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VOL. 21 · DOSSIER #179
the trainer's almanac · showdown ladder
RATING CUTOFF
HOME▸POKÉDEX▸HOUNDOOM MEGA
★ DOSSIER #179LADDER PERFORMER

HOUNDOOM MEGA

darkfireABILITY · SOLAR POWER
USAGE
0.1%0.0%
WR · MO
—0.0%
WR · WK
—
SAMPLE
14.3k
RANK
#179
Houndoom Mega
BASE STATSBST · 600
HP75
ATK90
DEF90
SP.A140
SP.D90
SPE115
§ ONE

ABILITY DISTRIBUTION

— What trainers run
Solar Power0.1%
§ TWO

POPULAR BUILDS

— Top spreads paired with top moves/items
MOST-RUNUSAGE 35.5%
ITEMHoundoominiteABILITYSolar PowerNATURETimid· +SPE / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
1
ATK
0
DEF
0
SP.A
32
SP.D
1
SPE
32
MOVES
Heat Wave
Dark Pulse
Protect
Overheat
ALT SPREADUSAGE 22.1%
ITEMHoundoominiteABILITYSolar PowerNATURETimid· +SPE / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
1
ATK
0
DEF
1
SP.A
32
SP.D
0
SPE
32
MOVES
Heat Wave
Dark Pulse
Protect
Overheat
FRINGEUSAGE 21.5%
ITEMHoundoominiteABILITYSolar PowerNATURETimid· +SPE / −ATK
EV SPREAD · 0–32 (32 = MAX · SHOWDOWN)
32
32
HP
2
ATK
0
DEF
0
SP.A
32
SP.D
0
SPE
32
MOVES
Heat Wave
Dark Pulse
Protect
Overheat
§ THREE

COMMON MOVES

— Top 7 across all builds
Heat Wave0.1%
Dark Pulse0.1%
Protect0.1%
Overheat0.0%
Solar Beam0.0%
Nasty Plot0.0%
Scorching Sands0.0%
§ FOUR

COMMON ITEMS

— Top 7 across all builds
Houndoominite0.1%
§ FIVE

USAGE TREND

— data accumulating
CURRENT SNAPSHOT · AUG 1, 2026
Collecting weekly snapshots in the interim. First sparkline unlocks after the next monthly dump lands.
§ SIX

OPENS WITH

— Most-led-with partners at turn 1
STOPGAP — lead-pair data accumulates from replay parsing. The weekly aggregator hasn't ingested enough battles featuring this Pokémon at the active cutoff yet.
§ SEVEN

COMMON TEAMMATES

— Wins more when paired
§ EIGHT

DIRECT THREATS

— KOs it or forces it out
No direct-threat data yet for this snapshot.
§ NINE

BAD MATCHUPS

— Worst head-to-head winrate
No matchup data yet for this snapshot.