Competitive Information for Moltres [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Moltres? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Moltres is an astounding Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. Moltres are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Moltres is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Moltres is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 164 Def / 96 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
- Roost / Air Slash
- Toxic
- Will-O-Wisp
Physical Wall Moltres (Popular/Trending)
Moltres is a legendary Physical Wall. It was designed to take a nice amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Moltres last longer regaining it's it's health points every turn. With Pressure, if Moltres is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Extrasensory
- Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Moltres (Pressure)
Moltres is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Moltres's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Pressure, if Moltres is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Moltres cannot move next turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Moltres? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Razor Fang / Charti Berry
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Twister
- Extrasensory
Doubles Special Sweeper Moltres (Pressure)
Moltres is a legendary Special Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Pressure, if Moltres is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Moltres's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Moltres learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Moltres can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Moltres
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Moltres's stats
- Agility
- Ancient Power
- Ominous Wind
- Steel Wing
Most notable and possible best moves for Moltres
- Air Slash
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hidden Power Ice
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Moltres in Diamond and Pearl
- Timid Nature ( 248/0/164/0/0/96/ )
- Bold Nature ( 248/0/200/0/0/60/ )
- Optimize Moltres's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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