Is Salandit Good in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Playthrough?
Wild Poison/Fire with AbilityCorrosion letting it poison Steel and Poison types. Only females evolve into Salazzle. Finding a female takes patience, but the payoff handles Molayne and Mina.
Salandit has the type edge here and should clean up Ilima's team.
Salandit trades roughly evenly with Hala's team.
Salandit trades roughly evenly with Lana's team.
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Kiawe's typing presses Salandit's defenses.
Salandit trades roughly evenly with Mallow's team.
Olivia's team hits Salandit's weaknesses hard.
Salandit trades roughly evenly with Sophocles's team.
Salazzle trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Salazzle trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Salazzle has the type edge here and should clean up Mina's team.
Hapu's team hits Salazzle's weaknesses hard.
Salazzle has the type edge here and should clean up Molayne's team.
Olivia's team hits Salazzle's weaknesses hard.
Salazzle has the type edge here and should clean up Acerola's team.
Salazzle trades roughly evenly with Kahili's team.
Salazzle trades roughly evenly with Kukui's team.
Catch Salandit on Wela Volcano Park (walking, Lv 16-19).
Your Salandit should hit Level 33 before you reach Acerola, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Salandit in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Salandit's scattered across 6 spots in mid-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Where To Catch Salandit in USUM
The path to Salandit starts with Salandit at Lv. 16-44 via walking and gift encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Salandit ✓Wela Volcano ParkLv.16-19CaveRate 30%Route 8Lv.17-20GrassRate 15%Lush Jungle - East CaveLv.41-44GrassRate 30%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into SalazzleWela Volcano ParkLv.16-19CaveSOS from SalanditHeahea BeachLv.30Gift from NPCUltra MoonTotem gift (50 stickers)Lush Jungle - East CaveLv.41-44GrassSOS from Salanditor evolve from Salandit (Step 1)
Salandit Weakness
Ground, Water, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Salandit for super-effective damage. Ground hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. With 8 resistances, the defensive profile is strong.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Bug, Fairy |
What is Salandit Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Salandit
 Espeon Psychic | B | |
 Slowking WaterPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Slowking builds →Psyshock 2x137-163%KO Power Gem 2x92-108%KO Water Gun 2x73-86% | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marshtomp builds →Mud Bomb 4x163-193%KO Rock Tomb 2x63-75% Water Gun 2x51-61% | ||
 Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Mudbray builds →Bulldoze 4x207-244%KO Rock Tomb 2x68-81% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Espeon Psychic | B | |
Slowking WaterPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Slowking builds →Psyshock 2x147-175%KO Power Gem 2x98-116%KO Water Gun 2x78-93% | ||
Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marshtomp builds →Mud Shot 4x147-175%KO Rock Tomb 2x67-80% Water Gun 2x55-65% | ||
Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Mudbray builds →Bulldoze 4x222-262%KO Rock Tomb 2x73-87% | ||
Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Mudbray builds →High Horsepower 4x334-394%KO Rock Tomb 2x70-84% | ||
Espeon Psychic | B | |
 Oranguru NormalPsychic | C | |
Slowking WaterPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Slowking builds →Psyshock 2x142-169%KO Power Gem 2x95-113%KO Water Gun 2x75-89% | ||
Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marshtomp builds →Mud Bomb 4x159-188%KO Rock Tomb 2x63-75% Water Gun 2x52-61% | ||
Espeon Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Espeon builds →Future Sight 2x264-312%KO | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Gallade builds →Bulldoze 4x171-203%KO Psyshock 2x104-123%KO Rock Tomb 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marowak builds →Bulldoze 4x188-222%KO Rock Tomb 2x62-74% | ||
Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marshtomp builds →Bulldoze 4x195-230%KO Rock Slide 2x81-96% Water Gun 2x52-62% | ||
Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Mudbray builds →High Horsepower 4x341-403%KO Rock Tomb 2x71-85% | ||
 Mudsdale Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Mudsdale builds →High Horsepower 4x424-499%KO Rock Tomb 2x89-106%KO | ||
Espeon Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Espeon builds →Future Sight 2x274-324%KO | ||
Gallade PsychicFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Gallade builds →Bulldoze 4x179-211%KO Psycho Cut 2x157-185%KO Rock Tomb 2x89-106%KO | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marowak builds →Bulldoze 4x189-222%KO Rock Tomb 2x63-74% | ||
Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marshtomp builds →Bulldoze 4x200-236%KO Rock Slide 2x82-97% Water Gun 2x51-61% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Torterra builds →Earthquake 4x388-457%KO Rock Slide 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Krookodile builds →Dig 4x332-391%KO Rock Slide 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Swampert builds →Bulldoze 4x239-281%KO Muddy Water 2x145-171%KO Rock Slide 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Jellicent WaterGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Frillish (Route 14 Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Jellicent builds →Water Spout 2x239-281%KO Dream Eater 2x106-125%KO | ||
Espeon Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Espeon builds →Future Sight 2x271-319%KO | ||
Swampert WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Swampert builds →Earthquake 4x394-464%KO Waterfall 2x158-186%KO Stone Edge 2x131-155%KO | ||
 Flygon GroundDragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Flygon builds →Earthquake 4x363-427%KO Stone Edge 2x120-142%KO | ||
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Krookodile builds →Earthquake 4x417-491%KO Stone Edge 2x139-164%KO | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Garchomp builds →Dig 4x367-432%KO Stone Edge 2x152-179%KO Surf 2x91-108%KO | ||
Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Torterra builds →Earthquake 4x390-459%KO Stone Edge 2x130-153%KO | ||
Garchomp DragonGround | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 4x464-546%KO Stone Edge 2x155-182%KO Surf 2x93-110%KO | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Obtain MethodHeahea Beach Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Marowak builds →Earthquake 4x308-363%KO Stone Edge 2x103-121%KO | ||
Swampert WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Swampert builds →Earthquake 4x403-474%KO Waterfall 2x161-189%KO Stone Edge 2x134-158%KO | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 4x464-546%KO Stone Edge 2x232-273%KO Surf 2x61-71% | ||
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Obtain MethodUltra Space Wilds Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Landorus builds →Earthquake 4x448-527%KO Psychic 2x124-146%KO Stone Edge 2x149-176%KO | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemEviolite NatureCareful Moves View Ferroseed builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityPrankster ItemFocus Sash NatureNaive Moves View Cottonee builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityRegenerator ItemEviolite NatureSassy Moves View Foongus builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityAromaveil ItemEviolite NatureCalm Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Spritzee builds →Moonblast3-4% | ||
D | ||
Recommended Build AbilityOvergrow ItemEviolite NatureQuiet Moves
Damage vs Salandit View Bulbasaur builds →Giga Drain3-4% Sludge Bomb8-9% Energy Ball4-5% | ||
Salandit Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Salandit grows into Salazzle through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Salandit. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Salandit easily with 57 breeding partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Belch, Fake Out, Knock Off and 2 more to offspring.
USUM Salandit Best Moveset
Poison/Fire at 71 Sp. Atk with AbilityCorrosion allowing Toxic to poison Steel and Poison types. The moveset at pre-evolution power does nothing. Salazzle one evolution away adds 111 Sp. Atk at 117 Speed. Only female Salandit evolve.
Best Build
Salandit best EVs are Sp. Def and HP
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Venom Drench
- Fire Blast
- Sludge Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Salandit misses out on Belch and Fake Out. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Overheat and Belch, with Normal and Dragon coverage and more rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The males will do whatever the females tell them. They give the females most of their food. Due to malnutrition, the males can’t evolve.
It weakens opponents and sends them reeling with its poisonous gas. Salandit doesn’t deal well with Spinda, since it’s always reeling.
Salandit Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Guide
For Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, you can run Salandit through the first few routes without issues. 320 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Salazzle as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Salandit joined the series in Sun & Moon and has been available in 4 titles so far. With 4 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SMDebut
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves