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Salamence Location, Learnset, and Evolution

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Salamence is a Pokemon available in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Learn about how to get Salamence with detailed locations, its full learnset with all learnable moves, evolution data and how to evolve, along with its abilities, type advantages, and more.

National Dex
Pokemon BDSP ShelgonShelgon
(#372) 		Pokemon BDSP SalamenceSalamence
(#373)		 Pokemon BDSP BeldumBeldum
(#374)
Salamence - Related Guides
Evolution and Learnset Build for Ranked Battle

List of Contents

Salamence Type and Abilities

Salamence - Type and Basic Info

Salamence
Dragon Pokémon
Pokemon - Salamence
Type 1 Type 2
Dragon Type Pokemon Flying Type Pokemon
Hatch Steps Weight
10240 226.2 lbs.

Salamence Weaknesses and Resistances

Type
Takes 4x damage
Pokemon Ice Type Icon
Takes 2x damage
Pokemon Rock Type Icon Pokemon Dragon Type Icon Pokemon Fairy Type Icon
Takes 0.5x damage
Pokemon Fire Type Icon Pokemon Water Type Icon Pokemon Fighting Type Icon Pokemon Bug Type Icon
Takes 1/4x damage
Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Takes 0x damage
Pokemon Ground Type Icon

Salamence Abilities

Name Description
Intimidate Lowers the foe's Attack stat.

Salamence Hidden Ability

Name Description
Moxie Boosts Attack after knocking out any Pokemon.

Salamence Egg Group

Egg Groups
Pokemon - Dragon Egg GroupDragon

Effort Values (EV) Earned

Effort Values (EV) Earned
HP EVs Attack EVs Defense EVs SpAtk EVs SpDef EVs Speed EVs
0 3 0 0 0 0

Held Item on Wild Encounter

Dragon Fang ImageDragon Fang
About 5% chance

Salamence Base Stats

HP
95
Atk
135
Def
80
Sp. Atk
110
Sp. Def
80
Speed
100
Total Base Stats
600

Salamence Evolution Chart

Evolution Line
Pokemon BDSP BagonBagon Lvl 30
→		 Pokemon BDSP ShelgonShelgon Lvl 50
→		 Pokemon BDSP SalamenceSalamence

Salamence Location

Available Via Evolution Only

Salamence has only been confirmed to be available by evolving Shelgon.

If you have found another method to obtain Salamence, please leave a comment below!

Salamence Learnset

Learnset by Leveling Up

Lv. Move Type Power Acc. PP
Base Fly Flying Type Move 90 95 15
Base Protect Normal Type Move - - 10
Base Dragon Tail Dragon Type Move 60 90 10
Base Ember Fire Type Move 40 100 25
Base Leer Normal Type Move - 100 30
Base Bite Dark Type Move 60 100 25
Base Dragon Breath Dragon Type Move 60 100 20
Evo. Fly Flying Type Move 90 95 15
15 Headbutt Normal Type Move 70 100 15
20 Scary Face Normal Type Move - 100 10
25 Crunch Dark Type Move 80 100 15
33 Dragon Claw Dragon Type Move 80 100 15
39 Zen Headbutt Psychic Type Move 80 90 15
46 Focus Energy Normal Type Move - - 30
55 Flamethrower Fire Type Move 90 100 15
64 Outrage Dragon Type Move 120 100 10
73 Double-Edge Normal Type Move 120 100 15

Learnset by TM

No. Move Type Power Acc. PP
2 Dragon Claw Dragon Type Move 80 100 15
5 Roar Normal Type Move - - 20
11 Sunny Day Fire Type Move - - 5
15 Hyper Beam Normal Type Move 150 90 5
17 Protect Normal Type Move - - 10
18 Rain Dance Water Type Move - - 5
23 Iron Tail Steel Type Move 100 75 15
26 Earthquake Ground Type Move 100 100 10
31 Brick Break Fighting Type Move 75 100 15
32 Double Team Normal Type Move - - 15
35 Flamethrower Fire Type Move 90 100 15
38 Fire Blast Fire Type Move 110 85 5
39 Rock Tomb Rock Type Move 60 95 15
40 Aerial Ace Flying Type Move 60 - 20
42 Facade Normal Type Move 70 100 20
44 Rest Psychic Type Move - - 10
45 Attract Normal Type Move - 100 15
47 Steel Wing Steel Type Move 70 90 25
51 Roost Flying Type Move - - 10
58 Endure Normal Type Move - - 10
59 Dragon Pulse Dragon Type Move 85 100 10
65 Shadow Claw Ghost Type Move 70 100 15
68 Giga Impact Normal Type Move 150 90 5
71 Stone Edge Rock Type Move 100 80 5
80 Rock Slide Rock Type Move 75 90 10
82 Sleep Talk Normal Type Move - - 10
83 Bulldoze Ground Type Move 60 100 20
87 Swagger Normal Type Move - 85 15
90 Substitute Normal Type Move - - 10
93 Cut Normal Type Move 50 95 30
94 Fly Flying Type Move 90 95 15
96 Strength Normal Type Move 80 100 15
97 Defog Flying Type Move - - 15
98 Rock Smash Fighting Type Move 40 100 15

Learnset through a Move Tutor

Move Type Power Acc. PP
Draco Meteor Dragon Type Move 130 90 5

Learnset via Egg Moves

Move Type Power Acc. PP
Twister Dragon Type Move 40 100 20
Thrash Normal Type Move 120 100 10
Hydro Pump Water Type Move 110 80 5
Fire Fang Fire Type Move 65 95 15
Dragon Rush Dragon Type Move 100 75 10
Dragon Dance Dragon Type Move - - 20
Defense Curl Normal Type Move - - 40

Salamence Pokedex Number

National Dex
Pokemon BDSP ShelgonShelgon
(#372) 		Pokemon BDSP SalamenceSalamence
(#373)		 Pokemon BDSP BeldumBeldum
(#374)

Pokemon BDSP Related Guides

Salamence in Other Pokemon Games

Salamence in Other Pokemon Games
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Pokemon BDSP Pokedex

Pokemon BDSP Pokedex

Pokedex and List of All Pokemon

Pokemon by Pokedex

Pokemon Lists
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Pokemon by Generation

Pokemon Generations
Generation 1 PokemonGeneration 1 Generation 2 PokemonGeneration 2 Generation 3 PokemonGeneration 3 Generation 4 PokemonGeneration 4

Pokemon by Type

All Pokemon Types
Grass TypeGrass Water TypeWater Fire TypeFire
Electric TypeElectric Ice TypeIce Fighting TypeFighting
Ground TypeGround Poison TypePoison Flying TypeFlying
Psychic TypePsychic Bug TypeBug Rock TypeRock
Ghost Type,Ghost Dragon TypeDragon Dark TypeDark
Steel TypeSteel Fairy TypeFairy Normal TypeNormal

Pokemon by Egg Group

All Pokemon Egg Groups
Grass Egg GroupGrass Bug Egg GroupBug Flying Egg GroupFlying
Human-like Egg GroupHuman-like Monster Egg GroupMonster Fairy Egg GroupFairy
Dragon Egg GroupDragon Mineral Egg GroupMineral Field Egg GroupField
Amorphous Egg GroupAmorphous Water 1 Egg GroupWater 1 Water 2 Egg GroupWater 2
Water 3 Egg GroupWater 3 Undiscovered Egg GroupUndiscovered Ditto Egg GroupDitto

List of All Egg Groups

Pokemon by Stats

Pokemon by Stats
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