Mega Houndoom Raid Counters Guide

Mega Houndoom

Mega Houndoom is a Dark and Fire-type Mega Pokémon, and it is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water type moves. Best Mega Houndoom counters are the usual top tier Pokémon of that type: Kyogre, Groudon, Garchomp, Swampert, etc. 

Houndoom can be caught with the following CP values (*):

• 1432 – 1505 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1790 – 1882 CP at level 25 with Fog or Sunny weather boost

It is possible to duo Mega Houndoom in weather conditions where your counters are boosted. It also helps that Mega Houndoom isn’t too bulky. In all other cases, around 3-5 Trainers with strong and high-level counters can take down the Raid Boss with relative ease, no matter what the weather in the game is like.

(*) You cannot catch Houndoom in its mega-evolved form from the raid. The Mega Raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Houndoom.

Mega Houndoom Counters

Here are the best Pokémon to use against a Mega Houndoom:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	31.73	9	284s
2.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	31.44	9	287s
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	29.20	11	309s
4.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	34.80	24	259s
5.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	28.58	12	315s
6.	Mega Blaziken	Counter Fighting	Focus Blast Fighting	28.94	15	312s
7.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	27.44	12	328s
8.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	28.92	15	312s
9.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	25.03	9	360s
10.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	28.41	15	317s
11.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	28.40	15	317s
12.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	27.00	13	334s
13.	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	24.66	11	365s
14.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	27.47	16	328s
15.	Ordinary Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	25.72	13	350s
16.	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	26.32	15	342s
17.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	27.95	20	322s
18.	Shadow Conkeldurr	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	27.78	21	325s
19.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	24.61	14	366s
20.	Mega Heracross	Counter Fighting	Upper Hand Fighting	27.26	23	331s
21.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	24.41	15	369s
22.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	25.01	17	360s
23.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	28.58	29	315s
24.	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	25.71	20	350s
25.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Rock Wrecker Rock	23.68	15	381s
26.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Sandsear Storm Ground	25.98	23	347s
27.	Shadow Samurott	Fury Cutter Bug	Hydro Cannon Water	25.74	23	350s
28.	Shadow Machamp	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	26.26	25	343s
29.	Shadow Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Meteor Beam Rock	24.84	21	363s
30.	Shadow Hariyama	Force Palm Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	25.81	24	349s

Mega Houndoom stats

Mega Houndoom DarkFire
Max CP at lvl 40 3842 | Max CP at lvl 50 4344
ATK 289		DEF 194		HP 181
Weaknesses			Resistances
Fighting Ground Rock Water			Psychic Dark Fire Ghost Grass Ice Steel

Mega Houndoom moves

Mega Houndoom may not be bulky but its DPS is monstrous. With a powerful 289 ATK stat, Mega Houndoom is going to hit hard even when its moves are resisted, so be careful which Pokémon you bring and try to dodge as often as you can.

How to get Mega Houndoom in Pokémon GO

To get Mega Houndoom you will need to gather 200 Mega Energy to evolve your Houndoom. Once you have evolved a Houndoom Mega Evolved, it only costs 50 Mega Energy to evolve again in the future, but each new Houndoom will again cost 200 Mega Energy.

Shiny comparison

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