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Houndoom

Rank 135

Houndoom build and set

DarkFire
Usage
0.3%—
Brought
72.9%
Leads
43.0%
Mega Evolves
56.1%
Win rate
49.1%
▼ 0.9 pts below 50%
40.1% – 58.2% · 114 games

22,317 battles · 7 days · updated 4 min ago

Recommended build

Mega Houndoom

DarkFire

Solar Power

HoundoominiteTimid+Spe −Atk

  • FireSpecialHeat Wave
  • DarkSpecialDark Pulse
  • NormalStatusProtect
  • GrassSpecialSolar Beam
HP
151
1
Atk
99
0
Def
110
0
SpA
192
32
SpD
111
1
Spe
183
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

Showdown paste

Houndoom @ Houndoominite
Ability: Early Bird
Level: 50
EVs: 1 HP / 32 SpA / 1 SpD / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Heat Wave
- Dark Pulse
- Protect
- Solar Beam

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    30.9%Most used
    • HP1
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA32
    • SpD1
    • Spe32
  2. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    25.6%
    • HP0
    • Atk0
    • Def1
    • SpA32
    • SpD1
    • Spe32
  3. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    11.3%
    • HP2
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA32
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

Abilities

Not enough data

Moves

Revealed in 78 games

Show all (17)

Items

Revealed in 66 games

Houndoom is on 0.3% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (7 days), ranking 135. Its most seen moves are Heat Wave, Dark Pulse and Protect. The most revealed item is Houndoominite. It usually teams up with Whimsicott and Torkoal. It is brought in 73% of its games and leads in 43%.