[AAA] Moltres

[Snaquaza]

[OVERVIEW]

• Moltres can fulfill many rolls and can run both offensive and defensive sets.
• Useful typing that allows it to check Steel-, Fairy- and Fighting-types quite well.
• Good Fire-STAB that handles the many Steel-types in Almost Any Ability, if they don't run Flash Fire.
• Great Special Attack stat for special wallbreaking.
• High Base Power STAB moves in Fire Blast and Hurricane, which both can take advantage of weather.
• Decent bulk allows it to take neutral hits quite well.
• Has reliable recovery.
• Has access to Will-o-Wisp.
• Crippling Stealth Rock weakness, if not running Magic Guard.
• Competition from Heatran, a Fire-type not weak to Stealth Rock.
  • (Resists or is immune to both Ground and Fighting!)

[SET]
name: Defensive
move 1: Will-o-Wisp
move 2: Roost
move 3: Defog
move 4: Flamethrower
item: Leftovers
ability: Magic Guard
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 40 Def / 216 SpD

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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• Will-o-Wisp is a status move that Moltres can use to get reliable chip permanent chip damage on nearly all Pokemon, while also dissuading physically offensive Pokemon from switching in on it, like Tyranitar.
• Roost allows Moltres to recover off damage.
• Defog makes Moltres a reliable hazard remover, as with Magic Guard it doesn't take damage from any of the hazards.
• Flamethrower is a reliable STAB move that has perfect accuracy and decent PP, making it a better choice for a stall set than Fire Blast, which has lower accuracy and low PP, making it be unreliable at getting damage in.

Set Details
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• Magic Guard is the ability of choice, to ignore Moltres' huge Stealth Rock weakness, and allow it to act as hazard control without taking damage from any hazards.
• Leftovers is used to get passive recovery, allowing Moltres to switch in and out if needed, and actually recovering a small amount, while most Pokemon would be damaged because they had to take hazard damage.
• The EV spread allows Moltres to avoid the OHKO from +2 Skarmory's Brave Bird, and Choice Band Braviary's Brave Bird, to check them in a pinch and maximize its special bulk.
• The nature compliments the EV spread, boosting Special Defense and cutting down on Attack, a stat it doesn't use anyway.

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[SET]
name: Rain Sweeper
move 1: Hurricane
move 2: Fire Blast
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Hidden Power Grass / Sleep Talk
item: Choice Specs
ability: Gale Wings
nature: Modest
evs:

[SET COMMENTS]
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[SET]
name: Wallbreaker
move 1: Fire Blast
move 2: Solar Beam
move 3: U-turn
move 4: Hurricane
item: Choice Specs
ability: Desolate Land
nature: Modest
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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Set Details
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[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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[skies]

Snaquaza pls finish this up

 

[ChrystalFalchion]

On the wallbreaker set I'd personally go with Compoundeyes or Sheer Force and a Life Orb over Specs and Desolate Land. Compoundeyes lets you use 91% accurate Hurricanes and perfectly accurate Fire Blasts and Will-o-Wisps while Sheer Force negates Life Orb recoil and gives you 144 power Hurricanes and Fire Blasts. Choiced Pokémon switch in and out a lot, and IMO you don't want that on something as weak to Stealth Rock as Moltres.

 

[motherlove]

On the wallbreaker set I'd personally go with Compoundeyes or Sheer Force and a Life Orb over Specs and Desolate Land. Compoundeyes lets you use 91% accurate Hurricanes and perfectly accurate Fire Blasts and Will-o-Wisps while Sheer Force negates Life Orb recoil and gives you 144 power Hurricanes and Fire Blasts. Choiced Pokémon switch in and out a lot, and IMO you don't want that on something as weak to Stealth Rock as Moltres.

No guard is a thing, and specs fire blast in sun has way more power than sheer force + lo

Moltres needs 76 defence EVs to be able to switch on tc adamant lo lucario's cc, it's a small change but a worthy one considering moltres doesn't get detroyed by the refrigirate set like a bunch of others.

 

[Grim]

I'm kinda unconvinced about Hurricane on a Desolate Land set considering its accuracy drops to 50%. I think Moltres is outdone by stuff like Heatran and Victini in sun wallbreaking for the most part but I'll let other QC decide on that. I also think there are better birds for rain sweeping that don't have their way to hit Steel-types weakened such as Tornadus-T and I. Offensive LO Magic Guard with Defog definitely needs a set though.

 

[skies]

Snaquaza – Where ya at?