Iron Valiant counters

Gen 9 Champions OU (alt) · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Valiant
#1006 Iron Valiant
FairyFighting
USAGE 14.6% #10
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 88.0% Close Combat 54.7% Knock Off 43.7% Shadow Ball 35.7% Calm Mind 34.8% Encore 32.7% Thunderbolt 27.4% Destiny Bond 15.2%
Items
Booster Energy 79.0% Choice Specs 9.4% Life Orb 3.9% Choice Band 3.7% Choice Scarf 2.5% Expert Belt 1.0% Focus Sash 0.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2%
Tera Types
Fairy 31.6% Ghost 22.6% Steel 21.4% Electric 9.9% Dark 7.3% Ground 3.9% Fighting 1.1% Poison 1.0%
Common Teammates
Kingambit34.8%Gengar-Mega31.8%Great Tusk26.9%Salamence-Mega21.9%Landorus-Therian21.1%Deoxys-Speed19.0%Dragonite18.5%Samurott-Hisui18.1%
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Ranked #10 with 14.61% usage. Sorted by reliability score.