Houndoom Raid Counters Guide

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Houndoom is a Tier 3 raid boss with a Combat Power of 18082. It is a Dark and Fire type raid boss that is available as a shiny due to it being a Mega Pokémon.

It is weak to Fighting Ground Rock and Water, and as such has a wide variety of counters. It is soloable for the high level prepared trainer, but lower level trainers, or those without ideal counters, may want to bring a friend.

Upon capture Houndoom can have the following CP values:

  • Level 20: 1450-1505
  • Level 25: 1813-1882 boosted by Fog and Sunny weather

Houndoom Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Houndoom:

# Pokémon Fast Move Charge Move TTW Faints
1. Swampert (Mega) Water Gun
Water
Hydro Cannon
Water
65.29s 1.00
2. Blaziken (Mega) Counter
Fighting
Focus Blast
Fighting
67.42s 1.38
3. Blastoise (Mega) Water Gun
Water
Hydro Cannon
Water
72.58s 1.75
4. Kyogre (Primal) Waterfall
Water
Origin Pulse
Water
77.51s 1.00
5. Aerodactyl (Mega) Rock Throw
Rock
Rock Slide
Rock
75.79s 1.75
6. Gyarados (Mega) Waterfall
Water
Hydro Pump
Water
78.94s 1.13
7. Groudon (Primal) Mud Shot
Ground
Precipice Blades
Ground
81.11s 1.25
8. Lopunny (Mega) Low Kick
Fighting
Focus Blast
Fighting
80.64s 2.38
9. Terrakion Double Kick
Fighting
Sacred Sword
Fighting
91.91s 2.13
10. Slowbro (Mega) Water Gun
Water
Surf
Water
98.32s 2.50
11. Keldeo (Ordinary) Low Kick
Fighting
Sacred Sword
Fighting
99.04s 2.13
12. Keldeo Low Kick
Fighting
Sacred Sword
Fighting
99.34s 2.13
13. Kyogre Waterfall
Water
Origin Pulse
Water
100.28s 2.25
14. Alakazam (Mega) Counter
Fighting
Focus Blast
Fighting
90.36s 4.88
15. Salamence (Mega) Dragon Tail
Dragon
Hydro Pump
Water
105.32s 1.88
16. Lucario Counter
Fighting
Aura Sphere
Fighting
97.00s 4.17
17. Groudon Mud Shot
Ground
Precipice Blades
Ground
101.80s 3.00
18. Rampardos Smack Down
Rock
Rock Slide
Rock
98.83s 4.00
19. Rhyperior Mud-Slap
Ground
Rock Wrecker
Rock
106.40s 2.25
20. Medicham (Mega) Counter
Fighting
Dynamic Punch
Fighting
98.00s 4.25
21. Conkeldurr Counter
Fighting
Dynamic Punch
Fighting
104.96s 2.75
22. Pheromosa Low Kick
Fighting
Focus Blast
Fighting
102.95s 4.50
23. Landorus (Therian) Mud Shot
Ground
Earthquake
Ground
107.65s 3.00
24. Aggron (Mega) Smack Down
Rock
Meteor Beam
Rock
114.53s 2.00
25. Machamp Counter
Fighting
Dynamic Punch
Fighting
109.41s 2.80
26. Mamoswine Mud-Slap
Ground
High Horsepower
Ground
109.97s 3.50
27. Breloom Counter
Fighting
Dynamic Punch
Fighting
106.71s 3.75
28. Tyrantrum Rock Throw
Rock
Meteor Beam
Rock
111.85s 2.43
29. Latios (Mega) Dragon Breath
Dragon
Dragon Claw
Dragon
108.51s 3.00
30. Zapdos (Galarian) Counter
Fighting
Close Combat
Fighting
115.06s 2.00
31. Pinsir (Mega) Bug Bite
Bug
Superpower
Fighting
108.01s 3.75
32. Empoleon Waterfall
Water
Hydro Cannon
Water
113.08s 3.00
33. Gardevoir (Mega) Charm
Fairy
Dazzling Gleam
Fairy
108.02s 3.57
34. Swampert Water Gun
Water
Hydro Cannon
Water
111.10s 2.88
35. Landorus (Incarnate) Mud Shot
Ground
Earth Power
Ground
111.22s 3.00

Houndoom Stats

Pokémon Houndoom FireDark
Max CP at level 50 2979 CP
Max CP at level 40 2635 CP
Raid catch CP values
  • Level 20: 1450-1505 (no weather boost)
  • Level 25: 1813-1882 boosted by Fog and Sunny weather
ATK 224
DEF 144
STA 181
Weak to Water Rock Ground Fighting
Resists Psychic Dark Grass Fire Ghost Ice Steel

Houndoom Movepool

Houndoom’s movepool consists of the following:

Fast Moves Charged Moves
  • Snarl Dark
  • Fire Fang Fire
  • Foul Play Dark
  • Flamethrower Fire
  • Crunch Dark
  • Fire Blast Fire

Most of Houndoom’s counters will resist their various movesets, and as such it shouldn’t be too problematic no matter the moveset.

Sprites

As Houndoom has a Mega Pokémon available in the raid pool, it can be shiny upon completing a tier 3 raid.

Houndoom Sprite Shiny Houndoom Sprite

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Pokémon fan since 2000. Played every single game without exception. I'm an engineer, a tech lover and also a big sports fan. Science is my religion :)

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