Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 11.4% #14
ABILITYRegenerator
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Drain Punch 59.4% Ice Punch 55.8% Close Combat 49.2% Thunder Punch 45.3% Swords Dance 45.2% Volt Switch 44.1% Earthquake 40.1% Fake Out 36.2%
Items
Assault Vest 44.2% Punching Glove 33.4% Choice Band 9.8% Leftovers 4.8% Life Orb 3.4% Booster Energy 1.1% Air Balloon 1.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.7%
Abilities
Regenerator45.0%Surge Surfer30.9%Adaptability9.4%Earth Eater7.9%Magic Guard2.9%Vessel of Ruin0.7%Tough Claws0.6%Teravolt0.4%
Common Teammates
Alomomola64.4%Corviknight55.3%Iron Crown26.2%Iron Moth26.0%Samurott-Hisui19.9%Hatterene15.8%Iron Treads15.3%Ditto14.4%

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 #14 with 11.38% usage. Sorted by reliability score.