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Salamencein Pokémon SoulGold

dragonflying

Pokédex Entry

Dragon Pokémon

After many long years, its cellular structure underwent a sudden mutation to grow wings. When angered, it loses all thought and rampages out of control.

Salamence in Pokémon SoulGold

Salamence is #373 in the Pokédex for Pokémon SoulGold. This page covers its dragon/flying typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it.

Front
salamence sprite
Normal
salamence sprite
Shiny
salamence sprite
Animated
salamence sprite
Shiny Animated
Back
salamence sprite
Normal
salamence sprite
Shiny
2 Forms Available
Type
DragonFlying
Dex
#373
Abilities
Intimidate(Primary)

Lowers the foe's Attack.

Moxie(Secondary)

KOs raise Attack.

Growth Rate
slow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
dragon
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
pokeball
Poké Ball5.3%
greatball
Great Ball7.5%
ultraball
Ultra Ball8.9%
Base Exp
300
EV Yield
3 Attack
Wild Held Items
Dragonfang(5%)
Weak To
ice ×4rock ×2dragon ×2fairy ×2
Resists
fire ×0.5water ×0.5grass ×0.25fighting ×0.5bug ×0.5
Immune To
ground
Forms
Normal,Mega

How to Obtain

Salamence has no wild encounters recorded in this game. Evolve shelgon or bagon to get one.

Level Up Moves (17)

FlyLevel: 0flying
PWR0ACC95PP15
Flies up on the first turn, then strikes the next turn.
RoostLevel: 1flying
PWR0ACC0PP0
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.
Dragon BreathLevel: 1dragon
PWR60ACC100PP20
Strikes the foe with a blast of breath. May paralyze.
Dragon TailLevel: 1dragon
PWR60ACC90PP10
Knocks foe away to switch it out or end wild battle.
EmberLevel: 1fire
PWR40ACC100PP25
A weak fire attack that may inflict a burn.
Dual WingbeatLevel: 1flying
PWR40ACC90PP10
User slams the target with wings and hits twice in a row.
LeerLevel: 1normal
PWR0ACC100PP30
Frightens the foes with a leer to lower Defense.
BiteLevel: 1dark
PWR60ACC100PP25
Bites with vicious fangs. May cause flinching.
ProtectLevel: 1normal
PWR0ACC0PP10
Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.
HeadbuttLevel: 15normal
PWR70ACC100PP15
A ramming attack that may cause flinching.
Scary FaceLevel: 20normal
PWR0ACC0PP10
Frightens with a scary face to sharply reduce Speed.
CrunchLevel: 25dark
PWR80ACC100PP15
Crunches with sharp fangs. May lower Defense.May lower Sp. Def.
Dragon ClawLevel: 33dragon
PWR80ACC100PP15
Slashes the foe with sharp claws.
Zen HeadbuttLevel: 39psychic
PWR80ACC90PP15
Hits with a strong head- butt. May cause flinching.
Focus EnergyLevel: 46normal
PWR0ACC0PP30
Focuses power to raise the critical-hit ratio.
FlamethrowerLevel: 55fire
PWR0ACC100PP15
A powerful fire attack that may inflict a burn.
Double EdgeLevel: 73normal
PWR0ACC100PP15
A life-risking tackle that also hurts the user.
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Pre-evolution-only Moves (1)

These moves must be learned before evolving; Salamence cannot learn them through its own level-up, TM/HM, tutor, egg, wild, or evolution moves.

OutrageLevel: 60(Shelgon · Level 60)dragon
PWR0ACC100PP0
A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user.

Egg Moves (10)

Hydro Pumpwater
PWR0ACC80PP5
Blasts water at high power to strike the foe.
Thrashnormal
PWR0ACC100PP0
A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user.
Dragon Ragedragon
PWR1ACC100PP10
Launches shock waves that always inflict 40 HP damage.
Twisterdragon
PWR40ACC100PP20
Whips up a vicious twister to tear at foes. May flinch.
Dragon Dancedragon
PWR0ACC0PP20
A mystical dance that ups Attack and Speed.
Fire Fangfire
PWR65ACC95PP15
May cause flinching or leave the foe with a burn.
Dragon Rushdragon
PWR100ACC75PP10
Tackles the foe with menace. May cause flinching.
Dragon Pulsedragon
PWR0ACC100PP10
Generates a shock wave to damage the foe.
Endurenormal
PWR0ACC0PP10
Endures any attack for 1 turn, leaving at least 1HP.
Defense Curlnormal
PWR0ACC0PP40
Curls up to conceal weak spots and raise Defense.
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TM/HM Moves (35)

Aerial Aceflying
PWR60ACC0PP20TM40
An extremely speedy and unavoidable attack.
Attractnormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM45
Makes the opposite gender less likely to attack.
Brick Breakfighting
PWR75ACC100PP15TM31
Destroys barriers such as REFLECT and causes damage.
Brutal Swingdark
PWR60ACC100PP20TM59
Violently swings around to hurt everyone nearby.
Bulldozeground
PWR60ACC100PP20TM78
Stomps down on the ground. Hits all and lowers Speed.
Cutsteel
PWR50ACC95PP30HM01
Cuts the foe with sharp scythes, claws, etc.
Double Teamnormal
PWR0ACC0PP15TM32
Creates illusory copies to raise evasiveness.
Dragon Clawdragon
PWR80ACC100PP15TM02
Slashes the foe with sharp claws.
Dragon Taildragon
PWR60ACC90PP10TM82
Knocks foe away to switch it out or end wild battle.
Earthquakeground
PWR100ACC100PP10TM26
A powerful quake that hits all other Pokémon.
Facadenormal
PWR70ACC100PP20TM42
Boosts power when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.
Fire Blastfire
PWR0ACC85PP5TM38
Incinerates everything it strikes. May cause a burn.
Flamethrowerfire
PWR0ACC100PP15TM35
A powerful fire attack that may inflict a burn.
Flyflying
PWR0ACC95PP15HM02
Flies up on the first turn, then strikes the next turn.
Frustrationnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM21
An attack that is stronger if the Trainer is disliked.
Giga Impactnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM68
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Hidden Powernormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM10
The type varies with the user.The type and effectiveness vary with the user.
Hone Clawsdark
PWR0ACC0PP15TM76
Sharpens its claws to raise Attack and Accuracy.
Hyper Beamnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM15
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Protectnormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM17
Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.
Rain Dancewater
PWR0ACC0PP5TM18
Boosts the power of Water- type moves for 5 turns.
Restpsychic
PWR0ACC0PP0TM44
The user sleeps for 2 turns, restoring HP and status.
Returnnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM27
An attack that increases in power with friendship.
Rock Sliderock
PWR75ACC90PP10TM80
Hits the foe with an avalanche of rocks.
Rock Smashfighting
PWR0ACC100PP15HM06
A rock-crushing attack that may lower Defense.
Rock Tombrock
PWR0ACC0PP0TM39
Stops the foe from moving with rocks and cuts Speed.
Roostflying
PWR0ACC0PP0TM19
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.
Roundnormal
PWR60ACC100PP15TM48
A song that inflicts damage. Others can join in too.
Shadow Clawghost
PWR70ACC100PP15TM65
Strikes with a shadow claw. High critical-hit ratio.
Steel Wingsteel
PWR70ACC90PP25TM51
Strikes the foe with hard wings spread wide.
Stone Edgerock
PWR100ACC80PP5TM71
Stabs the foe with stones. High critical-hit ratio.
Strengthnormal
PWR80ACC100PP15HM04
Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.
Substitutenormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM90
Creates a decoy using 1/4 of the user's maximum HP.
Sunny Dayfire
PWR0ACC0PP5TM11
Boosts the power of Fire- type moves for 5 turns.
Toxicpoison
PWR0ACC0PP10TM06
Poisons the foe with an intensifying toxin.
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Type Summary

4
Weaknesses
5
Resistances
1
Immunities
8
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Salamence. Use these types to counter it effectively.

ice4×rock2×dragon2×fairy2×

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Salamence resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

grass0.25×fire0.5×water0.5×fighting0.5×bug0.5×

Immunities (0×)

ground
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