Houndour (Pokémon)

Houndour デルビル Delvil

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Dark  Fire  Dark Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Early Bird or Flash Fire 1,250,000 Pokédex National #228 Johto #214* Hoenn #366* Sinnoh #176Pt Browser Fiore R— Almia R-153 Height Weight 2'00″ 23.8 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Black 120 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Ground 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Exp. 114 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Houndour (Japanese: デルビル Delvil) is a dual-type Dark/Fire Pokémon.

It evolves into Houndoom starting at level 24.

Biology

Physiology

Houndour is a dog-like Pokémon with short, black fur. It has a red underbelly and snout. Houndour has short, pointed ears and a tail. Houndour’s fangs protrude out of its mouth, and its nose is dark in coloration. There are white bands on Houndour's ankles, and more rib-like ones on its back. Houndour appears to have a simplistic, stylized skull on its forehead, with the orbits looking much like ‘eyebrow’ patterning commonly seen on dogs. Houndour also has circular, red-colored patterning on the underside of its paws.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Houndour is capable of various Dark- and Fire-type attacks (including the rarely-known Beat Up attack). Houndour can also use a couple of Poison-type damaging moves and Thunder Fang.

Houndour hunting packs show off unparalleled teamwork.

Behavior

Houndour normally travel in packs. They are very protective of one another and will not abandon any of its pack if they are hurt. It can be presumed that, as Houndour hunt in packs, that they are fairly smart. Houndour use a variety of cries, and different ones for pursuing prey and communicating with others. Houndour convey their feelings using different cries, and corner prey by checking each other’s location using barks. Around dawn, Houndour’s ominous howl echoes through the area to announce its ownership of its territory.

Habitat

Rough-terrain Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Houndour are predatory Pokémon that mainly eat small mammals.

In the anime

Cassidy's Houndour

Major appearances

Houndour made its anime debut in Hour of the Houndour. A pack of these Pokémon were stealing food to aid their badly wounded leader. Ash helped the ailing Houndour to a Pokémon Center.

A Houndour also appeared in Pikachu & Pichu. This particular Houndour can normally be seen chasing the Pichu Brothers.

Cassidy's Houndour debuted in The Mystery is History.

A Houndour chased the Pichu Brothers twice in Pichu Bros. in Party Panic. It's unknown if this Houndour is the same in Pikachu and Pichu but it seems improbable since that Houndour made friends with the Pichu Brothers.

Minor appearances

A Houndour is seen in The Rise of Darkrai.

Several Houndour are among the Pokémon resting in some hot springs in Entei at Your Own Risk.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Gold is attacked by and defeated by 4 Pokémon, including a Houndour, when he enters the Ilex Forest, and is then warned to stay out by the Masked Man.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Houndour (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 17+	Purified moves
Shadow Blitz	Shadow		Charm	Normal
Shadow Shed	Shadow		Faint Attack	Dark
--			Ember	Fire
--			Roar	Normal

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 11.4%	Friend Area: Ravaged Field
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I'm good at running down prey using teamwork.
26%-50% HP	My HP's been cut in half.
1%-25% HP	I can't go on... I'm about to drop...
Level Up	Yes! I got my level up! I'll work harder!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.2%	IQ Group: C
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Dark	Poké Assist: ( Dark )	Field Move: (Tackle ×1)
"It spits blobs of fire and lets loose dark pulses to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Houndour  Dark  Fire

Level 24 →

First evolution Houndoom  Dark  Fire

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 228 s.gif			File:Spr b g3 228 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

For other sprites and images, please see Houndour images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Despite being a Generation II Pokémon, it was actually native to Kanto in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. The same is true for Murkrow and Slugma.
• The only two games so far in which Houndour can be captured by the player before viewing the end credits are Pokémon XD and Pokémon Platinum.
• Houndour is one of fourteen Pokémon that one can collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
• Houndour and Houndoom are the only Pokémon with Fire as a secondary type.
• Houndour and Houndoom are also the only two Fire-type Pokémon that are not in the Red, Yellow, or Brown color categories.
• No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Houndour and its evolution.

Origin

Houndour is similar to a Doberman, but it may have been inspired by Cerberus or other legends of hellhounds.

Name origin

Its name is a combination of hound and dour, or harshness.

Its Japanese name is a corruption of devil.

In other languages

• German: Hunduster - A combination of Hund (dog) and düster (dire).
• French: Malosse - From mal (evil) and molosse (Molossian hound).
• Korean: 델빌 Delbil
• Chinese: 戴魯比

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.