Houndoom

Houndoom is ranked #120 by usage in Reg M-C, on 0.24% of teams (49 rosters). Those rosters have won 48.54% of 431 games, below the 50% line.

Houndoom is Dark/Fire, a dual type Pokémon.

By typing, Houndoom is 2x weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock and Water. It resists Dark, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ice and Steel (0.5x); is immune to Psychic. Abilities such as Levitate or a held item can change this; the chart does not.

75 HP, 90 Attack, 50 Defense, 110 Sp. Atk, 80 Sp. Def and 95 Speed, 500 in total. At level 50 its Speed is 161 with a +Speed nature and 32 SP, 147 neutral with 32 SP, 115 uninvested, and 103 at minimum for Trick Room.

Speed tiers lists every Pokémon on the same benchmarks.

The most-played build is Houndoominite with Flash Fire and a Timid nature, running Dark Pulse, Heat Wave, Overheat and Protect. It is on 28.57% of Houndoom rosters and has won 48.66% of 117 games.

The full build table, every slot and every spread, is above on this page.

Houndoominite is the most-held, on 85.71% of Houndoom rosters.

Flash Fire leads, on 83.67% of rosters.

The four most-run moves are Dark Pulse, Heat Wave, Protect and Overheat.

Timid on 87.76% of rosters and Modest on 10.20%.

Spreads are a separate board: open the EV Spreads tab above for the ones published with a list.

Torkoal is the most common, on 48.98% of Houndoom rosters.

Name	Share of Houndoom rosters	Win rate
Torkoal	48.98%	49.73%
Whimsicott	36.73%	48.50%
Venusaur	28.57%	50.46%
Annihilape	26.53%	44.90%
Indeedee ♀	26.53%	50.52%

Tournament team lists and match records for Pokémon Champions. These answers read Reg M-C. Figures as of 2026-10-12.

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