Salamence - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Salamence can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Salamence artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Salamence learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Bite	Dark	60	100
1	Dragon Breath	Dragon	60	100
1	Dragon Tail	Dragon	60	90
1	Dual Wingbeat	Flying	40	90
1	Ember	Fire	40	100
1	Leer	Normal	—	100
1	Protect	Normal	—	—
1	Roost	Flying	—	—
15	Headbutt	Normal	70	100
20	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
25	Crunch	Dark	80	100
33	Dragon Claw	Dragon	80	100
39	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
46	Focus Energy	Normal	—	—
55	Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
73	Double-Edge	Normal	120	100

Moves learnt on evolution

Salamence learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Fly	Flying		90	95

Egg moves

Salamence learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Defense Curl	Normal	—	—
Dragon Rush	Dragon	100	75
Thrash	Normal	120	100
Twister	Dragon	40	100

Moves learnt by TM

Salamence is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
08	Fire Fang	Fire	65	95
09	Thunder Fang	Electric	65	95
24	Fire Spin	Fire	35	85
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
28	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
44	Dragon Tail	Dragon	60	90
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
59	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	80	90
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
63	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	85	100
65	Air Slash	Flying	75	95
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
78	Dragon Claw	Dragon	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
97	Fly	Flying	90	95
99	Iron Head	Steel	80	100
100	Dragon Dance	Dragon	—	—
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
104	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
108	Crunch	Dark	80	100
113	Tailwind	Flying	—	—
115	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	85	100
117	Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
118	Heat Wave	Fire	95	90
125	Flamethrower	Fire	90	100
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
141	Fire Blast	Fire	110	85
142	Hydro Pump	Water	110	80
149	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
150	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
156	Outrage	Dragon	120	100
160	Hurricane	Flying	110	70
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
169	Draco Meteor	Dragon	130	90
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
172	Roar	Normal	—	—
197	Dual Wingbeat	Flying	40	90
204	Double-Edge	Normal	120	100
207	Temper Flare	Fire	75	100
222	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	60	100
226	Dragon Cheer	Dragon	—	∞

Salamence egg move parents

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Salamence's egg groups: Dragon

The egg moves for Salamence are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Salamence with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Salamence with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Defense Curl

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Bagon Shelgon Salamence Applin Flapple Appletun
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Defense Curl

Dragon Rush

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Vibrava Flygon Gible Gabite Garchomp Deino Zweilous Hydreigon Flapple Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Swablu Altaria Bagon Shelgon Salamence Noibat Noivern Silicobra Sandaconda Frigibax Arctibax Baxcalibur
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Dragon Rush

Thrash

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gyarados
Breeding	Bagon Shelgon Salamence Gible Gabite Garchomp
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Thrash

Twister

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Horsea Seadra Gyarados Dratini Dragonair Dragonite Kingdra Milotic Flapple
Breeding	Bagon Shelgon Salamence Gible Gabite Garchomp Skrelp Dragalge
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Twister