Hisuian Growlithe

#58 (Kanto)

#59 Arcanine ›

Pokémon type

Fire

Rock

Hisuian Growlithe weaknesses

Hisuian Growlithe is weak to Fighting and Rock-type moves, and doubly weak to Ground and Water-type moves.

256%

160%

Resistances

Hisuian Growlithe is resistant to Normal, Flying, Poison, Bug, Ice and Fairy-type moves, and doubly resistant to Fire-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Hisuian Growlithe

The best moves for Hisuian Growlithe are Ember and Rock Slide when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. This combination also deals the most damage per turn in Trainer Battles.

Attacking

Ember

12DPS

Rock Slide

36DPS

Defending

Ember

12DPS

Rock Slide

36DPS

Trainer Battles

Ember

4.5EPT

Rock Slide

2DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Hisuian Growlithe family. Hisuian Growlithe evolves into Hisuian Arcanine for 50 Candy.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Growlithe:

Normal

Hisuian Form

Game images

Hisuian Growlithe, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Events

Fall Marathon: Buddy Trek

13th Oct

Candela's Quest for Victory

9th Jun

Summary

Hisuian Growlithe is a Fire & Rock Pokémon. It is weak to Ground, Water, Fighting and Rock moves. Growlithe's best moveset is Ember & Rock Slide and it has a Max CP of 1,495. Hisuian Growlithe evolves into Hisuian Arcanine.

About

"Growlithe has a superb sense of smell. Once it smells anything, this Pokémon won't forget the scent, no matter what. It uses its advanced olfactory sense to determine the emotions of other living things."

Moves & Movesets

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Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Bite	6	8	12
Ember	10	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Crunch	65	3	1.97
Rock Slide	75	2	1.8
Flamethrower	65	2	1.56
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Ember	4	2	2.4	4.5
Bite	2	1	2	4

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Rock Slide	75	45	2
Flamethrower	90	55	1.96
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Crunch ▼ def	70	45	1.56
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ember 12 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	7.3	100%
Bite 12 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	7.3	100%
Ember 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	7.2	99%
Bite 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	7.2	99%
Bite 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.6	90%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.4	88%
Bite 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	6.2	85%
Ember 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	6.1	83%
Bite 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.1	71%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	4.6	64%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ember 12 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	2.8	100%
Ember 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	2.7	95%
Ember 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	2.6	91%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2	70%
Bite 12 DPS	Rock Slide 36 DPS	1.8	64%
Bite 12 DPS	Crunch 21.7 DPS	1.7	61%
Bite 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	1.7	60%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	50%
Bite 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.3	47%
Bite 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1	36%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Ember 4.5 EPT	Rock Slide 2 DPE	10	11.4	100%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Flamethrower 1.96 DPE	14	11.2	99%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	16	10.8	94%
Bite 4 EPT	Rock Slide 2 DPE	12	10	88%
Bite 4 EPT	Flamethrower 1.96 DPE	14	9.9	86%
Bite 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.4	83%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Crunch 1.56 DPE	10	9.4	82%
Bite 4 EPT	Crunch 1.56 DPE	12	8.2	72%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	16	3	27%
Bite 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	2.6	23%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Hisuian Growlithe?

Hisuian Growlithe is weak to Fighting and Rock moves, and doubly weak to Ground and Water moves.

The best counter to Hisuian Growlithe is Primal Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse, followed by Primal Groudon, Mega Greninja and Mega Starmie.

The top Hisuian Growlithe counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Origin Pulse	100%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Precipice Blades	99%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Hydro Cannon	97%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Surf+	97%
Mega Greninja	Bubble Hydro Cannon	95%
Mega Greninja	Bubble Surf+	94%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Hydro Pump	93%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Surf	92%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Earthquake	91%
Mega Starmie	Water Gun Liquidation+	89%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		142
Defense		92
Stamina		155

Max HP

Level 40

134

Size

Height	0.8 m
Weight	22.7 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	566
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	755
Level 30 Max wild	1,133
Level 40	1,322
Level 50	1,495

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	944
Level 35 (wild)	1,228