Iron Moth counters

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

Iron Moth
#0994 Iron Moth
FirePoison
USAGE 5.6% #36
ABILITYDesolate Land
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 70
DEF 60
SPA 140
SPD 110
SPE 110
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ground
2×
WaterPsychicRock
½×
FireIceFightingPoisonSteel
¼×
GrassBugFairy
Moves
Fiery Dance 81.2% Sludge Wave 74.8% Discharge 60.0% U-turn 41.8% Energy Ball 29.1% Dazzling Gleam 21.0% Morning Sun 20.4% Overheat 16.3%
Items
Booster Energy 27.1% Choice Specs 26.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 23.2% Choice Scarf 9.5% Life Orb 7.3% Heat Rock 3.2% Air Balloon 1.1% Power Herb 0.9%
Abilities
Desolate Land50.0%Drought8.3%Sheer Force7.7%Beads of Ruin7.7%Serene Grace5.9%Turboblaze5.8%Surge Surfer3.0%Dazzling2.8%
Common Teammates
Corviknight48.3%Great Tusk19.7%Tornadus-Therian17.6%Iron Crown14.2%Samurott-Hisui13.6%Zamazenta12.0%Lokix11.6%Garchomp11.4%

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 #36 with 5.59% usage. Sorted by reliability score.