Best Moltres counters

The best Moltres counters in Pokémon GO are Shadow Rampardos, Shadow Rhyperior, Mega Diancie, Mega Tyranitar, Mega Aerodactyl, Shadow Tyranitar, and Rampardos. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 5 Trainers to defeat Moltres in a 5-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Shadow Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down / Rock Wrecker

Mega Diancie

Rock Throw / Rock Slide

Mega Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Mega Aerodactyl

Rock Throw / Rock Slide

Shadow Tyranitar

Smack Down / Stone Edge

Rampardos

Smack Down / Rock Slide

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	60.16	891.3	16	267s	103.6
2.	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	51.39	1498.5	10	302s	101.6
3.	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	54.07	1217.2	12	290s	101.4
4.	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	45.78	1876.7	7	336s	97.0
5.	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	47.63	1195.6	12	328s	91.3
6.	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	45.79	1222.5	12	340s	88.9
7.	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	49.15	869.7	17	323s	87.8
8.	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	42.24	1465.5	10	366s	86.5
9.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	41.91	1355.0	11	369s	84.6
10.	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	41.95	1071.3	14	372s	80.7
11.	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	45.48	748.2	20	350s	80.0
12.	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	41.04	1050.0	14	380s	79.0
13.	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	40.02	1099.3	13	389s	78.2
14.	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	42.03	899.3	16	374s	78.0
15.	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	38.03	1208.1	12	407s	76.5
16.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	37.49	1271.5	11	412s	76.4
17.	Shadow Alolan Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	39.96	964.0	15	391s	76.0
18.	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	40.00	932.3	16	392s	75.5
19.	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	38.71	1012.9	14	403s	74.8
20.	Shadow Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.18	1115.8	13	453s	69.1
21.	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	37.37	784.9	19	421s	69.1
22.	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.42	1054.3	14	450s	68.7
23.	Shadow Sudowoodo	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	38.14	686.6	21	416s	68.3
24.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.46	735.0	20	421s	68.3
25.	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	34.59	999.0	15	449s	68.2
26.	Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	34.04	1034.4	14	456s	67.9
27.	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	34.98	890.2	16	446s	67.2
28.	Standard Mode Shadow Darmanitan	Tackle	Rock Slide	39.86	522.0	28	406s	66.9
29.	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	36.03	760.9	19	436s	66.7
30.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Rock Slide	41.43	438.3	34	397s	66.6

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Moltres in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 5 Trainers
Very easy with: 6+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Moltres CP range from Raids

Moltres can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 1896 CP to 1980 CP, with no weather boost
From 2370 CP to 2475 CP with Sunny and Windy weather boost

Moltres weaknesses

Moltres type chart

When fighting Moltres, keep in mind the that Fire and Flying-type Pokémon are weak to Rock, Electric, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Ground, Steel, Bug, and Grass type moves.

Takes increased damage

Rock	256.0%
Electric	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Bug	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Fairy	62.5%
Fighting	62.5%
Fire	62.5%
Ground	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Moltres

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Rock	238.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	62.0%	Rain
Electric	56.0%	Rain
Normal	8.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ice	6.0%	Snow
Dragon	4.0%	Windy
Ground	4.0%	Sunny
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Bug	4.0%	Rain
Fighting	4.0%	Cloudy
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Poison	2.0%	Cloudy
Dark	2.0%	Fog
Ghost	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Moltres in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Moltres down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Moltres counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.