56Crunch

Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.

DarkPhysical8010015

Sprites & renders

14 sprites & renders for Houndoom Mega.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

Black · White
Black · White
champions
champions
X · Y
X · Y
Menu Icons
Menu Icons
ORAS
ORAS
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Ultra Sun · Moon
Ultra Sun · Moon
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Menu Icons

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Cite this page

“Houndoom Mega”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/houndoom-mega.

Species data from PokéAPI.