Salamence

How to use Salamence in Champions

Salamence fills a fast physical attacker niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.

Defensively it is hurt hardest by Ice, Rock, Dragon, Fairy, while resisting Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting. Check the Dragon page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.

Movepool highlights

Salamence can learn 62 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark dragon electric fighting fire flying ghost ground normal psychic rock steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.

Full move list

Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc
Aerial Ace	flying	Physical	60	101
Air Slash	flying	Special	75	95
Bite	dark	Physical	60	100
Body Slam	normal	Physical	85	100
Breaking Swipe	dragon	Physical	60	100
Brick Break	fighting	Physical	75	100
Brutal Swing	dark	Physical	60	100
Bulldoze	ground	Physical	60	100
Crunch	dark	Physical	80	100
Double-Edge	normal	Physical	120	100
Draco Meteor	dragon	Special	130	90
Dragon Cheer	dragon	Status	—	101
Dragon Claw	dragon	Physical	80	100
Dragon Dance	dragon	Status	—	101
Dragon Pulse	dragon	Special	85	100
Dragon Rush	dragon	Physical	100	75
Dragon Tail	dragon	Physical	60	90
Dual Wingbeat	flying	Physical	40	90
Earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100
Endure	normal	Status	—	101
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100
Fire Blast	fire	Special	110	85
Fire Fang	fire	Physical	65	95
Fire Spin	fire	Special	35	85
Flamethrower	fire	Special	90	100
Fly	flying	Physical	90	95
Focus Energy	normal	Status	—	101
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90
Heat Wave	fire	Special	95	90
Helping Hand	normal	Status	—	101
Hurricane	flying	Special	110	70
Hydro Pump	water	Special	110	80
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90
Hyper Voice	normal	Special	90	100
Iron Defense	steel	Status	—	101
Iron Head	steel	Physical	80	100
Iron Tail	steel	Physical	100	75
Mud-Slap	ground	Special	20	100
Outrage	dragon	Physical	120	100
Protect	normal	Status	—	101
Psychic Fangs	psychic	Physical	85	100
Rain Dance	water	Status	—	101
Rest	psychic	Status	—	101
Roar	normal	Status	—	101
Rock Slide	rock	Physical	75	90
Rock Tomb	rock	Physical	60	95
Roost	flying	Status	—	101
Round	normal	Special	60	100
Scary Face	normal	Status	—	100
Shadow Claw	ghost	Physical	70	100
Slash	normal	Physical	80	100
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	101
Snore	normal	Special	50	100
Steel Wing	steel	Physical	70	90
Stone Edge	rock	Physical	100	80
Substitute	normal	Status	—	101
Sunny Day	fire	Status	—	101
Tailwind	flying	Status	—	101
Temper Flare	fire	Physical	75	100
Thrash	normal	Physical	120	100
Thunder Fang	electric	Physical	65	95
Zen Headbutt	psychic	Physical	80	90

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