Hydro Pump Salamence?

I was breeding a DDance Bagon the other day, using regular Bagon and a Horsea with DDance and Hydro Pump. As a pleasant surprise, my baby Bagon got both as Egg Moves. But I wondered, why have Ineverseen Hydro Pump as a move on a Special Salamence set? It’s powerful and gets good coverage. So is Hydro Pump viable on Salamence, especially with its Mega’s buffed Special Attack?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Only hits 3 types super-effectively. May be good but not good enough.Also, even though it is not common, it’s quite good.High power and decent accuracy but not recommended.Heck, even special sets aren’t used much. Mostly mixed sets.Here’s a good mixed mega set:Salamence @ SalamenciteEVs: 200 Atk/252 Spd/56 Sp.atkNature: Naive/Hasty-Dragon Claw-Hyper Voice-Earthquake-Dragon Dance/Roost/Tailwind/Zen HeadbuttThe role here is to be a mixed attacker obviously xD idk why I just stated the obvious.So anyways, that Hyper Voice is gonna hurt even with only 56 sp.atk EVs invested. Last slot is your choice.Roost is to last longer.Dragon Dance is to set up and hopefully become a threat.Tailwind is for support.Zen Headbutt is a filler.

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For a Hydro Pump Salamence you can run this set:Nature:TimidItem: SalamenciteEvs : 252 sp.attack 252 speed 6 defenceMoves :Draco Meteor/Dragon PulseHeat WaveHydro PumpHyper Voice/Roost