No. 0058 · Gen 1
Growlithe weakness and type
Hit GROWLITHE with Water, Ground and Rock for 2× damage.
Moves against Growlithe
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart
Test a matchup against GrowlitheAbilities
- IntimidateNo change to type matchups
- Flash FireImmune to Fire
- JustifiedNo change to type matchups
The table on this page assumes no ability. Check which one it has before you commit.
Base stats
- HP55
- Attack70
- Defense45
- Sp. Atk70
- Sp. Def50
- Speed60
- Total350
Best nature
AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Growlithe gives 1 Attack EV.
Calculate Growlithe's statsHow Growlithe evolves
GrowlitheFire- Use Fire Stone
Arcanine
Hisuian GrowlitheFireRock- Use Fire Stone
Hisuian ArcanineNo evolution for this line in the game you picked.
What Growlithe can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Skull Bash | Physical | 130 |
| Fire | Overheatsame type | Special | 130 |
| Fighting | Close Combat | Physical | 120 |
| Dragon | Outrage | Physical | 120 |
| Steel | Iron Tail | Physical | 100 |
| Electric | Wild Charge | Physical | 90 |
| Fairy | Play Rough | Physical | 90 |
| Psychic | Psychic Fangs | Physical | 85 |
| Dark | Crunch | Physical | 80 |
| Ground | Dig | Physical | 80 |
| Flying | Aerial Ace | Physical | 60 |
Type counters to Growlithe
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.
