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.