Mega Salamence Raid Guide

Mega Salamence

Mega Salamence is a Dragon and Flying type Mega Raid boss. Best Mega Salamence raid counters include powerful Ice types, as it has a double weakness to it, along with Dragon, Fairy, and Rock types, with a mixed range of different counters available to help you defeat it.

Note: You cannot catch Mega Salamence in its Mega form. After the raid, you’ll encounter a regular Salamence, and the following CP values apply to the base form:

• 2054 – 2142 CP (Level 20, no weather boost)
• 2568 – 2678 CP (Level 25, boosted by Windy weather)

Depending on your levels and counters, we would recommend 3-5 trainers who are high level, and more if you don’t have optimal teams. This guide will tell you how to beat this terrifying Mega, as well as its optimal stats, moves, and CP range.

Mega Salamence Counters

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Salamence:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	White Kyurem	Ice Fang	Ice Burn	39.23	13	236s
2.	Mega Y Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	34.36	15	278s
3.	Mega X Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	32.88	14	289s
4.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	32.76	15	276s
5.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	29.87	15	313s
6.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	28.65	14	316s
7.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	28.06	15	337s
8.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	27.34	16	343s
9.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	27.48	21	336s
10.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	28.76	27	324s
11.	Shadow Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	27.18	22	348s
12.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	27.97	28	352s
13.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	28.42	27	327s
14.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	26.62	22	359s
15.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	26.97	27	354s
16.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	26.18	23	349s
17.	Cetitan	Ice Shard	Avalanche	25.53	21	372s
18.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	26.35	26	358s
19.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Avalanche	23.52	14	398s
20.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	25.60	27	374s
21.	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear	24.57	24	390s
22.	Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	25.36	26	371s
23.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	25.98	32	364s
24.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	23.43	17	399s
25.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	24.52	24	381s

How to Get Mega Salamence

In order to get Mega Salamence, you will need 300 Mega Energy for the initial evolution.

Once you Mega Evolve a Pokémon for the first time, Mega Energy will no longer be required for that specific Pokémon to Mega Evolve again. Instead, the Pokémon will become exhausted after its Mega Evolution and need to rest before being Mega Evolved again. In other words, there is now a cooldown period after you Mega Evolve a Pokémon.

You can level up your Mega Pokémon in order to decrease this cooldown period. You can use more energy to end the cooldown period early.

Shiny Salamence & Mega Salamence Sprites

Salamence

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Salamence	Salamence

Mega Salamence

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Mega Salamence	Mega Salemence

Mega Salamence Overview

	Mega Salamence DragonFlying
Max CP	5688
ATK	310
DEF	251
HP	216
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Dragon Tail Bite Fire Fang
Charge moves	Outrage* Draco Meteor Fly Brutal Swing Crunch Fire Blast Hydro Pump

*Only obtainable via Elite TM.

All the best, trainers!