Iron Crown counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Crown
#1023 Iron Crown
SteelPsychic
USAGE 9.9% #15
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 72
DEF 100
SPA 122
SPD 108
SPE 98
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
NormalGrassIceFlyingRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Psychic
0×
Poison
Moves
Volt Switch 82.2% Focus Blast 74.9% Tachyon Cutter 65.9% Psychic Noise 45.0% Psyshock 37.5% Steel Beam 35.8% Calm Mind 23.4% Psychic 11.6%
Items
Choice Specs 33.0% Life Orb 32.6% Booster Energy 18.2% Choice Scarf 9.3% Assault Vest 5.0% Weakness Policy 0.6% Leftovers 0.4% Colbur Berry 0.2%
Abilities
Magic Guard33.4%Steelworker21.1%Beads of Ruin9.8%Tinted Lens8.9%Psychic Surge6.5%Well-Baked Body4.5%Regenerator3.6%Earth Eater2.5%
Common Teammates
Corviknight40.7%Pecharunt33.7%Ogerpon-Wellspring27.4%Heatran25.7%Great Tusk24.3%Talonflame22.8%Ting-Lu22.7%Greninja19.3%

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 #15 with 9.86% usage. Sorted by reliability score.