Edition differences: original GBA and Nintendo Switch (2026)

Battle data describes Generation III rules. Availability notes distinguish native catches, evolution and breeding from original GBA imports. GBA games can trade with compatible Generation III games after the network quest; Switch supports local FireRed/LeafGreen trading and cannot import Pokémon from other games. Transfers to Pokémon HOME are one way.

GBA: AuroraTicket and MysticTicket required historical event distributions. Switch: both tickets are added after entering the Hall of Fame, providing access to Deoxys on Birth Island and Lugia/Ho-Oh on Navel Rock. Other event Pokémon and GBA imports are not made available by these tickets.

Original GBA: a roaming Entei or Raikou that successfully ends an encounter with Roar disappears permanently because of a game bug. The Switch editions fix this Roar disappearance bug.

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Houndour

#228 in the National Pokédex • Dark Pokémon

Normal

Shiny

Skarmory Houndoom

Pokédex entries

FireRed

To corner prey, they check each other’s location using barks that only they can understand.

LeafGreen

It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing prey.

Details

Types

Weak to

2×

2×

2×

2×

Resists

0.5×

0.5×

0.5×

0.5×

0.5×

Immune to

0×

Growth

EV yield, catch rate, and experience details for this Pokémon.

EV yield	1 SpA
Catch rate	120
Base Exp.	114

Eggs

Egg groups, gender ratio, and hatching details for this Pokémon.

Egg groups	Field
Gender	50% male 50% female
Egg cycles	20 (5,375 steps)

Evolution

Evolution requirements shown in a compact table or chain view.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Houndour #228	Level 24 This line requires importing Pokémon from another Generation III game on GBA; unavailable on Switch. Requires the National Pokédex.	Houndoom #229

Moves

Moves this Pokémon learns naturally by reaching specific levels.

		Class				Description
Start	Leer	Status	-	100	30	The foe is given an intimidating look that lowers its DEFENSE stat.
Start	Ember	Special	40	100	25	The foe is attacked with small flames. The foe may suffer a burn.
7	Howl	Status	-	-	40	The user howls to raise its spirit and boost its ATTACK stat.
13	Smog	Physical	20	70	20	The foe is attacked with exhaust gases. It may also poison the foe.
19	Roar	Status	-	100	20	The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends.
25	Bite	Special	60	100	25	The user bites with vicious fangs. It may make the foe flinch.
31	Odor Sleuth	Status	-	-	40	Completely negates the foe’s efforts to heighten its ability to evade.
37	Feint Attack	Special	60	-	20	The user draws up close to the foe disarmingly, then hits without fail.
43	Flamethrower	Special	95	100	15	The foe is scorched with intense flames. The foe may suffer a burn.
49	Crunch	Special	80	100	15	The foe is crunched with sharp fangs. It may lower the foe’s SP. DEF.

Machine compatibility for Generation III. HM08 Dive cannot be obtained in FireRed or LeafGreen; a Pokémon must learn it in another Generation III game and be traded in on GBA. Switch has no incoming transfers from those games.

		Class				Description
TM05	Roar	Status	-	100	20	The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends.
TM06	Toxic	Status	-	85	10	A move that badly poisons the foe. Its poison damage worsens every turn.
TM10	Hidden Power	Physical	-	100	15	An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user.
TM11	Sunny Day	Status	-	-	5	The sun blazes for five turns, powering up FIRE-type moves.
TM12	Taunt	Status	-	100	20	The foe is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves.
TM17	Protect	Status	-	-	10	Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession.
TM21	Frustration	Physical	-	100	20	This attack move grows more powerful the less the user likes its TRAINER.
TM22	Solar Beam	Special	120	100	10	A 2-turn move that blasts the foe with absorbed energy in the 2nd turn.
TM23	Iron Tail	Physical	100	75	15	An attack with a steel-hard tail. It may lower the foe’s DEFENSE stat.
TM27	Return	Physical	-	100	20	This attack move grows more powerful the more the user likes its TRAINER.
TM30	Shadow Ball	Physical	80	100	15	A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe’s SP. DEF.
TM32	Double Team	Status	-	-	15	The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
TM35	Flamethrower	Special	95	100	15	The foe is scorched with intense flames. The foe may suffer a burn.
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Physical	90	100	10	Filthy sludge is hurled at the foe. It may poison the target.
TM38	Fire Blast	Special	120	85	5	The foe is hit with an intense flame. It may leave the target with a burn.
TM41	Torment	Status	-	100	15	It enrages the foe, making it incapable of using the same move successively.
TM42	Facade	Physical	70	100	20	An attack that is boosted if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
TM43	Secret Power	Physical	70	100	20	An attack that may have an additional effect that varies with the terrain.
TM44	Rest	Status	-	-	10	The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem.
TM45	Attract	Status	-	100	15	If it is the other gender, the foe is made infatuated and unlikely to attack.
TM46	Thief	Special	40	100	10	An attack that may take the foe’s held item if the user isn’t holding one.
TM49	Snatch	Status	-	-	10	Steals the effects of the foe’s healing or status-changing move.
TM50	Overheat	Special	140	90	5	An intense attack that also sharply reduces the user’s SP. ATK stat.
HM06	Rock Smash	Physical	20	100	15	An attack that may also cut DEFENSE. It can also smash cracked boulders.

Tutors

Moves this Pokémon can learn from move tutors in this game.

	Class				Description
Body Slam	Physical	85	100	15	The user drops its full body on the foe. It may leave the foe paralyzed.
Counter	Physical	-	100	20	A retaliation move that counters any physical hit with double the damage.
Double-Edge	Physical	120	100	15	A reckless, life-risking tackle that also hurts the user a little.
Dream Eater	Special	100	100	15	Absorbs half the damage it inflicted on a sleeping foe to restore HP.
Mimic	Status	-	-	10	The user copies the move last used by the foe for the rest of the battle.
Substitute	Status	-	-	10	The user creates a decoy using one-quarter of its full HP.

Breeding

Moves this Pokémon can inherit through breeding or similar methods.

	Class				Description
Beat Up	Special	10	100	10	All party Pokémon join in the attack. The more allies, the more damage.
Counter	Physical	-	100	20	A retaliation move that counters any physical hit with double the damage.
Fire Spin	Special	15	70	15	The foe is trapped in an intense spiral of fire that rages two to five turns.
Pursuit	Special	40	100	20	An attack move that works especially well on a foe that is switching out.
Rage	Physical	20	100	20	An attack that becomes stronger each time the user is hit in battle.
Reversal	Physical	-	100	15	An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.
Spite	Status	-	100	10	A move that cuts 2 to 5 PP from the move last used by the foe.
Will-O-Wisp	Status	-	75	15	A sinister, bluish white flame is shot at the foe to inflict a burn.

Traits

Ability options available to this Pokémon in this game.

Early Bird

Awakens quickly from sleep.

Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.

Flash Fire

Powers up if hit by fire.

Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.

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Skarmory

#229

Houndoom

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