Are special Salamence movesets viable?

Question

My Bagon has a very unfortunate special attack "( nature, so I need a special moveset for the Salamence he'll turn into. Is a special movset even good for competitive battling? Or should I just breed for another one. If your answer is yes, breed it, then you don't have to give a moveset

Comments

Answer my WHOLE question, people!

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I think this question is fine. Part of it asks about whether special Salamence can be viable, so it's not only a moveset question.

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But there's already a lot of special Salamence movesets on the main Salamence moveset thread

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So this question can ask whether any of those movesets are really viable or just posted by a bunch of dumb noobs who like having everything use flamethrower.

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I'll edit it to shift the focus only the viability of special sets only. Salamence movesets in general should go to one place only.

Answer 1

A full special moveset is not recommended, but you can easily get away with a mixed set. Flamethrower and Draco Meteor are of course good moves. But you can even not use Draco Meteor and use Dragon Dance to increase attack, allowing you to still have a powerful Flamethrower, but also making Outrage and Earthquake more powerful easily.