Houndoominite

Houndoominite ヘルガナイト Hellganite

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Introduced in Generation VI Pocket Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 80

The Houndoominite (Japanese: ヘルガナイト Hellganite) is a type of held item introduced in Generation VI. It is a Mega Stone associated with Houndoom.

In the core series games

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Effect

In battle

If held by an Houndoom, allows it to Mega Evolve into Mega Houndoom if its Trainer has a Key Stone. Each Trainer can only Mega Evolve one Pokémon per battle.

Unaffected by item negating effects (such as Embargo and Klutz). Item manipulating effects (such as Trick and Fling) cannot give Houndoom a Houndoominite or remove a Houndoominite from Houndoom.

Outside of battle

If held by an Houndoom, allows it to Mega Evolve into Mega Houndoom when it performs a Spectacular Talent during a Pokémon Contest Spectacular while its Trainer has a Key Stone. Houndoom will remain a Mega Houndoom until the Talent Round ends.

Description

Acquisition

In the anime

A Houndoominite in the anime

In Mega Evolution Special IV, Malva was revealed to own a Houndoominite, which is attached to a collar that her Houndoom wears around its neck.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 黑魯加進化石 Hēilǔjiā Jìnhuà Shí Mandarin 黑魯加進化石 / 黑鲁加进化石 Hāklóuhgā Jeunfa Sehk French Démolossite German Hundemonit Italian Houndoomite Korean 헬가나이트 Helganite Spanish Houndoomita

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.