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	36.38	15	254s
2.	Black Kyurem	Dragon Tail	Freeze Shock	30.44	17	296s
3.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	27.94	17	355s
4.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	26.54	16	340s
5.	Mega Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	26.34	17	360s
6.	Mega Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	25.62	18	367s
7.	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	25.36	24	363s
8.	Shadow Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	25.23	25	374s
9.	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Triple Axel	24.85	25	386s
10.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	25.83	32	383s
11.	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	25.83	32	357s
12.	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	26.25	31	354s
13.	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	24.85	31	385s
14.	Cetitan	Ice Shard	Avalanche	23.78	24	399s
15.	Mega Abomasnow	Powder Snow	Weather Ball	24.20	27	376s
16.	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	24.19	30	389s
17.	Glaceon	Frost Breath	Avalanche	22.73	31	404s
18.	Shadow Walrein	Frost Breath	Icicle Spear	22.96	27	419s
19.	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Outrage	21.96	19	425s
20.	Shadow Garchomp	Dragon Tail	Breaking Swipe	22.96	27	407s
21.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	21.71	19	427s
22.	Weavile	Ice Shard	Triple Axel	23.44	30	400s
23.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	22.82	30	428s
24.	Shadow Gardevoir	Charm	Triple Axel	22.53	24	424s
25.	Avalugg	Ice Fang	Avalanche	21.77	23	435s
26.	Crowned Shield Zamazenta	Ice Fang	Behemoth Bash	20.96	16	446s
27.	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	23.74	37	399s
28.	Aurorus	Frost Breath	Weather Ball	21.86	24	433s
29.	Shadow Palkia	Dragon Tail	Draco Meteor	22.26	24	411s
30.	Kyurem	Dragon Breath	Glaciate	21.96	26	410s

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

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

In the same vein, here are the sprites for Mega Salamence:

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite

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!