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Houndstone Build & Best Moveset

Ghost　Role: Slow Attacker

A slow attacker build put together from Houndstone's base stats. It will not move first, so the natural shape is to take a hit and answer back. Stat points go to Attack 32, HP 32, Defense 2 with a Adamant nature. Base stats & learnset / How to counter Houndstone

Stat point spread (66 total, max 32 per stat)

Stat	Base	Points	Nature	Actual (Lv50)
HP	72	32	—	179
Attack	101	32	↑1.1	168
Defense	100	2	—	122
Sp. Atk	50	0	↓0.9	63
Sp. Def	97	0	—	117
Speed	68	0	—	88

Nature: Adamant (Attack ↑ / Sp. Atk ↓). Few opponents can be outsped anyway, so take the damage over the Speed.

Best moveset

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	Role
Last Respects	Ghost	Physical	50	100	Same-type main attack.
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	Coverage with a Normal-type move.
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100	Coverage with a Psychic-type move.
Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	Scout and buy chip-damage turns.

Held item options

This build is generated mechanically from base stats and the learnset, so treat it as a starting point and shift the spread or a move to suit what you expect to face.