Shadow Houndoom Weaknesses and Strengths

Shadow Houndoom is a dual-type Pokemon of types Dark and Fire. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Fighting	160%
Ground	160%
Rock	160%
Water	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Psychic	39.1%
Ghost	62.5%
Dark	62.5%
Steel	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Ice	62.5%

Best Moves for Shadow Houndoom in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Shadow Houndoom.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Fire Fang	Foul Play	58.00	510.78
Fire Fang	Fire Blast	56.00	507.54
Snarl	Foul Play	55.09	507.28
Fire Fang	Flamethrower	54.18	496.53
Snarl	Fire Blast	53.09	496.25
Snarl	Flamethrower	51.27	491.42
Fire Fang	Return	66.00	479.69
Snarl	Return	63.09	467.53
Fire Fang	Crunch	42.25	466.42
Snarl	Crunch	39.34	453.79

All Moves for Shadow Houndoom

Below are all the moves that Shadow Houndoom can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Foul Play	Charged	70	42	2000ms	-50
Flamethrower	Charged	70	31.82	2200ms	-50
Frustration	Charged	10	5	2000ms	-33
Return	Charged	35	50	700ms	-33
Crunch	Charged	70	26.25	3200ms	-33
Fire Blast	Charged	140	33.33	4200ms	-100
Snarl	Quick	12	13.09	1100ms	14
Fire Fang	Quick	12	13.33	900ms	8

Shadow Houndoom Evolution

Houndour	Requires 50x Candy	Houndoom
Houndour	Requires 100x Mega Energy	Mega Houndoom

Best Shadow Houndoom Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Shadow Houndoom Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Shadow Houndoom in a raid.

Other Shadow Houndoom Forms