Hellhound

Hellhound is an Enemy in Dragon's Dogma.

Overview

Hellhounds are a larger, much more dangerous version of Wolves with black fur and far more health. They can be found throughout Gransys during Post-Game and on Bitterblack Isle.

Hellhounds spew fireballs, grab and drag knocked down characters a fair distance away, and use their maul attack to inflict large amounts of damage. When engulfed in flames, their bites cause additional Fire damage.

Type	Wolves
Experience gained	Base Experience of 1280 Can be more or less depending on a few factors such as: Having fewer pawns Being under the effect of Weal Use of the Bezel Crown bow Being in Hard Mode Having higher or lower level pawns
Location	Gransys The Tainted Mountain Temple during The Final Battle Post-Game Seabreeze Trail Manamia Trail Estan Plains The Tainted Mountain Temple The Everfall (Post-Dragon) Chamber of Absence Chamber of Hope Chamber of Fate (summoned by Lich) Chamber of Woe (summoned by Lich) Bitterblack Isle Rotunda of Dread (summoned by Lich) Duskmoon Tower (Post-Daimon) The Forgotten Hall (Post-Daimon) The Pilgrim's Gauntlet (Post-Daimon) The Black Abbey (with Fiend-luring Incense)
Items	Hellhound Pelt Hellhound Fang Ember Crystal Sour Scrag of Beast In the Everfall, additionally Potent Greenwarish or Strongwarish
Quests	Suppression (slay 15 Hellhounds)

Stats

Stats	Health	Attack	Defense	Magick Attack	Magick Defense	Weight
Stats	9000	800	240	880	300	200kg

Relative Damage Taken	Slash	Bash	Fire	Ice	Thunder	Holy	Dark
Relative Damage Taken	100%	80%	resistant	150%	70%	120%	50%

Debilitation Resistance

Sources: Dragon's Dogma - ドラゴンズドグマ＆ Dark Arisen (www10.atwiki.jp), the Dragon's Dogma Signature Series Guide, List of Creature Debilitation Resistances, and in-game testing.

Attacks

Attack	Type	Description
Charge	Phys	Charges at a target, knocking them back.
Fireball	Mag	Shoots a fireball at a target, knocking them down with a chance of also causing burning. If the fireball hits the floor, it explodes causing area damage and knockdown. Hellhounds will use this as a ranged attack if their target is not on the same level of elevation as them.
Drag †	Phys	Grabs a target who has been knocked to the floor and drags them a fair distance away. Then bites the victim causing significant damage until the character is dead or freed. Sometimes they will drag their victim off a cliff.
Fire Shroud	Spec	Roars causing itself to be shrouded in flames. Once inflamed, all of its attacks to deal fire damage as well as increasing the damage of the fireball attack. Grappling or carrying it in this state may cause burning. Hellhounds can also become inflamed when hit with a fire-based attack.
Fire Roar	Spec	Once inflamed Hellhounds may roar again - those in close vicinity (~3m) of the roar may have Lowered Defense inflicted.
Bite †	Phys	Bites a character's leg and holds them in place, mauling them continuously until freed. Multiple Hellhounds can join in on this attack, dealing severe damage.
† Bites can very rarely inflict debilitations, such as Poison, Curse or Torpor.

Tactics

Offensive

Hellhounds_shattered_with_an_Almace_sword — Hellhounds shattered with an Almace sword

Hellhounds are weak to Ice. Ice enchanted weapons like the Almace sword can freeze and shatter them.

Strong against Fire enchanted weapons and spells; Fire also increases their aggression.
Weak against Holy and Ice enchanted weapons and spells.
The shield Hellfang greatly increases attack power with shield attacks and blocks.
Vulnerable to Torpor, Tarred, and Poison.
When Tarred, Hellhounds will attempt to shake off the oil from their hides, during which time they are vulnerable to attacks and unable to mount a viable offense. Employ this tactic to keep them perpetually debilitated and vulnerable.
Resistant to Blindness

Class specific

Fighters: Burst Strike is effective against the fast moving Hellhounds.
Striders: Ensnare/Implicate can easily bring several Hellhounds to the ground for follow up attacks or grapples. Cutting Wind is effective against all fast moving enemies.
Magick Archers: Sixfold Bolt will almost always freeze them.
Mystic Knights: Ruinous/Perilous Sigil will stop a Hellhound's approach and help keep it at bay. Perfect Blocking the Hellhound's lunge or fireball with an Ice or Holy-buffed Riposte is also extremely effective.
Sorcerers: High Maelstrom will suck up and annihilate light weight creatures like Hellhounds. A Holy or Ice-buffed Focused Bolt is very effective.

Defensive

Hellhound fireballs and pounces have high chance of causing knockdown, which is usually followed up by the drag attack.
One way to avoid getting dragged by Hellhounds is to use Instant Reset whenever the Arisen gets hit or knocked down.
Hellhound lunges and fireballs can be easily blocked and perfect blocked.

Pawn Bestiary Knowledge

For full information, refer to the Bestiary page or the according section on the Wolf page.

Enemy specific:

Weak to Holy.
Weak to Ice.
Use Fire based attacks to ignite them
Douse with water once ignited to extinguish their flames

In addition to witnessing these techniques, it is necessary for Pawns to participate in killing 150 Hellhounds either with their own Arisen or while travelling with others.

Pawn Chatter

" 'Tis nothing like the wolves we've seen!"

"A black beast... 'Tis strong, Arisen." (no Bestiary knowledge)

"There, Master! Hellhound!"

"Swathed in flames they're a greater threat!"

"Watchdogs of the infernal beyond..."

"A pack of hellhounds!"

"Beasts of flame, and strong..."

"Hellhounds, nearby!"

Notes

Despite being 'from hell' and weak to holy Hellhounds are not Undead and aren't damaged by holy spells like Anodyne, nor does the Magick Shield Zombiebane increase damage.