Houndoom in Pokémon GO

Type	Dark / Fire
Pokédex number	#229
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	224 / 144 / 181
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,635 / 2,979 / 3,014
Max HP, level 50	164
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.4 m / 35 kg

Houndoom evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Houndoom evolves from Houndour for 50 Houndour Candy.

Houndoom is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Houndour · Houndoom

Houndoom CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	1,129	1,074	101	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,505	1,432	117	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,882	1,790	130	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,258	2,148	143	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,447	2,327	149
40	2,635	2,506	154
45	2,804	2,667	159
50	2,979	2,833	164
51	3,014	2,867	165	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Houndoom best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Houndoom at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Houndoom gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Fire Fang	Foul Play	12.4
Fire Fang	Fire Blast	12.3
Snarl	Foul Play	12.2
Snarl	Fire Blast	12.1
Fire Fang	Flamethrower	11.9

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Fire Fang	Fire	13	9	1 s	13.0	same type, ×1.2
Snarl	Dark	11	13	1 s	11.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Crunch	Dark	65	33	3 s	21.7	same type, ×1.2
Fire Blast	Fire	140	100	4 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2
Foul Play	Dark	70	50	2 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2

Houndoom weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Dark / Fire. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Fighting	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Water	×1.6
Psychic	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Fire	×0.625
Ghost	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Houndoom CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,635 · HP 154

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.