Salamence

Salamence has 600 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (135) and a Speed of 100. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 255, which makes it a fast physical attacker.

Build a team with Salamence

What Salamence is weak to

Weak to: Ice (×4), Rock, Dragon, Fairy. Resists: Fire, Water, Grass (×0.25), Fighting, Bug. Immune to: Ground (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Ice does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Salamence

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Salamence: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Iron Treads GroundSteel

   Resists rock, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Steelix SteelGround

   Resists rock, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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3. Excadrill GroundSteel

   Resists rock, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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4. Scizor BugSteel

   Resists ice, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Escavalier BugSteel

   Resists ice, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Durant BugSteel

   Resists ice, dragon, fairy, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, psychic, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Salamence

1. Carbink

   Rock and Fairy STAB hits Salamence super effectively and it resists everything Salamence can hit it with by type.

2. Baxcalibur

   Dragon and Ice STAB hits Salamence super effectively.

3. Tyrantrum

   Rock and Dragon STAB hits Salamence super effectively.

4. Aurorus

   Rock and Ice STAB hits Salamence super effectively.

5. Stakataka

   Rock STAB hits Salamence super effectively and it resists everything Salamence can hit it with by type.

6. Aggron

   Rock STAB hits Salamence super effectively and it resists everything Salamence can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Salamence

Salamence is in the regional Pokédex of 5 games we cover: