NationalDex
moltres
#146

Moltres

Flame Pokémon

FireFlying

It is said to be the legendary bird Pokémon of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flare of flames.

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

almostanyability Usage: 0.8%
Rain Sweeper
Item
Choice Specs
Ability
Gale Wings
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Offensive Defog
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
Def 76
SpD 180

Strategy Overview

Moltres is an excellent Pokemon thanks to its ability to fulfill many roles with both offensive and defensive sets. It has a very useful typing that allows it to check Steel-, Fairy-, Grass-, and Fighting-types quite well and two high-powered STAB moves backed up by decent coverage and excellent Special Attack. On the defensive side, Moltres comes with solid bulk and access to Will-O-Wisp, Defog, and Roost; it is also a very solid check to Shaymin-S, and it can pivot around foes with U-turn. However, Moltres has a crippling weakness to Stealth Rock if not using Magic Guard and has a fair amount of competition from other Fire-types such as Heatran, which also fulfills multiple roles but does not come with a weakness to Stealth Rock and has a different set of resistances.

Most Used Moves

Hurricane
72.4%
Air Slash
61.6%
U-turn
60.2%
Roost
42.7%
Defog
25.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
29.7%
Life Orb
10.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc