Best Moltres counters in Pokémon GO

This table 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Shadow Rhyperior

Smack Down

Rock Wrecker *

Best performing move types

52.0%
17.5%
17.0%
2.0%
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Shadow Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	51.39	1498.51	10	331.9s	101.6
2	Mega Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	54.07	1217.19	12	326.7s	101.4
3	Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	45.78	1876.72	7	359.6s	97.0
4	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	47.63	1195.59	12	365.1s	91.3
5	Shadow Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	45.79	1222.48	12	376.6s	88.9
6	Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	49.15	869.74	17	374.1s	87.8
7	Rhyperior	Smack Down	Rock Wrecker *	42.24	1465.50	10	396.1s	86.5
8	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	41.91	1354.96	11	402.2s	84.6
9	Terrakion	Smack Down	Rock Slide	41.95	1071.27	14	413.6s	80.7
10	Shadow Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	45.48	748.24	20	410.0s	80.0
11	Shadow Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	41.04	1049.98	14	422.7s	79.0
12	Gigalith	Smack Down	Meteor Beam *	40.02	1099.27	13	429.4s	78.2
13	Shadow Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	42.03	899.28	16	423.6s	78.0
14	Tyranitar	Smack Down *	Stone Edge	38.03	1208.09	12	444.1s	76.5
15	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	37.49	1271.51	11	447.3s	76.4
16	Golem (Alola Shadow)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	39.96	963.97	15	437.7s	76.0
17	Shadow Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	40.00	932.30	16	439.4s	75.5
18	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Ancient Power	38.71	1012.94	14	446.7s	74.8
19	Shadow Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.18	1115.77	13	492.6s	69.1
20	Aurorus	Rock Throw	Meteor Beam	37.37	784.93	19	477.9s	69.1
21	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	34.42	1054.35	14	492.7s	68.7
22	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.46	734.99	20	482.1s	68.3
23	Mega Ampharos	Volt Switch	Power Gem	34.59	999.01	15	493.7s	68.2
24	Omastar	Rock Throw *	Rock Slide *	34.04	1034.43	14	498.6s	67.9
25	Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	34.98	890.25	16	496.3s	67.2
26	Mega Aggron	Smack Down	Meteor Beam	36.03	760.91	19	495.1s	66.7
27	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	37.23	654.75	22	494.5s	66.4
28	Lycanroc (Dusk)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	36.90	674.52	22	495.4s	66.3
29	Archeops	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	37.37	623.11	24	497.7s	65.9
30	Alolan Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	33.31	955.79	15	513.1s	65.6
31	Lycanroc	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	36.46	670.65	22	500.8s	65.6
32	Nihilego	Acid	Rock Slide	32.12	1097.89	13	521.7s	65.6
33	Golem	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	33.34	924.52	16	514.8s	65.2
34	Lycanroc (Midnight)	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	34.73	745.87	20	512.3s	64.5
35	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Weather Ball	35.74	661.70	22	510.3s	64.4
36	Shadow Zapdos	Thunder Shock *	Ancient Power	36.10	563.96	26	521.9s	62.8
37	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.04	848.27	17	538.9s	62.1
38	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Ancient Power *	38.59	400.14	37	538.6s	61.8
39	Hisuian Arcanine	Snarl	Rock Slide	31.48	887.91	16	544.0s	61.8
40	Shadow Kabutops	Waterfall	Ancient Power	33.07	718.44	20	537.1s	61.6
41	Diancie	Rock Throw	Rock Slide	31.20	833.34	17	552.8s	60.6
42	Kleavor	Quick Attack	Rock Slide	35.77	482.54	31	543.6s	60.4
43	Shadow Raikou	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	33.80	593.51	25	544.9s	60.3
44	Shadow Armaldo	Fury Cutter	Rock Blast	36.46	431.57	34	550.4s	60.0
45	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.35	684.13	21	551.3s	59.9
46	Regirock	Rock Throw	Stone Edge	28.56	1105.12	13	579.5s	59.8
47	Xurkitree	Thunder Shock	Discharge	34.56	523.00	28	548.7s	59.8
48	Shadow Moltres	Wing Attack	Ancient Power	34.23	536.99	27	550.0s	59.6
49	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	29.98	887.97	16	567.8s	59.5
50	Shadow Electivire	Thunder Shock	Wild Charge	35.22	464.95	32	554.9s	59.3

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About the results

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.

The top-ranked Moltres counter is Shadow Rhyperior, followed by Mega Diancie, Mega Tyranitar, and Mega Aerodactyl. The table also includes Shadow Tyranitar, Rampardos, Rhyperior, and Tyrantrum, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Moltres type chart

When fighting Moltres, keep in mind the following 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.

Weaknesses

Rock	256.0%
Electric	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

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 weather for Moltres Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Rock	52.0%	Partly Cloudy
Water	17.5%	Rainy
Electric	17.0%	Rainy
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy
Dragon	1.5%	Windy
Ice	1.5%	Snow
Normal	1.5%	Partly Cloudy
Bug	1.5%	Rainy
Dark	1.0%	Fog
Psychic	1.0%	Windy
Poison	0.5%	Cloudy
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Ghost	0.5%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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 moves, 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.

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.