Iron Valiant counters

Gen 9 CAP · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Iron Valiant
#1006 Iron Valiant
FairyFighting
USAGE 4.6% #38
BASE STATS
HP 74
ATK 130
DEF 90
SPA 120
SPD 60
SPE 116
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonFlyingPsychicSteelFairy
½×
FightingRock
¼×
BugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Moonblast 90.5% Close Combat 85.8% Knock Off 80.6% Destiny Bond 68.8% Thunderbolt 22.6% Encore 11.5% Calm Mind 9.1% Swords Dance 9.0%
Items
Booster Energy 83.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 8.6% Choice Scarf 4.1% Life Orb 2.3% Expert Belt 1.2% Choice Band 0.5% Choice Specs 0.2% Leftovers 0.1%
Tera Types
Fairy 57.2% Steel 19.0% Dark 9.6% Ghost 6.9% Electric 5.0% Poison 2.2%
Common Teammates
Mollux52.6%Equilibra52.3%Arghonaut45.5%Garganacl44.1%Pajantom44.1%Ting-Lu17.6%Slowking-Galar15.7%Ramnarok14.7%
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Ranked #38 with 4.56% usage. Sorted by reliability score.