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Adamant

Primary

+Attack -Sp. Atk

Attack higher than Sp. Atk, Adamant maximizes damage

Jolly

Alternative

+Speed -Sp. Atk

If speed advantage needed

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houndstone

Ghost

Houndstone spends most of its time sleeping in graveyards. Among all the dog Pokémon, this one is most loyal to its master.

Height

Weight

15kg

Generation

Gen IX (SV)

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📊 Stats ⚡ Abilities 🛡️ Type Matchup ✨ Evolution 💥 Moves

Base Stats

Attack

101

Defense

100

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

488

Abilities (Click for details)

sand-rush

Normal Ability

fluffy

Type Matchups

Weaknesses (×2)

Ghost Dark

Resistances (×½)

Poison Bug

Immunities (×0)

Normal Fighting

Evolution Chain

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Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Lv.1	tackle	normal	physical	40	100	35
Lv.1	growl	normal	status	-	100	40
Lv.3	lick	ghost	physical	30	100	30
Lv.6	tail-whip	normal	status	-	100	30
Lv.6	bite	dark	physical	60	100	25
Lv.9	roar	normal	status	-	-	20
Lv.12	headbutt	normal	physical	70	100	15
Lv.16	dig	ground	physical	80	100	10
Lv.24	rest	psychic	status	-	-	5
Lv.28	crunch	dark	physical	80	100	15
Lv.41	helping-hand	normal	status	-	-	20
Lv.51	charm	fairy	status	-	100	20
Lv.58	double-edge	normal	physical	120	100	15

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
take-down	normal	physical	90	85	20
double-edge	normal	physical	120	100	15
roar	normal	status	-	-	20
hyper-beam	normal	special	150	90	5
dig	ground	physical	80	100	10
night-shade	ghost	special	-	100	15
confuse-ray	ghost	status	-	100	10
rest	psychic	status	-	-	5
substitute	normal	status	-	-	10
thief	dark	physical	60	100	25
protect	normal	status	-	-	10
scary-face	normal	status	-	100	10
mud-slap	ground	special	20	100	10
sandstorm	rock	status	-	-	10
endure	normal	status	-	-	10
charm	fairy	status	-	100	20
sleep-talk	normal	status	-	-	10
pain-split	normal	status	-	-	20
rain-dance	water	status	-	-	5
sunny-day	fire	status	-	-	5
crunch	dark	physical	80	100	15
shadow-ball	ghost	special	80	100	15
uproar	normal	special	90	100	10
will-o-wisp	fire	status	-	85	15
facade	normal	physical	70	100	20
helping-hand	normal	status	-	-	20
trick	psychic	status	-	100	10
endeavor	normal	physical	-	100	5
mud-shot	ground	special	55	95	15
giga-impact	normal	physical	150	90	5
thunder-fang	electric	physical	65	95	15
ice-fang	ice	physical	65	95	15
fire-fang	fire	physical	65	95	15

Moveset & Team Recommendations

⚔️ Recommended Movesets

Physical Attacker Moveset Physical

shadow-sneak shadow-claw foul-play swords-dance

houndstone's physical attacker moveset, STAB moveshadow-sneak high power, paired with knock-offbetter coverage.

👥 Team Recommendations

Balanced Team Core Balance

landorus-incarnate togekiss ferrothorn scizor gyarados

houndstoneas a Balanced Team attacker core, Cover weaknesses with teammates.

Hyper Offense Team Core Hyper Offense

dragonite garchomp gyarados dragapult talonflame

houndstoneas a Hyper Offense team core, fast sweeping is the main goal.

Stall Team Core Stall

blissey ferrothorn gliscor togekiss mimikyu

houndstoneas a Stall team core wearing down opponents with Toxic and recovery.