What is a good competitive moveset for Salandit? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Salandit is a marvelous Poison and Fire-typed Pokemon. Salandit is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Salandit is weak to Ground, Psychic, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Salandit is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Salandit is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Corrosion, Salandit can poison or badly poison other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Salandit's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage. ♦ Dragon Rage is a special 0-base power Dragon-type move (deals 40 hp of damage to the target). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Salandit must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Salandit? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Salandit is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Salandit is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Corrosion, Salandit can poison or badly poison other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes). ♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Salandit's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon). ♦ Sludge Bomb is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage. ♦ Dragon Rage is a special 0-base power Dragon-type move (deals 40 hp of damage to the target). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn). ♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Salandit must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Salandit learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Salandit can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Salandit
Moves: Swagger + Foul play
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Protect, Fake Out, Snatch, Helping Hand
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