Iron Moth counters

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

Iron Moth
#0994 Iron Moth
FirePoison
USAGE 18.3% #8
ABILITYDesolate Land
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 70
DEF 60
SPA 140
SPD 110
SPE 110
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ground
2×
WaterPsychicRock
½×
FireIceFightingPoisonSteel
¼×
GrassBugFairy
Moves
Fiery Dance 78.1% Solar Beam 56.6% Morning Sun 54.9% U-turn 51.8% Discharge 46.6% Sludge Wave 33.5% Energy Ball 22.4% Dazzling Gleam 15.2%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 71.0% Life Orb 20.3% Expert Belt 4.9% Choice Specs 1.5% Choice Scarf 0.9% Air Balloon 0.5% Power Herb 0.5% Heavy Ball 0.1%
Abilities
Desolate Land61.6%Hadron Engine15.7%Sheer Force15.0%Chlorophyll4.4%Beads of Ruin0.6%Earth Eater0.6%Turboblaze0.5%Storm Drain0.3%
Common Teammates
Roaring Moon60.2%Deoxys-Speed50.8%Gholdengo44.5%Gliscor35.3%Tinkaton32.8%Corviknight31.8%Great Tusk26.5%Pecharunt21.2%

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 #8 with 18.34% usage. Sorted by reliability score.