Moltres
Flame Pokémon
A legendary bird Pokémon. As it flaps its flaming wings, even the night sky will turn red.
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Strategy Overview
Moltres's typing alongside access to Defog lets it carve itself a niche on stall teams, checking Stealth Rock setters that trouble Mega Sableye such as Excadrill, offensive Heatran, and Calm Mind Clefable. An outstanding ability in Pressure in tandem with Substitute enables it to stall out would-be threats such as Tyranitar locked into Stone Edge and win the PP war most of the time. Its typing also lets it tackle a few other threats, namely Kartana, Tapu Bulu, and Mega Scizor. Nonetheless, Moltres's bulk is somewhat lackluster, especially since it can't afford to invest enough EVs into its defenses, which means it will often crumble to strong wallbreakers. Furthermore, if a skillful opponent manages to get up Stealth Rock against Moltres's team, its typing gets turned against it, putting huge pressure on Moltres.
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