Derp Salamence

^ Spikes/Toxic Spikes doesn't affect Salamence.


I personally don't think Salamence is Uber, but maybe that's because all of my teams are prepared for it, thus I've never had trouble dealing with it. It gets worn down very quickly with Stealth Rock, Life Orb recoil, and Sandstorm.

However, I can see why they'd want to at least consider testing it since it has two equally devastating sets with entirely different counters: MixMence and DDMence. With Latias gone, MixMence has one less Pokemon that can revenge kill it. What makes Salamence difficult to counter is that you can't predict what set it is running. Swampert counters DDMence fine but it gets owned by MixMence. Scarf Tar can kill MixMence but what if you switch it in while Salamence Dragon Dances? The fact that you have to sacrifice one Pokemon just to figure out what set Salamence is using is enough reason to at least consider it for a suspect test.

Cresselia is the only Pokemon that can switch into any Salamence set and take it out with Ice Beam, but the poor thing has to deal with a metagame full of Tyranitar and Scizor.

Oh, right, I forgot. It only does under the effect of Gravity. <_< My team's used to using Gravity, so I forgot. Sorry about that, but it still works.. I suppose.