Iron Hands counters

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

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 5.6% #34
ABILITYRegenerator
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Ice Punch 83.1% Drain Punch 66.7% Thunder Punch 61.6% Volt Switch 44.7% Swords Dance 37.4% Close Combat 31.5% Earthquake 25.0% Supercell Slam 13.5%
Items
Assault Vest 49.3% Punching Glove 17.8% Booster Energy 7.9% Life Orb 6.8% Leftovers 5.7% Quick Claw 5.3% Sitrus Berry 1.9% Shuca Berry 1.7%
Abilities
Regenerator47.4%Surge Surfer21.9%Magic Guard5.7%Quick Draw5.5%Earth Eater3.7%Quark Drive2.1%Tough Claws1.8%Weak Armor1.6%
Common Teammates
Corviknight47.0%Pecharunt33.4%Heatran31.7%Iron Crown27.5%Reuniclus27.2%Garchomp16.8%Glimmora15.3%Hatterene15.1%

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 #34 with 5.63% usage. Sorted by reliability score.