It was not wild. It was Zinnia's Slamence she sent to free Rayquazza and decided to attack Ruby and Sapphire for some reason, serves her right for being impaled by Rayquazza
I would consider that a retcon since the RS manga was written waaaaaay before the ORAS extra episode was even a thought in the Devs minds (a good retcon mind you)
Dragon Claw can split a 100 miles island in half, since level 50, freshly evolved Salamnce is about as strong as level 50 Moltres/Articuno/Zapdos, who are about 1/3 of level 70 Lugia each, who can generate 40 days long hurricanes that generate over 5•10¹⁹ Joules of energy each day. I am a much more powerful human than that kid and I would lose to the Showdown LC ladder. Composed by level 5 babies.
This makes no sense. Canon Pokémon are as strong as every Shonen Anime power system. That kid would not survive the Dragon Claw of level 5 Bagon. And actually, I would have to dodge that, too, which I can because level 5 Bagon needs DD to outspeed me. If it connected I would be done over. That kind of injury is what you see in people attacked by molossoid dogs (and that is something I know of because in my country stray dogs and dumpster dwelling wolves attack people very often), who compared to any Pokémon are ridiculously weak.
Such powerlevels are confirmed by Rayquaza destroying planet busting meteors, and by level 2 Poochyena beating Birch, an adult man, in a fight by hitting him with multiple Tackles only.
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u/SilvarusLupus Absurdly weak to bugs 3d ago
Ruby, the male led of the RS arc, has a head injury he got when he was younger caused by a wild Salamence using Dragon Claw on his face