Salamence vs Garchomp, What do you think? |
Aug 4 2009, 09:54 PM
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A New Era Group: +Donors Posts: 1 920 Joined: 2-July 07 From: United States Member No.: 28 Active Squad |
Garchomp doesn't have the raw attacking power of Salamence, but it's a lot more bulky and because of that, it was bumped to ubers. I'm personally against this. I've used both Garchomp and Salamence and honestly, neither seem to be much better than the other. They both have their roles and they play it nicely, but they're definitely not broken. I prefer Salamence mainly because of it starting with a base 135 Attack stat and base 110, which allows it to do plenty of mixed sweeping right when it hits the floor.
If you pit them both against each other, I'm pretty sure the faster one would win. In this case, Garchomp. One Outrage is all it takes from either side. -------------------- |
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Aug 4 2009, 10:31 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 588 Joined: 1-August 09 From: Dragon's Den Member No.: 52 812 PANE Team |
I'd have to give it to Salamence. Salamence has a better Attack and a much higher Special Attack (so if the player teaches moves more from the special category instead of physical, you can take a better stab at the Special Defense, which in both cases is much lower than the physical defense). Move-wise Salamence also has an advantage, as it has a broader range of elemental moves to choose from than Garchomp. Intimidate also puts Salamence up a cut higher, as both pokemon rely more on physical attacks if moves are only taken from level ups.
One of the main advantages I can see with Garchomp though is if it keeps Sandstorm, as it has a higher evasion during Sandstorm, but my vote still goes with Salamence. -------------------- Click above to go to the Party! PANE RP Character profile: Tikal Faylen: @ lv. 18 : @ lv. 17 : @ lv. 17 : @ lv. 18 Uprising RP Character profile: Sera Taisa: @ lv. 20 : @ lv. 18 : @ lv. 18 PANE Character Progress- - - - - - - - - - - Tikal Faylen - Furoh Wiki Uprising Character Progress- - - - - - - - - - - Sera Taisa - Uprising Wiki |
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Nov 17 2009, 03:53 AM
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The Pumpkin Pirate Prince Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 9-November 09 From: Aboard The Gloomy Maiden Member No.: 71 962 Thy Soulful Crew |
Salamence. Didn't really care for the stats ether way, I much perfer the aggressive sky dragon look of Salamence as one of my faves over the still appealing landshark look of Garchomp.
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Nov 17 2009, 08:03 PM
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Trouble Buster Group: +Donors Posts: 1 345 Joined: 11-September 09 From: Western Australia Member No.: 62 574 Bird is the word |
Salamence would kick garchomp!! It would be close though...
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Feb 15 2010, 12:52 PM
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^FACE-MUNCHED!!!!^ Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 15-February 10 From: Twilight Town Member No.: 84 634 Active Squad |
How is one even supposed to decide on a choice this difficult? Both Garchomp and Salamence are complete beasts but in the end I went with Salamence due to the fact that just maybe one with EV training in DEF might be able to outlast the faster Garchomp...But meh, it could go either way in my opinion
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Feb 15 2010, 01:35 PM
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Veteran Group: +Donors Posts: 1 613 Joined: 29-July 08 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba Member No.: 2 482 Active Squad |
Oh boy, that's a difficult one.
I guess I'll go for Salamence as I like Green shinings -------------------- |
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Feb 15 2010, 07:35 PM
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Anyone want to race me? Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 12-August 09 Member No.: 56 376 Favorites |
Garchomp because I use to own with it back when it was still considered OU instead of UBER.
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Mar 16 2010, 05:05 AM
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I'll bite you to death? Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 26-August 09 From: Vancouver, British Columbia Member No.: 59 586 Ice Ice Ice |
one on one garchomp wins against salamance...but in a team salamance is more versitile since it does have a high sp.atk along with a high atk as well but garchomp provides electric immunity which makes it easier to sub in. Both are good but i say garchomp...i prefer a pokemon with more bulk
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Mar 20 2010, 11:33 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 8-October 09 From: Deep in the Heart of Texas Member No.: 67 278 Active Squad |
Hmm....I'd pick Salamance.
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Mar 21 2010, 12:42 AM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 19-March 10 Member No.: 89 567 Favorites |
Salamence, not because of stats or any of that. But because Salamence looks better.
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Mar 25 2010, 10:56 AM
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Taking into account they both are x4 weakness to Ice type moves they're both even.
But Salamence can have a higher range of moves IF bred correctly. So I chose Salamence cos it can learn Fire Moves, Water Moves, Air Moves, Dragon Moves (Duh), Ground Moves etc. -------------------- Don't forget to love yourself. Add me for daily clicks: 873/1000 [align=center]--- Community Thread Shiny List! ---[/align] [align=right]Breeding Incentives: Mission Cards [/align] |
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Mar 25 2010, 01:47 PM
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Gym Leader Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 9-February 09 From: Panama, in Central America. Member No.: 3 614 My favorite party |
Well, I like Salamence more, but Garchomp is faster, and with a strong enough move, could probably defeat Salamence, unless there was a Focus Sash on Salamence, then it would probably be able to take down Garchomp in one hit. I'm going to go with Salamence. unless there also was a sash on garchomp, how come salamence gets a sash and not chomp? my vote goes to chomp, i had my share of chomp/mence encounters back in the day, and chomp won 9 out of 10 or forced a switch, also, under stealthrock, mence can get OHKO'd in any variant (except maybe hp/def, but who the hell runs that?) by a D.Claw, not to mention outrage, that base 102 speed gives him enough to outspeed, that, when you are fighting dragons is the most important thing. intimidate is a great ability (better than sandveil on it's own), but most chomps go Dance or banded, so it rarely affects them. the thing tha defines who wins this battle is the mence, if he DD'ed and a gachomp came in, garchomp is out, if he didn't DD, mence is out. because of this, chomp gets my vote, although i do agree, mence has the higher array of attacks, ranging from physical to special. -------------------- |
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Mar 25 2010, 03:41 PM
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everything is happening so much Group: Members Posts: 246 Joined: 9-July 07 Member No.: 70 Active Squad |
Garchomp, partially because it's very powerful, partially because I think Salamence is kinda stupid looking, but mostly because IT'S A FREAKING LAND SHARK and how is that not awesome?
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Nov 25 2010, 07:52 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 8-June 10 From: New York Member No.: 99 734 UBER WIN :D |
Salamance is the better pokemon in this Bout
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Dec 6 2010, 12:26 AM
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RAWR. Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 29-November 10 Member No.: 121 773 Active Squad |
as much as i adore Salamance - i think Garchomp has the upper hand. mainly 'cause of its speed; sometimes, one hit is all you get in a battle, and first one wins.
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Dec 6 2010, 02:00 AM
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Elite Double Battler Group: Members Posts: 716 Joined: 20-January 10 Member No.: 80 673 Life |
Garchomp would win. Salamence is out-sped by Garchomp. I haven't ran the calculations yet, so I don't know if Garchomp can land a 1hko on Salamence after factoring Intimidate.
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Dec 6 2010, 02:02 AM
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I think I just ate a chicken bone. Group: Members Posts: 783 Joined: 8-November 09 From: Your Darkest Nightmare Member No.: 71 850 HG Party |
probably salamance for looks and garchomp for battling
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Dec 10 2010, 01:41 PM
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Chosen one of Lightning Group: +Donors Posts: 296 Joined: 17-February 10 From: CT Member No.: 85 007 Thunder Team |
it a tough call, they're both 4x weak to ice, I don't really care all that much for Dragon types but if I have to choose....
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Apr 28 2011, 02:56 PM
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Elite Four Group: Members Posts: 1 493 Joined: 21-April 09 Member No.: 14 137 Platinum team |
I like Garchomp more
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Apr 29 2011, 12:05 AM
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Gentleman Bastard Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 15-April 10 From: Philippines Member No.: 93 071 smogon ban genies pls |
Garchomp for both looks and stats. Honestly, how can you not like land sharks?
I really like both of them, but Garchomp takes my vote. -------------------- ayy
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