Iron Hands counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg F · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 3.6% #39
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Fake Out 88.4% Wild Charge 84.5% Drain Punch 54.3% Heavy Slam 49.7% Close Combat 46.4% Swords Dance 19.9% Volt Switch 9.5% Belly Drum 8.3%
Items
Assault Vest 42.0% Clear Amulet 23.5% Safety Goggles 17.5% Sitrus Berry 8.9% Weakness Policy 3.8% Booster Energy 3.3% Leftovers 0.3% Grassy Seed 0.2%
Tera Types
Grass 36.4% Water 29.3% Fire 11.6% Fairy 10.6% Flying 3.3% Bug 2.6% Fighting 2.2% Steel 1.1%
Common Teammates
Farigiraf51.2%Urshifu38.4%Indeedee-F29.0%Flutter Mane27.2%Torkoal26.3%Amoonguss22.4%Tornadus22.2%Hatterene21.2%

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 #39 with 3.58% usage. Sorted by reliability score.