Iron Valiant Counters — Gen 9 Anything Goes FairyFighting

Gen 9 Anything Goes counter data · Sorted by KO Rate (P) · Smogon 2026-04

Checks and Counters

What beats Iron Valiant in Gen 9 Anything Goes? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, the following checks and counters are the most effective at beating Iron Valiant. Sorted by KO Rate (P) — the chance the checker wins when it encounters Iron Valiant.

Iron Valiant is ranked #66 in Gen 9 Anything Goes with a 1.42% usage rate.

The top five checks and counters for Iron Valiant in Gen 9 Anything Goes are Zacian-Crowned (75.5%), Calyrex-Shadow (57.4%), Arceus (53.0%), Miraidon (51.6%), Koraidon (50.4%).

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Zacian-Crowned Zacian-Crowned 34.062 75.5% 7.37%
2 Calyrex-Shadow Calyrex-Shadow 82.086 57.4% 5.46%
3 Arceus Arceus 32.683 53.0% 8.73%
4 Miraidon Miraidon 65.596 51.6% 6.17%
5 Koraidon Koraidon 60.416 50.4% 6.43%

KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Iron Valiant. KO Rate (D): % of Iron Valiant's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.

Iron Valiant Usage Stats

Most Used Moves

Moonblast 16.1% Close Combat 12.8% Spirit Break 7.6% Knock Off 6.7% Thunderbolt 6.3% Aura Sphere 5.8% Destiny Bond 4.6% Encore 4.5%

Most Used Items

Booster Energy 72.2% Life Orb 7.8% Focus Sash 5.7% Choice Band 4.3% Choice Specs 3.4% Assault Vest 1.5% Choice Scarf 1.2% Expert Belt 1.2%

Most Used Tera Types

Fairy 70.6% Steel 9.2% Ghost 6.8% Electric 3.7% Dark 2.7% Ground 2.4% Fighting 1.1% Psychic 0.9%

Common Teammates

Kingambit 6.4% Miraidon 4.9% Dragapult 4.0% Gholdengo 3.4% Great Tusk 3.3% Calyrex-Shadow 3.1% Glimmora 3.0% Iron Treads 2.7%

Usage data based on Smogon weighted stats from 2026-04. Percentages show how often each move, item, ability, or Tera Type was used on Iron Valiant sets.

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