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Salamence ボーマンダ Bohmander #373
Art by Ken Sugimori from Ruby and Sapphire
Type Dragon Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Dragon Pokémon
Ability Intimidate Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,250,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #189 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R-167 Almia R-227 Oblivia R-221 N-202
Height 4'11" Imperial 1.5 m Metric 4'11"/1.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 226.2 lbs. Imperial 102.6 kg Metric 226.2 lbs./102.6 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Dragon group 41 cycles (10455 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 3 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 218 Battle Exp.: 2181*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Salamence (Japanese: ボーマンダ Bohmander) is a dual-type Dragon/Flying pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

It evolves from Shelgon starting at level 50. It is the final form of Bagon.

Biology

Physiology

Salamence are quadrupedal dragon-like Pokémon, who have newly grown large, red wings. Although primarily blue, Salamence possess accentuations of red and gray coloration. The red-colored portions of its body include its aforementioned wings, eyebrows, neck, and the undersides of its tail and limbs. The gray portions include its lower jaw and its belly, the latter of which appears armored in a similar manner to the shell in possessed as a Shelgon. Salamence has three spiky extensions splayed from the sides of its face.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Salamence have long, heavy tails which can catapult enemies that enter its territory yards into the air at an instant. Its extremely rough and sturdy body is quite tough and hard to penetrate, especially its almost metallic, red, blade-like wings. Salamence have long necks which allow them to take in deep breaths to store and charge very intense Dragon and Fire attacks.

Behavior

Salamence is an extremely vicious Pokémon. It is also arrogant about its victories by spouting intense flames into the air. This behavior may be explained due to the fact that it faced many hardships to get its wings to grow, and therefore, it is very proud of its achievement.

Habitat

Salamence supposedly lives atop tall mountains.

In the anime

J and her Salamence

Salamence was first seen in the 6th Pokémon movie Jirachi: Wish Maker. Butler used it against a wild Flygon that was helping to free Jirachi from him.

Silver used his Salamence to battle Moltres in The Search for the Legend.

Drake of the Elite Four used a Salamence in Vanity Affair.

Team Rocket found a Salamence in some underground ruins when they were searching for Ho-Oh in Battling the Enemy Within.

A Salamence belonging to J first appeared in Mutiny in the Bounty.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

When Ruby was a child, he battled a Salamence that attacked him and Sapphire while the two were playing outside. After being defeated by Ruby (and having scarred his forehead with its Dragon Claw in the process), the Salamence went on a rampage and destroyed a lab, freeing Rayquaza, which was in captivity at that time, in the process. This resulted in Norman being banned from the Gym Leader test for seven years. This encounter changed both Ruby and Sapphire and their views on Pokémon, as well as themselves. In Ruby's case, he felt he was too strong, and in order to keep himself back, he focused on Pokémon Contests. Sapphire, on the other hand, felt weak after the encounter and decided she had to become stronger, and spent much of her time in the wild honing her battle skills.

Years later, in the Emerald arc, Dome Ace Tucker is shown to be in possession of another Salamence, with which he defeats Sapphire. While Sapphire acknowledges the man's overwhelming skill, she also adds that such a Pokémon is a hard one to fight against with her phobic old experience many years back.

In the TCG

Main article: Salamence (TCG)

In the TFG

One Salamence figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Salamence

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Events*		Dragon Fang (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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By TM/HM

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By breeding

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By tutoring

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|- style="background:#8D98EC" | colspan="13" | Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
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A colored initial indicates that the move is not available to be tutored in this game,
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Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball  N/A  Not available		Pokémon Pinball RS    Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei!    Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team File:MDP RT 373.png Body size: 2 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Dragon Cave Phrases 51%-100% HP I raze everything with my fiery breath! 26%-50% HP How could this be? My health has been slashed in half... 1%-25% HP I give up... There's not enough power to even breathe fire... Level up Leveled up! Let me work my slash-and-burn attacks on foes! Partner phrases 51%-100% HP <name>, my HP is between 51% and 100%. 26%-50% HP <name>, my HP is between 26% and 50%. 1%-25% HP <name>, my HP is between 1% and 25%. Level up Leveled up! Let me work my slash-and-burn attacks on foes!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -10% IQ group: E
Pokémon Ranger Group:  Dragon  Poké Assist: ( Flying ) Field move: (Crush ×3) Loops: 22 Min. exp.: 0 Max. exp.: 0 Browser entry   Salamence roars to set off earthquakes. It also shoots a beam from its mouth.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group:  Dragon  Poké Assist: ( Dragon ) Field move: (Crush ×4) Browser entry   It lets loose shock waves and breathes powerful flames.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Poké Assist: Field move:  Dragon  ( Dragon ) Past ( Normal ) (Burn ×4) Past (Electrify ×1) Browser entry   This Pokémon does not have a browser entry.
Pokémon Rumble N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed			Pokémon Rumble Blast N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed N/A Not Available Defense Speed
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond Strong: {{{Park2strong}}} Weak: {{{Park2weak}}} PokéPark Pad entry: This Pokémon has no PokéPark Pad entry.
Pokémon Conquest HP: Move: {{{ConquestMove}}} Attack: Ability 1: {{{ConquestAbility1}}} Defense: Ability 2: {{{ConquestAbility2}}} Speed: Ability 3: {{{ConquestAbility3}}} Does not evolve. Range: 0 Perfect Links: {{{ConquestLink}}}

Evolution

Unevolved Bagon  Dragon

Level 30 →

First evolution Shelgon  Dragon

Level 50 →

Second evolution Salamence  Dragon  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow		Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal				Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald		FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Salamence images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Salamence has the second highest base stat average of all non-legendary Pokémon, the first being Slaking. It is tied with the four other pseudo-legendary Pokémon and many other legendaries for base stat average, including Mew, Celebi, Deoxys, Latios, and Latias.
  • Salamence has the highest base Attack of any non-legendary Flying or Dragon-type.
  • Salamence has the third highest Special Attack of all non-legendary Flying-type Pokémon after Togekiss and Yanmega.
  • Salamence has the highest Special Attack of all non-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon.
• Salamence shares the same species name with Horsea, Dratini, and their evolutions. They are all known as Dragon Pokémon.
• Salamence is one of the rare cases of a stat dropping by evolution, as Shelgon's base Defense stat of 100 drops to 80.
• Salamence is actually lighter than Shelgon, weighing 226.2 lbs to Shelgon's 243.6 lbs.
• Salamence is tied with Metagross for the highest Attack of all pseudo-legendary Pokémon, it also has the highest Special Attack of all the pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and the second highest Speed.
  • Incidentally, Salamence has the lowest defensive stats of all pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
• Salamence is the only Template:Type2 that can learn Rollout.

Origin

Salamence appears to be based on European dragons. It also has a similar color scheme to Devilman, a Japanese manga character. Devilman's wings are also the same shape as Salamence's.

Name origin

Its name may be a combination of salamander and menace, vengeance, or vehemence, in regard to its brutal nature. Its Japanese name is based on 暴行 bōkō, assault, outrage, or violent act, and salamander.

In other languages

• German: Brutalanda
• French: Drattak - From dragon and attak (attack).
• Korean: 보만다 Bomanda
• Chinese (Taiwan): 暴蠑螈 Bào Róng Yuán - Literally "Violent salamander".

Related articles

• J's Salamence

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