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Galarian Moltres#10171

Its strongest point is Sp. Def — higher than 96% of species. In base stat total it is among the strongest — higher than 91% of species. In defense it has 4 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 2 full immunities at its disposal. Ground and Psychic-type moves do nothing to it at all. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.

Shiny Galarian Moltres
Regular version
Dark Flying
Height: 2.0 m (6′07″) Weight: 66.0 kg (145.5 lbs)

Base stats

HP
90
78%
Atk
85
59%
Def
90
73%
SpA
100
82%
SpD
125
96%
Spe
90
74%
TOTAL
580
91%

Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Def.

A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Def, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.

Which nature to choose

It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (100) is 15 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.

  • Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 74% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
  • Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.

A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.

Legendary
Regional numbers 5

The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version. The number belongs to the species, not to the form: in the Galar Pokédex this form has the same position as the base form.

Kanto #146 Red/Green (Japan) , Blue (Japan) , Red / Blue , Yellow , FireRed / LeafGreen , Let's Go Pikachu / Eevee
Johto #237 Gold / Silver , Crystal
Johto #242 HeartGold / SoulSilver
Kalos #153 X / Y
Crown Tundra #204 home region Sword / Shield , Sword/Shield: The Crown Tundra

Abilities

  • Berserk Raises this Pokémon's Special Attack by one stage every time its HP drops below half.

How players use it

Data from 574,541 ranked battles on Smogon (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09). These are not numbers from the game — they are player habits.

Rank 84 among 309 Pokémon in use — it is on 0.74% of teams.

Moves Fiery Wrath 99.7% Nasty Plot 99.5% Agility 93.5% Hurricane 51.2% Air Slash 34.2% Taunt 17.9% Pain Split 1.5%
Items Sitrus Berry 83.8% Life Orb 4.8% Weakness Policy 4.5% Leftovers 2.8% Heavy Duty Boots 2.4%
Abilities Berserk 100%
Tera Type Ghost 52.4% Dark 31.4% Fairy 6% Flying 4.2% Steel 2.5% Poison 1.8%
EV spreads Modest · 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD 48.4% Modest · 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 HP 11.9% Modest · 252 SpA / 188 Spe / 68 HP 9.4% Modest · 252 SpA / 232 Spe / 24 HP 6.1% Modest · 232 Spe / 200 SpA / 76 HP 5.2%
Teammates Glimmora 52.4% Zamazenta 43.5% Iron Valiant 40% Ogerpon (Wellspring Mask) 36.3% Cresselia 32% Ceruledge 29.8% Volcanion 19.4% Great Tusk 19.3%

Each row is a separate distribution, not a single set: the most common item and the most common move do not have to appear on the same Pokémon.

Pokédex entry

Known as the legendary bird of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flash of flames.

Habitat: Rare Egg Group: Undiscovered Gender: Genderless Catch difficulty: very hard (3/255) Base friendship: 35/255 Base EXP: 290
Evolution line
#146 Moltres Moltres

Resistances and weaknesses

Type chart →

How much damage Galarian Moltres takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.

Weak to Electric ×2 Ice ×2 Rock ×2 Fairy ×2
Resistant to Grass ×½ Ghost ×½ Dark ×½
Immune to Ground ×0 Psychic ×0

Variant gallery

The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.

Galarian Moltres — large render in its regular coloring
Pokémon HOME
Galarian Moltres — large render in its shiny coloring
Pokémon HOME shiny
Galarian Moltres — small pixel sprite in its regular coloring
Pixel sprite
Galarian Moltres — small pixel sprite in its shiny coloring
Shiny pixel sprite

Breeding

All Egg Groups →

Galarian Moltres does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.

Where to catch it (1)

All locations →

The levels shown are the widest range across all game versions — in a specific release it may be narrower. The exact area, catch method and chance are on the page of each location.

Galar

Roaming the Isle of Armor Lv. 70 · static, set by the game

Moves (54)

Full move list →

Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (45 via TM/TR, 2 via tutor) are on the full list.

Lv. Move Type Cat. Power Acc. PP
1 Gust Flying Special 40 100% 35
1 Leer Normal Status — 100% 30
5 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10
10 Safeguard Normal Status — — 25
15 Wing Attack Flying Physical 60 100% 35
20 Agility Psychic Status — — 30
25 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
30 Sucker Punch Dark Physical 70 100% 5
35 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95% 15
40 After You Normal Status — — 15
45 Fiery Wrath Dark Special 90 100% 10
50 Nasty Plot Dark Status — — 20
55 Hurricane Flying Special 110 70% 10
60 Endure Normal Status — — 10
65 Memento Dark Status — 100% 10
70 Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90% 5
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