Iron Moth counters

Gen 9 Mix and Mega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Moth
#0994 Iron Moth
FirePoison
USAGE 13.6% #11
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
Fiery Dance 94.8% Sludge Wave 64.8% Dazzling Gleam 39.4% Energy Ball 31.7% Discharge 28.0% Morning Sun 27.1% Psychic 25.9% Solar Beam 22.4%
Items
Meganiumite 27.7% Absolite 13.8% Magearnite 13.8% Chimechite 10.5% Diancite 7.2% Delphoxite 6.5% Charizardite Y 6.0% Garchompite Z 4.6%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk40.4%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike30.2%Dragonite30.0%Regieleki27.3%Pecharunt25.4%Magearna20.3%Entei18.0%Garganacl17.0%

Checks & Counters

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

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #11 with 13.55% usage. Sorted by reliability score.