Salamence

Template:Salamence Salamence (Japanese: ボーマンダ Boomanda) is a Dragon/Flying-type Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

Biology

Anatomy

Salamence is a blue and red dragon like Pokémon with huge red wings and red eyebrows. It has large blue ears and its front and Pokémonferences between the regular color and the shiny variant of Salamence are that it has a green body while the belly plates, and red sections have changed to orange. It is big enough that a trainer could stand on its back.

Natural abilities

Salamence can learn Dragon Claw, Flamethrower, and Dragon Tail. Salamence can also intimidate foes by lowering their Attack power.

Evolution

The first stage of Salamence's evolution is Bagon, which evolves into Shelgon, which evolves into Salamence. It can further evolve into Mega Salamence using its Mega Stone, the Salamencite.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Ruby and Sapphire	Evolve Shelgon	None
FireRed and LeafGreen	Trade	None
Emerald	Evolve Shelgon	None
Diamond and Pearl	Evolve Shelgon	None
Platinum	Evolve Shelgon	None
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Evolve Shelgon	None
Black and White	Evolve Shelgon (White only)	None

Pokédex entries

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Stats

• Salamence
• Mega Salamence

Stats
HP	95
Attack	135
Defense	80
Sp. Atk	1
Sp. Def	1
Speed	100
Total	412

Stats
HP	95
Attack	145
Defense	130
Sp. Atk	1
Sp. Def	1
Speed	120
Total	492

Sprites

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Mega Evolution Sprites

Front	Back
Front (Shiny)	Back (Shiny)

Appearances

Anime

Salamence first appeared in anime in MS006 where it was used by Butler. Drake also had a Salamence. J's Salamence appeared in Mutiny In The Bounty!.

• Butler's Salamence
• Drake's Salamence
• Salamence (AG179)
• J's Salamence
• Silver's Salamence
• Salamence (XY046)
• Alva's Salamence
• Sawyer's Salamence

Known trainers With A Salamence

• Butler
• Drake
• J
• Silver
• Alva
• Sawyer

Trivia

• Salamence is one of five Pokémon that can naturally learn a HM move.
• Salamence was supposed to be named as Flygon but the translators mixed up.
• you can find it pretty early in the game at level 9-10 go into a patch of grass (I forgot what one) on melemele island and do a chain. a bagon has a 1% encounter rare but another area has a 20% counter rate but that will s.o.s a shellgon

Origin

Salamence is based on a dragon.

Etymology

Salamence seems to be a combination of the words "salamander" and "menace".

Gallery

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data

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