Houndoom counters

#0229

dark fireTier 3

Lobby CP

18,082

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

174

Defense

116

Difficulty

0.41

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 Blaziken, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Keldeo, Shadow Kyogre & Shadow Conkeldurr.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Blaziken
S. Landorus (Therian)
Keldeo
S. Kyogre
S. Conkeldurr

9 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 XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.330:59
2Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.391:09
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.401:11
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.421:14
5Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.431:15
6Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.441:17
7Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.451:18
8Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.451:19
9Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.451:19
10Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.451:19
11Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.451:20
12KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.461:21
14Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.491:26
15Shadow ConkeldurrShadowpartyForce Palm / Dynamic Punch0.491:27

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

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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	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:59	0.33	1.3	399.0%
2	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:09	0.39	1.4	342.1%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:11	0.40	1.8	332.7%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:14	0.42	3.1	318.7%
5	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:15	0.43	2.0	311.9%
6	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:17	0.44	1.3	302.9%
7	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	1:18	0.45	2.6	300.1%
8	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:19	0.45	1.2	298.6%
9	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:19	0.45	2.8	297.0%
10	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:19	0.45	2.5	295.5%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:20	0.45	3.1	294.1%
12	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:21	0.46	1.7	289.4%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	1:24	0.48	2.4	278.2%
14	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:26	0.49	2.4	273.6%
15	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	1:27	0.49	3.0	270.9%

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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	176%	298.1%	1:19	2.3	0.45
Fire Fang / Fire Blast	100%	163%	294.4%	1:20	2.7	0.45
Snarl / Fire Blast	100%	161%	295.2%	1:20	2.7	0.45
Fire Fang / Foul Play	100%	174%	298.0%	1:19	2.3	0.45
Snarl / Trailblaze	100%	175%	298.1%	1:19	2.5	0.45
Incinerate / Crunch	100%	192%	298.7%	1:19	2.0	0.45
Incinerate / Fire Blast	100%	160%	298.7%	1:19	2.7	0.45
Fire Fang / Trailblaze	100%	172%	299.4%	1:18	2.5	0.45
Fire Fang / Flamethrower	100%	185%	299.7%	1:18	2.2	0.45
Snarl / Foul Play	100%	180%	301.1%	1:18	2.2	0.44
Fire Fang / Crunch	100%	198%	301.2%	1:18	1.8	0.44
Snarl / Crunch	100%	201%	301.3%	1:18	1.8	0.44
Incinerate / Trailblaze	100%	169%	301.5%	1:18	2.5	0.44
Snarl / Flamethrower	100%	190%	301.7%	1:18	2.1	0.44
Incinerate / Foul Play	100%	172%	302.2%	1:18	2.4	0.44
Incinerate / Flamethrower	100%	183%	303.6%	1:17	2.3	0.44

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 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 174 / Defense 116 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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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 Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	399.0%	0.33	0:59	1.2	100%	6,112	64.7	1724
2	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	83%	342.1%	0.39	1:09	1.3	100%	4,161	53.1	1552
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	80%	332.7%	0.40	1:11	1.6	100%	3,784	54.0	1442
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	70%	318.7%	0.42	1:14	3.1	100%	3,826	51.1	1033
5	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	73%	311.9%	0.43	1:15	1.8	100%	3,670	50.0	1347
6	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	302.9%	0.44	1:17	1.1	100%	5,902	46.9	1659
7	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	68%	300.1%	0.45	1:18	2.4	100%	2,848	47.1	1041
8	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	75%	298.6%	0.45	1:19	1.1	100%	5,902	46.0	1709
9	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	67%	297.0%	0.45	1:19	2.5	100%	3,701	48.6	1104
10	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	295.5%	0.45	1:19	2.3	100%	4,521	46.0	1074
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	65%	294.1%	0.45	1:20	2.8	100%	3,922	46.2	911
12	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	69%	289.4%	0.46	1:21	1.6	100%	3,698	45.8	1450
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	64%	278.2%	0.48	1:24	2.2	100%	6,428	44.2	1145
14	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	63%	273.6%	0.49	1:26	2.2	100%	4,115	42.8	1126
15	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	60%	270.9%	0.49	1:27	2.7	100%	3,337	42.2	970
16	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	65%	269.8%	0.50	1:27	1.5	100%	5,424	41.8	1439
17	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	56%	268.1%	0.50	1:28	4.1	100%	3,298	42.4	700
18	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	62%	267.1%	0.50	1:28	1.9	100%	4,401	41.4	1263
19	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	59%	264.2%	0.51	1:29	2.7	100%	4,115	41.7	956
20	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	60%	264.1%	0.51	1:29	2.2	100%	4,346	41.1	1110
21	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	55%	256.9%	0.52	1:31	3.4	100%	2,654	40.5	833
22	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	59%	255.6%	0.52	1:32	2.0	100%	3,698	39.4	1230
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	54%	255.4%	0.52	1:32	3.8	100%	3,093	39.8	716
24	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	54%	254.2%	0.53	1:32	3.9	100%	2,829	40.2	716
25	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	56%	253.5%	0.53	1:33	2.7	100%	4,814	39.3	1053
26	Shadow Raikou electricshadow Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere	Thunder Shock / Aura Sphere+9 more movesets	54%	251.3%	0.53	1:33	3.2	100%	3,452	39.1	822
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	56%	250.9%	0.53	1:34	2.8	100%	3,733	39.6	1007
28	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	52%	248.6%	0.54	1:34	4.4	100%	2,703	39.9	715
29	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	57%	247.0%	0.54	1:35	2.2	100%	3,941	38.5	1097
30	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	59%	246.8%	0.54	1:35	1.6	100%	5,713	38.7	1404

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