Iron Valiant counters

Gen 9 Mix and Mega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Iron Valiant
#1006 Iron Valiant
FairyFighting
USAGE 3.6% #42
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
Close Combat 72.3% Moonblast 67.9% Destiny Bond 40.2% Encore 37.2% Thunderbolt 33.6% Spirit Break 30.6% Swords Dance 27.3% Aura Sphere 11.7%
Items
Floettite 26.4% Diancite 24.2% Lucarionite 15.2% Glimmoranite 7.3% Metagrossite 4.4% Absolite Z 4.0% Magearnite 3.4% Banettite 2.4%
Common Teammates
Entei43.4%Pecharunt29.3%Dragonite28.4%Heatran26.6%Great Tusk21.8%Corviknight21.1%Blissey20.6%Eternatus19.9%
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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 #42 with 3.62% usage. Sorted by reliability score.