Another legendary monster has come to Pokémon GO, and this time it's the fire/flying-type bird Moltres.
Users started reporting the appearance of Moltres raids late last night, and players will have until August 7th to catch one. However, it's also being reported that Articuno - which was supposed to vanish from the game yesterday - is still appearing in raids, so there might be some wiggle room. Zapdos is the next legendary, and will appear after August 7th.
Moltres might prove easier to catch than Articuno; as a fire-type monster, it is weak against water-type enemies and its attacks are less effective against certain Pokémon, too. If you have a powerful Vaporeon, then you could be in luck.
Have you spotted a Moltres yet, and have you been successful in catching it? Let us know with a comment.
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Are there actual numbers for this game? Like how many people actually play this regularly? Absolutely nobody I know who tried this kept playing. They were at it a month at best. Personally I didn't play it since I don't play smartphone games. I preferred to wait for Sun and Moon.
Water types will fare well, but Rock types will exceed.
Get yourself a nice Golem with Rock Throw and Stone Edge (or Rock Blast) and you'll do severe damage because of it's Fire and Flying typing.
Rock Types will resist Moltres' fire attacks too.
@In_Ex_Fan In my area, there's still plenty of activity every day. Gyms are switching teams all the time and people are organizing to take down these raid bosses, especially during the weekend.
No the hype is long gone, as expected, but the game is far from dead.
Still have yet to get a legendary but I did 1v6 a gym earlier so that was cool.
Hell yeah got to catch them all
I finally barely managed to catch an Articuno 2 days ago, and still trying to catch Lugia to no avail, hopefully I'll be able to snag a Moltres though before the event is over.
There are too few moltres raids.
It really sucks that these are limited ... I mean, I GET IT but I've failed to catch Articuno twice now... it's such a time suck taking those dang things down and then the rage of having only a set number of Pokeballs available to catch them with. I landed an EXCELLENT with a Golden Razz Berry and the thing still escaped!!! Anyway, going to try and catch Moltres today if I see it. It's really exciting when you have 20+ people lined up on the sidewalk trying their hand at catching and battling. There's TONS of players in Portland, OR.
I caught mine this morning!
I'm one for two today. Plan on going out again tomorrow
They have much lower defense than Articuno and Lugia, so you should be able to take them down easily, even with 7 or 8 players around lv. 30. I caught two in a row the other day. I still really need a Lugia though.
Given Moltres' Japanese name is Fire, I can't help but give a huge fire you to Niantic.
Articuno is my second favorite Pokémon and, on Niantic's stupid whims, I'll never see it again.
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