Competitive Information for Salazzle [Sun/Moon]
Poison / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Salazzle? 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.
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Salazzle is a phenomenal Poison and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to see Salazzle show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. Salazzle is weak to Ground, Psychic, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Black Sludge / Focus Sash
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower
- Protect
- Substitute
- Toxic / Sludge Wave
Support Salazzle (Popular/Trending)
Salazzle is an extraordinary Support. 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 other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Salazzle this turn).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Salazzle takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Sludge Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Poison-type move (10% chance to poison adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Rage
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Salazzle (Corrosion)
Salazzle is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It is primarily 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 other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ 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 large 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 (Salazzle must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Salazzle? 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.
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Rage
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Salazzle (Corrosion)
Salazzle is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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 other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ 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).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good 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 (Salazzle must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Salazzle 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Salazzle 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
- 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, Fake Out
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Salazzle's stats
- Flame Charge
- Nasty Plot
Most notable and possible best moves for Salazzle
- Fake Out
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power
- Knock Off
- Nasty Plot
- Protect
- Rest
- Sludge Wave
- Substitute
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Salazzle in Sun and Moon
- Timid Nature ( 248/0/0/8/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Optimize Salazzle's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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