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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

ou Usage: 0.2%
Pressure
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 208
Def 60
Spe 240

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.

Most Used Moves

Roost
99.2%
Defog
97.0%
Toxic
80.5%
Hurricane
10.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
89.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc