Zinnia's Salamence

	; Zinnia's Salamence
Debuts in	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV
Caught at	Unknown
Gender	Male*
Ability	Intimidate; Aerilate*
Current location	With Zinnia
	This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Zinnia's Salamence (Japanese: ヒガナのボーマンダ Higana's Bohmander) is a Pokémon that Zinnia owns in the Pokémon Adventures manga and the games.

In the manga

History

Prior to the Ruby & Sapphire arc

Prior to the start of the series, Rayquaza was being held prisoner and experimented on by the Pokémon Association in order to create an artificial Orb to control it, as seen in a flashback in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV. Zinnia eventually found out and had Salamence infiltrate the association in order to rescue it. Before getting to Rayquaza, however, it ran into Ruby and Sapphire as they were playing together. Upon seeing them, Salamence charged and tried to bite them, but Ruby grabbed Sapphire and got them out of the way. He then sends out Nana, Kiki, and Rara, who attack Salamence and deal heavy damage to it. Salamence recovered and struck Ruby with Dragon Claw, giving him a bloody head. Ruby ignored the pain and got Kiki to attack with Double-Edge. Salamence, finally having enough, ran off. After the battle, Ruby realized that, because of his aggressiveness, he caused Sapphire to cry, while Sapphire realized that because she was weak, she caused Ruby to get hurt. This incident made Ruby decided to focus on beauty and quit battles, while Sapphire learned how to become stronger.

Salamence quickly arrived where Rayquaza was and went on a rampage from the pain it had from its injuries. Due to the lack of Trainers there, Salamence destroyed the restraining mechanism holding Rayquaza, allowing it to break free and escape. Salamence passed out shortly after. When Norman arrived, he took a closer look at Salamence and realized that Ruby was the one who injured Salamence. He took the blame for what happened, and as a result, he was punished by being unable to become a Gym Leader for five years and made to track down Rayquaza.

Salamence was also used by Zinnia to defend herself when she infiltrated Team Magma and Team Aqua.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

In Claydol Unleashes, Salamence returned alongside its Trainer, Zinnia, inside the Sky Pillar. Deciding that Ruby and Latios were a threat, she sent out Salamence to take care of them, who attacked with a powerful Dragon Claw. It then followed up with Fire Blast, but Ruby managed to distract Aster and grab hold of Zinnia, forcing it to focus its attack toward Ruby. After getting Ruby off of her, Zinnia preceded to Mega Evolve Salamence, with Ruby and Latios doing the same. Salamence attacked with Hyper Voice, which dealt Flying-type damage due to its Ability, Aerilate. Despite the powerful attack, Latios survived and hit Salamence multiple times before finishing it off with Luster Purge. After the battle, Zinnia revealed to Ruby that Salamence was the one that attacked him nine years ago and thanked him for his help in the matter.

In Groudon Returns, Salamence battled in a Double Battle alongside Goodra against Sapphire's Aggron, Rono, and her Gallade, Kirly. Salamence was able to attack Rono with Fire Fang, but took all the damage back and more from Metal Burst. The battle was stopped when Zinnia and Salamence fled for the rocket that Devon Corporation launched. Sapphire followed her with Troppy and attacked with Leaf Tornado; Salamence hung on and defeated the Fruit Pokémon, allowing Zinnia to destroy the rocket and the dimensional shifter.

In PS615, Salamence battled alongside Aster's Noivern against Rara and Kirly in order to take back Rayquaza from Ruby and Sapphire. Salamence attacked the two with Dragon Pulse, but Rara used Misty Terrain to half the damage. Despite this, Noivern hit the two with Boomburst and knocked them out. Zinnia attempted to form a bond with Rayquaza, but it rejected her and stabbed her in the stomach. It then blasted Zinnia and Salamence into the ocean. Salamence was last seen in PS616 with Rono, watching Zinnia talk with Ruby and Sapphire.

Personality and characteristics

Salamence is usually very reserved and observational, but becomes impatient and enraged when it takes too much damage. It has a close relationship with its Trainer and Zinnia highly trusts Salamence, shown when she sent it to free Rayquaza by itself. It is the powerhouse of Zinnia's team and is often used by her as a means of escape.

Appearance

See also: Mega Evolution

As a Mega Salamence

Moves used

Using Fire Fang

Move	First Used In
Dragon Claw	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV

Fire Blast	Claydol Unleashes

Hyper Voice	Salamence Evolves

Fire Fang †	Kyogre Returns

Dragon Pulse †	PS615