Salamence
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| Salamence | |
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 National Pokédex Shelgon - Salamence (#373) - Beldum Hoenn Pokédex Shelgon - Salamence (#189) - Beldum |
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| Japanese name | Bohmander |
| Evolves from | Shelgon |
| Evolves into | None |
| Generation | Third |
| Species | Dragon Pokémon |
| Type | Dragon / Flying |
| Height | 4 ft 11 in (1.5 m) |
| Weight | 226 lb (102.6 kg) |
| Ability | Intimidate |
Salamence (ボーマンダ Bōmanda?, Bohmander in original Japanese language versions) are one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the Japanese Pokémon media franchise. Salamence debuted in 2002 in the Japanese versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. In all aspects of the franchise, Salamence, as with all other Pokémon, are used to battle both wild, untamed Pokémon and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[1]
Salamence's name is a portmanteau of the words salamander and menace. Its Japanese name is a portmanteau of the words "bōryoku" (暴力), meaning "violence", and "salamander". The name Salamence refers to the species as a whole, as well as to individual specimens in the games, anime, manga, trading cards, and other media.
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[edit] Biological characteristics
Salamence is a large, quadrupedal dragon with two large, red, semi-circular wings and a turtle-like plastron. Salamence is the final form for the evolutionary line of Bagon, which can be considered its "Larval" form, and Shelgon, its pupal state. The process by which Shelgon evolves into Salamence is rather emotive; The Pokémon has had a long-held dream since birth as a Bagon to grow wings and fly. As a Shelgon, its many long years of desiring wings apparently causes its evolution into Salamence, in which a sudden mutation of the Pokémon's cells causes the newly formed Salamence to sprout its imposing wings. This evolutionary process parallels myths of Chinese dragons, who gain wings after one thousand years of life.
At any rate, once Salamence is fully formed, it is very joyful at its successful acquisition and expresses its feelings by soaring all over the sky, blowing fire from its mouth. Salamence is just as easily expressive when enraged: When angered, it loses all thought and destroys everything around it with its fire powers and its shredding claws.[2]
[edit] In the video games
Salamence is obtained by evolution of a Shelgon at level 50, and Shelgon in turn is evolved from Bagon, a wild Pokémon found only in a secluded chamber in Meteor Falls in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald. It is the third-generation counterpart to Dragonite as a dragon-like creature. The strongest of the Elite Four, Drake, is a dragon trainer and uses a level 55 Salamence to battle the player.
In addition, in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a Shadow Salamence can be snagged from Cipher Admin Eldes at Citadark Isle.
Statistically, Salamence are nearly identical to Dragonite, but with slightly higher special attack and speed statistics in exchange for slightly lowered defenses. Though Salamence’s movepool is wide, it does not have access to the BoltBeam strategy unlike Dragonite. Nonetheless, Salamence is successfully used as a direct attacker favoring force over strategy. All these qualities are compounded by Salamence’s Intimidate ability, which automatically lower the attack stats of the opponents.
Salamence are one of the few Pokémon to naturally learn an HM move, Fly,[3] at level 50. Rayquaza also learn Fly while Goldeen and Seaking learn Waterfall.
[edit] In the anime
Three trainers in the anime own a Salamence.
In the sixth movie, one is owned by Butler, and is used to both help and battle Ash.
Another Salamence is owned by Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four, which appeared in Vanity Affair, it destroys Team Rocket's balloon after Team Rocket tried to steal Pikachu.
The third is owned by an older trainer named Silver (no connection to the Pokémon Adventures character of the same name) in Pokémon Chronicles that searched for Moltres with Richie in The Search for a Legend.
[edit] In the Pokémon Trading Card Game
Salamence has appeared on six trading cards, always as a Stage 2 Pokémon.
- EX Dragon (Holo-card, Colorless)
- EX Dragon (Rare card, Colorless)
- EX Deoxys (As Salamence EX, Colorless)
- EX Delta Species (As a Steel/Fire dual type)
- EX Dragon Frontiers (As Salamence EX δ, Water)
- EX Power Keepers (As Salamence EX, Colourless)
The Energy cards its attacks require are Fire and Water. This follows a tradition in the card game to give Dragon-type Pokémon multi-energy attacks to separate them from Normal and Flying-type Pokémon, who are also colorless. This is reflected in the EX δ version of it, where it may change between Water and Fire types at will.
[edit] References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Notes
- ^ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
- ^ http://www.psypokes.com/dex/psydex/373/general Psypokes.com.
- ^ http://www.psypokes.com/dex/psydex/373/attacks Psypokes.com.
- Publications
- Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
- Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
- Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
- Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5
[edit] External links
- Official Pokémon website
- Bulbapedia (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Salamence as a species
- Salamence’s fourth-generation Pokédex entry on Serebii.net
- Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- PsyPoke - Salamence Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- Smogon.com - Salamence Tactical Data
- WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Salamence Previously hosted by Wikibooks
