Mega Houndoom Raid Counters Guide

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Mega Houndoom pounces into Pokémon GO Raids from September 14, 2024, and players have a great opportunity to catch this rarely available Dark/Fire type Mega Evolution. Best counters to beat it include strong Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water types.

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.

This write-up will serve as a comprehensive guide to successfully beating Mega Houndoom with the best counters, its catch CP range, and the stats.

Mega Houndoom Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	8	237s
2.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	8	237s
3.	Kyogre (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	12	256s
4.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	15	258s
5.	Garchomp (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	10	282s
6.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	11	279s
7.	Rampardos (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	22	251s
8.	Keldeo	Low Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	11	287s
9.	Terrakion	Double Kick Fighting	Sacred Sword Fighting	11	292s
10.	Tyranitar (Mega)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	8	315s
11.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	14	289s
12.	Lucario (Mega)	Force Palm Fighting	Aura Sphere Fighting	22	269s
13.	Gyarados (Mega)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Pump Water	9	324s
14.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	13	305s
15.	Garchomp (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	15	297s
16.	Excadrill (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	29	270s
17.	Rayquaza (Mega)	Dragon Tail Dragon	Dragon Ascent Flying	13	313s
18.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	15	305s
19.	Tyranitar (Shadow)	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	12	321s
20.	Swampert (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Hydro Cannon Water	17	302s
21.	Kingler (Shadow)	Bubble Water	Crabhammer Water	23	289s
22.	Conkeldurr (Shadow)	Counter Fighting	Dynamic Punch Fighting	19	308s
23.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Sandsear Storm Ground	19	309s
24.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	22	302s
25.	Empoleon (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	22	303s
26.	Diancie (Mega)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	15	325s
27.	Feraligatr (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	19	313s
28.	Blastoise (Mega)	Water Gun Water	Hydro Cannon Water	14	331s
29.	Crawdaunt (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Crabhammer Water	22	306s
30.	Primarina	Waterfall Water	Hydro Cannon Water	14	342s

How to get Mega Houndoom in Pokémon GO

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.

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

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.

Mega Houndoom Stats

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

Mega Absol Movepool

Fast Moves	Charge Moves
Snarl Dark Fire Fang Fire	Crunch Dark Foul Play Dark Flamethrower Fire Fire Blast Fire

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.