
The effectiveness of each type on Houndoom.
| Move ▲▼ | Type ▲▼ | Category ▲▼ | Pow ▲▼ | Acc ▲▼ | Pri ▲▼ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat Up | DAR | ✴Physical | — | 100% | 0 | The user gets all party Pokémon to attack the target. The more party Pokémon, the greater the number of attacks. |
| Bite | DAR | ✴Physical | 60 | 100% | 0 | The target is bitten with viciously sharp fangs. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Body Slam | NOR | ✴Physical | 85 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks by dropping onto the target with its full body weight. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| Burning Jealousy | FIR | ◎Special | 70 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks with energy from jealousy. This leaves all opposing Pokémon that have had their stats boosted during the turn with a burn. |
| Comeuppance | DAR | ✴Physical | — | 100% | 0 | The user retaliates with much greater force against the opponent that last inflicted damage on it. |
| Counter | FIG | ✴Physical | — | 100% | -5 | A retaliatory attack that counters any physical move, inflicting double the damage taken. |
| Crunch | DAR | ✴Physical | 80 | 100% | 0 | The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. |
| Dark Pulse | DAR | ◎Special | 80 | 100% | 0 | The user releases a horrible aura imbued with ill intent. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Destiny Bond | GHO | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | If the user is knocked out after using this move, the Pokémon that knocked it out will also faint. This move's chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Double-Edge | NOR | ✴Physical | 120 | 100% | 0 | A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. |
| Endeavor | NOR | ✴Physical | — | 100% | 0 | The user inflicts damage by cutting down the target's HP to roughly equal the user's HP. |
| Endure | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | +4 | The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. |
| Facade | NOR | ✴Physical | 70 | 100% | 0 | This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. |
| Feint | NOR | ✴Physical | 30 | 100% | +2 | This attack can hit a target using a move such as Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves. |
| Fire Blast | FIR | ◎Special | 110 | 85% | 0 | The target is attacked with an intense blast of all-consuming fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| Fire Fang | FIR | ✴Physical | 65 | 95% | 0 | The user bites with flame-cloaked fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with a burn. |
| Fire Spin | FIR | ◎Special | 35 | 85% | 0 | The user traps the target inside a fierce vortex of fire that inflicts damage for four to five turns. |
| Flame Charge | FIR | ✴Physical | 50 | 100% | 0 | Cloaking itself in flame, the user attacks the target. Then, building up momentum, the user boosts its Speed stat. |
| Flamethrower | FIR | ◎Special | 90 | 100% | 0 | The target is scorched with an intense blast of fire. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| Flare Blitz | FIR | ✴Physical | 120 | 100% | 0 | The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target to inflict damage. This also damages the user quite a lot and may leave the target with a burn. |
| Foul Play | DAR | ✴Physical | 95 | 100% | 0 | The user turns the target's strength against it. The higher the target's Attack stat, the greater the damage this move inflicts. |
| Giga Impact | NOR | ✴Physical | 150 | 90% | 0 | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Heat Wave | FIR | ◎Special | 95 | 90% | 0 | The user attacks by exhaling hot breath on opposing Pokémon. This may also leave them with a burn. |
| Helping Hand | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | +5 | The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack. |
| Howl | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user howls loudly to rouse itself and its allies. This boosts their Attack stats. |
| Hyper Beam | NOR | ◎Special | 150 | 90% | 0 | The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Hyper Voice | NOR | ◎Special | 90 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks by letting loose a horribly loud, resounding cry. |
| Inferno | FIR | ◎Special | 100 | 50% | 0 | The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn. |
| Iron Tail | STE | ✴Physical | 100 | 75% | 0 | The target is slammed with a steel-hard tail. This may also lower the target's Defense stat. |
| Lash Out | DAR | ✴Physical | 75 | 100% | 0 | The user lashes out to vent its frustration toward the target. This move's power is doubled if the user's stats were lowered during this turn. |
| Mud Shot | GRO | ◎Special | 55 | 95% | 0 | The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat. |
| Mud-Slap | GRO | ◎Special | 20 | 100% | 0 | The user hurls mud in the target's face to inflict damage and lower its accuracy. |
| Nasty Plot | DAR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Atk stat. |
| Overheat | FIR | ◎Special | 130 | 90% | 0 | The user attacks the target with all its might. The recoil from this move harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat. |
| Pain Split | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user adds its HP to the target's HP, then equally splits the combined HP between the target and itself. |
| Payback | DAR | ✴Physical | 50 | 100% | 0 | The user stores power, then attacks. This move's power is doubled if the user moves after the target. |
| Protect | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | +4 | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Psychic Fangs | PSY | ✴Physical | 85 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks by biting the target with its psychic capabilities. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect. |
| Rain Dance | WAT | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks. |
| Rest | PSY | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions. |
| Reversal | FIG | ✴Physical | — | 100% | 0 | An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has. |
| Roar | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | -6 | The target is scared off, and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon. |
| Round | NOR | ◎Special | 60 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks the target with a song. If others use this move, they will act immediately after the initial user, and the power of their Rounds will be boosted. |
| Scary Face | NOR | ◑Status | — | 100% | 0 | The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. |
| Scorching Sands | GRO | ◎Special | 70 | 100% | 0 | The user throws scorching sand at the target to attack. This may also leave the target with a burn. |
| Shadow Ball | GHO | ◎Special | 80 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks by hurling a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| Sleep Talk | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep. |
| Sludge Bomb | POI | ◎Special | 90 | 100% | 0 | The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This may also poison the target. |
| Snarl | DAR | ◎Special | 55 | 95% | 0 | The user yells as if it's ranting about something, which lowers the Sp. Atk stats of opposing Pokémon. |
| Snore | NOR | ◎Special | 50 | 100% | 0 | This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch. |
| Solar Beam | GRA | ◎Special | 120 | 100% | 0 | The user gathers light on the first turn, then blasts a bundled beam on the next turn. |
| Spite | GHO | ◑Status | — | 100% | 0 | The user unleashes its grudge on the move last used by the target by cutting 4 PP from it. |
| Substitute | NOR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy. |
| Sucker Punch | DAR | ✴Physical | 70 | 100% | +1 | This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack. |
| Sunny Day | FIR | ◑Status | — | — | 0 | The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type attacks. The sunlight also lowers the power of Water-type attacks. |
| Super Fang | NOR | ✴Physical | — | 90% | 0 | The user chomps hard on the target with its sharp front fangs. This cuts the target's HP in half. |
| Swagger | NOR | ◑Status | — | 85% | 0 | The user enrages and confuses the target. However, this also sharply boosts the target's Attack stat. |
| Taunt | DAR | ◑Status | — | 100% | 0 | The target is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves for three turns. |
| Temper Flare | FIR | ✴Physical | 75 | 100% | 0 | Spurred by desperation, the user attacks the target. This move's power is doubled if the user's previous move failed. |
| Thief | DAR | ✴Physical | 60 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item. |
| Throat Chop | DAR | ✴Physical | 80 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks the target's throat, and the resultant suffering prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns. |
| Thunder Fang | ELE | ✴Physical | 65 | 95% | 0 | The user bites with electrified fangs. This may also make the target flinch or leave it with paralysis. |
| Torment | DAR | ◑Status | — | 100% | 0 | The user torments and enrages the target, making it incapable of using the same move twice in a row. |
| Toxic | POI | ◑Status | — | 90% | 0 | A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn. |
| Trailblaze | GRA | ✴Physical | 50 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks suddenly as if leaping out from tall grass. The user's nimble footwork boosts its Speed stat. |
| Uproar | NOR | ◎Special | 90 | 100% | 0 | The user attacks in an uproar for three turns. During that time, no Pokémon can fall asleep. |
| Will-O-Wisp | FIR | ◑Status | — | 85% | 0 | The user shoots a sinister flame at the target to inflict a burn. |