Howl (move)

Howl とおぼえ Howl

The user howls loudly to raise its spirit, boosting its Attack stat.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0 Earn double the score in the next turn.

Howl on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Howl on Eevee's Movedex

Howl (Japanese: とおぼえ Howl) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Howl raises the user's Attack stat by one stage.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	7
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	-- 7
261		Poochyena	Dark		5
262		Mightyena	Dark		-- 5
293		Whismur	Normal		15
294		Loudred	Normal		-- 15
295		Exploud	Normal		-- 15
309		Electrike	Electric		12
310		Manectric	Electric		-- 12
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
037		Vulpix	Fire		Houndour, Houndoom Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
058		Growlithe	Fire		Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric Numel, Camerupt
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	4
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	-- 4
261		Poochyena	Dark		5
262		Mightyena	Dark		-- 5
293		Whismur	Normal		15
294		Loudred	Normal		-- 15
295		Exploud	Normal		-- 15
309		Electrike	Electric		12
310		Manectric	Electric		-- 12
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
037		Vulpix	Fire		Houndour, Houndoom Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
058		Growlithe	Fire		Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric Numel, Camerupt Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
403		Shinx	Electric		Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion Houndour, Houndoom Poochyena, Mightyena Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Electrike, Manectric Numel, Camerupt
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

By event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
004		Charmander	Fire		Events
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• German: Jauler
• Spanish: Aullido
• Italian: Gridodilotta

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.