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Houndstone

Rank 170

Houndstone build and set

Ghost
Usage
0.2%—
Brought
57.8%
Leads
17.2%
Win rate
49.4%
▼ 0.6 pts below 50%
38.5% – 60.3% · 77 games

22,594 battles · 30 days · updated 5 min ago

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Houndstone

Ghost

Sand Rush

Adamant+Atk −SpA

  • GhostPhysicalLast Respects
  • FireStatusWill-O-Wisp
  • FairyPhysicalPlay Rough
  • PsychicStatusAlly Switch
HP
179
32
Atk
168
32
Def
120
0
SpA
63
0
SpD
119
2
Spe
88
0

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

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

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Houndstone
Ability: Sand Rush
Level: 50
EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Last Respects
- Will-O-Wisp
- Play Rough
- Ally Switch

Spreads (Smogon)

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

  1. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    9.2%Most used
    • HP32
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD2
    • Spe0

  2. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    8.4%
    • HP5
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD1
    • Spe28

  3. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    8.1%
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

Abilities

Not enough data

Moves

Revealed in 37 games

  • GhostPhysicalLast Respects70.3%
  • FireStatusWill-O-Wisp24.3%
  • FairyPhysicalPlay Rough16.2%
  • PsychicStatusAlly Switch10.8%
  • NormalStatusHowl10.8%
  • NormalStatusProtect10.8%
  • PsychicPhysicalPsychic Fangs8.1%
  • GhostPhysicalPoltergeist5.4%
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Items

Revealed in 15 games

Not enough data

30-day trend0.0% – 0.4%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

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Teams with Houndstone

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Houndstone is on 0.2% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 170. Its most seen moves are Last Respects, Will-O-Wisp and Play Rough. It usually teams up with Tyranitar and Excadrill. It is brought in 58% of its games and leads in 17%.