Iron Moth counters

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

Iron Moth
#0994 Iron Moth
FirePoison
USAGE 4.9% #35
ABILITYMagic Guard
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
Flamethrower 70.8% Thunderbolt 44.8% Earth Power 33.4% Moonblast 24.5% Sludge Wave 21.1% Steam Eruption 19.0% Calm Mind 18.5% Encore 18.2%
Items
Life Orb 50.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 26.9% Choice Specs 11.0% Throat Spray 5.8% Choice Scarf 2.3% Power Herb 1.6% Focus Sash 0.8% Air Balloon 0.5%
Abilities
Magic Guard48.4%Water Absorb19.1%Unaware10.6%Beads of Ruin8.2%Corrosion4.7%Libero2.3%Toxic Debris1.6%Levitate1.6%
Common Teammates
Corviknight52.2%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike37.5%Snorlax25.9%Iron Hands25.6%Gholdengo24.5%Ting-Lu24.4%Goodra-Hisui24.0%Iron Boulder23.0%
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Ranked #35 with 4.89% usage. Sorted by reliability score.