Salamence-Mega

Dragon / Flying. Rank 5 by usage, on 22.8% of teams, leads 31.6% of the time.

Usage, lead rate and teammates from 2099 public Showdown replays uploaded 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-16, average rating 1149. Moves, items, abilities and Stat Point spreads from in-game ranked data (championsbattledata.com, M6/16_09_2026); each spread is paired with the most common nature because the game reports them separately.

New this regulation: no previous ladder data for this Pokémon.

Moves

Protect95.5%
Hyper Voice91.5%
Tailwind63.8%
Draco Meteor53.7%
Double-Edge28.1%
Flamethrower23.6%
Heat Wave12.0%
Dragon Pulse11.5%

Items

Salamencite98.5%
Life Orb0.4%
Choice Scarf0.2%
Focus Sash0.1%
Sitrus Berry0.1%
Haban Berry0.1%
Yache Berry0.1%
Rocky Helmet0.1%

Abilities

Intimidate98.9%
Moxie1.1%

Spreads

Timid 2/0/0/32/0/3240.2%
Timid 1/0/0/32/1/326.7%
Timid 1/21/0/15/0/295.0%
Timid 2/32/0/0/0/323.4%
Timid 1/0/1/32/0/322.5%
Timid 0/0/0/32/2/322.5%

HP / Atk / Def / SpA / SpD / Spe in Stat Points

Partners

Share of this Pokémon's teams that also carry the partner.

Most common set, used for the calcs below

Salamencite, Intimidate, Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32. Protect, Hyper Voice, Tailwind, Draco Meteor.

Stats 172 / 148 / 150 / 172 / 110 / 189. Weak to Dragon, Fairy, Ice, Rock. Resists Bug, Fighting, Fire, Grass, Ground, Water.

Good against, and why

Garchomp 17.8% usage
Draco Meteor 129.7–153.5%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (43% of usage)
Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% usage
Draco Meteor 109.4–129.2%, guaranteed OHKO, and it moves first
On their common spreads: OHKO (10%), 56.3% to OHKO (9%), 93.8% to OHKO (9%)
Pelipper 11.9% usage
Draco Meteor 102.9–121.2%, guaranteed OHKO, and it moves first
On their common spreads: OHKO (30%), 2HKO (5%), 2HKO (5%)
Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usage
Draco Meteor 92.7–109.5%, 56.3% chance to OHKO
On their common spreads: 56.3% to OHKO (20%), 2HKO (6%), 2HKO (5%)
Sneasler 36.3% usage
Draco Meteor 80.9–95.5%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (61% of usage)
Torkoal 6.1% usage
Draco Meteor 76.8–91.5%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (78% of usage)
Arcanine-Hisui 12.0% usage
Draco Meteor 73.8–87.2%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (81% of usage)
Froslass-Mega 5.1% usage
Draco Meteor 71.4–84.4%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (39% of usage)
Basculegion 22.6% usage
Draco Meteor 67.5–79.7%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (53% of usage)
Rillaboom 38.7% usage
Draco Meteor 65.7–78.3%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (25% of usage)
Armarouge 6.9% usage
Draco Meteor 64.6–76.6%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (41% of usage)
Charizard-Mega-Y 14.4% usage
Draco Meteor 60–71.6%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (36% of usage)
Staraptor-Mega 10.6% usage
Draco Meteor 59.9–70.8%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (38% of usage)
Sinistcha 6.7% usage
Draco Meteor 59–69.7%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (42% of usage)
Indeedee-F 21.5% usage
Draco Meteor 56.5–66.7%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (68% of usage)
Archaludon 9.0% usage
Draco Meteor 56.3–67%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (12% of usage)
Farigiraf 16.5% usage
Draco Meteor 52.7–62.2%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (19% of usage)
Tyranitar-Mega 7.5% usage
Draco Meteor 51.4–61%, guaranteed 2HKO, and it moves first
On their common spreads: 2HKO (17%), 3HKO (6%), 3HKO (5%)

Threatened by, and why

Sylveon 13.7% usage
Hyper Beam 227.9–269.8%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% usage
Icicle Crash 188.4–223.3%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Froslass-Mega 5.1% usage
Blizzard 188.4–223.3%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Ninetales-Alola 6.4% usage
Blizzard 132.6–155.8%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Floette-Mega 8.1% usage
Moonblast 129.1–153.5%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Arcanine-Hisui 12.0% usage
Head Smash 109.3–130.2%, guaranteed OHKO
OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Milotic 13.9% usage
Ice Beam 95.3–114%, 81.3% chance to OHKO
81.3% to OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Archaludon 9.0% usage
Dragon Pulse 81.4–97.7%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usage
Zap Cannon 75.6–89.5%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Whimsicott 13.2% usage
Moonblast 74.4–88.4%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Gholdengo 18.0% usage
Make It Rain 70.3–83.7%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Garchomp 17.8% usage
Dragon Claw 64–76.7%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Armarouge 6.9% usage
Expanding Force 61–72.7%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Tyranitar-Mega 7.5% usage
Rock Slide 59.3–69.8%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Gardevoir-Mega 10.5% usage
Expanding Force 57.6–68%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)
Pelipper 11.9% usage
Hurricane 52.9–62.8%, guaranteed 2HKO
2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (52% of usage)