Moltres counters

#0146

fire flyingTier 5

Lobby CP

45,609

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

210

Defense

154

Difficulty

1.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Moltres should take 2 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,896-1,980.

Weak torock2.56xwater1.6xelectric1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy ★Partly cloudy ★Cloudy Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Rock Mega — most top counters attack with Rock

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Moltres counters are Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Diancie, Shadow Tyrantrum, Shadow Gigalith & Shadow Tyranitar.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

S. Rampardos
S. Rhyperior
M. Diancie
S. Tyrantrum
S. Gigalith
S. Tyranitar

2 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide1.175:22
2Shadow RhyperiorShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Wrecker1.205:30
3Mega DiancieMegaLegendarypartyRock Throw / Rock Slide1.205:31
4Shadow TyrantrumShadowpartyRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.245:42
5Mega TyranitarMegaSmack Down / Stone Edge1.275:51
6Shadow GigalithShadowpartyLock-On / Meteor Beam1.316:02
7Mega AerodactylMegaRock Throw / Rock Slide1.326:04
8Shadow TyranitarShadowpartySmack Down / Stone Edge1.346:11
9RampardosSmack Down / Rock Slide1.356:14
10GlimmoraRock Throw / Meteor Beam1.406:26

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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Related countersShadow Moltres Galarian Moltres

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Top 15 Moltres counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers2duo

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Shadow Rampardosrockjoint top pick	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	5:22	1.17	6.0	94.3%
2	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	5:30	1.20	6.0	92.1%
3	Mega Diancierockfairy	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,346	5:31	1.20	6.0	92.0%
4	Shadow Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	5:42	1.24	6.0	89.0%
5	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	5,347	5:51	1.27	5.9	86.5%
6	Shadow Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	6:02	1.31	6.0	84.0%
7	Mega Aerodactylrockflying	rockRock ThrowrockRock Slide	4,118	6:04	1.32	6.0	83.5%
8	Shadow Tyranitarrockdark	rockSmack DownrockStone Edge	3,834	6:11	1.34	6.0	81.9%
9	Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	6:14	1.35	6.0	81.3%
10	Glimmorarockpoison	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,273	6:26	1.40	6.0	78.8%
11	Rhyperiorgroundrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Wrecker	3,733	6:30	1.41	5.8	78.1%
12	Tyrantrumrockdragon	rockRock ThrowrockMeteor Beam	3,128	6:45	1.47	5.9	75.0%
13	Shadow Aggronsteelrock	rockSmack DownrockMeteor Beam	3,000	6:46	1.47	6.0	74.8%
14	Terrakionrockfighting	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,698	6:49	1.48	6.0	74.4%
15	Gigalithrock	normalLock-OnrockMeteor Beam	3,228	6:50	1.49	6.0	74.2%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Moltres.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Moltres's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (2)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	113%	88.5%	5:44	6.0	1.24
Fire Spin / Overheat	100%	97%	86.1%	5:53	6.0	1.28
Wing Attack / Overheat	100%	100%	86.6%	5:51	6.0	1.27
Wing Attack / Fly	100%	103%	88.2%	5:45	6.0	1.25
Fire Spin / Fly	100%	101%	88.3%	5:44	6.0	1.25
Fire Spin / Fire Blast	100%	111%	88.8%	5:42	6.0	1.24
Wing Attack / Fire Blast	100%	113%	89.0%	5:42	6.0	1.24
Wing Attack / Ancient Power	100%	129%	89.3%	5:40	6.0	1.23
Fire Spin / Ancient Power	100%	127%	89.4%	5:40	6.0	1.23
Wing Attack / Heat Wave	100%	139%	90.9%	5:35	6.0	1.21
Fire Spin / Heat Wave	100%	134%	91.0%	5:34	6.0	1.21

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 2 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Moltres weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

rock2.56x water1.6x electric1.6x normal1x flying1x poison1x ghost1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x dark1x fighting0.63x ground0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x fairy0.63x bug0.39x grass0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (8)
Resists (7)

It resists bug0.39xgrass0.39xfighting0.625xground0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Moltres throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
flyingWing AttackSTAB	10	+11	1.0s	0.75s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
flyingFlySTAB	90	-50	2.0s	1.40s
fireOverheatSTAB	160	-100	4.0s	2.60s
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
fireHeat WaveSTAB	95	-100	3.0s	1.70s
rockAncient Power	70	-33	3.5s	2.85s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,896	2,370
11/11/11	1,912	2,391
12/12/12	1,929	2,412
13/13/13	1,946	2,433
14/14/14	1,963	2,454
15/15/15hundo	1,980	2,475

Caught CP range 1,896 - 1,980, or 2,370 - 2,475 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Moltres is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 210 / Defense 154 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (2)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	96%	94.3%	1.17	5:22	16.9	100%	3,298	49.9	819
2	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	100%	92.1%	1.20	5:30	9.5	100%	3,733	47.2	1455
3	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	97%	92.0%	1.20	5:31	12.9	100%	4,346	47.6	1078
4	Shadow Tyrantrum rockdragonshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	96%	89.0%	1.24	5:42	10.5	100%	3,128	45.7	1346
5	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	96%	86.5%	1.27	5:51	7.7	100%	5,347	43.8	1714
6	Shadow Gigalith rockshadow Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	88%	84.0%	1.31	6:02	13.0	100%	3,228	43.9	1071
7	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	88%	83.5%	1.32	6:04	12.2	100%	4,118	43.0	1121
8	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	87%	81.9%	1.34	6:11	12.3	100%	3,834	42.1	1121
9	Rampardos rock Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	83%	81.3%	1.35	6:14	16.8	100%	3,298	42.5	826
10	Glimmora rockpoison Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+7 more movesets	83%	78.8%	1.40	6:26	13.4	100%	3,273	40.8	1032
11	Rhyperior groundrock Smack Down / Rock Wrecker	Smack Down / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	85%	78.1%	1.41	6:30	9.7	100%	3,733	39.8	1431
12	Tyrantrum rockdragon Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	81%	75.0%	1.47	6:45	10.5	100%	3,128	38.2	1317
13	Shadow Aggron steelrockshadow Smack Down / Meteor Beam	Smack Down / Meteor Beam+23 more movesets	77%	74.8%	1.47	6:46	15.2	100%	3,000	38.7	1022
14	Terrakion rockfighting Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	78%	74.4%	1.48	6:49	13.8	100%	3,698	38.2	1065
15	Gigalith rock Lock-On / Meteor Beam	Lock-On / Meteor Beam+14 more movesets	78%	74.2%	1.49	6:50	12.4	100%	3,228	38.2	1112
16	Shadow Aerodactyl rockflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+23 more movesets	74%	73.7%	1.50	6:53	19.2	100%	2,783	38.6	729
17	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	75%	73.6%	1.50	6:53	17.5	100%	3,784	38.5	846
18	Shadow Aurorus rockiceshadow Rock Throw / Meteor Beam	Rock Throw / Meteor Beam+17 more movesets	73%	72.2%	1.53	7:01	17.6	100%	2,802	37.8	790
19	Shadow Omastar rockwatershadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+11 more movesets	75%	71.8%	1.53	7:04	14.4	100%	2,786	36.9	976
20	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+7 more movesets	71%	71.4%	1.54	7:06	23.1	100%	3,588	37.9	637
21	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	72%	69.9%	1.58	7:15	15.1	100%	3,701	36.3	958
22	Tyranitar rockdark Smack Down / Stone Edge	Smack Down / Stone Edge+15 more movesets	74%	69.9%	1.58	7:15	12.2	100%	3,834	35.6	1125
23	Shadow Alolan Golem rockelectricshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+8 more movesets	70%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	16.9	100%	2,949	35.7	852
24	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	74%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	11.2	100%	5,902	35.0	1248
25	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Rock Throw / Rock Blast	Rock Throw / Rock Blast+11 more movesets	70%	69.0%	1.60	7:21	17.2	100%	2,949	35.7	853
26	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	67%	68.8%	1.60	7:22	25.1	98%	3,780	37.3	634
27	Mega Raichu X electricmega Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle+	Thunder Shock / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	68%	67.7%	1.63	7:29	19.5	100%	3,510	35.6	743
28	Shadow Archeops rockflyingshadow Wing Attack / Ancient Power	Wing Attack / Ancient Power+5 more movesets	66%	67.1%	1.64	7:33	23.7	100%	3,331	35.6	596
29	Stonjourner rock Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+2 more movesets	69%	66.0%	1.67	7:40	14.5	100%	3,218	33.9	951
30	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Ancient Power	Dragon Tail / Ancient Power+11 more movesets	68%	66.0%	1.67	7:41	15.2	100%	5,713	34.0	937

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.8 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.