#146

Moltres

FireFlying

Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Fly, worth 15.8 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Moltres can learn 12 combinations. Fire Spin with Fly does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageRock

Weak toWaterElectric

ResistsFightingGroundSteelFireFairy

Strongly resistsBugGrass

Fast attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Fire Spin	Fire	13	1.0s	+9
Wing Attack	Flying	10	1.0s	+11

Charged attack	Type	Power	Duration	Energy
Ancient Power	Rock	70	3.5s	-33
Fire Blast	Fire	140	4.0s	-100
Fly	Flying	90	2.0s	-50
Heat Wave	Fire	95	3.0s	-100
Overheat	Fire	160	4.0s	-100
Sky Attack Legacy	Flying	80	2.0s	-50

Shiny

Yes. Shiny Moltres has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, photobomb.

Other forms

Galarian Moltres

Numbers

Max CP	3,917 at level 50, 3,465 at level 40
Raid catch	1,980 CP at level 20, or 2,475 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch	1,896 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats	251 attack · 181 defense · 207 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move	100,000 Stardust and 100 Candy
Buddy distance	20 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one	20,000 Stardust and 20 Candy
Size	2 m and 60 kg

Best moveset against each type

Moltres does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Grass, Fighting.

Against	Best moveset	DPS
Bug	Fire Spin + Fly	24.4
Grass	Fire Spin + Fly	24.4
Fighting	Wing Attack + Fly	23.8
Steel	Fire Spin + Overheat	22.9
Ice	Fire Spin + Overheat	22.9
Normal	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Flying	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Poison	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Ground	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Ghost	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Psychic	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Dark	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Fairy	Fire Spin + Fly	15.8
Fire	Wing Attack + Fly	15.3
Water	Wing Attack + Fly	15.3
Dragon	Wing Attack + Fly	15.3
Electric	Fire Spin + Overheat	14.8
Rock	Fire Spin + Fly	9.7

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Moltres is actually for.

Counters: what beats Moltres

Attacker	Type	Moveset	DPS
Glimmora	RockPoison	Rock Throw + Meteor Beam	42.7
Rampardos	Rock	Smack Down + Rock Slide	42.3
Tyrantrum	RockDragon	Rock Throw + Meteor Beam	39.6
Gigalith	Rock	Lock On + Meteor Beam Legacy	39.5
Rhyperior	GroundRock	Smack Down + Rock Wrecker Legacy	38.2
Terrakion	RockFighting	Smack Down + Rock Slide	37.5
Tyranitar	RockDark	Smack Down + Stone Edge Legacy	36.1
Regieleki	Electric	Lock On + Thunder Cage Legacy	35.2
Lycanroc	Rock	Rock Throw + Stone Edge	34.4
Aggron	SteelRock	Smack Down + Meteor Beam	33.4

Ranked by damage per second against Moltres's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.