Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 1.6% #25
ABILITYIce Scales
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
300.0% Metronome 100.0%
Items
Choice Band 73.4% Booster Energy 9.0% Maranga Berry 4.3% Weakness Policy 4.1% Clear Amulet 3.7% Mirror Herb 3.3% Normalium Z 0.7% Leppa Berry 0.4%
Abilities
Ice Scales22.3%Friend Guard18.1%Quark Drive14.3%Magic Bounce12.4%Sword of Ruin7.8%Beads of Ruin7.8%Defiant6.4%Galvanize4.5%
Tera Types
Ghost 72.5% Stellar 11.1% Fighting 8.8% Flying 4.3% Electric 2.6% Dark 0.0% Fairy 0.0%
Common Teammates
Golurk-Mega116.8%Chandelure-Mega98.2%Annihilape50.8%Slowbro-Mega50.0%Iron Hands48.5%Eelektross-Mega23.8%Hatterene23.7%Absol-Mega-Z19.1%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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Ranked #25 with 1.59% usage. Sorted by reliability score.