Houndoom counters

#0229

dark fireTier 1

Lobby CP

7,381

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

142

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Houndoom should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,432-1,505.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xrock1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy ★Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Houndoom counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kingler, Shadow Mamoswine, Shadow Gallade & Shadow Galarian Zapdos.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kingler
S. Mamoswine
S. Gallade
S. Galarian Zapdos

11 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.040:08
2Mega GreninjaMegaBubble / Surf+0.050:09
3Mega StarmieMegaQuick Attack / Liquidation+0.050:10
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.060:10
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:10
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.060:11
7Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.060:11
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.060:11
9Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earthquake0.070:12
10Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.070:12
11Shadow MamoswineShadowpartyMud-Slap / High Horsepower0.070:12
16Shadow GalladeShadowpartyLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.070:13
17Shadow Galarian ZapdosShadowLegendarypartyCounter / Close Combat0.070:13

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Houndoom Mega Houndoom

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Top 15 Houndoom counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:08	0.04	5469.3%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterSurf+	3,784	0:09	0.05	4790.1%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	normalQuick AttackwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:10	0.05	4457.1%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:10	0.06	4373.8%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:10	0.06	4333.9%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:11	0.06	3984.5%
7	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:11	0.06	3831.1%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:11	0.06	3791.1%
9	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,424	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
10	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
11	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	0:12	0.07	3610.7%
12	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:12	0.07	3579.4%
13	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingClose Combat	4,814	0:12	0.07	3561.9%
14	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:12	0.07	3487.8%
15	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterSurf	5,902	0:13	0.07	3482.2%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Houndoom.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Houndoom's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	714%	3899.3%	0:11	0.06
Fire Fang / Fire Blast	100%	711%	3761.1%	0:12	0.06
Snarl / Trailblaze	100%	765%	3865.0%	0:11	0.06
Snarl / Foul Play	100%	752%	3870.5%	0:11	0.06
Snarl / Flamethrower	100%	742%	3870.5%	0:11	0.06
Snarl / Fire Blast	100%	767%	3872.8%	0:11	0.06
Fire Fang / Flamethrower	100%	683%	3879.4%	0:11	0.06
Fire Fang / Trailblaze	100%	691%	3881.8%	0:11	0.06
Incinerate / Trailblaze	100%	578%	3888.9%	0:11	0.06
Fire Fang / Foul Play	100%	681%	3889.6%	0:11	0.06
Snarl / Crunch	100%	768%	3892.1%	0:11	0.06
Incinerate / Flamethrower	100%	576%	3903.4%	0:11	0.06
Fire Fang / Crunch	100%	715%	3906.6%	0:11	0.06
Incinerate / Crunch	100%	569%	3909.0%	0:11	0.06
Incinerate / Foul Play	100%	576%	3913.9%	0:11	0.06
Incinerate / Fire Blast	100%	650%	3933.5%	0:11	0.06

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Houndoom weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x rock1.6x water1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x bug1x electric1x dragon1x fairy1x ghost0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x dark0.63x psychic0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (7)
Resists (7)

It resists psychic0.39xghost0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Houndoom throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire FangSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.74s
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
darkSnarlSTAB	11	+13	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
darkFoul PlaySTAB	70	-50	2.0s	1.70s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
grassTrailblaze	65	-50	2.0s	1.20s
darkCrunchSTAB	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,432	1,790
11/11/11	1,446	1,808
12/12/12	1,461	1,826
13/13/13	1,476	1,845
14/14/14	1,490	1,863
15/15/15hundo	1,505	1,882

Caught CP range 1,432 - 1,505, or 1,790 - 1,882 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Houndoom is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 142 / Defense 94 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	5469.3%	0.04	0:08	0.0	100%	6,112	78.0	622
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Bubble / Surf+	Bubble / Surf++17 more movesets	82%	4790.1%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,784	69.9	635
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Quick Attack / Liquidation+	Quick Attack / Liquidation++44 more movesets	73%	4457.1%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	3,701	66.8	652
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	67%	4373.8%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,826	67.9	666
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	69%	4333.9%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,922	61.6	619
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	67%	3984.5%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	3,670	68.9	752
7	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	60%	3831.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,521	56.8	646
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	66%	3791.1%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	5,902	52.5	604
9	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	61%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	5,424	50.0	600
10	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	53%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	2,829	51.3	616
11	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	51%	3610.7%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	3,328	49.7	588
12	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	59%	3579.4%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,161	56.5	690
13	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	55%	3561.9%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,814	53.4	653
14	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	55%	3487.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,401	48.0	600
15	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Surf	Waterfall / Surf+5 more movesets	57%	3482.2%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,902	48.8	612
16	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	50%	3476.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,093	51.2	641
17	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	53%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,548	48.6	612
18	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets	50%	3460.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,178	51.9	653
19	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	49%	3414.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,964	47.8	610
20	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	56%	3395.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,698	56.4	722
21	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets	48%	3379.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,510	52.5	676
22	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	48%	3378.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,298	54.6	699
23	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	53%	3363.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,128	51.4	665
24	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Surf	Counter / Surf+9 more movesets	49%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,593	46.8	609
25	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	49%	3348.4%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	2,654	47.6	613
26	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	53%	3345.9%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,941	47.5	619
27	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	53%	3333.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	6,428	58.8	768
28	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Power Gem	Rock Throw / Power Gem+5 more movesets	52%	3328.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,346	47.3	620
29	Lucario fightingsteel Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	46%	3289.8%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,703	48.7	599
30	Pheromosa bugfighting Low Kick / Focus Blast	Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets	43%	3264.4%	0.07	0:13	0.3	100%	2,842	48.2	538

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.