#0228 Houndour

DarkFire

Abilities

Dark Skin / Flash Fire

Hidden ability

Solar Power

Catch rate

120

Gender

50.0% female

Egg groups

Field

Growth

Slow

EV yield

1 Sp. Atk

HP	50
Attack	30
Defense	60
Sp. Atk	80
Sp. Def	60
Speed	75
Total	355

Where to find it

• Burned Tower: Grass/cave, any time
• Route 43: Grass/cave, morning and day, Grass/cave, night

How to get it: wild: Burned Tower, Route 43; gift (Lv 20), Ilex Forest

See the quest guide: Ilex Forest: Bugsy's bug hunt with Honey (story; the more you catch, the better the reward); Ilex Forest: the fire ranger's stray Houndour (→ 10 Safari Balls).

Evolution

Evolves into Houndoom at Lv 24.

Level-up moves

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100	25
4	Howl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
8	Smog	Poison	Special	30	70	20
13	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
16	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
20	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
25	Beat Up	Dark	Physical	var.	100	10
28	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
32	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
37	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100	20
40	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
44	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
49	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
52	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
56	Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50	5

TMs and HMs

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20
TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100	10
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	90	90	15
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5
TM41	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM49	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—	10
TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90	5
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85	15
TM63	Embargo	Dark	Status	—	100	15
TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
TM79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100	15
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM85	Dream Eater	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM96	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100	20
TM99	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	60	100	15

Move tutors

Counter, Fire Fang, Heat Wave, Hyper Voice, Nasty Plot, Snarl, Super Fang, Thunder Fang

Egg moves

Beat Up, Counter, Destiny Bond, Feint, Fire Fang, Fire Spin, Reversal, Spite, Sucker Punch, Thunder Fang

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