Yo Salamence is definitely not horrible.. a lot of people don't expect it and it can still do some serious damage. I think it still has a unique, niche role as a Moxie sweeper, even without the bulk and better stab that the Mega version provides:
Salamence
Life Orb
Naive; Moxie
252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Satk
~Dragon Dance
~Outrage
~Earthquake
~Fire Blast
Yeah, it's walled by fairies and all that, but this thing only needs 1 DD and a kill to mar almost an entire team. If you set up your team correctly, you can dimish the fairy weakness and
still use your mega.