Moltres brings the heat in Pokémon GO on November 26 during a special Raid Hour, this guide will show you how to avoid getting burnt.
As part of the “Mischief Unbound” end-of-season event, the last days of November in Pokémon GO will be filled with unexpected highlights – starting with a special Raid Hour between 6pm and 7pm local time on November 26. The three Kanto legends Moltres, Articuno, and Zapdos will take the reins in the fifth-level raids for a short time and can be caught in their rare Shiny variants. In this guide you will learn how to become the master of the phoenix.
As a level five raid boss, Moltres commands 45,609 Competition Points (CP). You can catch the Fire and Flying-type Pokémon after a triumph with a strength between 1,896 and 2,475 CP. The most magnificent specimens appear in clear and windy conditions. For the quickest raid times, go for the Water, Electric, or Rock attack types – the latter in particular are extremely devastating against Moltres, as Flying and Fire share this weakness.
Moltres: Best Counters
- Rampardos (Smack Down, Rock Slide)
- Rhyperior (Smack Down, Rock Wrecker)
- Terrakion (Smack Down, Rock Slide)
- Tyranitar (Smack Down, Stone Edge)
- Gigalith (Smack Down, Rock Slide)
- Aerodactyl (Rock Throw, Rock Slide)
- Landorus (Incarnate Forme) (Rock Throw, Rock Slide)
- Mega Ampharos (Volt Switch, Power Gem)
- Omastar (Rock Throw, Rock Slide)
- Alolan Golem (Rock Throw, Stone Edge)
- Golem (Rock Throw, Stone Edge)
- Archeops (Wing Attack, Ancient Power)
- Mega Blastoise (Water Gun, Hydro Cannon)
- Regirock (Rock Throw, Stone Edge)
- Lunatone (Rock Throw, Rock Slide)
Even more so than with Articuno, Rock-type Pokémon are by far the best choice against Moltres. That sure gives another meaning to ‘hitting two birds with one stone,’ huh? In terms of pure damage, only Mega Ampharos as an Electric-type and Mega Blastoise as a Water-type made it into our list of top counters. That doesn’t make these categories bad by any means – team compositions with Pokémon of these categories can defeat Moltres without question.
Rock creatures, however, manage to do it much faster, which brings better rewards and saves valuable time especially during Raid Hour – the faster Moltres is knocked out, the faster you can start the next raid and make the most efficient use of the one-hour event.
Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.