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Salamence

DragonFlying Legal in M-C New in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Salamence is #4 on the ladder, on 28.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 95
Atk 145
Def 130
SpA 120
SpD 90
Spe 120

Base stat total 700

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

172
148
150
172
110
189

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonFlying
Weak ×4
Ice
Weak ×2
RockDragonFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterFightingBug
Resists ×¼
Grass
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Aerilate
This Pokemon's Normal-type moves become Flying type and have 1.2× power. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Salamence holding Salamencite .

Speed tier

Most common
189 (Timid, 32 Spe SP, 81% of spreads)
Fastest
189 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
140 (0 SP)
Slowest
126 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 189, it outspeeds 40 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Gengar 200
  2. Mega Raichu Y 190
  3. Mega Froslass 189
  4. Mega Salamence (this) 189
  5. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  6. Whimsicott 184
  7. Maushold 179
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #4 · on 28.1% of teams · 814,135 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 98.0%
  2. Hyper Voice 90.3%
  3. Tailwind 71.5%
  4. Draco Meteor 55.6%
  5. Double-Edge 33.8%
  6. Flamethrower 20.1%
  7. Heat Wave 6.5%
  8. Dragon Pulse 6.4%
  9. Roost 3.6%
  10. Dragon Dance 3.6%

Items

  1. Salamencite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Aerilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 19.6%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 189 14.4%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 4.1%
  4. Naive 1/21/0/15/0/29 · Spe 185 2.9%
  5. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 189 2.0%
  6. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 172 1.9%
  7. Naive 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.8%
  8. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 56.2%
  2. Sneasler 50.2%
  3. Kingambit 33.5%
  4. Gholdengo 26.5%
  5. Basculegion 23.9%
  6. Incineroar 22.5%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 20.5%
  8. Milotic 17.1%
  9. Excadrill 13.8%
  10. Mega Floette 13.0%
  11. Mega Tyranitar 12.2%
  12. Mega Raichu Y 11.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #4 · on 24.8% of teams · 814,135 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 96.6%
  2. Hyper Voice 90.2%
  3. Tailwind 63.9%
  4. Draco Meteor 56.4%
  5. Double-Edge 31.6%
  6. Flamethrower 23.4%
  7. Heat Wave 8.3%
  8. Dragon Pulse 7.9%
  9. Dragon Claw 4.2%
  10. Dragon Dance 3.9%

Items

  1. Salamencite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Aerilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 21.4%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 189 14.6%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 5.1%
  4. Naive 1/21/0/15/0/29 · Spe 185 3.5%
  5. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 172 1.8%
  6. Naive 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.8%
  7. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 189 1.4%
  8. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 52.2%
  2. Sneasler 50.1%
  3. Kingambit 27.5%
  4. Gholdengo 22.8%
  5. Incineroar 22.2%
  6. Basculegion 19.7%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 18.4%
  8. Milotic 16.8%
  9. Excadrill 14.6%
  10. Mega Tyranitar 13.9%
  11. Indeedee 12.5%
  12. Indeedee-F 11.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #5 · on 22.2% of teams · 814,135 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 95.0%
  2. Hyper Voice 87.8%
  3. Tailwind 61.6%
  4. Draco Meteor 54.4%
  5. Double-Edge 32.4%
  6. Flamethrower 22.2%
  7. Heat Wave 9.0%
  8. Dragon Pulse 8.9%
  9. Dragon Claw 6.0%
  10. Dragon Dance 4.6%

Items

  1. Salamencite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Aerilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 19.7%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 189 14.9%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 5.5%
  4. Naive 1/21/0/15/0/29 · Spe 185 3.5%
  5. Naive 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 2.0%
  6. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 172 1.8%
  7. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 189 1.8%
  8. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 189 1.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 50.1%
  2. Sneasler 48.1%
  3. Kingambit 25.7%
  4. Incineroar 23.0%
  5. Gholdengo 20.9%
  6. Basculegion 19.2%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 16.3%
  8. Milotic 15.4%
  9. Excadrill 13.4%
  10. Mega Tyranitar 12.7%
  11. Indeedee-F 12.0%
  12. Indeedee 11.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 804 of 4,641 teams (17.3%) · win rate 47.1% (95% interval 45.6%–48.7%, n = 4,173 games) · 43 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Archaludon +2.6 pp n = 50 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Archaludon beat teams bringing Mega Salamence more often than expected+2.6 pp · n = 50 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Mega Raichu Y +4.3 pp n = 86 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Raichu Y more often than expected+4.3 pp · n = 86 · Showdown replays
  2. Rillaboom +4.3 pp n = 145 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Rillaboom more often than expected+4.3 pp · n = 145 · Showdown replays
  3. Gholdengo +3.5 pp n = 79 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Gholdengo more often than expected+3.5 pp · n = 79 · Showdown replays
  4. Basculegion +1.8 pp n = 59 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+1.8 pp · n = 59 · Showdown replays
  5. Garchomp +1.5 pp n = 63 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Garchomp more often than expected+1.5 pp · n = 63 · Showdown replays

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Excadrill +8.1 pp n = 112,269 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Salamence teams; Excadrill is on 6% of all teams (2.41× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Tyranitar +6.5 pp n = 99,650 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Salamence teams; Mega Tyranitar is on 6% of all teams (2.14× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Arcanine-Hisui +8.9 pp n = 167,142 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Salamence teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (1.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Milotic +5.2 pp n = 138,973 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Salamence teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Gholdengo +7.4 pp n = 215,583 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Salamence teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sneasler +13.2 pp n = 409,021 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 50% of Mega Salamence teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit +8.3 pp n = 272,979 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Mega Salamence teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Floette +2.2 pp n = 105,756 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Salamence teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom +9.6 pp n = 457,788 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 56% of Mega Salamence teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion +3.4 pp n = 194,985 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Salamence teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.16× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Raichu Y -0.9 pp n = 95,172 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Salamence teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -9.2 pp n = 183,099 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Salamence teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 95
Atk 135
Def 80
SpA 110
SpD 80
Spe 100

Base stat total 600

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

172
139
100
178
100
152

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonFlying
Weak ×4
Ice
Weak ×2
RockDragonFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterFightingBug
Resists ×¼
Grass
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Intimidate
On switch-in, this Pokemon lowers the Attack of opponents by 1 stage. · used by 99%
Moxie
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 stage if it attacks and KOes another Pokemon. · used by 1%

Speed tier

Most common
152
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 152, it outspeeds 25 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  2. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  3. Mega Dragonite 152
  4. Salamence (this) 152
  5. Archaludon 150
  6. Gholdengo 149
  7. Excadrill 140
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #112 · on 0.3% of teams · 18,612 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Draco Meteor 77.5%
  2. Tailwind 71.1%
  3. Protect 61.5%
  4. Flamethrower 35.9%
  5. Air Slash 28.2%
  6. Heat Wave 26.4%
  7. Breaking Swipe 17.7%
  8. Dual Wingbeat 15.4%
  9. Dragon Pulse 12.5%
  10. Dragon Claw 11.5%

Items

  1. Life Orb 29.4%
  2. Choice Scarf 27.3%
  3. Haban Berry 18.4%
  4. Focus Sash 9.8%
  5. Sitrus Berry 3.3%
  6. Rocky Helmet 3.2%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 99.0%
  2. Moxie 1.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 16.4%
  2. Timid 9/0/1/32/1/23 · Spe 157 10.7%
  3. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 167 10.3%
  4. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 7.4%
  5. Adamant 18/16/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 5.7%
  6. Modest 21/0/0/30/1/14 · Spe 134 5.3%
  7. Modest 1/0/1/30/2/32 · Spe 152 4.2%
  8. Modest 2/0/1/30/1/32 · Spe 152 3.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 44.7%
  2. Mega Golisopod 23.4%
  3. Mega Floette 21.2%
  4. Gholdengo 18.1%
  5. Sneasler 18.1%
  6. Sinistcha 16.8%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 16.5%
  8. Mega Raichu Y 15.9%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 15.4%
  10. Kingambit 14.2%
  11. Grimmsnarl 13.8%
  12. Incineroar 11.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #122 · on 0.4% of teams · 18,612 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Tailwind 69.6%
  2. Protect 67.8%
  3. Draco Meteor 56.4%
  4. Dual Wingbeat 25.5%
  5. Flamethrower 24.4%
  6. Dragon Claw 19.9%
  7. Air Slash 18.8%
  8. Heat Wave 16.6%
  9. Hurricane 12.0%
  10. Rock Slide 11.8%

Items

  1. Life Orb 33.3%
  2. Choice Scarf 14.2%
  3. Haban Berry 12.4%
  4. Focus Sash 7.5%
  5. Rocky Helmet 6.6%
  6. Sitrus Berry 6.1%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 95.8%
  2. Moxie 4.2%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 10.1%
  2. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 167 7.7%
  3. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 167 7.1%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 5.8%
  5. Modest 0/0/1/32/1/32 · Spe 152 3.3%
  6. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 3.3%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 2.4%
  8. Modest 31/0/1/30/3/1 · Spe 121 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 34.4%
  2. Sneasler 20.6%
  3. Indeedee-F 14.8%
  4. Kingambit 14.3%
  5. Mega Golisopod 13.9%
  6. Incineroar 13.7%
  7. Mega Lucario Z 10.7%
  8. Gholdengo 10.2%
  9. Basculegion 10.2%
  10. Mega Tyranitar 9.9%
  11. Mega Raichu Y 9.6%
  12. Milotic 9.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #121 · on 0.5% of teams · 18,612 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Tailwind 69.3%
  2. Protect 67.0%
  3. Draco Meteor 47.0%
  4. Dual Wingbeat 31.8%
  5. Dragon Claw 26.6%
  6. Flamethrower 18.5%
  7. Heat Wave 13.8%
  8. Rock Slide 13.6%
  9. Air Slash 13.3%
  10. Hurricane 13.0%

Items

  1. Life Orb 31.7%
  2. Choice Scarf 10.4%
  3. Focus Sash 8.5%
  4. Haban Berry 7.8%
  5. Sitrus Berry 7.4%
  6. Rocky Helmet 7.0%

Abilities

  1. Intimidate 94.6%
  2. Moxie 5.4%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 167 9.0%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 8.5%
  3. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 167 7.2%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 5.0%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 4.2%
  6. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 3.4%
  7. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 2.6%
  8. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 152 1.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 30.1%
  2. Sneasler 18.5%
  3. Indeedee-F 15.8%
  4. Incineroar 13.8%
  5. Mega Golisopod 13.4%
  6. Kingambit 11.0%
  7. Mega Lucario Z 10.7%
  8. Sinistcha 9.3%
  9. Milotic 9.0%
  10. Basculegion 8.9%
  11. Farigiraf 8.6%
  12. Gholdengo 8.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 9 of 4,641 teams (0.2%) · win rate 25.0% (95% interval 13.3%–42.1%, n = 32 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Grimmsnarl +8.6 pp n = 2,567 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Salamence teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sinistcha +9.5 pp n = 3,134 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Salamence teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (2.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Floette +10.4 pp n = 3,949 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Salamence teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Golisopod +7.7 pp n = 4,348 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Salamence teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Arcanine-Hisui +4.9 pp n = 3,067 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Salamence teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (1.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Raichu Y +3.4 pp n = 2,965 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Salamence teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.27× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Charizard Y +3.2 pp n = 2,866 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Salamence teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom -1.9 pp n = 8,312 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 45% of Salamence teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Gholdengo -0.9 pp n = 3,376 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Salamence teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kingambit -11.0 pp n = 2,647 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Salamence teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.56× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -18.9 pp n = 3,374 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Salamence teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -19.8 pp n = 2,207 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Salamence teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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