Iron Hands counters

Gen 9 National Dex Monotype · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 5.6% #36
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Ice Punch 93.7% Drain Punch 83.7% Thunder Punch 53.4% Swords Dance 41.0% Earthquake 28.4% Volt Switch 26.6% Rock Slide 17.1% Close Combat 16.3%
Items
Assault Vest 43.2% Shuca Berry 38.3% Choice Band 15.5% Leftovers 2.4% Punching Glove 0.2% Fightinium Z 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Rocky Helmet 0.1%
Common Teammates
Tapu Koko76.7%Rotom-Wash75.6%Zapdos72.8%Regieleki54.3%Zeraora39.4%Great Tusk22.3%Iron Valiant21.7%Sneasler21.5%

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 #36 with 5.60% usage. Sorted by reliability score.