Iron Moth counters

Gen 9 STABmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Moth
#0994 Iron Moth
FirePoison
USAGE 5.6% #32
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
Malignant Chain 94.7% Discharge 83.1% Energy Ball 81.7% Armor Cannon 76.3% Fiery Dance 14.3% Eruption 13.8% U-turn 8.2% Burning Bulwark 7.2%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 79.5% Booster Energy 15.2% Choice Specs 2.8% Choice Scarf 1.9% Leftovers 0.5% Salac Berry 0.1% Power Herb 0.0% Poison Barb 0.0%
Common Teammates
Toxapex80.4%Kingambit77.6%Iron Valiant74.1%Gliscor73.9%Salamence69.0%Gholdengo12.1%Ogerpon-Cornerstone11.9%Latios9.3%

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