Salamence

No. 0373 · Gen 3

Salamence weakness and type

Hit SALAMENCE with Ice for 4× damage. Rock, Dragon and Fairy also deal 2×.

Moves against Salamence

4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Ice deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • IntimidateNo change to type matchups
  • MoxieNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP95
  • Attack135
  • Defense80
  • Sp. Atk110
  • Sp. Def80
  • Speed100
  • Total600

Best nature

JollyOutspeeds more opponents and drops Sp. Atk.
AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Salamence gives 3 Attack EVs.

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How Salamence evolves

BagonDragon
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What Salamence 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.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
DragonDraco Meteorsame typeSpecial130
FlyingHurricanesame typeSpecial110
FireFire BlastSpecial110
WaterHydro PumpSpecial110
GroundEarthquakePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
SteelIron TailPhysical100
PsychicPsychic FangsPhysical85
DarkCrunchPhysical80
FightingBrick BreakPhysical75
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
ElectricThunder FangPhysical65
BugFury CutterPhysical40

Type counters to Salamence

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.

Other forms