Iron Boulder counters

Gen 9 Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Iron Boulder
#1022 Iron Boulder
RockPsychic
USAGE 2.8% #48
ABILITYSharpness
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 120
DEF 80
SPA 68
SPD 108
SPE 124
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassGroundBugGhostDarkSteel
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlyingPsychic
Moves
Mighty Cleave 99.7% Psycho Cut 96.9% Sacred Sword 96.8% Throat Chop 26.8% Earthquake 26.6% Taunt 17.9% Swords Dance 15.7% X-Scissor 9.7%
Items
Choice Band 50.2% Life Orb 28.1% Choice Scarf 12.0% Focus Sash 2.7% Assault Vest 1.6% Leftovers 1.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.0% Weakness Policy 1.0%
Abilities
Sharpness95.5%Regenerator1.5%Defiant1.0%Anger Shell0.4%Unaware0.4%Sand Rush0.3%Rocky Payload0.3%Moxie0.1%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk36.1%Corviknight30.5%Zamazenta24.9%Scream Tail24.7%Moltres24.3%Roaring Moon23.1%Goodra-Hisui21.7%Empoleon21.4%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #48 with 2.84% usage. Sorted by reliability score.