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Pokémon · #229

Houndoom

DarkFire Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Houndoom is #209 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 90
Def 90
SpA 140
SpD 90
Spe 115

Base stat total 600

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183

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 1 HP / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

DarkFire
Weak ×2
WaterFightingGroundRock
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Solar Power
If Sun is active, this Pokemon's Sp. Atk is 1.5×; loses 1/8 max HP per turn. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Houndoom holding Houndoominite .

Speed tier

Most common
183
Fastest
183 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
135 (0 SP)
Slowest
121 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 183, it outspeeds 38 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Salamence 189
  2. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  3. Whimsicott 184
  4. Mega Houndoom (this) 183
  5. Maushold 179
  6. Mega Metagross 178
  7. Mega Staraptor 178
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #209 · on 0.1% of teams · 10,518 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 99.0%
  2. Heat Wave 95.3%
  3. Dark Pulse 89.2%
  4. Overheat 43.7%
  5. Nasty Plot 18.9%
  6. Snarl 16.8%
  7. Sludge Bomb 12.0%
  8. Flamethrower 9.8%
  9. Solar Beam 7.3%
  10. Taunt 3.1%

Items

  1. Houndoominite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 183 46.1%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 16.8%
  3. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 121 8.7%
  4. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 183 4.8%
  5. Timid 5/0/0/32/1/28 · Spe 179 3.6%
  6. Timid 12/0/0/16/9/29 · Spe 180 2.7%
  7. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 183 2.5%
  8. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Torkoal 39.3%
  2. Rillaboom 35.4%
  3. Annihilape 26.0%
  4. Mega Metagross 21.9%
  5. Aerodactyl 21.4%
  6. Whimsicott 18.6%
  7. Indeedee-F 16.5%
  8. Sylveon 15.6%
  9. Farigiraf 12.9%
  10. Sneasler 12.3%
  11. Basculegion 11.0%
  12. Venusaur 10.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #180 · on 0.2% of teams · 10,518 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 97.0%
  2. Heat Wave 92.4%
  3. Dark Pulse 90.6%
  4. Nasty Plot 27.8%
  5. Overheat 16.2%
  6. Solar Beam 15.5%
  7. Snarl 15.1%
  8. Flamethrower 12.1%
  9. Scorching Sands 10.1%
  10. Sludge Bomb 8.3%

Items

  1. Houndoominite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 183 29.6%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 20.3%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 6.8%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 183 5.4%
  5. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 5.3%
  6. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 183 2.1%
  7. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 183 2.0%
  8. Timid 1/0/2/32/2/29 · Spe 180 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Torkoal 40.1%
  2. Whimsicott 28.6%
  3. Sneasler 24.0%
  4. Indeedee-F 21.0%
  5. Rillaboom 20.6%
  6. Milotic 12.3%
  7. Farigiraf 11.9%
  8. Venusaur 11.9%
  9. Annihilape 10.4%
  10. Basculegion 8.2%
  11. Tsareena 7.3%
  12. Garchomp 7.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #186 · on 0.3% of teams · 10,518 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 92.1%
  2. Dark Pulse 91.3%
  3. Heat Wave 89.7%
  4. Nasty Plot 23.7%
  5. Solar Beam 22.1%
  6. Overheat 17.3%
  7. Snarl 13.5%
  8. Scorching Sands 12.3%
  9. Flamethrower 10.7%
  10. Sludge Bomb 10.5%

Items

  1. Houndoominite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 183 30.3%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 22.4%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 7.7%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 183 3.9%
  5. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 183 3.2%
  6. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 183 3.2%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 183 1.8%
  8. Timid 16/0/0/28/0/20 · Spe 170 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Torkoal 38.1%
  2. Whimsicott 30.0%
  3. Rillaboom 18.9%
  4. Sneasler 17.1%
  5. Indeedee-F 14.7%
  6. Venusaur 13.8%
  7. Farigiraf 13.7%
  8. Milotic 10.7%
  9. Garchomp 10.3%
  10. Annihilape 10.2%
  11. Sableye 7.5%
  12. Ninetales 6.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 9 of 4,299 teams (0.2%) · win rate 60.4% (95% interval 46.9%–72.4%, n = 53 games) · 2 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Aerodactyl +20.0 pp n = 2,251 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Houndoom teams; Aerodactyl is on 1% of all teams (15.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Annihilape +22.7 pp n = 2,732 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Houndoom teams; Annihilape is on 3% of all teams (7.91× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +34.2 pp n = 4,135 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Mega Houndoom teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (7.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Metagross +15.6 pp n = 2,301 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Houndoom teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (3.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Venusaur +7.0 pp n = 1,051 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Houndoom teams; Venusaur is on 3% of all teams (3.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Whimsicott +11.1 pp n = 1,962 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Houndoom teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sylveon +5.1 pp n = 1,638 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Houndoom teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Farigiraf -2.8 pp n = 1,358 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Houndoom teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Indeedee-F -3.7 pp n = 1,738 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Houndoom teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -11.2 pp n = 3,728 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Mega Houndoom teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -9.6 pp n = 1,155 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Houndoom teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -24.8 pp n = 1,288 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Houndoom teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 90
Def 50
SpA 110
SpD 80
Spe 95

Base stat total 500

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 1 HP / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

DarkFire
Weak ×2
WaterFightingGroundRock
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic

With Flash Fire: Fire ×0

Abilities

Early Bird
This Pokemon's sleep counter drops by 2 instead of 1. · used by 2%
Flash Fire
This Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1.5× damage if hit by one Fire move; Fire immunity. · used by 82%
Unnerve
While this Pokemon is active, it prevents opposing Pokemon from using their Berries. · used by 16%

Speed tier

Most common
161
Fastest
161 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
115 (0 SP)
Slowest
103 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 161, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Garchomp 169
  2. Mega Charizard Y 167
  3. Mega Gardevoir 167
  4. Houndoom (this) 161
  5. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  7. Mega Dragonite 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #276 · on 0.0% of teams · 1,963 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 80.7%
  2. Dark Pulse 67.8%
  3. Protect 63.4%
  4. Snarl 48.2%
  5. Flamethrower 22.5%
  6. Overheat 21.7%
  7. Sucker Punch 15.0%
  8. Sludge Bomb 13.8%
  9. Destiny Bond 11.9%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 10.2%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 46.1%
  2. Choice Scarf 17.0%
  3. Life Orb 11.0%
  4. Charcoal 5.8%
  5. Iron Ball 4.7%
  6. Expert Belt 4.7%

Abilities

  1. Flash Fire 81.6%
  2. Unnerve 16.3%
  3. Early Bird 2.2%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 161 16.5%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 12.0%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 147 9.2%
  4. Hasty 1/1/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 8.7%
  5. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 147 5.5%
  6. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 103 4.7%
  7. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 4.6%
  8. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 3.7%

Teammates

  1. Farigiraf 25.8%
  2. Mega Golisopod 18.9%
  3. Indeedee-F 17.3%
  4. Rillaboom 17.2%
  5. Mega Metagross 15.9%
  6. Sneasler 15.5%
  7. Whimsicott 14.4%
  8. Mega Salamence 12.5%
  9. Milotic 11.0%
  10. Kingambit 10.1%
  11. Dragonite 9.1%
  12. Basculegion 8.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #294 · on 0.1% of teams · 1,963 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 75.8%
  2. Heat Wave 75.5%
  3. Protect 68.5%
  4. Snarl 36.7%
  5. Flamethrower 25.2%
  6. Overheat 21.2%
  7. Sludge Bomb 15.1%
  8. Nasty Plot 11.5%
  9. Sucker Punch 11.4%
  10. Destiny Bond 11.2%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 35.3%
  2. Life Orb 15.7%
  3. Choice Scarf 14.1%
  4. Charcoal 13.2%
  5. Iron Ball 4.4%
  6. Expert Belt 4.3%

Abilities

  1. Flash Fire 87.2%
  2. Unnerve 10.3%
  3. Early Bird 2.5%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 161 18.8%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 17.2%
  3. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 147 7.8%
  4. Hasty 1/1/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 7.5%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 147 6.0%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 5.2%
  7. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 103 4.4%
  8. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 3.2%

Teammates

  1. Farigiraf 21.3%
  2. Rillaboom 17.6%
  3. Mega Golisopod 15.4%
  4. Indeedee-F 12.1%
  5. Sneasler 11.3%
  6. Whimsicott 10.5%
  7. Milotic 9.7%
  8. Mega Metagross 9.1%
  9. Pelipper 8.5%
  10. Kingambit 8.5%
  11. Gholdengo 8.0%
  12. Mega Staraptor 6.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 2 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 37.5% (95% interval 13.7%–69.4%, n = 8 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

  1. Sneasler n = 30 Smogon
    Why? 1
    • UsageKOs or forces out Houndoom in 55% of encounters (±9%), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026n = 30 · Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F n = 22 Smogon low sample
    Why? 1
    • UsageKOs or forces out Houndoom in 48% of encounters (±11%), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026n = 22 · Smogon
  3. Incineroar n = 34 Smogon
    Why? 1
    • UsageKOs or forces out Houndoom in 42% of encounters (±8%), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026n = 34 · Smogon
  4. Rillaboom n = 29 Smogon low sample
    Why? 1
    • UsageKOs or forces out Houndoom in 32% of encounters (±9%), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026n = 29 · Smogon

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Dragonite +8.0 pp n = 178 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Houndoom teams; Dragonite is on 1% of all teams (8.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Metagross +9.8 pp n = 313 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Houndoom teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (2.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Whimsicott +5.5 pp n = 283 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Houndoom teams; Whimsicott is on 9% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Farigiraf +9.0 pp n = 506 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Houndoom teams; Farigiraf is on 17% of all teams (1.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Golisopod +0.6 pp n = 371 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Houndoom teams; Mega Golisopod is on 18% of all teams (1.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Milotic -2.0 pp n = 216 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Houndoom teams; Milotic is on 13% of all teams (0.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F -5.1 pp n = 340 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Houndoom teams; Indeedee-F is on 22% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Salamence -12.4 pp n = 245 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Houndoom teams; Mega Salamence is on 25% of all teams (0.50× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Kingambit -11.3 pp n = 199 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Houndoom teams; Kingambit is on 21% of all teams (0.47× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -9.9 pp n = 159 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Houndoom teams; Basculegion is on 18% of all teams (0.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -20.5 pp n = 305 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Houndoom teams; Sneasler is on 36% of all teams (0.43× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -25.8 pp n = 337 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Houndoom teams; Rillaboom is on 43% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1500, Sep 2026Smogon

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