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salamence
#373

Salamence

Dragon Pokémon

DragonFlying

As a result of its long-held dream of flying, its cellular structure changed, and wings grew out.

Base Stats

HP 95
Attack 135
Defense 80
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 80
Speed 100
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Intimidate Moxie (Hidden)

Held Items

Evolution Chain

shelgon Shelgon Lv. 30
salamence Salamence Lv. 50

Moves

Details

Category Dragon Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 102.6 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 35
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Dragon

Sprites

salamence Front Front
salamence Back Back
salamence Front Shiny Front Shiny
salamence Back Shiny Back Shiny
salamence Official Art Official Art
salamence Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Dragon Dance
Item
Lum Berry
Ability
Moxie
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 72
Atk 252
Spe 184
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Ability
Moxie
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 252
SpA 72
Spe 184

Strategy Overview

Salamence is a decent addition to DragMag teams over Dragonite due to its better Speed, Moxie, and surprise factor. Its Speed gives it the leg up on common Pokemon like Landorus-T and Excadrill, while Moxie lets it have more potential to sweep after a KO, making Dragon Dance sets potentially more dangerous than Dragonite while also letting it run a solid Choice Scarf set. Its Dragon Dance set can find a decent amount of setup opportunities on Pokemon like Gliscor, Ferrothorn lacking Gyro Ball and Leech Seed, and Heatran and Volcarona lacking Hidden Power Ice as a result of its decent typing and good Speed. It also has more surprise value than Dragonite on DragMag teams due to it being less common and its sets requiring different counterplay. However, Salamence has a harder time setting up Dragon Dance than Dragonite as a result of its worse bulk and lack of Multiscale; these issues and its lack of Extreme Speed cause it to perform worse against offensive teams that don't let it easily set up. Beyond competing with Dragonite, Salamence is also weak to Stealth Rock and can have its sweep cut short by common Choice Scarf users like Latios, Keldeo, and Garchomp. It also doesn't fit on any other team styles except DragMag due to its lack of utility compared to other Dragon-types like Dragonite, Latios, Garchomp, and Hydreigon.

Most Used Moves

Outrage
94.4%

Most Used Items

Lum Berry
34.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc