Competitive Information for Moltres [Ruby/Sapphire]

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Competitive Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire Movesets and Strategies for Moltres

Base Stats for Moltres

Fire / Flying

Abilities:

PressurePressure: If this Pokemon is the target of a move, that move loses one additional PP.

Evolutions / Family:
Moltres

Weakness Chart for Fire/Flying-type:

Bug

Dark

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

0.25x

0.5x

0.25x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Steel

Water

0.5x

¼x

½x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Moltres? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Common team mates for Moltres in Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire:

TyranitarGengarSkarmoryCloysterFlygonJolteonJynxVenusaurWailord

Moltres is a decent Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. Moltres are common Pokemon to see in the RS metagame. Moltres is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.

Species: Moltres
Item: Charcoal / White Herb
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Extrasensory
- Morning Sun
- Protect

Special Sweeper Moltres (Pressure)

Moltres is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. White Herb will reset Moltres's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Pressure, if Moltres is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.

♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Moltres's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Moltres by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Moltres this turn).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

Movesets for Doubles

What is a good doubles moveset for Moltres? These builds have been optimized for Ruby/Sapphire 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 Ruby/Sapphire generation metagame.

Common team mates for Moltres in Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire:

TyranitarGengarSkarmoryCloysterFlygonJolteonJynxVenusaurWailord

Species: Moltres
Item: Charcoal
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 36 Hp / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Extrasensory
- Morning Sun
- Protect

Doubles Special Sweeper Moltres (Pressure)

Moltres is a legendary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Don't forget back before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type. With Pressure, if Moltres is the target of a move that move loses one additional pp.

♦ 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).
♦ Extrasensory is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Morning Sun is a status move (heals your Moltres by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Moltres this turn).

No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array ( )

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.

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Extended Move Details:Additional move information such as Risk versus Reward Statistics or Move power versus specific type-matchups

Damage Modifiers:

Type-matchup: Sort through and determine which moves would best work versus an opponent of the typing you select.

Apply STABS.T.A.B : Same-Type Attack Bonus
These moves are always highlighted below in bold. When this box is checked, the bonus is calculated into the Versus column when a type-matchup is selected.

Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Moltres can perform in Ruby/Sapphire. 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 RS Move and Ability Combos for Moltres

Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect

Optimize Moltres's EVs for Ruby/Sapphire