#0972

Houndstone

Ghost Dog Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Houndstone

Houndstone (shiny)

Height: 2.0 m
Weight: 15.0 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP171

A lovingly mourned Pokémon was reborn as Houndstone. It doesn’t like anyone touching the protuberance atop its head.

In Pokémon GO · 2514 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

72

Attack

101

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

50

Sp. Def

97

Speed

68

Total

488

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Doubles Speed during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Damage from contact moves is halved. Damage from Fire moves is doubled.

Egg groups: Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Sand Sweeper

UU

Moves

Item

Choice Band

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

TeraGhost

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Evolution

Greavard

Lv. 30

Houndstone

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Notable moves

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

PoltergeistSTAB

Phantom ForceSTAB

Shadow BallSTAB

Moves

Find a move16 of 16

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Last Respects	Ghost	Physical	50	100	10
1	Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	40
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
3	Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	30
6	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
6	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
9	Roar Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
12	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
16	Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
24	Rest User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
28	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
36	Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Physical	90	90	10
41	Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
46	Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.	Ghost	Physical	90	100	10
51	Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages.	Fairy	Status	—	100	20
58	Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Normal	Physical	120	100	15

Sprites & renders

9 sprites & renders for Houndstone.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

champions

scarlet violet

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Community notes

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Cite this page

“Houndstone”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/houndstone.

Species data from PokéAPI.