Shadow Moltres
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
Shadow Moltres is a monster of a Pokemon. It sits near the top of the Flying and Fire DPS charts easily, and has held its place very well since its release. This is a pricey investment, but one that will definitely pay off for your Flying and Fire teams alike.
Offense
- Fire Spin is the best fast move for Moltres, and benefits from STAB.
- Wing Attack is inferior against Grass and Bug-types, but leaps ahead against Fighting-types.
- Fly* ranks among the best non-signature Charged Attacks in the game, and is the the highest DPS attack that Moltres has, even when it overlaps with Overheat. For targets weak to Fire and Flying, pairing it with Fire Spin is the way to go.
- Overheat is Moltres’s second best charge move, and the best move against Ice and Steel Types.
- Fire Blast is a down-grade to Overheat.
- Heat Wave isn’t worth mentioning, and Sky Attack is great, but not as good as Fly.
Fire Spin is the preferred fast move, with more damage output than Wing Attack and slightly less energy gain. Wing Attack has somewhat of a niche if Fire Spin would be resisted, but otherwise is inferior.
Sky Attack is the primary charge move for Moltres, sporting good power and costing less energy than other charge moves. Ancient Power ties for the lowest energy cost among Moltres' charge moves, and also provides wide coverage. Overheat threatens massive damage at the cost of a self-debuff, and its coverage can be useful against common Steel-types.
The restricted CP of this league hurts Moltres substantially due to a very high ATK stat, as well as its weakness to many common coverage types, in particular anything Rock-type. It should be noted that Sky Attack is not available in this league due to it being exclusive to Moltres's raid event, which results in negligible viability in this league.
