Moltres

Moltres has 580 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (125) and a Speed of 90. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 265, which makes it a balanced special attacker. It is a legendary or mythical Pokémon, so it is rarely allowed in casual in-game teams.

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What Moltres is weak to

Weak to: Rock (×4), Water, Electric. Resists: Fire, Grass (×0.25), Fighting, Bug (×0.25), Steel, Fairy. Immune to: Ground (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Rock does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Moltres

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Moltres: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits rock, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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4. Scizor BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Escavalier BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Durant BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Moltres

1. Iron Thorns

   Rock and Electric STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

2. Kabutops

   Rock and Water STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

3. Drednaw

   Water and Rock STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

4. Omastar

   Rock and Water STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

5. Barbaracle

   Rock and Water STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

6. Carracosta

   Water and Rock STAB hits Moltres super effectively and it resists everything Moltres can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Moltres

Moltres is in the regional Pokédex of 4 games we cover: