Moltres   

RSE & LGFR RBY

MOLTRES Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Fire Blast Hyper Beam Fire Spin Agility Move Effect Type Pwr Acc Fire Blast Has a ~30% chance to burn the target. Fire 120 85% Hyper Beam In Stadium, the user becomes uncontrollable during its next turn. Otherwise, the user attacks on turn one but it doesn't recharge on turn two if it KOs the target, breaks its Substitute or misses entirely. Normal 150 90% Fire Spin The user becomes uncontrollable and attacks for 2-5 consecutive turns; the target cannot make attacks of its own during this time, but it may switch out, use items or run away. Fire 15 70% Agility Raises the user's Speed by 2 stages. Psychic N/A N/A           Other Options: It could try Mimic or Reflect, but meh. Verdict: Moltres, the final and worst of the Legendary Bird threesome, is solid proof that Nintendo/Gamefreak didn't like Fire-types that much in RBY. Other than a massive Fire Blast, Moltres has nothing going for it. It can Agility up and try to wear things down with Fire Spin before finishing them off with Fire Blast or Hyper Beam, but that strategy is still screwed against Rock Pokemon. Thankfully, Moltres does eventually get better than this, but it's nothing to write home about in RBY.