Competitive Information for Salazzle (totem) [Sun/Moon]
Poison / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Salazzle-totem? 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.
Salazzle is an interesting Poison and Fire-typed Pokemon. Salazzle is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Salazzle is weak to Ground, Psychic, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Rage
Special Sweeper Salazzle-Totem (Corrosion)
Salazzle is an astounding Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Salazzle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Corrosion, Salazzle can poison or badly poison a pokemon regardless of its typing. With a Firium Z equipped to it, if Salazzle has a fire move, this item allows it to use a fire z-move.
◆ 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).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Salazzle-totem? 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.
Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Foul Play
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Rage
Doubles Special Sweeper Salazzle-Totem (Corrosion)
Salazzle is a pretty decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Salazzle from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Corrosion, Salazzle can poison or badly poison a pokemon regardless of its typing. With a Firium Z equipped to it, if Salazzle has a fire move, this item allows it to use a fire z-move.
◆ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Salazzle'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).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ 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).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Salazzle-totem learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Salazzle-totem 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 Salazzle-totem
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Helping Hand, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Salazzle-totem's stats
- Flame Charge
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Salazzle-totem
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Salazzle-totem in Sun and Moon
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