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salamence
#373

Salamence

Dragon Pokémon

DragonFlying

When angered, it loses all sense of itself and destroys everything around it. The destruction will continue until Salamence has tired itself 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

Forms

Evolution Chain

shelgon Shelgon Lv. 30
salamence Salamence Lv. 50

Moves

Locations

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

Mixed Attacker
Item
Salamencite
Nature
Hasty
EVs
Atk 180
SpA 76
Spe 252
Dragon Dance
Item
Salamencite
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 252
Atk 8
Def 4
SpD 20
Spe 224

Strategy Overview

For what is generally considered a purely offensive Pokemon, Mega Salamence boasts impressive defenses and a unique support movepool, making it a top threat in the Doubles OU tier. Salamence has a lot of flexibility in its ability to use a mixed set or specialize in either physical or special attacks. However, it often relies on its speed to maintain offensive pressure, so if it's not attacking first, it can be liable to taking a lot of damage. The all-out attacking and Dragon Dance sets have somewhat similar checks but are played to entirely different win conditions, so any opponent of Mega Salamence must tread lightly until its set is revealed. Unfortunately, the prevalence of other Pokemon 4x weak to Ice in the tier, such as Landorus-T and Zygarde, means that most teams have built-in Salamence checks. Additionally, the prevalence of Stealth Rock means that Salamence has to be careful about how many times it switches in and out.

Most Used Moves

Outrage
52.0%
Tailwind
42.7%
Protect
42.2%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc