Moltres Raid Guide

Moltres

Best Moltres Raid counters are strong Rock type attackers that take reduced damage from its attacks, such as Rampardos, Rhyperior, Terrakion, Tyranitar and Tyrantrum. Moltres is a Fire type Legendary raid boss with a boss CP of 45609. 

Moltres can be caught in the following CP ranges:

• 1896 – 1980 (Level 20, no weather boost)
• 2370 – 2475 (Level 25, Sunny or Windy weather boost)

Similar to Articuno (raid boss guide here), Moltres is also double weak to Rock-type attacks. We recommend a minimum of 4 players for a Moltres raid. Shiny Moltres is available in Pokémon GO.

Moltres Raid Counters

Below are the best Moltres counters in Pokémon GO. Do note that the majority of counters will take reduced damage from its attacks.

#	Pokemon	Fast Move	Charge Move	Time to win	Deaths
1.	Rampardos	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	339.34s	15.38
2.	Rhyperior	Smack Down Rock	Rock Wrecker Rock	381.22s	9.25
3.	Terrakion	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	387.59s	11.38
4.	Tyranitar	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	417.92s	10.88
5.	Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	449.51s	10.75
6.	Gigalith	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	443.38s	13.38
7.	Lycanroc (Dusk)	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	434.61s	17.75
8.	Lycanroc	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	439.97s	17.38
9.	Lycanroc (Midday)	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	438.73s	17.75
10.	Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	445.06s	18.50
11.	Landorus	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	446.77s	18.88
12.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	449.26s	19.00
13.	Golem (Alola)	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	475.36s	14.25
14.	Omastar	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	478.33s	12.25
15.	Golem	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	476.35s	13.50
16.	Lycanroc (Midnight)	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	474.18s	17.13
17.	Archeops	Wing Attack Flying	Ancient Power Rock	470.75s	20.50
18.	Nihilego	Acid Poison	Rock Slide Rock	505.23s	12.50
19.	Xurkitree	Spark Electric	Discharge Electric	506.85s	25.71
20.	Regirock	Rock Throw Rock	Stone Edge Rock	550.43s	11.50
21.	Aggron	Smack Down Rock	Stone Edge Rock	535.83s	17.38
22.	Lunatone	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	537.38s	19.38
23.	Solrock	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	539.74s	19.63
24.	Zekrom	Charge Beam Electric	Wild Charge Electric	560.63s	14.88
25.	Crustle	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	534.67s	25.63
26.	Darmanitan	Tackle Normal	Rock Slide Rock	545.42s	22.88
27.	Carracosta	Rock Throw Rock	Ancient Power Rock	578.62s	13.75
28.	Darmanitan (Standard)	Tackle Normal	Rock Slide Rock	549.02s	23.25
29.	Clawitzer	Smack Down Rock	Crabhammer Water	561.90s	21.13
30.	Thundurus (Therian)	Volt Switch Electric	Thunderbolt Electric	557.20s	25.50
31.	Kyogre	Waterfall Water	Surf Water	588.40s	15.13
32.	Sudowoodo	Rock Throw Rock	Rock Slide Rock	573.52s	20.63
33.	Hippowdon	Thunder Fang Electric	Weather Ball Rock	582.03s	18.75
34.	Boldore	Smack Down Rock	Rock Slide Rock	567.94s	22.50
35.	Melmetal	Thunder Shock Electric	Rock Slide Rock	576.88s	21.17

Moltres takes 2x Super Effective damage from Rock type moves, due to its dual Fire and Flying type. It also takes Super Effective damage from Water and Electric type moves, although it is better to prioritize Rock type attackers over water and electric.

Moltres Movesets

Moltres has access to the following moves:

Weather influence

This shows that the best weather to take a Moltres is Partly Cloudy or Rainy weather.

Shiny Moltres

Shiny Moltres is available in Pokémon GO, and Trainers can catch a shiny Moltres from Raid Battles. Below is a comparison of regular versus shiny Moltres.

Normal	Shiny