#229

Houndoom

DARKFIRERARE

Houndoom shows up in the level 100 hunt and averages 124 of loot and 6,008 XP per kill.

Is Houndoom worth hunting?

Among the 29 Pokémon in the level 100 hunt, Houndoom ranks 3th for loot per kill — 4% above the level's median.

Its loot-to-XP ratio sits close to the level median — neither a money hunt nor a pure XP hunt, it serves both at a similar pace.

80% of all loot comes from a single item: Fire Tail. If its price changes in game, this hunt's income changes with it.

The rare drop worth waiting for is Darkness Stone (5,000 at the NPC), at 0.17% chance — on average one every 606 kills.

For XP it ranks 26 of 29 at this level — 6,008 per kill.

Drop chance, count and NPC price for every item. Expected value already accounts for the chance and the average count.

Item	Chance	Count	Unit price	Expected value
Fire TailRare	21.39%	1–6	132	98.8
Darkness StoneRare	0.17%	1	5,000	8.3
Fire StoneRare	0.17%	1	5,000	8.3
Horn	16.45%	1–2	25	6.2
Essence of Fire	43.88%	1–5	1	1.3
Dark Gem	43.88%	1–5	1	1.3
Ghost Essence	9.87%	1	1	0.1
Strange Pheromone	—	1	1,000,000	0.0
Loot/kill				124.2

HP75

Atk90

Def50

Sp.Atk110

Sp.Def80

Speed95

Total500

Type advantage is 50% stronger inside a hunt. Bring one of these:

Move	Type	Category	Power	Cooldown	Learned at level
Bite	DARK	PHYSICAL	72	15.0s	1
Ember	FIRE	SPECIAL	80	10.0s	5
Tackle	NORMAL	PHYSICAL	56	15.0s	10
Pursuit	DARK	PHYSICAL	120	10.0s	16
Flamethrower	FIRE	SPECIAL	80	18.0s	22
Headbutt	NORMAL	PHYSICAL	80	15.0s	30
Night Slash	DARK	PHYSICAL	120	22.0s	38
Double-Edge	NORMAL	PHYSICAL	120	3.0s	45

Selling a captured Houndoom pays 13,500. That's separate from loot per kill.

The best hunts at the same level, by expected loot value per kill.