No. 0146 · Gen 1
Moltres weakness and type
Hit MOLTRES with Rock for 4× damage. Water and Electric also deal 2×.
Moves against Moltres
4×Hits hardest
2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect
In Pokémon GO: Rock deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart
Test a matchup against MoltresAbilities
- PressureNo change to type matchups
- Flame BodyNo change to type matchups
Base stats
- HP90
- Attack100
- Defense90
- Sp. Atk125
- Sp. Def85
- Speed90
- Total580
Best nature
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.
TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.
Defeating Moltres gives 3 Sp. Atk EVs.
Calculate Moltres's statsWhat Moltres can hit with
The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.
| Type | Move | Kind | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper Beam | Special | 150 |
| Flying | Sky Attacksame type | Physical | 140 |
| Fire | Overheatsame type | Special | 130 |
| Grass | Solar Beam | Special | 120 |
| Psychic | Extrasensory | Special | 80 |
| Ground | Scorching Sands | Special | 70 |
| Steel | Steel Wing | Physical | 70 |
| Bug | U-turn | Physical | 70 |
| Rock | Ancient Power | Special | 60 |
| Ghost | Ominous Wind | Special | 60 |
| Dragon | Twister | Special | 40 |
| Fighting | Rock Smash | Physical | 40 |
Type counters to Moltres
Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.
