Which is better; Haxorus or Salamance?

I’m playing Pokemon X and I found a wild Axew, so I caught it. Then a little later I found a wild Bagon and I’m deciding if I should use either Haxorus or Salamance

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1.Salamence actually takes a longer time to evolve2. Most of the best moves Salamence gets are actually thosethat cannot be obtained through level up.Something like TMs, HMs, relearning, tutor etc and many of these are not available until later in the game.3. You get Axew to evolve at a better level and it proves to be useful much more early on.Besides, Fraxure usually does a better job compared to Shelgon.4. Haxorus can make a whole lot better out of it’s moves, with it’s beastly attack stat.

But it comes down topersonal preferancein the end, if you want to have a Pokemon that can also do the HMs for you, or simply like Salamence better, by all means, go for Salamence. Otherwise (in my opinion) Haxorus is better.

Hope I helped!

For in-game, just pick what you want to use more, maybe Haxorus since you can get better moves in it without breeding. But I am going to answer this for competitive as well.

My reasons being:

Two sets I used in the past:

Salamence @ Choice ScarfAbility: MoxieEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Outrage- Dragon Claw- Earthquake- Fire Blast

Salamence @ Life OrbAbility: MoxieEVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Dragon Dance- Dragon Claw- Earthquake- Fire Blast

And a mixed set in case you were interested in it:

Salamence @ Life OrbAbility: MoxieEVs: 64 Atk / 192 SpA / 252 SpeNaive Nature- Draco Meteor- Outrage- Fire Blast- Earthquake

Source: experience using Salamence a lot in Gen 5Hope I helped.