Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 5.6% #29
ABILITYRegenerator
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Ice Punch 77.3% Drain Punch 57.3% Volt Switch 52.3% Earthquake 43.2% Close Combat 42.2% Thunder Punch 41.2% Swords Dance 25.9% Belly Drum 16.3%
Items
Assault Vest 53.1% Leftovers 13.5% Punching Glove 11.2% Sitrus Berry 11.0% Custap Berry 3.3% Quick Claw 2.2% Life Orb 1.9% Air Balloon 1.0%
Abilities
Regenerator54.9%Harvest12.6%Levitate7.8%Quick Draw4.6%Earth Eater4.3%Sword of Ruin4.2%Surge Surfer3.1%Tough Claws1.3%
Common Teammates
Corviknight53.8%Pecharunt39.3%Great Tusk30.1%Roaring Moon26.1%Gholdengo23.7%Moltres19.1%Samurott-Hisui14.5%Deoxys-Speed14.1%

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 #29 with 5.57% usage. Sorted by reliability score.