Iron Hands counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Iron Hands
#0992 Iron Hands
FightingElectric
USAGE 4.2% #30
BASE STATS
HP 154
ATK 140
DEF 108
SPA 50
SPD 68
SPE 50
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicFairy
½×
ElectricBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Fake Out 99.7% Wild Charge 83.7% Close Combat 67.5% Heavy Slam 55.4% Swords Dance 36.8% Drain Punch 33.6% Volt Switch 17.3% Substitute 2.5%
Items
Safety Goggles 39.1% Assault Vest 33.5% Clear Amulet 27.1% Sitrus Berry 0.2% Booster Energy 0.1% Leftovers 0.0% Weakness Policy 0.0% Life Orb 0.0%
Tera Types
Water 40.2% Grass 30.5% Fairy 27.4% Fire 0.9% Flying 0.4% Bug 0.4% Steel 0.1% Ghost 0.1%
Common Teammates
Farigiraf64.9%Urshifu62.4%Indeedee-F61.4%Torkoal60.5%Hatterene60.0%Amoonguss28.5%Flutter Mane24.7%Ogerpon-Wellspring24.7%

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 #30 with 4.23% usage. Sorted by reliability score.