Howl (move)

Howl とおぼえ Howl

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Howl (Japanese: とおぼえ Howl) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Howl raises the user's Attack stat by one stage.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 7 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire -- 7 0261 Poochyena Dark 5 0262 Mightyena Dark -- 5 0293 Whismur Normal 15 0294 Loudred Normal -- 15 0295 Exploud Normal -- 15 0309 Electrike Electric 12 0310 Manectric Electric -- 12 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 4 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire -- 4 0261 Poochyena Dark 5 0262 Mightyena Dark -- 5 0293 Whismur Normal 15 0294 Loudred Normal -- 15 0295 Exploud Normal -- 15 0309 Electrike Electric 12 0310 Manectric Electric -- 12 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0004 Charmander Fire Events 0244 Entei Fire 13th Movie Event Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 4 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire -- 4 0261 Poochyena Dark 5 0262 Mightyena Dark -- 5 0293 Whismur Normal 15 0294 Loudred Normal -- 15 0295 Exploud Normal -- 15 0309 Electrike Electric 12 0310 Manectric Electric -- 12 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0058 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0155 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cyndaquil
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0403 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shinx
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0506 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Yorterry | style="background: #FFF" | Yorterry
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix, Ninetales
Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Houndour, Houndoom
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Electrike, Manectric
Numel, Camerupt

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Trivia

• Howl, along with Charge, are the only Generation III moves that raising certain stats by one stage.
  • However, Charge's raising stat effect is added begin Generation IV.
• The only non Generation III Pokémon able to learn Howl by leveling up are Houndour's family,

In other languages

• French: Grondement
• German: Jauler
• Greek: Ουρλιαχτό
• Italian: Gridodilotta
• Korean: 멀리짖음 Meolli Jit'eum
• Spanish: Aullido
• Serbian: Urlik

Variations of the move Defense Curl
Defense Curl • Harden • Meditate • Sharpen • Withdraw Formerly a variation Howl

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