Question

Can Houndour be caught before the Pokemon League in SoulSilver?

Comments

Not a full answer, but https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Johto_Safari_Zone

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https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/64200/how-do-you-get-houndour-in-soulsilver

Answer 1

No, unless you get the National Dex before the post-game.

Houndour can only be caught in two places in HGSS, Route 7 and the Safari Zone. Route 7 is a route in Kanto, which is only unlocked in the post-game.

Houndour can be found in the Safari Zone in the Savannah area. However, in order to find Houndour, you need 4 Forest blocks. You can read about blocks here, but basically they are only unlockable until after you get the National Dex and complete a handful of Baoba's missions.

So unless you have the National Dex, Houndour is unobtainable in HGSS pre-E4 without trading.

Tl;Dr in Italian: A meno che tu non abbia il Pokedex Nazionale.

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Comments

The best Fire-type before post-game is probably Magmar, because it learns Flamethrower via level up.