Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 5.5% #38
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Drain Punch 93.0% Ice Punch 91.4% Thunder Punch 89.4% Swords Dance 71.3% Heavy Slam 18.8% Supercell Slam 7.8% Close Combat 6.6% Earthquake 5.7%
Items
Shuca Berry 56.2% Assault Vest 26.1% Custap Berry 4.2% Lum Berry 3.6% Leftovers 3.4% Punching Glove 1.7% Roseli Berry 1.6% Life Orb 1.1%
Common Teammates
Iron Valiant89.9%Great Tusk87.5%Sneasler83.9%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike81.5%Gallade76.7%Scrafty11.4%Raging Bolt7.6%Rotom-Wash7.0%
Browse Gen 9 Monotype teams using Iron Hands →
Teams using Greninja 56% Teams using Toxapex 15%

Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Greninja
Greninja
WaterDark OFFENSIVE CHECK
33.053
56
56.1% dies 8.63%
02
Toxapex
Toxapex
PoisonWater SOFT CHECK
30.896
15
14.8% dies 6.39%

Ranked #38 with 5.52% usage. Sorted by reliability score.