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Moltresin Pokémon SoulGold

fireflying

Pokédex Entry

Flame Pokémon

Moltres is a legendary bird Pokémon that can control fire. If injured, it is said to dip its body in the molten magma of a volcano to burn and heal itself.

Moltres in Pokémon SoulGold

Moltres is #146 in the Pokédex for Pokémon SoulGold. This page covers its fire/flying typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution, and where to find it.

Type
FireFlying
Dex
#146
Abilities
Pressure(Primary)

Raises foe's PP usage.

Flame Body(Secondary)

Burns the foe on contact.

Growth Rate
slow
Gender Ratio
Genderless
Egg Groups
undiscovered
Hatch Rate
Medium Fast (20 cycles)
Catch Rate
6
pokeball
Poké Ball1.6%
greatball
Great Ball1.6%
ultraball
Ultra Ball2.7%
Base Exp
290
EV Yield
3 SpecialAttack
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
water ×2electric ×2rock ×4
Resists
fire ×0.5grass ×0.25fighting ×0.5bug ×0.25steel ×0.5fairy ×0.5
Immune To
ground

How to Obtain

There's a one-time encounter in Victory Road Moltres 2 at level 70.

LocationLevelMethodFormHeld ItemPrerequisite
Victory Road Moltres 2Lv. 70legendary---

Level Up Moves (16)

GustLevel: 1flying
PWR40ACC100PP35
Strikes the foe with a gust of wind whipped up by wings.
LeerLevel: 1normal
PWR0ACC100PP30
Frightens the foes with a leer to lower Defense.
EmberLevel: 5fire
PWR40ACC100PP25
A weak fire attack that may inflict a burn.
SafeguardLevel: 10normal
PWR0ACC0PP25
Protects allies from status problems for 5 turns.
Wing AttackLevel: 15flying
PWR0ACC100PP35
Strikes the foe with wings spread wide.
AgilityLevel: 20psychic
PWR0ACC0PP30
Relaxes the body to sharply boost Speed.
Ancient PowerLevel: 25rock
PWR60ACC100PP5
An attack that may raise all stats.
IncinerateLevel: 30fire
PWR0ACC100PP15
Burns up Berries and Gems preventing their use.
Air SlashLevel: 35flying
PWR75ACC95PP0
Attacks with a blade of air. May cause flinching.
RoostLevel: 40flying
PWR0ACC0PP0
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.
Heat WaveLevel: 45fire
PWR0ACC90PP10
Exhales a hot breath on the foes. May inflict a burn.
Sunny DayLevel: 50fire
PWR0ACC0PP5
Boosts the power of Fire- type moves for 5 turns.
HurricaneLevel: 55flying
PWR0ACC70PP10
Traps the foe in a fierce wind. May cause confusion.
EndureLevel: 60normal
PWR0ACC0PP10
Endures any attack for 1 turn, leaving at least 1HP.
OverheatLevel: 65fire
PWR0ACC90PP5
Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp. Atk.
Sky AttackLevel: 70flying
PWR140ACC90PP5
2-turn attack. High critical hit ratio, and may flinch.

TM/HM Moves (31)

Acrobaticsflying
PWR55ACC100PP15TM62
Does double damage if the user has no item.
Aerial Aceflying
PWR60ACC0PP20TM40
An extremely speedy and unavoidable attack.
Double Teamnormal
PWR0ACC0PP15TM32
Creates illusory copies to raise evasiveness.
Facadenormal
PWR70ACC100PP20TM42
Boosts power when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.
Fire Blastfire
PWR0ACC85PP5TM38
Incinerates everything it strikes. May cause a burn.
Flamethrowerfire
PWR0ACC100PP15TM35
A powerful fire attack that may inflict a burn.
Flame Chargefire
PWR50ACC100PP20TM43
Attacks in a cloak of flames. Raises Speed.
Flyflying
PWR0ACC95PP15HM02
Flies up on the first turn, then strikes the next turn.
Frustrationnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM21
An attack that is stronger if the Trainer is disliked.
Giga Impactnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM68
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Hidden Powernormal
PWR0ACC100PP15TM10
The type varies with the user.The type and effectiveness vary with the user.
Hyper Beamnormal
PWR150ACC90PP5TM15
Leaves the user immobile if target is not KO'd.
Overheatfire
PWR0ACC90PP5TM50
Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp. Atk.
Protectnormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM17
Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession.
Rain Dancewater
PWR0ACC0PP5TM18
Boosts the power of Water- type moves for 5 turns.
Reflectpsychic
PWR0ACC0PP20TM33
Wall of light cuts physical damage for 5 turns.
Restpsychic
PWR0ACC0PP0TM44
The user sleeps for 2 turns, restoring HP and status.
Returnnormal
PWR1ACC100PP20TM27
An attack that increases in power with friendship.
Rock Smashfighting
PWR0ACC100PP15HM06
A rock-crushing attack that may lower Defense.
Roostflying
PWR0ACC0PP0TM19
Restores the user's HP by half of its max HP.
Roundnormal
PWR60ACC100PP15TM48
A song that inflicts damage. Others can join in too.
Safeguardnormal
PWR0ACC0PP25TM20
Protects allies from status problems for 5 turns.
Sandstormrock
PWR0ACC0PP10TM37
Causes a sandstorm that rages for several turns.
Sky Dropflying
PWR60ACC100PP10TM58
Takes the foe into the sky then drops it the next turn.
Solar Beamgrass
PWR120ACC100PP10TM22
Absorbs light in one turn, then attacks next turn.
Steel Wingsteel
PWR70ACC90PP25TM51
Strikes the foe with hard wings spread wide.
Substitutenormal
PWR0ACC0PP10TM90
Creates a decoy using 1/4 of the user's maximum HP.
Sunny Dayfire
PWR0ACC0PP5TM11
Boosts the power of Fire- type moves for 5 turns.
Toxicpoison
PWR0ACC0PP10TM06
Poisons the foe with an intensifying toxin.
U Turnbug
PWR70ACC100PP20TM89
Does damage then switches out the user.
Will O Wispfire
PWR0ACC0PP15TM61
Inflicts a burn on the foe with intense fire.

Type Summary

3
Weaknesses
6
Resistances
1
Immunities
8
Neutral

Weaknesses

Types that deal increased damage to Moltres. Use these types to counter it effectively.

Resistances & Immunities

Types that Moltres resists or is immune to. Avoid using these types against it.

Immunities (0×)

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