Competitive Information for Salazzle [Sword/Shield]
Poison / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Salazzle? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Salazzle is a wonderful Poison and Fire-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Salazzle out in the 8th generation battlefield. Salazzle is weak to Ground, Psychic, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Air Balloon
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
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Salazzle (Corrosion)
Salazzle is a fabulous 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. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Salazzle is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. 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 nice amount of damage.
♦ 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).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Salazzle? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash / Air Balloon
Ability: Corrosion
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 148 Hp / 252 SpA / 108 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Sludge Wave / Sludge Bomb
- Dragon Pulse
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Salazzle (Corrosion)
Salazzle is a remarkable Special Sweeper. It's meant 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. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Salazzle is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Corrosion, Salazzle can poison or badly poison other pokemon regardless of their typing.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ 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.
♦ 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).
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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Salazzle
- Moves: Swagger + Foul play
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Fake Out, Helping Hand
Most notable and possible best moves for Salazzle
- Beat Up
- Fake Out
- Flamethrower
- Heat Wave
- Sludge Bomb
- Sludge Wave
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Salazzle in Sword and Shield
- Hasty Nature ( 0/4/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Salazzle's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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