Houndstone

Ghost

Base stats

HP72

Atk101

Def100

SpA50

SpD97

Spe68

BST488

Abilities

Primary: Sand Rush
Secondary: —
Hidden: Fluffy

Singles analysis

What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on Gen 9 role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.

Base 68 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.

Recovery

Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk): Rest

Priority

Priority: Shadow Sneak

Status

Will-O-Wisp
Yawn

Anti-setup

Phazing (Whirlwind / Roar / Dragon Tail / Circle Throw): Roar

Stallbreak / utility

Trick / Switcheroo: Trick
Substitute (near-universal): Substitute
Chip / utility (Pain Split / Future Sight / Corrosive Gas): Pain Split

Moves — Gen 9

Type

57 of 57 moves


Ally Switch	Psychic	Status	—	—	15	User and ally swap positions; using again can fail.
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25	30% chance to make the target flinch.
Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	10	Uses user's Def stat as Atk in damage calculation.
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20	100% chance lower adjacent Pkmn Speed by 1.
Charm	Fairy	Status	—	100	20	Lowers the target's Attack by 2.
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10	Confuses the target.
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15	20% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1.
Destiny Bond	Ghost	Status	—	—	5	If an opponent knocks out the user, it also faints.
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10	Digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2.
Disable	Normal	Status	—	100	20	For 4 turns, disables the target's last move used.
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15	Has 33% recoil.
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5	Lowers the target's HP to the user's HP.
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10	User survives attacks this turn with at least 1 HP.
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20	Power doubles if user is burn/poison/paralyzed.
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15	10% chance to burn. 10% chance to flinch.
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5	User cannot move next turn.
Growl	Normal	Status	—	100	40	Lowers the foe(s) Attack by 1.
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15	30% chance to make the target flinch.
Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—	20	One adjacent ally's move power is 1.5x this turn.
Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100	10	Power doubles if the target has a status ailment.
Howl	Normal	Status	—	—	40	Raises the user's and ally's Attack by 1.
Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5	User cannot move next turn.
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15	10% chance to freeze. 10% chance to flinch.
Last Respects	Ghost	Physical	50	100	10	+50 power for each time a party member fainted.
Lick	Ghost	Physical	30	100	30	30% chance to paralyze the target.