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moltres
#146

Moltres

Flame Pokémon

FireFlying

A legendary bird Pokémon. As it flaps its flaming wings, even the night sky will turn red.

Base Stats

HP 90
Attack 100
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 125
Sp. Def 85
Speed 90
Total 580

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Flame Pokémon
Height 2.0 m
Weight 60.0 kg
Base Exp 261
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rare
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

moltres Front Front
moltres Back Back
moltres Front Shiny Front Shiny
moltres Back Shiny Back Shiny
moltres Official Art Official Art
moltres Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 3.2%
Offensive
Moves
U-turn / Defog / Agility
Item
Flyinium Z
Ability
Flame Body
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Defensive
Moves
Toxic / Will-O-Wisp / Roar
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 248
Def 36
Spe 224
Choice Specs
Moves
Flamethrower / Air Slash
Air Slash / U-turn / Sleep Talk
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Flame Body
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Moltres fits incredibly well in the tier and has the ability to fulfill roles nothing else can. Moltres's stats are solid by UU standards, and its typing is a mixed blessing: Fire / Flying provides fantastic offensive coverage, resistances to important types, such as Bug, Steel, Fighting, and Fire, and an immunity to Ground-type moves. However, Moltres is weak to Water-, Electric- and Rock-type moves, with the latter also bringing a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, which is a significant inconvenience but is manageable thanks to the good availability of Defog users. Moltres's abilities also are rather niche, its movepool is somewhat limited, and it can be very one-dimensional and predictable, but despite this, it has all the tools it needs to be a major threat in the UU tier.

Most Used Moves

Roost
93.0%
Hurricane
66.0%
Agility
35.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
28.7%
Life Orb
11.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc