Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 6.5% #27
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 83.5% Drain Punch 66.8% Earthquake 57.1% Volt Switch 51.8% Close Combat 33.2% Thunder Punch 30.0% Belly Drum 23.1% Swords Dance 19.2%
Items
Assault Vest 52.7% Punching Glove 11.3% Sitrus Berry 10.6% Leftovers 8.9% Choice Band 3.8% Quick Claw 3.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 3.2% Life Orb 2.9%
Abilities
Regenerator56.0%Surge Surfer10.5%Earth Eater10.3%Harvest8.7%Quick Draw6.7%Galvanize3.3%Refrigerate0.9%Tough Claws0.7%
Common Teammates
Corviknight53.4%Roaring Moon36.9%Gholdengo26.4%Deoxys-Speed26.1%Sinistcha25.4%Pecharunt24.3%Empoleon24.2%Great Tusk20.3%

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 #27 with 6.45% usage. Sorted by reliability score.