Is Moltres Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Third Kanto bird roaming Sinnoh after the E4 in Platinum. Fire/Flying with AbilityPressure. Another Fire option in a Fire-starved region, but it shows up after the story ends. Battle Frontier flier.
Moltres trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Moltres resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Moltres resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Moltres resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Moltres resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Moltres trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Moltres has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Moltres resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Moltres trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Moltres on Roaming Sinnoh (walking, Lv 60, limited). After meeting Professor Oak in Eterna City. Meet Professor Oak at the Pal Park lobby, then receive the Up Grade in the Eterna City south house to release Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 60)
- LV 60FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 64FireHeat WavePower 150Accuracy 90%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 78FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
Platinum Moltres Locations
Moltres is the last of the three roamers, loose across Sinnoh once the Elite Four are done. It flees the instant you meet it at level 60, so a Master Ball or a way to trap roamers saves a lot of grief.
Best Locations to Catch Moltres in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Moltres in Platinum
Moltres is absent from Platinum, so soft reset it in HeartGold or SoulSilver, then trade it over. Compare Shiny Moltres odds across every game
Shiny Moltres Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Moltres Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Full Odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Platinum with Moltres preloaded.
Moltres Weakness
Type-wise, Moltres takes extra damage from Rock, Water, and Electric. Watch out for Rock attacks, those deal 4x damage. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Fire/Flying typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. With 90 HP and balanced defenses, Moltres can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Electric |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Fighting, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Moltres Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Moltres
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Cranidos builds →Head Smash 4x275-324%KO Thunderbolt 2x21-25% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 4x192-225%KO Thunderbolt 2x27-33% Surf 2x27-33% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 4x130-153%KO Waterfall 2x69-82% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 4x120-142%KO Thunder Fang 2x35-41% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Armaldo builds →Rock Slide 4x139-164%KO Water Pulse 2x24-29% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x83-98% Rock Slide 4x68-80% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Omastar builds →Ancient Power 4x108-127%KO Surf 2x85-100%KO | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Solrock builds →Rock Slide 4x111-131%KO Charge Beam 2x17-21% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Lunatone builds →Rock Slide 4x74-87% Charge Beam 2x27-32% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Moltres View Probopass builds →Power Gem 4x89-105%KO Thunderbolt 2x40-47% | ||
Moltres Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Moltres is a Fire/Flying legendary with 580 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Moltres Best Moveset
Same 125 Sp. Atk as Zapdos but Fire/Flying typing doubles the MoveStealth Rock cost from 25% to 50%. The moveset hits hard with special Fire attacks at 90 Speed, but every switch costs half the HP bar. Zapdos is easier to justify on most teams.
Best Build
Moltres best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Roost
- Toxic
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Moltres's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Sky Attack and Overheat, but Rock and Grass and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
30 of 34 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
One of the legendary bird Pokémon. It is said that its appearance indicates the coming of spring.
Moltres Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Moltres plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Flamethrower is the primary attack.
Yes. Galarian Moltres is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 8. Plays completely differently from the original.
In Platinum, Moltres pairs best with Starmie. Starmie has Decent synergy and covers what Moltres can't handle on its own.
In Platinum, Bold is the go-to nature for Moltres. That's +Defense / -Attack. Pair it with 248 HP / 200 Def / 60 Spe EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Since Red & Blue, Moltres has appeared in 20 games. Legendary Pokemon like Moltres are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGalarian
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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