Houndstone in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost
Pokédex number	#972
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	186 / 195 / 176
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,514 / 2,842 / 2,876
Max HP, level 50	160
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	2 m / 15 kg

Houndstone 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.

Houndstone evolves from Greavard for 50 Greavard Candy.

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

Family: Greavard · Houndstone

Houndstone 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	1,077	1,024	98	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,436	1,365	114	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,795	1,707	127	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,155	2,049	139	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,334	2,219	145
40	2,514	2,390	150
45	2,675	2,544	155
50	2,842	2,702	160
51	2,876	2,734	161	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Houndstone best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Lick	Shadow Ball	10.7
Bite	Shadow Ball	9.7
Lick	Play Rough	8.9
Bite	Play Rough	8.3
Lick	Dig	8.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Bite	Dark	6	4	0.5 s	12.0
Lick	Ghost	5	6	0.5 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Dig	Ground	100	50	4.5 s	22.2
Play Rough	Fairy	90	50	3 s	30.0
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	25	33	1 s	25.0
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3	same type, ×1.2

Houndstone weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Dark	×1.6
Ghost	×1.6
Fighting	×0.39
Normal	×0.39
Bug	×0.625
Poison	×0.625

Houndstone CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,514 · HP 150

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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.