Growlithe or Houndour?

Started by xxxLatiasxxx January 12th, 2011 12:44 PM
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Houndour. It was one of my favourite Pokémon back when gen 2 came out. :) It would still be one of my favourites today if it weren't so expensive to collect merch of, haha.

Growlithe has just never interested me much. I'm not usually a dog fan.


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To be completely honest, neither of them appeal to me. I haven't raised either of them; just happened to use their evolutions in the Battle Factory while playing Pokemon Emerald. From there, I saw that Arcanine had better stats and a far superior moveset in comparison to Houndoom. So, I'll settle with Growlithe.
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I'd have to go with Houndoor. I prefer split types so that way I can cover more types of attacks easier.
But to be fair you said that you were debating these to because they were dogs, but why aren't poochyena and snubble here for discussion?
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Growlithe, because Arcanine is sexy <3
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I've always loved Houndour in terms of design. And it being Dark makes it even better~
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Houndoor > Growlithe
Arcanine > Houndoom

I love the duality of the Dark/Fire but Arcanine is too much of a savage to be beaten by a skinny mutt like Houndoom
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houndour for its versatility. it has similiar stats as growlithe but is dark
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I love Houndour mainly for it's design and unique type combination. Both Dark-Type and Fire-Type being one of my fav types.
Plus it's evolution, appeals me even more.
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What a tricky choice. Though a Growlithe might evolve into a beautiful Arcanine, this poll refers to the unevolved forms... Oh well. Houndour is superior to Growlithe in my opinion, because dual-type fire pokemon are just so few and wonderful.

Dark/Fire is a combination full of WIN <3 Who doesn't love nocturn fire-breathing creatures capable of lighting the surrounding darkness with flames? I most certainly do.
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hmmmm. this is closer than i thought.......i like both and their evos alot.........but all-time it would have to be growlithe....i always like them when i was a lil kid and i was gonna train one until i found out how bad most pure fire types are wen i started playin again..............still im gonna breed/train one later wen i have time....ima call that sucker Flamziez
fc-i gave all my pokegames away to random kids thru gamestop but maybe i get B2 to play with the lil bros maybe yea no maybe...


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Houndour. I mean it is part Dark and Fire. I also like the design of it slightly better than of Growlite.


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Growlithe, because Arcanine is amazing<3

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Growlithe annoys me...mainly because of its' impossibility to capture (I always either KO it or it uses Roar), rarity (HeartGold is the only game I can ever get it on), and the fact that I generally don't like the design.

Houndoom and Arcanine are about equal for me. I love Arcanine's movepool, and Houndoom's ain't bad either. The designs are pretty cool too, and some of the backstory, like its' cries having been thought to be those of the Grim Reaper.

Houndour is better than Growlithe though. I got one on Emerald, spent ages trying to evolve it, then decided I preferred it how it was so reset the game and played on with it as a Houndour. I like the design over those of Houndoom, Growlithe and Arcanine, and it's generally pretty useful too.

Funny thing is that I'm not a fan of dogs...and sometimes I'm scared of them, although it varies. However I love dog pokémon.