Is Houndour Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh dex. Transfer-only Dark/Fire from Johto. AbilityFlash Fire for Fire immunity. Houndoom at 24 is a fast special attacker. Dark/Fire coverage handles Fantina, Candice, and Aaron. In Sinnoh's Fire drought, this import actually fills a real gap.
Roark's team hits Houndour's weaknesses hard.
Houndour has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Houndoom trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Houndoom resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Houndoom resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Houndoom resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Houndoom trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Houndoom resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Houndoom resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Houndoom has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Hatch
Hatch Houndour from an Egg you breed in Solaceon Town.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 30FireFire FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 43FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 48DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Houndour to Houndoom
Houndour evolves into Houndoom at Level 24. Your Houndour should hit Level 24 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 48FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- LV 54DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Houndour in Diamond & Pearl
Houndour has no wild spawn in either version. In Pearl you breed one from a Houndoom, the Poke Radar catch the line actually hangs on. Diamond players have to trade the fire dog in instead.
Catch Houndoom at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Houndour.
- 1Catch Houndour
- 2
Badge 2
Badge 3How to Obtain Houndour in DP
How to Get Shiny Houndour in Diamond & Pearl
Houndour shines fastest from the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Houndour odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Houndour Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Houndour.
Houndour Weakness
Houndour is weak to Water, Fighting, Ground, and Rock. On the flip side, it's immune to Psychic-type moves entirely. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Flash Fire grants an additional Fire immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Fighting, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Houndour Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Houndour
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x401-472%KO Earthquake 2x179-211%KO Stone Edge 2x179-211%KO Surf 2x52-61% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x355-419%KO Earthquake 2x159-187%KO Stone Edge 2x159-187%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x430-507%KO Stone Edge 2x191-226%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x416-490%KO Earthquake 2x185-218%KO Stone Edge 2x185-218%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x362-426%KO Earthquake 2x162-190%KO Stone Edge 2x162-190%KO | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x287-338%KO Stone Edge 2x191-226%KO Brick Break 2x144-170%KO Surf 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x191-225%KO Focus Punch 2x190-224%KO Stone Edge 2x127-150%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x343-404%KO Earthquake 2x153-180%KO Rock Slide 2x115-135%KO | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 2x214-252%KO Earthquake 2x135-160%KO Brick Break 2x102-121%KO Rock Slide 2x102-121%KO | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Rhydon builds →Focus Punch 2x287-338%KO Earthquake 2x287-338%KO Stone Edge 2x287-338%KO Surf 2x55-66% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x168-198%KO Dig 2x87-102%KO Rock Smash 2x45-52% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Floatzel builds →Focus Punch 2x238-280%KO Waterfall 2x193-227%KO Dig 2x128-151%KO Rock Tomb 2x80-95% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x221-260%KO Stone Edge 2x147-173%KO Brick Break 2x110-130%KO | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Houndour View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x188-221%KO Focus Punch 2x195-229%KO Dig 2x104-123%KO | ||
Houndour Evolutions
Houndour evolves into Houndoom. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 170 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Houndour easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Beat Up, Counter, Fire Fang and 9 more to offspring.
DP Houndour Best Moveset
Dark/Fire typing with AbilityFlash Fire for Fire immunity, but 30 Defense and MoveStealth Rock costing 25% per switch make the moveset too fragile. Evolve to Houndoom.
Best Build
Houndour best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Sucker Punch
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
- Pursuit
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Houndour gets Beat Up and Counter exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 8 types rounds out the picture alongside Overheat and Fire Blast.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
32 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It conveys its feelings using different cries. It works in a pack to cleverly take down prey.
Houndour Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Houndour does the job early-game if you need a Dark/Fire type on your team. Evolve it into Houndoom before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Houndour first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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