Houndour in Pokémon GO

Type	Dark / Fire
Pokédex number	#228
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	152 / 83 / 128
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,234 / 1,395 / 1,412
Max HP, level 50	120
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.61 m / 10.8 kg

Houndour 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.

Houndour evolves into Houndoom for 50 Houndour Candy.

Family: Houndour · Houndoom

Houndour 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	529	491	73	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	705	654	85	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	881	818	95	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,058	982	104	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,146	1,064	108
40	1,234	1,146	113
45	1,314	1,219	116
50	1,395	1,295	120
51	1,412	1,311	120	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Houndour best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Feint Attack	Flamethrower	7.7
Ember	Flamethrower	7.7
Feint Attack	Dark Pulse	7.6
Ember	Dark Pulse	7.6
Feint Attack	Crunch	7.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Ember	Fire	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Feint Attack	Dark	11	10	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
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	50	3 s	26.7	same type, ×1.2
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2

Houndour 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

Houndour CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,234 · HP 113

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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.