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Mega Salamence
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Mega Salamence

DragonFlying

Best attacking moveset: Dragon Tail and Fly, worth 18.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Salamence can learn 21 combinations. Dragon Tail with Fly does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageIce
Weak toRockDragonFairy
ResistsFightingBugFireWater
Strongly resistsGroundGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
BiteDark60.5s+4
Dragon TailDragon141.0s+8
Fire FangFire131.0s+9
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Brutal SwingDark652.0s-33
CrunchDark653.0s-33
Draco MeteorDragon1503.5s-100
Fire BlastFire1404.0s-100
FlyFlying902.0s-50
Hydro PumpWater1353.5s-100
Outrage LegacyDragon1104.0s-50

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Salamence as a species, on the Salamence page.

Other forms

Salamence
Salamence

Evolution family

Bagon
Bagon
Shelgon
Shelgon
Salamence
Salamence

Numbers

Max CP5,688 at level 50, 5,031 at level 40
Raid catch2,875 CP at level 20, or 3,594 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,773 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats310 attack · 251 defense · 216 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Buddy distance5 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy
Size1.5 m and 102.6 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Salamence does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Dragon, Bug, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
DragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor28.5
BugFire Fang + Fly27.4
GrassFire Fang + Fly27.4
FightingDragon Tail + Fly24.1
GhostBite + Brutal Swing21.7
PsychicBite + Brutal Swing21.7
SteelFire Fang + Fire Blast21.6
IceFire Fang + Fire Blast21.6
GroundDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
RockDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
FireDragon Tail + Hydro Pump19.1
NormalDragon Tail + Fly18.5
FlyingDragon Tail + Fly18.5
PoisonDragon Tail + Fly18.5
WaterDragon Tail + Fly18.5
DarkDragon Tail + Fly18.5
FairyFire Fang + Fly17.7
ElectricDragon Tail + Draco Meteor17.4

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Salamence is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Salamence

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy29.5
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche28.7
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche28.6
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche27.2
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche26.8
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche26.5
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy25.5
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche24.9
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy24.4
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam23.8

Ranked by damage per second against Mega Salamence's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.